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Dr. Joseph Budu

Department

Computer Science and Information Systems

Dr. Joseph Budu is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He is a technology researcher who focuses on developing, communicating, protecting, promoting ideas and concepts into sustainable projects of commercial value and development impact. He was also the Country Manager for Fairwork Ghana which evaluated digital platforms’ working conditions and ranks them based on five principles of fair work. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Information Systems and Innovation at the School of Technology of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (until August 2023). His research experience covers the digital platforms, social agriculture and electronic business at the national, industrial, organisational and community levels. Since joining the GIMPA he has collaborated with other scholars to obtain over GBP 100,000 in research and project funds. His doctorate dissertation on digital platforms and value creation won the University of Ghana’s Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in the Humanities, 2019/2020 academic year.

  • PhD Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2020
  • Management Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2013
  • Ed Information Technology, University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi, Ghana – 2009
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Information Technology Research
  • Information Technology Project Management
  • Electronic Business
  • AI Prompt Engineering
  • Digital Platforms
  • Data Analytics
  • Qualitative Research

 Erasmus+ KA 171 Staff Mobility Programme Grant at Eskisehir Osmangazi University in Turkiye, May 2023.

1. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, during the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Innovation and Engagement Awards, University of Oxford, United Kingdom awarded to the Fairwork Project of which was a partner in Ghana from January 2022 to December 2022. Fairwork evaluates the working conditions of digital platforms and ranks them on how well they do. Fairwork’s goal is to show that better and fairer jobs are possible in the platform economy. see list of awardees here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/recognition/vice-chancellors-innovation-engagement-awards .
2. 2022 Adjudged to be the Reviewer of the Month (June 2022) out of 1168 reviewers of the Informing Science Institute, publisher of the Informing Science Journal. The award is in recognition of the strong, development-oriented and timely reviews I produce and submit for manuscripts assigned to me. See https://www.informingscience.org/Community/Overview

3. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, from the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost in recognition of the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award. see https://thecophq.org/42-persons-receive-special-awards-from-the-church-of-pentecost/

4. 2021 Received the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. see https://www.ug.edu.gh/news/20192020-vice-chancellor’s-annual-academic-awards-ceremony-held

Graduate Level
1. Qualitative Research Methods (PhD and MRes)
2. Information Technology Research Methods (MSc)
3. Organisational Study of Information Systems (MSc)
4. Management Information Systems (MBA)
5. Information Technology Project Management (MSc)
6. Information and Knowledge Society (MSc)
7. Electronic Business (MSc)
8. Object-oriented Analysis and Design (PGD)
Undergraduate Level
o Information Technology Research Methods
o Information Technology Project Management
o Systems Thinking and Practice
o Information and Knowledge Society
o Systems Analysis and Design
o Software Engineering

  • Gyamfi, S.A., Koranteng, F.N. & Budu, J. (2022). Anonymity, Systems Characteristics and Feedback Provision in Online Learning Communities, International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 16(6), 1-18, DOI: 10.4018/IJWLTT.294125
  • Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2020). Using multiple case study to understand the development of mobile services in Ghana. Sage Research Methods Cases.
  • Budu, J. (2019). Higher-order Learning Outcomes in an Undergraduate IT Project Management Course. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 15(4), 1 – 11.
  • Budu, J. (2018). Applying agile principles in teaching IT Project Management. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(3), 29 – 40
  • Budu, J. (2018). What makes learners share feedback or not in an online community for education. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(2), 48-59.
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2015). Mobile Service Capabilities: evidence from a Ghanaian Mobile Service Provider. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications,7(3), 1-17.
  • Boateng. R., Longe, O., Isabalija, R.S. and Budu, J. (2011). “SAKAWA”- The Forms of Cyber Crime in Ghana, Journal of Information Technology Impact, 11(2), 85-100.

 

