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The cousin marriage tradition and performance of businesses during the economic crises in Nigeria (2024)
Journal Article
Estrin, S., Mickiewicz, T., & Olarewaju, T. (2025). The cousin marriage tradition and performance of businesses during the economic crises in Nigeria. World Development, 188, Article 106910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106910

Strong kinship structures correspond to important informal institutions that provide some social insurance to businesses in developing economies. More specifically, we posit that, during an economic crisis, businesses located in areas characterised b... Read More about The cousin marriage tradition and performance of businesses during the economic crises in Nigeria.

Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance (2024)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Pawan Tamvada, J., McDowall-Emefiele, S., & Swaray, R. (2024). Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance. Review of Managerial Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-024-00802-9

We examine regional differences in how generalized trust and relation centrism influence how 16,785 firms across 20 lower- and middle-income countries perceive corruption as a business obstacle. Using the machine learning method LASSO, our empirical... Read More about Perception of corruption as a business obstacle, generalized trust and relation centrism in low- and middle-income nations: the moderating influence of governance.

The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Dani, S., Obeng-Fosu, C., Olarewaju, T., & Jabbar, A. (2024). The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK. Sustainability, 16(5), Article 1785. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051785

We examined the impact of climate action on the financial performance of eleven food, grocery, and supermarket retailers listed on the London Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2022. Our findings reveal a positive association between the climate mitigation... Read More about The Impact of Climate Action on the Financial Performance of Food, Grocery, and Supermarket Retailers in the UK.

How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids (2023)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Tamvada, P. (2023). How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids. Journal of Creating Value, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/23949643231168484

This paper shows that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed informal institutional voids that exist for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business owners in the United Kingdom. Based on a primary database of surveys and semi-structured interviews, the... Read More about How Ethnic Minority SME Owners in the UK Can Create Value Amid Informal Institutional Voids.

A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature (2023)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Dani, S., & Jabbar, A. (2023). A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature. Sustainability, 15(5), 4459 - 4459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054459

<jats:p>SMEs collectively account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. In this article, we provide a comprehensive conceptual framewo... Read More about A Comprehensive Model for Developing SME Net Zero Capability Incorporating Grey Literature.

Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Tamvada, J. (2022). Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2022.14346abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine if perceptions of selective incivility reported by BAME SME owners were associated with a different relational trust preference compared to White SME owners, as they all engaged in external bricolage to navig... Read More about Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review (2021)
Journal Article
Olarewaju. (2021). Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review. Cities, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103406

This literature review provides a systematic review of smart city research between 2000 and 2019. The aim of the review is to provide a comprehensive picture of the state-of-the-art of research in smart cities by addressing major issues and identifyi... Read More about Smart city research: A holistic and state-of-the-art literature review.

E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Rufai, I., & Gallage, S. (2021). E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 87(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12167

This article shows how Information and Communication Technology (ICT), incorporating social media, can lead to accountability and transparency in a government's budget. Specifically, it examined how a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) used ICT to f... Read More about E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria.

New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Mickiewicz, T. (2020). New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria. International Small Business Journal, 38(5), 404 - 423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242619896266

<jats:p> This article inductively builds theory on how transaction costs may be alleviated and institutional voids bridged in developing economies, based on the case study of successful migrant entrepreneurial involvement in Nigerian agriculture: Sho... Read More about New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria.

Can Equalizing Educational Endowments Between Men and Women Create More Female Self-employed Value in Nigeria? (2019)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T. I. A. (2019). Can Equalizing Educational Endowments Between Men and Women Create More Female Self-employed Value in Nigeria?. Journal of Creating Value, 5(1), 68-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/2394964318815313

This article empirically investigates if women would be able to create more self-employed value if they had the same educational endowments as men in the unique gender disparity context of Nigeria. The article uses probit and Blinder–Oaxaca multivari... Read More about Can Equalizing Educational Endowments Between Men and Women Create More Female Self-employed Value in Nigeria?.

Organising household consumption and occupational proportions: Evidence from Nigeria (2018)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T. (2018). Organising household consumption and occupational proportions: Evidence from Nigeria. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 26(4), 748-772. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-03-2017-1141

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the occupational status and entrepreneurship research in developing countries by proposing that there are implications for household consumption depending on the occupational status proportion of... Read More about Organising household consumption and occupational proportions: Evidence from Nigeria.