Richard Boateng

Richard Boateng is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Ghana Business School. Richard’s research experience covers digital economy, e-business, internet banking and social media. His papers have been published in or are forthcoming in the International Journal of Information Management, Internet Research, Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, and many others.

Publications

Antecedents of Social Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries: An Empirical Study
Antecedents of Social Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries: An Empirical Study
Felix Nti Koranteng, Richard Boateng, Richard Apau. © 2021. 12 pages.
The emergence Web 2.0 technologies has transformed e-commerce into social commerce. The benefits associated with social commerce are well known. However, for businesses to reap...
Antecedents of Social Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries: An Empirical Study
Antecedents of Social Commerce Adoption in Developing Countries: An Empirical Study
Felix Nti Koranteng, Richard Boateng, Richard Apau. © 2021. 12 pages.
The emergence Web 2.0 technologies has transformed e-commerce into social commerce. The benefits associated with social commerce are well known. However, for businesses to reap...
An Absorptive Capacity Perspective of Organizational Learning Through Social Media: Evidence From the Ghanaian Fashion Industry
An Absorptive Capacity Perspective of Organizational Learning Through Social Media: Evidence From the Ghanaian Fashion Industry
Richard Boateng, Edna Owusu-Bempah, Eric Ansong. © 2021. 27 pages.
The Absorptive Capacity Theory was used as the theoretical lens for this study to help analyze how organizations absorb new knowledge using social media tools and applications. A...
Handbook of Research on Managing Information Systems in Developing Economies
Handbook of Research on Managing Information Systems in Developing Economies
Richard Boateng. © 2020. 695 pages.
Technology provides accessibility otherwise unavailable to the people who can benefit from it the most. As new digital tools become less expensive and more widely available...
ICT for Development in Nigeria: Towards an Alignment With ICT4D 2.0 Goals
ICT for Development in Nigeria: Towards an Alignment With ICT4D 2.0 Goals
Olumide B. Longe, Adefolarin A. Bolaji, Richard Boateng. © 2020. 11 pages.
Prior studies have x-rayed the potentials and impetus for development that can be resultant from a full scale adoption of ICT in Africa particularly in Nigeria. Current...
Unveiling Cybercrime in a Developing Country
Unveiling Cybercrime in a Developing Country
Richard Boateng, Jonathan Nii Barnor Barnor. © 2020. 27 pages.
This article unveils the pervasiveness of cybercriminal activities in Ghana from the point of view of key stakeholders in the fight against the crime. From a critical...
Preliminary Insights Into the Adoption of Bitcoin in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ghana
Preliminary Insights Into the Adoption of Bitcoin in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ghana
Frederick Edem Broni, Richard Boateng, Acheampong Owusu. © 2020. 19 pages.
The purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of bitcoin adoption among individuals and also to assess whether the usage of the bitcoin technology for payment of...
Exploring the Scope of User Resistance: A Bibliometric Review of 41 Years of Research
Exploring the Scope of User Resistance: A Bibliometric Review of 41 Years of Research
Sylvester Tetey Aseidu, Richard Boateng. © 2020. 25 pages.
Although innovation adoption has been given much attention in information systems (IS) literature, it has less to account for in user resistance. This chapter contributes to this...
Digital Transformation Process and the Capability and Capacity Implications for Small and Medium Enterprises
Digital Transformation Process and the Capability and Capacity Implications for Small and Medium Enterprises
Samuel Anim-Yeboah, Richard Boateng, Raphael Odoom, Emmanuel Awuni Kolog. © 2020. 19 pages.
This study investigates the concept of the digital transformation process and related capability implications for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies. A...
Application Programming Interface (API) Research: A Review of the Past to Inform the Future
Application Programming Interface (API) Research: A Review of the Past to Inform the Future
Joshua Ofoeda, Richard Boateng, John Effah. © 2019. 20 pages.
The purpose of this study is to perform a synthesis of API research. The study took stock of literature from academic journals on APIs with their associated themes, frameworks...
An Absorptive Capacity Perspective of Organizational Learning Through Social Media: Evidence From the Ghanaian Fashion Industry
An Absorptive Capacity Perspective of Organizational Learning Through Social Media: Evidence From the Ghanaian Fashion Industry
Richard Boateng, Edna Owusu-Bempah, Eric Ansong. © 2018. 33 pages.
The Absorptive Capacity Theory was used as the theoretical lens for this study to help analyze how organizations absorb new knowledge using social media tools and applications. A...
ICT for Development in Nigeria: Towards an Alignment With ICT4D 2.0 Goals
ICT for Development in Nigeria: Towards an Alignment With ICT4D 2.0 Goals
Olumide B. Longe, Adefolarin A. Bolaji, Richard Boateng. © 2017. 14 pages.
Prior studies have x-rayed the potentials and impetus for development that can be resultant from a full scale adoption of ICT in Africa particularly in Nigeria. Current...
Mobile Service Capabilities: Evidence from a Ghanaian Mobile Service Provider
Mobile Service Capabilities: Evidence from a Ghanaian Mobile Service Provider
Joseph Budu, Richard Boateng. © 2015. 17 pages.
Although there is vast literature about the contemporary mobile services (m-services) phenomenon, there is a lack of focus on the strategic processes through which m-services are...