Dr Abiodun Adegbile

Associate Professor in Management

Email:: abiodun.adegbile@bcu.ac.uk

Abiodun Adegbile is an Associate Professor in Management and a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He has a PhD in Business Administration and Economics from the European University Viadrina, Germany.

Abiodun’s research interests lie in the broad fields of international business, entrepreneurship, and strategic management, focusing on African developing economies and other emerging markets. He draws on a broad range of theories, like social network theory, resource-based theories, institutional theory, etc., as a meta-theoretical lens for his research. Abiodun has authored several articles in top refereed academic journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters.

Prior to joining Birmingham City University, Abiodun worked at Nottingham Business School and Coventry Business School. While at Nottingham Business School, he was an active member of the Centre for International Business Strategy and Decisions (CIBSD) and was part of the team for the Athena Swan reaccreditation exercise. While at Coventry Business School, Abiodun successfully took on various management and leadership roles in teaching and learning, where he served as Course Director on courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Abiodun has held different roles in the development of faculty and university-wide change projects and accreditation exercises. He has proven experience in the design, development, and delivery of courses and modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Abiodun has been extensively involved in teaching and learning activities where he taught and led modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate (MSc and MBA) levels. He also led and supported the University’s enterprise and innovation agenda through various initiatives, such as teaching and leading in public sector executive leadership education and apprenticeship programmes.

Abiodun is keen to work with PhD students and collaborate with researchers and industry practitioners interested in entrepreneurship, international business, and strategy in African developing economies and other emerging markets.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Postgraduate Supervision

Publications

Journal articles

Adegbile, A.S., Ogundana, O &Adesola, S. (2024). Gender-equal policies and women’s entrepreneurship: an fsQCA nalysis of sub-Saharan African countries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-printDOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2023-0394
Adegbile, A., Tahiru, L., & Wagner, H.-T. (2024). Linking Resource Mobilization Approaches and Venture Performance in Highly Resource-Constrained Environments, Africa Journal of Management, Accepted/in press.
Kolade, O., Adegbile, A. & Sarpong, D. (2022). Can university-industry-government collaborations drive a 3D printing revolution in Africa? A triple helix model of technological leapfrogging in additive manufacturing. Technology in Society (69).
Luo, X., Cao, D., Tjahjono, B. & Adegbile, A. (2022). Business Model Innovation Themes of Emerging Market Enterprises: Evidence in China. Journal of Business Research (139), 1619-1630.
Adegbile, A., Sarpong, D., & Kolade, O. (2021). Environments for Joint University-Industry Laboratories Development: Micro level Dimensions and Research Implications. Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Vol 170).
Adegbile, A. Sarpong, D. & Cao, D. (2021) Industry – University Collaboration in African Emerging Economies: A Legitimacy Perspective, IEEE Transaction in Engineering Management (Accepted/In-Press).
Kolade, O., Adepoju, D & Adegbile, A. (2021). Blockchains and the disruption of the sharing economy. Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, 31(1), pp 137-145.
Adegbile, A., Wagner, H.-T. & Söllner, A. (2020). Resource Mobilisation in Entrepreneurial Ventures (1987 - 2019): An Integrative Review and Opportunity for Future Research. International Review of Entrepreneurship 18(1), pp. 99-132.
Adegbile, A. & Sarpong, D. (2018) Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Opportunities, and Challenges for Multinationals in African emerging market. Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 14(2/3), pp. 111-138.
Adegbile, A., Sarpong, D. & Meissner, D. (2017) Strategic Foresight for Innovation Management. A Review and Research Agenda. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 14(4): 1 - 34.
Adegbile, A. & Sarpong, D. (2015) Managerial Engagement with Scenario Planning: A Conceptual Consumption Planning Approach. Foresight at STI Governance, 9(4), pp. 73-80, ISSN 1995-459X.

Book chapters

Cenophat, S. & Adegbile, A. (2021). Confirmation Bias: A Boundary Condition for Dynamic Managerial Capabilities in the Context of Strategic Change (Book chapter). In Dynamic capabilities and Relationships: Discourses, concepts, and reflections. Edited by Bayón, T., Eisend, M., Koch, J., Söllner, A., Vodosek, M., & Wagner, H.-T. (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, pp. 74-91, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-83182-0_4.
Wenzel, M….Adegbile, A., et al. (2021) Dynamic Capabilities: Celebrating the plurality of understanding of the concepts (Book chapter). In Dynamic capabilities and Relationships: Discourses, concepts and reflections. Edited by Bayón, T., Eisend, M., Koch, J., Söllner, A., Vodosek, M., & Wagner, H.-T. (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, pp. 5-41 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-83182-0.

