Dr Gloria Appiah

Profile

Roles:

• Lecturer Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Deputy Director SBM Entrepreneurship Hub

Biography

Dr. Gloria Appiah is passionate about supporting the survival and growth of new and small businesses, particularly those that have the potential to make a positive impact on the lives of their owners and stakeholders. Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, individual and organisational creativity and innovation, as well as organisational resilience in technology and digital platforms. She has published her work in journals, such as the Journal of Business Research, R&D Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and IEEE Transactions.

She is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation leading two exciting postgraduate modules on Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship within the School of Business and Management at QMUL, having previously worked as a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Kent Business School.

Teaching

Postgraduate:

• BUSM134 Entrepreneurship, BUSM220 Social Entrepreneurship 

Research

Research Interests:

• Entrepreneurship under constraints and survival strategies of SMEs 
• Inclusive entrepreneurship
• Organisational creativity and innovation practices
• Entrepreneurship in emerging and developing economies
• Informal entrepreneurship

Centre and Group Membership:

Member of

• the Organisation Studies Research Group and
• the Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP)

Publications

Research publications/Journal articles

• Appiah, G., Bonsu, S. K. and Sarpong, D. (2021) “The unpowered customer: Co-creation as tactics of the weak”, Journal of Business Research. Elsevier, pp. 317-326. doi: doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.053.
• Ko, G., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Appiah, G. and Larimo, J. (2021) “Non-market Strategies and Building Digital Trust in Sharing Economy Platforms”, Journal of International Management. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.intman.2021.100909.
• Afrifa, G. A., Tingbani, I., Yamoah, F. A. and Appiah, G. (2020) “Innovation input, governance and climate change: Evidence from emerging countries”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120256.
• Appiah, G., Amankwah-Amoah J., Lui, Y. (2020). Organisational Architecture, Resilience and Cyber-Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (In Press).
• Sarpong, D., Appiah, G., Bi, J. & Botchie, D. (2018) In direct breach of managerial edicts: A practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms. R&D Management Journal.
• Sarpong, D., Dong, S. and Appiah, G., (2016), ‘Vinyl never say die’: The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 103, pp.109-118.
• Appiah, G. and Sarpong David (2015), On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight. Foresight. 17(5).
• Appiah, G. (2015) How creative are SMEs? An organisational routines’ perspective. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 14(2), pp.141-157.

Supervision

I welcome PhD applications on research around entrepreneurship in the global south, inclusive entrepreneurship, resilience of entrepreneurial entities and the informal economy.

Public Engagement

• Member of Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Member of Enterprise Educators (UK)

I am co-founder of Ezer Mamapreneurs, a social enterprise in Ghana, which provides financial assistance and business start-up and development coaching to women from challenging backgrounds. We are daily motivated by creating a community where women—regardless of their backgrounds—can thrive as entrepreneurs, achieve financial security, and actively contribute to the well-being of their families and society.