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PUBLICATIONS

“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a large scale.”

- Rudolf Virchow -

  • Ahen, Frederick and Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph (2021) "Sustainable practices and management innovations; new perspectives and research agenda. Editorial. Sustainability (Forthcoming)

  • Ahen, Frederick (2021) "From Ebola to COVID-19: What explains the ultimate preference for non-optimal solutions in global health governance? critical perspectives on international business, Special Issue (In print)

  • Ahen, Frederick (2020) "International mega-corruption as structural violence against sustainable development" Critical Perspectives on International Business (In print)

  • Ahen, Frederick (2020) ‘Place branding sovereignty: re-marketing Africa’s investment narrative from 1619–2019’, Int. J. Multinational Corporation Strategy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.66-91.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2019) "Globalisolationism and Its Implications for TNCs’ Global Responsibility" Humanistic Management Journal Vol. 4, Iss. 1, pp. 33–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-019-00057-7.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2019) "Global health and international business: new frontiers of international business research", critical perspectives on international business, Vol. 15 Issue: 2/3, pp.158-178, https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-12-2017-0091.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2019) "Futures of new post-truth: new research frontiers on disturbingly fascinating pathologies affecting information dissemination and knowledge production", Foresight, Vol. 21 No. 5, pp. 563-581. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2018-0088.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2019) Making Resource Democracy Radically Meaningful for Stakeowners: Our World, Our Rules? Sustainability 2019, 11(19), 5150;  https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195150.

  • Ahen, Frederick, Amankwah-Amoah, J. (2018) Institutional Voids and the Philanthropization of CSR Practices: Insights from Developing Economies. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2400.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Salo-Ahen, Outi M. H. (2018) Governing pharmaceutical innovations in Africa: inclusive models for accelerating access to quality medicines. Cogent Medicine. Vol. 5, issue 1, p. 1-22.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2018) Dystopic prospects of global health and ecological governance: Whither the eco-centric-humanistic CSR of firms? "Humanistic Management Journal (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-018-0034-1.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2015) Critical perspectives on strategic CSR: What is sustainable value co-creation orientation? Critical perspectives on international business, Vol. 11 Iss. 1, pp. 92-109.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2015) What is the biggest question in CSR research? Foresight: The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policy, Vol. 17 Iss. 3, pp. 274-290.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2015) Bow down all 7 billion: the compressed spheres of global governance. Foresight: The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policy, Vol. 17 Iss. 2, pp. 143-160.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2014) Ethically constrained optimization of dynamic capabilities: Towards sustainable global health. Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p. 436-454.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2011) The strategic impact of corporate responsibility and criminal actors on value co-creation. Technology and Innovation Management Review (previously: Open Source Business Resource), March issue, 38-42.

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED EDITED BOOKS

  • Ahen, Frederick (2020) Doing qualitative work as an undercover investigator on counterfeit medicines: the Post-Qcamp experience. In Nordic Qualitative Camp. Research Book. Jan-Oddvar Sones, Browning Larry D., Frank Lindberg (Eds) Cambridge University Press (Final revision submitted)

  • Knoll, Hedda O. and Ahen, Frederick (2020) Human Resource Management and Political CSR in Global Supply Chains: Causes and Consequences of Host Communities’ Enduring Struggles. In: CSR in Developing and Emerging Markets – Institutions, Actors and Sustainable Development Onyeka K. Osuji, Franklin N. Ngwu and Dima Jamali (Eds). Cambridge University Press.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2018) On value destruction, competitive disadvantage and squandered opportunities to engage stakeholders. Engaging with Stakeholders: A Relational Perspective on Responsible Business. In Adam Lindgreen, Francois Maon, Joelle Vanhamme, Beatriz Palacios Florencio, Christine Vallaster, Carolyn Strong; Routledge.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2017) Responsibilization and MNC-stakeholder engagement: Who engages whom in the pharmaceutical industry? In Edward Freeman, Sybille Sachs and Johanna Kujala (Eds.), Stakeholder engagement: Clinical Research Cases, pp. 87-112. Springer Publications.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2017) Reforming the delinquent organization: Academia’s Impactful Tribute to Society. In Arevalo, Jorge A., and Mitchell, Shelley F. (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainability in Management Education: In Search of a Multidisciplinary, Innovative and Integrated Approach, pp. 67-84. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA. USA.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2015) Pharmaceutical markets: CSR and development-oriented responsible leadership. In Dima Jamali, Charlotte Karam, and Michael Blowfield (Eds.), CSR in Developing Countries: Towards a Development-Oriented Approach, pp. 37-53. Greenleaf Publishing,

