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Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed? (2021)
Journal Article
Jraisat, L., Upadhyay, A., Ghalia, T., Jresseit, M., Kumar, V., & Sarpong, D. (2023). Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed?. International Journal of Production Research, 61(14), 4725-4741. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1936263

This research explores focal actors and their dyads, addressing their sustainable collaboration in triads and its relevance in the agri-triads that share information along the supply chains. We employ a multiple-case approach and presents two triads... Read More about Triads in sustainable supply-chain perspective: Why is a collaboration mechanism needed?.

In direct breach of managerial edicts: a practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms (2018)
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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, 48(5), 580-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12315

© 2018 RADMA and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Drawing on practice as a meta-theoretical lens, we explore creative deviance (CD): wilful violation of managerial orders by employee(s) to pursue creative ideas. Data for our inquiry comes from in-depth interv... Read More about In direct breach of managerial edicts: a practice approach to creative deviance in professional service firms.

Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth (2017)
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Mitra, A., O'Regan, N., & Sarpong, D. (2018). Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 130, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.08.012

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Instantaneous access to firms' resources, any-time, any-where dominates contemporary discourse on business systems transformations. The advent of utility computing through cloud based resource development has therefore altered bo... Read More about Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth.

From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry (2017)
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Bi, J., Sarpong, D., Botchie, D., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2017). From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 120, 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.01.008

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. The quantum jump from ballistic missiles to space docking in recent decades symbolizes China's new product innovation potential in technologically complex industries. Drawing on theories of knowledge creation and discourse, we ex... Read More about From imitation to innovation: The discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry.

Implementing smart specialisation roadmaps in Lithuania: Lost in translation? (2016)
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Paliokaitė, A., Martinaitis, Ž., & Sarpong, D. (2016). Implementing smart specialisation roadmaps in Lithuania: Lost in translation?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 110, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.01.005

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The study of Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) and how they translate into policy decisions and practice has gained pace in the last decade. In this paper, we present a case study on the application of FTA methods for ent... Read More about Implementing smart specialisation roadmaps in Lithuania: Lost in translation?.

Cultivating strategic foresight in practise: A relational perspective (2016)
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Sarpong, D., & Maclean, M. (2016). Cultivating strategic foresight in practise: A relational perspective. Journal of Business Research, 69(8), 2812-2820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.12.050

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Drawing on relationalism as a theoretical lens, we examine how normative organising structures, rights and authority relationships influence the cultivation of strategic foresight among organisational members lower down the organ... Read More about Cultivating strategic foresight in practise: A relational perspective.

Technological inclusiveness: Northern versus Chinese induced technologies in the garment industry (2016)
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Botchie, D., Sarpong, D., & Bi, J. (2017). Technological inclusiveness: Northern versus Chinese induced technologies in the garment industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 119, 310-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.04.011

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. The Northern economies have been the main sources of technologies for the global garment manufacturing industry. Over the past decade, China has become an important alternative source of these technologies offering a range of tec... Read More about Technological inclusiveness: Northern versus Chinese induced technologies in the garment industry.

Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces (2016)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., & Maclean, M. (2017). Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces. Work, Employment and Society, 31(5), 764-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017016636997

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. This article examines service nepotism, the practice of bestowing gifts or benefits on customers by frontline service staff based on a perceived shared socio-collective identity. Adopting a micro-sociological approach, i... Read More about Service nepotism in cosmopolitan transient social spaces.

'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies (2016)
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Sarpong, D., Dong, S., & Appiah, G. (2016). 'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 103, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.012

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. New technologies continue to shape the way music is produced, distributed and consumed. The new turn to digital streaming services like iTunes, Spotify and Pandora, in particular, means that very recent music format technologies... Read More about 'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies.

Breaking new grounds: Deployment of electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical trials in China (2016)
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Sarpong, D., Tjong-A-Hung, I., & Botchie, D. (2016). Breaking new grounds: Deployment of electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical trials in China. Strategic Change,

Automated data capture has become a dominant logic in organizing clinical trial management. This research examines the deployment of electronic data capture (EDC) in clinical trials in China and the potential for Chinese firms to capture value from E... Read More about Breaking new grounds: Deployment of electronic data capture (EDC) for clinical trials in China.