Selected Book Chapters

  • Djaba, E. & Budu, J. (2023). Developing Machine Learning Skills with No-Code Machine Learning Tools, In Wang, J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning (pp. 1627-1641). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9220-5.ch097
  • Kolog, E.A., Devine, S.N.O., Egala, S.B., Amponsah, R. & Budu, J. (2022). Rethinking the Role of Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Education in Africa: Challenges and Solutions, Management and Information Technology in the Digital Era: Challenges and Perspectives, Emerald Publishing
  • Annan-Noonoo, P., Acheampong, B., Budu, J. & Entee, E. (2022). A Review of Dominant Issues, Multi-dimensions, and Future Research Directions for Smart Cities, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham.
  • Boateng, R., Penu, O.K.A., Anning-Dorson, T. & Budu, J. (2022). Fairness in the Platform Economy: a Bibliometric Analysis of Journal Research Articles, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 77987-012
  • Budu, J. (2020) Understanding factors affecting the adoption of disruptive technologies: the case of Uber in Ghana. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Budu, J. (2020) Digital platforms and value creation: a viewpoint and pointers for future research. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Adevu, E.K., Budu, J., Dzimey, W. & Entee, E. (2020). Preliminary insights into social commerce in the fitness industry of Ghana, In Sharma, S.K. (Ed.), IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., Seneadza, J., Entee, E., Fosu, M., Tei, B.A. & Mensah, C. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, In Dwivedi, Y., Boateng, R., Effah, J. & Ayaburi, E. (Eds.), ICT Unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption, vol 558, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2014) Dominant Issues and Conceptual Approaches to Mobile Business Research from 2005 – 2013 (Chapter 2). In J. Wei (Ed.), Mobile Electronic Commerce: Foundations, Development and Applications, Taylor and Francis.

Selected Conferences

  • Budu, J. (2022). Exploring the Forms of Power in the Mobile Business Ecosystems SMART-IEEE-ACity-ICTU-CRACC-ICTU-Foundations Series, https://www.isteams.net/_files/ugd/185b0a_6b12e399b7d74226966afd823d115f5b.pdf
  • Abotsi, B.L. & Budu, J. (2022). HCI and Online Learning, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Abotsi, B.L., Tordzro, Y.E., Ayimey, E.P. & Budu, J. (2021). Contactless Technology – what we know and don’t know, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Morocco
  • Penu, O.K.A., Boateng, R. Budu, J., & Anning-Dorson, T. (2021). Towards a Grounded Theory of Actor Conflicts in the Sharing Economy in a Developing Country, AMCIS 2021 Proceedings, 10. available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/virtual_communities/virtual_communities/ 10
  • Olaleye, S.A., Agjei, R.O., Kolog, E.A. & Budu, J. (2019). Effect of gratification, utilitarian, and trust elements on the use of retail mobile banking app in Africa: a comparative study, 2019 IEEE AFRICON Proceedings, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133874.
  • Budu, J. & Bentil, B. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2019/41
  • Budu, J. (2018). Explaining online communities’ contribution to socio- economic development, Proceedings of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT on Global Development, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/globdev2018/9
  • Entee, E., Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into social commerce capability development, MWAIS 2018 Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2018/30
  • Budu, J., Akakpo, P.K. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into the impact of digital platforms for music, Proceedings of the Southern AIS Conference, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2018/39

In the News

Dr. Joseph Budu
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
SoT Building, Access Net 3
josbudu@gimpa.edu.gh

Dr. Joseph Budu

Department

Computer Science and Information Systems

Dr. Joseph Budu is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He is a technology researcher who focuses on developing, communicating, protecting, promoting ideas and concepts into sustainable projects of commercial value and development impact. He was also the Country Manager for Fairwork Ghana which evaluated digital platforms’ working conditions and ranks them based on five principles of fair work. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Information Systems and Innovation at the School of Technology of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (until August 2023). His research experience covers the digital platforms, social agriculture and electronic business at the national, industrial, organisational and community levels. Since joining the GIMPA he has collaborated with other scholars to obtain over GBP 100,000 in research and project funds. His doctorate dissertation on digital platforms and value creation won the University of Ghana’s Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in the Humanities, 2019/2020 academic year.

  • PhD Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2020
  • Management Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2013
  • Ed Information Technology, University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi, Ghana – 2009
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Information Technology Research
  • Information Technology Project Management
  • Electronic Business
  • AI Prompt Engineering
  • Digital Platforms
  • Data Analytics
  • Qualitative Research

 Erasmus+ KA 171 Staff Mobility Programme Grant at Eskisehir Osmangazi University in Turkiye, May 2023.

1. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, during the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Innovation and Engagement Awards, University of Oxford, United Kingdom awarded to the Fairwork Project of which was a partner in Ghana from January 2022 to December 2022. Fairwork evaluates the working conditions of digital platforms and ranks them on how well they do. Fairwork’s goal is to show that better and fairer jobs are possible in the platform economy. see list of awardees here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/recognition/vice-chancellors-innovation-engagement-awards .
2. 2022 Adjudged to be the Reviewer of the Month (June 2022) out of 1168 reviewers of the Informing Science Institute, publisher of the Informing Science Journal. The award is in recognition of the strong, development-oriented and timely reviews I produce and submit for manuscripts assigned to me. See https://www.informingscience.org/Community/Overview

3. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, from the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost in recognition of the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award. see https://thecophq.org/42-persons-receive-special-awards-from-the-church-of-pentecost/

4. 2021 Received the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. see https://www.ug.edu.gh/news/20192020-vice-chancellor’s-annual-academic-awards-ceremony-held

Graduate Level
1. Qualitative Research Methods (PhD and MRes)
2. Information Technology Research Methods (MSc)
3. Organisational Study of Information Systems (MSc)
4. Management Information Systems (MBA)
5. Information Technology Project Management (MSc)
6. Information and Knowledge Society (MSc)
7. Electronic Business (MSc)
8. Object-oriented Analysis and Design (PGD)
Undergraduate Level
o Information Technology Research Methods
o Information Technology Project Management
o Systems Thinking and Practice
o Information and Knowledge Society
o Systems Analysis and Design
o Software Engineering

  • Gyamfi, S.A., Koranteng, F.N. & Budu, J. (2022). Anonymity, Systems Characteristics and Feedback Provision in Online Learning Communities, International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 16(6), 1-18, DOI: 10.4018/IJWLTT.294125
  • Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2020). Using multiple case study to understand the development of mobile services in Ghana. Sage Research Methods Cases.
  • Budu, J. (2019). Higher-order Learning Outcomes in an Undergraduate IT Project Management Course. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 15(4), 1 – 11.
  • Budu, J. (2018). Applying agile principles in teaching IT Project Management. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(3), 29 – 40
  • Budu, J. (2018). What makes learners share feedback or not in an online community for education. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(2), 48-59.
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2015). Mobile Service Capabilities: evidence from a Ghanaian Mobile Service Provider. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications,7(3), 1-17.
  • Boateng. R., Longe, O., Isabalija, R.S. and Budu, J. (2011). “SAKAWA”- The Forms of Cyber Crime in Ghana, Journal of Information Technology Impact, 11(2), 85-100.

 

Selected Book Chapters

  • Djaba, E. & Budu, J. (2023). Developing Machine Learning Skills with No-Code Machine Learning Tools, In Wang, J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning (pp. 1627-1641). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9220-5.ch097
  • Kolog, E.A., Devine, S.N.O., Egala, S.B., Amponsah, R. & Budu, J. (2022). Rethinking the Role of Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Education in Africa: Challenges and Solutions, Management and Information Technology in the Digital Era: Challenges and Perspectives, Emerald Publishing
  • Annan-Noonoo, P., Acheampong, B., Budu, J. & Entee, E. (2022). A Review of Dominant Issues, Multi-dimensions, and Future Research Directions for Smart Cities, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham.
  • Boateng, R., Penu, O.K.A., Anning-Dorson, T. & Budu, J. (2022). Fairness in the Platform Economy: a Bibliometric Analysis of Journal Research Articles, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 77987-012
  • Budu, J. (2020) Understanding factors affecting the adoption of disruptive technologies: the case of Uber in Ghana. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Budu, J. (2020) Digital platforms and value creation: a viewpoint and pointers for future research. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Adevu, E.K., Budu, J., Dzimey, W. & Entee, E. (2020). Preliminary insights into social commerce in the fitness industry of Ghana, In Sharma, S.K. (Ed.), IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., Seneadza, J., Entee, E., Fosu, M., Tei, B.A. & Mensah, C. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, In Dwivedi, Y., Boateng, R., Effah, J. & Ayaburi, E. (Eds.), ICT Unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption, vol 558, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2014) Dominant Issues and Conceptual Approaches to Mobile Business Research from 2005 – 2013 (Chapter 2). In J. Wei (Ed.), Mobile Electronic Commerce: Foundations, Development and Applications, Taylor and Francis.