Refereed conference papers

Peprah, AA., Adegbile, A.S., Atarah, B.A., Liedong, T.A. (2024). Navigating an Environment Devoid of Supportive Policies: The Case of Migrant Entrepreneurs in Ghana. Paper accepted to the Academy of International Business Conference, Seoul, South Korea.
Adegbile, A. & Liedong, T. (2023). Linking resource mobilization approaches and venture performance in resource-constrained environment. Paper submitted to the 83rd Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Boston, UK. (4-8 August).
Ugbede, U., Adegbile, A., Aluko, O & Siwale, J (2023). Formal vs Informal Remittances Channels: How Informal Institutions Shape African Migrants’ Adoption of Remittance Channels. Paper submitted to the 37th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Brighton, UK. (1-6 September).
Adegbile, A. & Cenophat, S. (2022). From Informal to Formal: Does Formal Enterprises’ Prior Experience in the Informal Sector Drive their adoption of Bricolage? Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Manchester, UK. (31 August – 2 September).
Amar, H., Rafi-Ul-Shan, P. M. & Adegbile, A. (2019). Towards A 5c Theory of Communication for Scrum-Based Distributed Projects. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Birmingham, UK. (September 4 - 6).
Adegbile, A., Wagner, H.-T. & Söllner, A. (2018). Resource Mobilization in Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Thematic Analysis and Literature Review. Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago IL, USA (August 10-14).
Adegbile, A., & Wagner, H.-T. (2018). Towards a Framework of Meaningfulness in Social Enterprises: A Resource Mobilization Perspective. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Bristol, UK. (September 4 - 6).
Adegbile, A., & Söllner, A. (2018). Resource Mobilization in International New Ventures: A Thematic Analysis and Literature Review. Paper presented at the Interactive Research Development Workshop and Conference, Bozen – Bolzano, Italy. (May 1 - 3).
Adegbile, A., Söllner, A. & Wagner, H.-T. (2017). Resource Mobilization and Performance: The Moderating Role of Network Complementarity and Diversity. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (August 4-8).
Adegbile, A., & Söllner, A. (2017). Resource Access in entrepreneurial ventures: Toward an integrative perspective on alliance formation and performance. Paper presented at the 37th Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference, Houston-Texas, USA. (October 28 - 31).
Adegbile, A. & Söllner, A. (2017). Conquering the Dilemma of Resource Sharing in Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Governance Perspective. Paper presented at the 21st Annual conference of the Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics, Columbia University, New York. (June 23 – 25).
Adegbile, A., & Söllner, A. (2017). Resource acquisition in entrepreneurial ventures: Toward an integrative perspective on alliance formation and performance. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Warwick, UK. (September 5 - 7).
Adegbile, A., Söllner, A. & Wagner H.-T. (2017). Improving performance outcomes of resource mobilisation approaches in entrepreneurial ventures: A social network perspective. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, Warwick, UK. (September 5 - 7).
Adegbile, A., Söllner, A. & Wagner, H.-T. (2016). Linking Resource Mobilization Approaches and Performance in Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Social Network Perspective. Paper presented at the 36th Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, Germany. (September 17 – 20).
Cenophat, S. & Adegbile, A. (2016). Confirmation Bias: A Boundary Condition for Dynamic Managerial Capabilities in the Context of Strategic Change. Paper presented at the 30th British Academy of Management Conference, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. (6 – 8 September).
Adegbile, A. (2014). Strategic foresight and innovation: 25 years review and reflection. In Saad, M ed. ‘Innovation Systems and the New Role of Universities’: Paper presented at the 4th COSINUS International Conference, Bordj-Bou-Arreridj, Algeria. (23 - 25 September).
Sarpong, D., Adegbile, A & AbdRazak, A. (2014). On wheels to triple helix model of Innovation: The case of Malaysia. In Saad, M ed. ‘Innovation Systems and the New Role of Universities’: Paper presented at the 4th COSINUS International Conference, Bordj-Bou-Arreridj, Algeria. (23 – 25 September).