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Transnational Entrepreneurs’ Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Critical Review. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies
Published in Sage Journals: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2020
A major challenge which has hindered our understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystem is its lack of specification and conceptual limitations. The entrepreneurial ecosystem consists of complex components and actors.
Recommended citation: Fuller-Love, N. & Akiode, M. (2020). Transnational Entrepreneurs’Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Critical Review. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies. Sage Publications, 6 (1), 41-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/2393957519881921
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Fostering bottom-up entrepreneurship in embryonic ecosystems: Insights from smallholders
Published in African Journal Online: Agrosearch, 2021
In embryonic entrepreneurial ecosystems, support policy frameworks seek to revitalize rural communities, alleviate poverty, transform key sectors of the economy and develop local businesses by increasing access to finance among others. However, policy frameworks rarely foster vertical connections across ecosystems particularly from the bottom-up.
Recommended citation: Akiode, M. (2021). Fostering Bottom-up Entrepreneurship in Embryonic Ecosystems: Insights from Smallholders. Agrosearch-A Journal of Agriculture, Food & Development, 20 (2), 10-30. https://doi.org/10.4314/agrosh.v20i2.2
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Using Mixed-Mode Survey in Exploring Transnational Entrepreneurs’ Dynamics in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Published in Sage Publications Inc: Research Methods Cases: Business & Management, 2023
This case study describes the application of a mixed-mode survey to explore the possibilities of meeting the unmet objectives of entrepreneurial ecosystems through non-local or transnational actors and their resources.
Recommended citation: Akiode, M. & Fuller-Love N. (2023). Using mixed-mode survey in exploring transnational entrepreneurs’ dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Research Methods Cases: Business & Management. Sage Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529670516
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Positioning Diasporans as Change Agents in the SME Sector
Published in North American Business Press: American Journal of Management, 2023
Within an entrepreneurial ecosystem, diasporans are transnational entrepreneurs that bring new ideas, beliefs, norms and behaviors acquired in their country of residence to engage differently in business activities in their home countries.
Recommended citation: Akiode, M. (2023). Positioning Diasporans as Change Agents in the SME Sector. American Journal of Management, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.33423/ajm.v23i1.6037.
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Factor analysis using principal component (PCA) method in SPSS with data from CGAP Smallholder Household Survey (2016)
Published in Sage Publications Inc: Research and Data Literacy, 2025
This dataset explains and provides a step-by-step guide to Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using the Principal Component (PCA) method.
Recommended citation: Akiode, M. (2025). Factor analysis using principal component (PCA) method in SPSS with data from CGAP Smallholder Household Survey (2016). Data and Research Literacy. Sage Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036216504.
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Becoming from within: Understanding the emergence and embeddedness of inclusive agribusiness entrepreneurs
Published in Wiley Online Library: Poverty & Public Policy, 2025
The entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) literature often overlooks rural contexts and developing economies where productive entrepreneurship is assumed to be limited in scope. To address this oversight, we explore the phenomenon of inclusive agribusiness (IAB) entrepreneurs who adopt sustainable agricultural practices to drive poverty alleviation in low-income rural areas.
Recommended citation: Akiode M., & Roundy, P.T. (2025). Becoming from within: Understanding the emergence and embeddedness of inclusive agribusiness entrepreneurs, Poverty & Public Policy 17(4), e70043. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.70043
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It takes an ecosystem to reduce poverty: a call for research on inclusive business entrepreneurial ecosystems
Published in Emerald Insight: RAE: Revista de Administracao de Empresas, 2026
This paper is about Inclusive business (IB), a sustainable development strategy and poverty alleviation intervention that is receiving growing scholarly and policy interest.
Recommended citation: Roundy PT & Akiode M (2026), "It takes an ecosystem to reduce poverty: a call for research on inclusive business entrepreneurial ecosystems". RAE: Revista de Administracao de Empresas, Vol. 66 No. 2 pp. 1–17, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/RAE-02-2026-0010
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Postgraduate courses, University of Ilorin, Marketing Department, 2026
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