Alphonse M.K. Aklamanu is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and International Business at the Business School, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He received his first master’s degree in international business at the University of Vaasa, and his second master’s degree in Accounting at the Hanken School of Economics, Finland.
He obtained his Ph.D. in marketing at the University of Vaasa, Finland. Dr Alphonse Aklamanu has research interest in institutions and internationalization of the firm, retail internationalisation strategies, foreign direct investment and multinational corporation (MNC) strategy, knowledge transfer/sharing in MNCs, and the role of human resource management in international mergers acquisitions. His research has appeared in the International Journal of Human Resource Management (ABS 3 star) and Thunderbird International Business Review (ABS 2 star). He is a reviewer for the Thunderbird International Business Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and the Journal of Management and Development.

• International Business and Foreign Direct Investment Strategies of MNCs
• International Human Resource Management and Mergers and Acquisitions
• Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations

• Institutions and retail foreign direct investment (FDI) strategies
• Institutions and MNC strategies in pre and post-internationalisation in emerging markets.
• Institutions and HRM strategies of multinational corporations (MNCs) in emerging markets.
• HRM and inter-organisational knowledge transfer in international mergers and acquisition integration

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the European International Business Academy (EIBA)
• Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB)

Master’s level education

• MBA – Marketing Management (March 2022 to present)
• MBA – Strategic Marketing (2022 – February – March Modular)
• MBA – Strategic Marketing (2020 – January Modular)
• MBA – Marketing Research (2019 – January Modular).
• MBA – Marketing Communication (2018 – January Modular).
• MBA – Marketing Research (2017 – January Modular)
• 1 Year Masters – International and Comparative HRM (March 2022 to present)
• 1 Year Masters –MAK702B Retail Marketing Management (October 2021 to present).
• 1 Year Masters – Business to Business Marketing (August 2022 to present)

Postgraduate Diploma Level 

• BUS602B -Marketing Management (2016 to present)

Bachelor’s level

• MKT323B – Integrated Marketing Communication (February 2021 to present)
• International Business Management (2015 to present)
• Retail Management (2015 to present)
• Distribution Management (2015 to present)
• International Marketing (2019 to present)
• BUS227B Principles of Marketing (first semester (2019 to present)
• MKT421B Marketing Strategy (first semester 2016 to present)
  Customer Service (first semester 2016)
• Accounting Information Systems (first semester 2015)

• Tetteh, L.A., Aklamanu, A.M.K., Lamptey, L., Soku, M.G., Sunu, P., Muda, P., and Aneyire, T.K. (2021). Corporate governance and family-owned business performance, Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, Volume 25, Issues 7. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) Q4.
• Kwateng, A., Dadzie, S.A., Famiyeh, S., Aklamanu A. (2018). Institutional dimensions and conflict resolution strategy in international joint ventures: An empirical examination. Thunderbird International Business Review, 60(4), 591-604. Rank of the Journal by ABS 2 stars; Rank of the Journal by ABDC (B)
• Dadzie, S.A., Owusu, R.A., Amoako, K., and Aklamanu, A. (2017). Do Strategic Motives Affect Ownership Mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in Emerging African Markets? Evidence from Ghana. Thunderbird International Business Review, DOI: 10.1002/tie.21852. Rank of the Journal by ABS 2 stars; Rank of the Journal by ABDC (B)
• Aklamanu, A., Degbey, W. Y., and Tarba, S. (2016). The role of HRM and social capital configuration for knowledge sharing in post-M&A integration: a framework for future empirical investigation, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 27, No. 22, 2790–2822. Rank of the Journal by ABS 3 stars, Rank of the Journal by ABDC (A).

Peer reviewed book chapters
▪ Aklamanu, A. (2015). Understanding failure in international retailing: an institutional framework for future investigation, in Institutional Impacts on Firm Internationalization. Editors: Marinova, S. (Ed.), Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK. eBook ISBN 978-1-137-44635-0. DOI 10.1057/9781137446350. Hardcover ISBN 978-1-137-44633-6. Softcover ISBN 978-1-349-49599-3

Peer reviewed publication in international conference proceedings with ISBN Numbers

• Aklamanu, A. (2012). Human Resource Management Practices and Knowledge Sharing in Post-Merger and Acquisition Integration: A Conceptual Framework for Future Research. Management Re-Imagined, Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management. Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland 26th-29 June 2012, Interesource Group Publishing (Ireland) Limited. Paperback ISBN 798-1-907300-04-2, CD-ROM, ISBN 978-1-907300-05-9.
• Aklamanu, A. and Gullkvist B. (2012). The Influence of Human Resource Management Practices on Knowledge Sharing in ERP Implementation. Management Re-Imagined, Proceedings of the 11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management. Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland 26th-29 June 2012, Interesource Group Publishing (Ireland) Limited.Paperback ISBN 978-1-907300-04-2, CD-ROM ISBN 978-1-907300-05-9.

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Telephone: +233(0) 244441276; +233 (0) 262517704
Email: aaklamanu@gimpa.edu.gh