Dr Samppa Kamara

PhD

Management School

Lecturer in International Business

Research Follow, University of Oulu

S.Kamara@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3470

C006 Villa, Sheffield University Management School

Full contact details

Dr Samppa Kamara
Management School
C006 Villa
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Qualifications

Publications

Arslan A, Kamara S, Tian AY, Rodgers P & Kontkanen M (2024) Marketing agility in underdog entrepreneurship: A qualitative assessment in post-conflict Sub-Saharan African context. Journal of Business Research, 173, 114488-114488.
Arslan A, Kamara S, Zahoor N, Rani P & Khan Z (2022) Survival strategies adopted by microbusinesses during COVID-19: an exploration of ethnic minority restaurants in northern Finland. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(9), 448-465.
Arslan A, Buchanan BG, Kamara S & Al Nabulsi N (2022) Fintech, base of the pyramid entrepreneurs and social value creation. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 29(3), 335-353.
Arslan A, Kamara S, Golgeci I & Tarba SY (2022) Civil society organisations’ management dynamics and social value creation in the post-conflict volatile contexts pre and during COVID-19. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 30(7), 20-33.

Kamara S, Arslan A, Kontkanen M & Y. Tarba S (2022) A bricolage perspective on construction innovation in a BOP market: evidence from a Finnish family-owned micro-enterprise, Research Handbook on Innovation in International Business (pp. 206-218). Edward Elgar Publishing
Kamara S, Arslan A & Dikova D (2022) Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship Development: The Role of Civil Society Organisations in the Sierra Leone Petty Trading Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (pp. 171-192). Emerald Publishing Limited
Kamara S (2022) Women Entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, Women Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 173-196). Springer International Publishing

Research group

Grants

2023-2024: 34 000 EUR - Awarded grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (Grant no. 00240211), Reversal Brain Drain: The case of Finnish highly skilled workers.
2023: 1200 EUR – Awarded by Oulu Graduate School, Project: Bibliometric analysis on diaspora implications for firms' international business strategies.
2022-2024: 52 000 EUR - Multi-year awarded grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (Grant no. 00220435), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa
2022: 1500 EUR – Awarded by Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 22-12230), Project: Decent work and Value co-creation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Finnish small firm
2021: 23 000 EUR - Awarded with one year grant for doctoral research from Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 20-11084), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa
2020: 23 000 EUR - Awarded with one year grant for doctoral research from Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 18-9880), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa

Teaching activities: I currently serve as module leader for MGT1604 European Business module.

Professional activities and memberships

Associate Editor: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

PhD Supervision: I am interested in supervising students in the areas of international entrepreneurship, ethnic and network dynamics, and internationalisation strategies of SMEs.

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