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Agyenim Boateng is affiliated with Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broad domains, they have contributed extensively to several key subfields including Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Strategy and Management, and Gender Studies.

The main topics addressed in Agyenim Boateng's research include:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Agyenim Boateng has published research in several frequently featured journals. The venues with the most publications include:

  • International Review of Financial Analysis
  • Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
  • International Journal of Finance & Economics
  • Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Boateng are:

  • Board gender diversity and firm performance: The UK evidence, 2020, International Journal of Finance & Economics
  • Board gender diversity, audit committee and financial performance: evidence from Nigeria, 2020, Accounting Forum
  • National culture, corporate governance and corruption: A cross-country analysis, 2020, International Journal of Finance & Economics
  • Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions, 2022, International Review of Financial Analysis
  • Are bonds blind? Board-CEO social networks and firm risk, 2021, Journal of Corporate Finance

Agyenim Boateng frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common co-authors are:

  • Frank Kwabi
  • Albert Danso
  • Anna Min Du
  • Sanjukta Brahma
  • Theophilus Lartey

In addition to journal publications, Boateng has contributed to book literature. Notably, there is a book titled Corporate Sustainability in Africa published in 2023 under the Palgrave Studies in African Leadership series.

Best Publications

  • What drives outward FDI of Chinese firms? Testing the explanatory power of three theoretical frameworks

    Chengqi Wang;Chengqi Wang;Junjie Hong;Mario Kafouros;Agyenim Boateng

  • Board gender diversity and firm performance: The UK evidence

    Sanjukta Brahma;Chioma Nwafor;Agyenim Boateng

  • Cross-border M&As by Chinese firms: An analysis of strategic motives and performance

    Agyenim Boateng;Wang Qian;Yang Tianle

  • State Ownership, Institutional Effects and Value Creation in Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions by Chinese Firms

    Min Du;Agyenim Boateng

  • Information Asymmetry and Market Power in the African Banking Industry

    Agyenim Boateng;Simplice Asongu;Simplice Asongu;Raphael Akamavi;Vanessa Tchamyou

  • Examining the determinants of inward FDI: Evidence from Norway

    Agyenim Boateng;Xiuping Hua;Shaista Nisar;Junjie Wu

  • Explaining the trends in the UK cross-border mergers & acquisitions: An analysis of macro-economic factors

    Moshfique Uddin;Agyenim Boateng

  • Performance of international joint ventures: evidence for West Africa

    Agyenim Boateng;Keith W. Glaister

  • Determinants of capital structure: Evidence from international joint ventures in Ghana

    Agyenim Boateng

  • The role of culture in the merger and acquisition process

    George Lodorfos;Agyenim Boateng

  • The empirical determinants of target capital structure and adjustment to long-run target: evidence from Canadian firms

    Pravish Kumar Nunkoo;Agyenim Boateng

  • Board Gender Diversity, Audit Committee and Financial Performance: Evidence from Nigeria

    Aruoriwo Marian Chijoke-Mgbame;Agyenim Boateng;Chijoke Oscar Mgbame

  • Multiple large shareholders, excess leverage and tunneling: evidence from an emerging market

    Agyenim Boateng;Wei Huang

  • An analysis of the adoption, perceived benefits, and expected future emphasis of western management accounting practices in Chinese SOEs and JVs

    Junjie Wu;Agyenim Boateng;Colin Drury

  • An analysis of short‐run performance of cross‐border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from the UK acquiring firms

    Moshfique Uddin;Agyenim Boateng

  • Introduction to Special Issue: Mobile technologies and inclusive development in Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Agyenim Boateng

  • Introduction to Special Issue: Mobile technologies and inclusive development in Africa

    Simplice A. Asongu;Agyenim Boateng

  • Measuring performance of non-profit organisations: evidence from large charities

    Agyenim Boateng;Raphaël K. Akamavi;Girlie Ndoro

  • Cross-Border M&As by Chinese Firms: An Analysis of Strategic Motivation and Performance

    Qian Wang;Agyenim Boateng

  • Board composition, monitoring and credit risk: evidence from the UK banking industry

    Jia Lu;Agyenim Boateng

  • Strategic Motives for International Joint Venture Formation in Ghana (1)

    Agyenim Boateng;Keith W. Glaister

  • Capital structure of Chinese listed SMEs: an agency theory perspective

    Wei Huang;Agyenim Boateng;Alexander Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Simplice A. Asongu
Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute
Min Du
Min Du Washington State University
Chengqi Wang
Chengqi Wang University of Nottingham
Collins G. Ntim
Collins G. Ntim University of Southampton

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