Selected Conferences

  • Budu, J. (2022). Exploring the Forms of Power in the Mobile Business Ecosystems SMART-IEEE-ACity-ICTU-CRACC-ICTU-Foundations Series, https://www.isteams.net/_files/ugd/185b0a_6b12e399b7d74226966afd823d115f5b.pdf
  • Abotsi, B.L. & Budu, J. (2022). HCI and Online Learning, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Abotsi, B.L., Tordzro, Y.E., Ayimey, E.P. & Budu, J. (2021). Contactless Technology – what we know and don’t know, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Morocco
  • Penu, O.K.A., Boateng, R. Budu, J., & Anning-Dorson, T. (2021). Towards a Grounded Theory of Actor Conflicts in the Sharing Economy in a Developing Country, AMCIS 2021 Proceedings, 10. available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/virtual_communities/virtual_communities/ 10
  • Olaleye, S.A., Agjei, R.O., Kolog, E.A. & Budu, J. (2019). Effect of gratification, utilitarian, and trust elements on the use of retail mobile banking app in Africa: a comparative study, 2019 IEEE AFRICON Proceedings, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133874.
  • Budu, J. & Bentil, B. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2019/41
  • Budu, J. (2018). Explaining online communities’ contribution to socio- economic development, Proceedings of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT on Global Development, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/globdev2018/9
  • Entee, E., Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into social commerce capability development, MWAIS 2018 Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2018/30
  • Budu, J., Akakpo, P.K. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into the impact of digital platforms for music, Proceedings of the Southern AIS Conference, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2018/39

In the News

Dr. Joseph Budu
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
SoT Building, Access Net 3
josbudu@gimpa.edu.gh

Dr. Joseph Budu

Department

Computer Science and Information Systems

Dr. Joseph Budu is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He is a technology researcher who focuses on developing, communicating, protecting, promoting ideas and concepts into sustainable projects of commercial value and development impact. He was also the Country Manager for Fairwork Ghana which evaluated digital platforms’ working conditions and ranks them based on five principles of fair work. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Information Systems and Innovation at the School of Technology of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (until August 2023). His research experience covers the digital platforms, social agriculture and electronic business at the national, industrial, organisational and community levels. Since joining the GIMPA he has collaborated with other scholars to obtain over GBP 100,000 in research and project funds. His doctorate dissertation on digital platforms and value creation won the University of Ghana’s Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in the Humanities, 2019/2020 academic year.

  • PhD Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2020
  • Management Information Systems, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana – 2013
  • Ed Information Technology, University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi, Ghana – 2009
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Information Technology Research
  • Information Technology Project Management
  • Electronic Business
  • AI Prompt Engineering
  • Digital Platforms
  • Data Analytics
  • Qualitative Research

 Erasmus+ KA 171 Staff Mobility Programme Grant at Eskisehir Osmangazi University in Turkiye, May 2023.

1. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, during the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Innovation and Engagement Awards, University of Oxford, United Kingdom awarded to the Fairwork Project of which was a partner in Ghana from January 2022 to December 2022. Fairwork evaluates the working conditions of digital platforms and ranks them on how well they do. Fairwork’s goal is to show that better and fairer jobs are possible in the platform economy. see list of awardees here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/recognition/vice-chancellors-innovation-engagement-awards .
2. 2022 Adjudged to be the Reviewer of the Month (June 2022) out of 1168 reviewers of the Informing Science Institute, publisher of the Informing Science Journal. The award is in recognition of the strong, development-oriented and timely reviews I produce and submit for manuscripts assigned to me. See https://www.informingscience.org/Community/Overview

3. 2022 Received Certificate of Honour, from the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost in recognition of the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award. see https://thecophq.org/42-persons-receive-special-awards-from-the-church-of-pentecost/

4. 2021 Received the University of Ghana Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation. see https://www.ug.edu.gh/news/20192020-vice-chancellor’s-annual-academic-awards-ceremony-held

Graduate Level
1. Qualitative Research Methods (PhD and MRes)
2. Information Technology Research Methods (MSc)
3. Organisational Study of Information Systems (MSc)
4. Management Information Systems (MBA)
5. Information Technology Project Management (MSc)
6. Information and Knowledge Society (MSc)
7. Electronic Business (MSc)
8. Object-oriented Analysis and Design (PGD)
Undergraduate Level
o Information Technology Research Methods
o Information Technology Project Management
o Systems Thinking and Practice
o Information and Knowledge Society
o Systems Analysis and Design
o Software Engineering

  • Gyamfi, S.A., Koranteng, F.N. & Budu, J. (2022). Anonymity, Systems Characteristics and Feedback Provision in Online Learning Communities, International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 16(6), 1-18, DOI: 10.4018/IJWLTT.294125
  • Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2020). Using multiple case study to understand the development of mobile services in Ghana. Sage Research Methods Cases.
  • Budu, J. (2019). Higher-order Learning Outcomes in an Undergraduate IT Project Management Course. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 15(4), 1 – 11.
  • Budu, J. (2018). Applying agile principles in teaching IT Project Management. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(3), 29 – 40
  • Budu, J. (2018). What makes learners share feedback or not in an online community for education. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 14(2), 48-59.
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2015). Mobile Service Capabilities: evidence from a Ghanaian Mobile Service Provider. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications,7(3), 1-17.
  • Boateng. R., Longe, O., Isabalija, R.S. and Budu, J. (2011). “SAKAWA”- The Forms of Cyber Crime in Ghana, Journal of Information Technology Impact, 11(2), 85-100.

