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Profile of Professor Nathaniel Boso, Dean, KNUST School of Business

Prof Nathaniel Boso

Professor Nathaniel Boso is the dean at KNUST School of Business, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is also a Visiting Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Strathmore Business School (Kenya) and The University of Sydney Business School (Australia). Prior to joining KNUST, Prof. Boso was an Associate Professor at The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom where he professed in International Marketing and Entrepreneurship.

His research focuses on the interface between International Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Marketing Management. His research has won multiple awards, including Best Conference Paper Award at the 8th Global Innovation & Knowledge Academy Conference (2017), Best Empirical Paper Award at the 25th United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Annual Conference (2011), and Nominee for 2014 Academy of International Business Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar Award.

His works have been published in leading scholarly journals such as the Journal of Business Venturing (FT 50 Journal and rated 4 in the CABS Journal Quality List), Journal of Product Innovation Management (rated 4 in the CABS Journal Quality List), Journal of Business Ethics (FT 50 Journal) and Journal of International Marketing (American Marketing Association Journal). He is a regular speaker at international conferences on International Entrepreneurship, Cross-cultural Management, and African International Business issues.

Professor Boso sits on the editorial review board of International Marketing Review as an Associate Editor and has guest edited several journals and books on international business in Africa (e.g., Thunderbird International Business Review). His teaching interests include International Marketing Management/Strategy, International Entrepreneurship, and Advanced Research Methods. He is also a specialist educator in Structural Equation Modelling. He received his Ph.D. from Loughborough University in 2011 (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA Accredited), and is a Professional Chartered Marketer at the Chartered Instituting of Marketing, UK.