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Dr Tolu Olarewaju's Outputs (54)

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., Tamvada, J. P., 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, 19(6), 1599–1635. 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.

Migrant Entrepreneurship, Prejudice and Survival: Lessons of Extraordinary Grit and Resourcefulness (2024)
Book Chapter
Olarewaju, T., & Muhumuza, A. (2024). Migrant Entrepreneurship, Prejudice and Survival: Lessons of Extraordinary Grit and Resourcefulness. In Migration and Entrepreneurship in the Global Context (209-230). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34067-3_9

Migrants are important to entrepreneurship in the Global North. Migrants are behind one in seven of all companies in the UK, one-fifth of those engaged in entrepreneurial activity in Germany were born abroad, and 45 per cent of the largest 500 compan... Read More about Migrant Entrepreneurship, Prejudice and Survival: Lessons of Extraordinary Grit and Resourcefulness.

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.

Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dalziel, N., Olarewaju, T., Mcluskie, P., & Do, H. (2023, November). Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students. Paper presented at ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), Birmingham, UK

This paper studies the role of financial capability in helping to form entrepreneurial intention by focusing on undergraduate students studying in UK Higher Education (HE). Our research has policy implications about how enterprise and entrepreneurshi... Read More about Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students.

Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups (2023)
Book
Olarewaju, T. (2023). Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38359-5

This book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: ‘No Poverty,’ and SDG 8: ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for... Read More about Entrepreneurship as a Route out of Poverty: A Focus on Women and Minority Ethnic Groups.

Impact of the Increasing Adoption of a Commercial Approach on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sherpa, S., Olarewaju, T., & Egbe, I. (2023, August). Impact of the Increasing Adoption of a Commercial Approach on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Presented at The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact on the performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) by their increasing adoption of a commercial approach. The generalised method of moments (GMM) has been applied to analyse data from 2,102 MFIs... Read More about Impact of the Increasing Adoption of a Commercial Approach on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs).

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.

Autumn statement 2022: experts react (2022)
Digital Artefact
Tomlinson, P., Imsirovic, A., Donaldson, C., Alexiadou, D., Midgley, G., Ingham, H., Castañeda-Navarrete, J., Lowe, J., Bloor, K., Bloom, P., Roy-Mukherjee, S., McCabe, S., Kapoor, S., & Olarewaju, T. (2022). Autumn statement 2022: experts react. [Blog style article and interview]

Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Olarewaju, T., & Tamvada, J. Perceived Selective Incivility and Relational Trust for BAME SMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2022, Seattle, US

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.