 

Selected Book Chapters

  • Djaba, E. & Budu, J. (2023). Developing Machine Learning Skills with No-Code Machine Learning Tools, In Wang, J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning (pp. 1627-1641). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9220-5.ch097
  • Kolog, E.A., Devine, S.N.O., Egala, S.B., Amponsah, R. & Budu, J. (2022). Rethinking the Role of Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Education in Africa: Challenges and Solutions, Management and Information Technology in the Digital Era: Challenges and Perspectives, Emerald Publishing
  • Annan-Noonoo, P., Acheampong, B., Budu, J. & Entee, E. (2022). A Review of Dominant Issues, Multi-dimensions, and Future Research Directions for Smart Cities, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham.
  • Boateng, R., Penu, O.K.A., Anning-Dorson, T. & Budu, J. (2022). Fairness in the Platform Economy: a Bibliometric Analysis of Journal Research Articles, in Boateng, R., Boateng, S.L., Anning-Dorson, T. & Babatope, O.L. (eds), Digital Innovations, Business and Society in Africa, Advances in Theory and Practices of Emerging Markets. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 77987-012
  • Budu, J. (2020) Understanding factors affecting the adoption of disruptive technologies: the case of Uber in Ghana. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Budu, J. (2020) Digital platforms and value creation: a viewpoint and pointers for future research. In Boateng, R. (Ed.), Handbook of Managing Information Systems in Developing Countries, IGI Global
  • Adevu, E.K., Budu, J., Dzimey, W. & Entee, E. (2020). Preliminary insights into social commerce in the fitness industry of Ghana, In Sharma, S.K. (Ed.), IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., Seneadza, J., Entee, E., Fosu, M., Tei, B.A. & Mensah, C. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, In Dwivedi, Y., Boateng, R., Effah, J. & Ayaburi, E. (Eds.), ICT Unbounded, Social Impact of Bright ICT Adoption, vol 558, Springer, Cham
  • Budu, J., and Boateng, R. (2014) Dominant Issues and Conceptual Approaches to Mobile Business Research from 2005 – 2013 (Chapter 2). In J. Wei (Ed.), Mobile Electronic Commerce: Foundations, Development and Applications, Taylor and Francis.

Selected Conferences

  • Budu, J. (2022). Exploring the Forms of Power in the Mobile Business Ecosystems SMART-IEEE-ACity-ICTU-CRACC-ICTU-Foundations Series, https://www.isteams.net/_files/ugd/185b0a_6b12e399b7d74226966afd823d115f5b.pdf
  • Abotsi, B.L. & Budu, J. (2022). HCI and Online Learning, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Abotsi, B.L., Tordzro, Y.E., Ayimey, E.P. & Budu, J. (2021). Contactless Technology – what we know and don’t know, Middle East and North Africa Conference of Information Systems, Morocco
  • Penu, O.K.A., Boateng, R. Budu, J., & Anning-Dorson, T. (2021). Towards a Grounded Theory of Actor Conflicts in the Sharing Economy in a Developing Country, AMCIS 2021 Proceedings, 10. available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/virtual_communities/virtual_communities/ 10
  • Olaleye, S.A., Agjei, R.O., Kolog, E.A. & Budu, J. (2019). Effect of gratification, utilitarian, and trust elements on the use of retail mobile banking app in Africa: a comparative study, 2019 IEEE AFRICON Proceedings, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1109/AFRICON46755.2019.9133874.
  • Budu, J. & Bentil, B. (2019). Explaining technology adoption with financial motivation, UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2019/41
  • Budu, J. (2018). Explaining online communities’ contribution to socio- economic development, Proceedings of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT on Global Development, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/globdev2018/9
  • Entee, E., Budu, J. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into social commerce capability development, MWAIS 2018 Proceedings, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2018/30
  • Budu, J., Akakpo, P.K. & Boateng, R. (2018). Preliminary insights into the impact of digital platforms for music, Proceedings of the Southern AIS Conference, available here: https://aisel.aisnet.org/sais2018/39

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Dr. Joseph Budu
Senior Lecturer in Information Systems
SoT Building, Access Net 3
josbudu@gimpa.edu.gh

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