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2013) Institutional and Market Forces: The Dominant Logic of Strategic Corporate Responsibility and Innovative Value Co-Creation. In Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Liam Leonard (Eds.), International Business, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Volume 11), pp. 97-131. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.                                                                                                                  

  • Ahen, Frederick (2013) Network-based relationship marketing of pharmaceutical products in Ghana: a case study. In Tesar, G. and Kuada, J. (Eds.), Marketing Management and Strategy: An African Casebook, pp. 189-205. Routledge Publications.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2012) Second best institutions and global sustainability. In S. Harris, O. Kuivalainen and V. Stoyanova (Eds.), International Business: New challenges, new forms, new practices, pp. 41-58. Palgrave MacMillan Publications.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2014) Reforming the delinquent organization: Academia’s Tribute to Society A competitive paper presented at the Academy of International Business-South East (AIB-SE) Conference, 2014, Miami, Florida USA.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2014) Institutional Path Dependence of Global Health Diplomacy. A competitive paper presented at the Academy of International Business-South East Conference, 2014, Miami, Florida USA.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2013) Structuring pharmaceutical networks for value co-protection. A competitive paper presented at the Academy of International Business-South East Conference, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2013) Governing market and institutional innovations for sustainable health: Inclusive pharmaceutical business in West, East, Central and Southern Africa. Oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy, 2-6 September, 2013. Istanbul, Turkey.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2012) Multinational Pharmaceutical Firms: The Problem of Transition in the Transitioning Economies of WECS Africa. The Aalborg conference on Revisiting Internationalization: Dynamics, Diversity and Sustainability. 31 May-2 June, 2012, Aalborg, Denmark.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2012) Homo economicus-moralis contra Plasmodium falciparum: An inquiry into the global anti-counterfeiting CSSPs in anti-malarial drug markets. Manuscript presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Cross Sector Social Interactions, 24-25 May 2012, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2011) Value destruction and competitive disadvantage: emotional manipulations and corporate irresponsibility in disintegrated marketing communications. Proceedings of the AIB 2011 – AIB UK/Ireland Chapter, 38th Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 14-16 April, 2011.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2011) The imperative of strategic ethical leadership for value co-creation in anti-malarial drug markets: Lead follow or get out of the way. European Academy of International Business, EIBA Conference Bucharest, Romania, 8-10 December, 2011. Competitive paper in conference proceedings.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2011) The anatomy of Homo economicus-moralis: A systematic investigation into the interaction between cognition and emotions in ethically based strategic decision-making towards sustainable outcomes. Presented at the 18th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics 2011. Oct 26-28, New York, USA.

  • Ahen, Frederick (2010) Ethical entrepreneurship: Implications for international and global marketing for successful branding and reputation building. 2010 European Academy of International Business, EIBA Conference Porto, Portugal, 9-11 December, 2010. Competitive paper in conference proceedings.

  • Ahen, Frederick and Zettinig, Peter (2010) In pursuit of value co-creation: what is strategic corporate responsibility in a global context? The Academy of International Business (UK/Ireland Chapter), 37th Annual Conference, 8-10 April 2010, Dublin, Ireland. Competitive paper in conference proceedings.

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