Dr Dominic Essuman

PhD, FHEA, MBA, BSc

Management School

Lecturer in Sustainable Management

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D.Essuman@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3239

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Dr Dominic Essuman
Management School
D041
91Ö±²¥ University Management School
Conduit Road
91Ö±²¥
S10 1FL
Profile

Dominic Essuman is a Lecturer in Sustainable Management at 91Ö±²¥ University Management School. He teaches Strategic Supply Chain Management (postgraduate level) and Business Management in Context (undergraduate level).

His current research focuses on resilience, sustainability, and strategy issues in local and global supply chains. Dominic has published articles in leading international journals, such as Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Journal of International Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, and Management International Review.

Before joining the Management School, he was a lecturer at the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He was part of the committees supervising doctoral research on resilient and sustainable logistics and transport systems at the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA), KNUST, and the Regional Transport Research and Education Centre, Kumasi.

He is actively involved in developing supply chain management scholars and advancing supply chain management practices in Africa, and he has a keen interest in these areas.

Qualifications

PhD - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

MBA - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

BSc - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Research interests
Dominic is interested in theoretically-driven empirical studies, especially in the following areas:
  • Resilient operations and supply chains
  • Sustainability-resilience nexus
  • Strategic supply chain management
  • Global supply chain
  • Supply chains in Africa
Publications

Journal articles

  • Dankyira FK, Essuman D, Boso N, Ataburo H & Quansah E (2024) . International Journal of Production Economics, 274, 109314-109314. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Appiah LO & Essuman D (2024) . Business Strategy and the Environment. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nkrumah M, Owusu-Yirenkyi D, Nyuur RB, Donbesuur F & Essuman D (2024) . Management International Review, 1-21. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Awuni FY, Essuman D, Ataburo H, Anin EK & Acquah IN (2023) . Research in Transportation Business & Management, 51, 101068-101068. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Bruce PA, Ataburo H, Asiedu-Appiah F & Boso N (2022) . International Journal of Production Economics, 254. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Anin EK & Muntaka AS (2021) . Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 27(5), 100717-100717. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Asamoah D & Anin EK (2021) . Africa Journal of Management, 7(3), 423-446. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Agyapong A, Essuman D & Afia Kesewa Yeboah L (2021) . Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 33(1), 29-48. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Anin EK, Essuman D & Owusu H (2020) . International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, 13(1), 91-105. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Boso N & Annan J (2020) . International Journal of Production Economics, 229, 107762-107762. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ahinful GS, Tauringana V, Bansah EA & Essuman D (2019) . Accounting Education, 28(6), 553-581. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Agyapong A, Osei HV & Essuman D (2019) . International Journal of Business Excellence, 17(4), 414-414. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Munkata AS, Anin EK, Essuman D & Ataburo H (2017) . International Journal of Business Analytics, 4(1), 87-103. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Boso N, Addo Asamany P, Ataburo H & Asiedu-Appiah F () . International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 30(11), 279-305. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ataburo H, Ampong GE & Essuman D () . Annals of Operations Research. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Owusu-Yirenkyi D, Afloe WT & Donbesuur F () Leveraging foreign diversification to build firm resilience: A conditional process perspective. Journal of International Management. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Ataburo H, Boso N, Anin EK & Appiah LO () . Journal of Business Logistics, 1-23. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Essuman D, Boso N, Hultman M, Olabode O, Adeola O & Aku Bruce P () Configuring political relationships to navigate host-country institutional complexity: Insights from Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of International Business Studies. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Anin EK, Essuman D, Asare-Baffour F, Manu D & Asamany PA () . International Journal of Public Administration, 1-12. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fianko AO, Essuman D, Boso N & Muntaka AS () . Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ahinful GS, Tauringana V, Essuman D, Boakye JD & Sha'ven WB () . Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1-28. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Barnard H, Boso N, Essuman D & Verachia A (2024) Strategic responses to turbulence in Africa, Strategy in a Turbulent Era (pp. 40-62). RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Operations Management and Decision Sciences

Teaching interests
Teachers are central to higher educational institutions’ capacity to create and deliver value for parents, industries, and society. Dominic is passionate about working with his students to attain this end.
 
He draws on emerging industry issues with pertinent research insights to inform my teaching while engaging students and ensuring they own the learning process.
 
He is interested in teaching supply chain management, strategic management, sustainability, and general management topics.
Teaching activities
Dominic currently teaches and manages two modules: Strategic Supply Chain Management and Business Management in Context.
PhD Supervision

Dominic is interested in supervising theoretically-driven empirical PhD research in the following areas:

  • Resilient operations and supply chains
  • Sustainability-resilience nexus
  • Strategic supply chain management
  • Global supply chain
  • Supply chains in Africa