Organizing practices of university, industry and government that facilitate (or impede) the transition to a hybrid triple helix model of innovation (2015)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., AbdRazak, A., Alexander, E., & Meissner, D. (2017). Organizing practices of university, industry and government that facilitate (or impede) the transition to a hybrid triple helix model of innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 123, 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.11.032

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Drawing on the contemporary turn to discursive practices we examine how the organizing practices of industry, university and government facilitate (or impede) developing countries transition to a hybrid triple helix model of inno... Read More about Organizing practices of university, industry and government that facilitate (or impede) the transition to a hybrid triple helix model of innovation.

On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective (2015)
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Sarpong, D., Bi, J., & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2016). On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective. Futures, 75, 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2015.10.007

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We draw on ideas from the African humanistic philosophy of Ubuntu with existing approaches to propose alternative ways of nurturing strategic foresight in practice. Delineating Ubuntu as a transient organizing philosophy, we show... Read More about On the nurturing of strategic foresight: The Ubuntu perspective.

Scenario planning: ‘Ways of knowing’, methodologies and shifting conceptual landscape (2015)
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Sarpong, D., & Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2015). Scenario planning: ‘Ways of knowing’, methodologies and shifting conceptual landscape. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 10(2/3/4), 75-87. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIP.2015.074397

Scenario planning in recent times has become one of the strategic tools used by organizations to probe their uncertain and fleeting business environment. In this paper, we provide a synthesis of the configuration of knowledge underpinning scenario ge... Read More about Scenario planning: ‘Ways of knowing’, methodologies and shifting conceptual landscape.

Service nepotism in the multi-ethnic marketplace: Mentalities and motivations (2015)
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Sarpong, D., & Maclean, M. (2015). Service nepotism in the multi-ethnic marketplace: Mentalities and motivations. International Marketing Review, 32(2), 160-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-01-2014-0030

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the multi-ethnic marketplace as the site of the emergence of service nepotism: the practice where employees bestow relational benefits and/or gifts on customers o... Read More about Service nepotism in the multi-ethnic marketplace: Mentalities and motivations.

Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010 (2015)
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Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Sarpong, D. (2016). Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 90-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.017

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Although scaling up of renewable technologies is essential in creating opportunities for sustainable economic development to flourish, our understanding of the historical trajectory of government policies in facilitating this pro... Read More about Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010.

Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach (2015)
Journal Article
Adegbile, A., & Sarpong, D. (2015). Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach. Foresight and STI Governance, 9(4), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.17323/1995-459x.2015.4.73.80

Scenario development is widely used to reduce uncertainty while making decisions in high velocity environments. Despite this fact, managerial fixation on short term performance objectives, their penchant fear of the unpredictable future and their she... Read More about Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach.

Sustainable packaging: Regulations and operational challenges in a manufacturing SME (2015)
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White, G., Sarpong, D., & Ndrecaj, V. (2015). Sustainable packaging: Regulations and operational challenges in a manufacturing SME. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 6(3), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.2015070103

Copyright © 2015, IGI Global. The issue of sustainability has attracted considerable attention over the last decade and has been accompanied by the development of stringent packaging material legislation for firms. Drawing on a single case approach,... Read More about Sustainable packaging: Regulations and operational challenges in a manufacturing SME.

On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight (2015)
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Appiah, G., & Sarpong, D. (2015). On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight. Foresight, 17(5), 512-527. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-11-2014-0067

© 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model to unpack the relationship between organisational routines and strategic foresight integration. Design/methodology/approach – Three moderat... Read More about On the influence of organisational routines on strategic foresight.

Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach (2014)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., & Maclean, M. (2014). Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 30(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2013.04.002

This paper unpacks strategic foresight by exploring the creative evaluation and reconfiguration of sources of potentialities into resources and productive outcomes. Placing emphasis on the everyday practices of organizational members' positioned lowe... Read More about Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach.