Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Social Responsibility and Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from African Countries

Efiong Akwaowo, PhD

Abstract: During the past two decades, advances toward a truly global economy were driven by the role of Multinational Enterprises (MNE).  The progress in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has raised many controversies in the ways these foreign investors conduct their businesses in the developing countries.  More attention has been given to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in developing countries.  Despite such attention, Africa is much less represented than any other continent.  MNEs, which embark on FDI, are faced with an important decision on how to enhance CSR in order to reduce poverty in their host countries. The authors reviewed peer-reviewed literature exploring FDI, CSR and how FDI contributed to the reduction of poverty in the African developing countries of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon.

Link to Research: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2801750

Reference: Akwaowo, Efiong and Swanson, Andree. (2016) Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Social Responsibility and Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from African Countries. Review of Business & Finance Studies, Vol. 7(2), p. 21-33, 2016.

 Author Bio:

This is Efiong Akwaowo, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Forbes School of Business. Dr. Akwaowo holds a PhD in Business Administration with a specialization in International Business from Northcentral University and a Master of Business Administration in Management along with a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing both from Texas Southern University. He focuses on areas in International Business, Entrepreneurship and Global Strategic Management. He has worked in the corporate world for more than 15 years in the area of strategic planning and has been teaching traditional and online classes for more than seven years.

1.858.436.6056 or via email: Efiong.Akwaowo@ashford.edu

Linked-In Address: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akwaowo

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Virtual Teams – Individual Perceptions of Effective Project Management that Contribute to a Collective Effort in Project Success

Title:  Virtual Teams – Individual Perceptions of Effective Project Management that Contribute to a Collective Effort in Project Success

Abstract:  How do effective project managers use team communication, relationship building, and project management elements in dispersed virtual project teams to influence overall project success when team members have little face-to-face interaction? This article focuses on research conducted on distributed project management teams that had to rely on a virtual, technologically-driven environment for coordination and communication of project tasks and objectives throughout the life of the project. This investigation concentrated on seeking the dispersed project team member who could function effectively as an interconnected and cooperative team member in order to achieve project success even though not co-located with other team members.

Link to Research: www.pmi.org

Reference:  Toler, L. (2014).  Virtual Team – Individual Perceptions of Effective Project Management that Contribute to a Collective Effort in Project Success. Project Management Institute.  Retrieved http://www.pmi.org/

Author Bio:  Dr. Lisa Toler is a Manager and certified Project Management Professional at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) where she has been employed for 33 years.  She currently leads the Nonproliferation Policy and Safeguards Implementation Team and serves as the BNL point-of-contact for the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative under the NNSA Nuclear Safeguards and Security program and the U.S. Program of Technical Assistance to IAEA Safeguards (POTAS) U.S. Laboratory Coordinator at BNL.  Dr. Toler participates in program development activities, and provides ongoing response to the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative’s call for proposals

Dr. Toler also teaches Organizational Behavior at the graduate and undergraduate level and Organizational Change at the undergraduate level as an online adjunct Associate Professor with Ashford University, Forbes School of Business. 

Linked-In Address: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toler-lisa-t-70650a46 

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