Google Scholar
LinkedIn
Assistant Professor
Management & Organization
Contact
(860) 832-3266
c.boafo@ccsu.edu
Office
R.C. Vance Academic Center
462
Monday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wednesday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Or by appointment
Biography

Dr. Christopher Boafo is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the CCSU School of Business. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and the University of Leipzig.

He earned his Ph.D. in Management Science, specializing in Business Administration, with Summa Cum Laude honors from the Faculty of Economics and Management Science at the University of Leipzig, an institution accredited by EQUIS and AACSB. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship, international business, strategic management, and SME training and development.

His research focuses on strategy and international business, particularly international entrepreneurship, SME internationalization, university-business internationalization, and various forms of entrepreneurship, including informal, Indigenous, disability, and community-based. Recently, his work has focused on advancing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education framework, highlighting universities' essential role in serving the public good through their third mission. His work has appeared in the Academy of International Business (AIB) Insights, International Small Business Journal, Thunderbird International Business Review, International Journal of Management Education, and the Africa Journal of Management.

He has worked in Africa (Rwanda and Ghana), Europe (Germany and Switzerland), and North America (Canada and USA) as an academic in higher education and as an international consultant for development organizations, including the International Trade Center, a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization.

He is guided by the principle of Ubuntu: "I am because we are / I am because you are / Humanity towards others." True to his name, Boafo, which means Helper, he is committed to supporting others, especially individuals from and organizations serving underrepresented communities.

Education
Ph.D. Business Administration
University of Leipzig
2024
MBA Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Development
University of Leipzig
2018
Areas of Expertise

Teaching Interest(s)

Entrepreneurship, International Business, Strategic Management, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Training and Development.

Research Interest(s)

Strategy and International Business with a focus on International Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Internationalization, Internationalizing University-Business Linkages, and Entrepreneurship (Informal, Indigenous, Persons with Disabilities, Community-based)

Publications, Research & Presentations

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Chrysostome, E. V., Adegbile, A., Boafo, C., & Ogunsanya, F. (2025). From Thousands of African Languages to a Pan-African Language for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): A Framework Promoting a Common Language for Intra-African Trade, Academy of International Business (AIB) Insights.

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger; N. Boso (2025) Enhancing International Business Competence: How Cognitive and Exposure Training Approaches Matter, Africa Journal of Management. (Q2 – International Business and Management; SJR 0.5).

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger (2024). University-Business Linkages Influence on International Business Competence: An In-Service Training Perspective. International Journal of Management Education. (Q1 – Education; SJR 1.26).

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger (2024). Knowledge Transfer from Business Schools to Firms through Academics: An AMO Perspective in an Emerging Economy. Thunderbird International Business Review (Q1 – Political Science & International Relations; SJR 0.51)

Boafo, C.; A. Catanzaro; U. Dornberger (2023). International entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: inter-firm coordination and local economy dynamics in the informal economy. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (Q1 – Business, Management, and Accounting; SJR 0.79)

Boafo, C.; R. A. Owusu, K. Guiderdoni-Jourdain (2022). Understanding internationalization of informal African firms through a network perspective. International Small Business Journal.  (Q1 – Business and International Management; SJR 1.96)

 

Edited Book & Chapters

Dornberger, U., Boafo, C. [Eds] (2025). University-Business Linkage for Employability Promotion. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ISBN print: 978-3-7560-2414-8. Link: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748952893 

Boafo, C.; I. Okanta, U. Dornberger Resilience of Disabled Entrepreneurs in Ghana's Informal Sector. In: Mokgatetswa Mahosi, B. N. et al. (Eds.) (2026): The Informal Business Sector in BRICS+ Countries. Sustainable Economic Development in the Global South, London: Routledge. 

 

Selected Peer-Reviewed (Full Paper) Conference Proceedings:

Chrysostome, E. V., Suddaby, R., Adegbile, A., Nyame-Asiamah, F, & Boafo, C (2025). Crafting A Theory of Resilience Strategies of Diaspora Entrepreneurs in Africa: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective. 51st Conference of the European International Business Academy, University of Piraeus - University of Macedonia, Athens, Greece, December 11-13, 2025. Link: https://eiba2025.eiba.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Conference-Analytical-Agenda-10-12-25.pdf 

Chrysostome, E. V., Carney, M., Gorji, Y., Boafo, C., & Koropogui, S. T. (2025). From Refugee Entrepreneurship to Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Toward a Social Network Model. Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference, Louisville (USA), June 28 – July 2, 2025. Link: https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AIB2025_Conference_Program.pdf 

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger; N. Boso (2024). Impact of University-Business Linkages on International Business Competence: In-Service Training Perspective. Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference, Seoul (Korea), 2-6 July 2024. Link: https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AIB2024ConferenceProgram-updated5July.pdf 

Okanta, I.; Boafo, C. (2024). Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Ghana’s Informal Sector: Exploring Challenges, Coping Mechanisms, and Impact on Livelihood. The 24th Academy of African Business and Development (AABD) Annual Conference Proceedings, Washburn University, United States, 14-18 May 2024. https://aabd2024.exordo.com/files/messages/1330/2024_Book_of_Abstract_Registred.pdf 

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger (2023). Business school scholars engaging in knowledge transfer with firms in a developing economy. Competitive Paper in Track: Knowledge, Innovation, & Technology, Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; Warsaw, Poland, July 5-9, 2023. Link: https://www.aib.world/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AIB-2023-Conference-Proceedings.pdf 

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger, N. Boso (2023). University-Business Linkage Knowledge Transfer Impacts on International Business Competence: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Business Schools. Competitive Paper, The 27th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference on Resilience of International Entrepreneurship in times of Turbulence, Linnaeus University (LNU) School of Business & Economics, Kalmar, Sweden, 30 August - 1 September 2023.

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger, N. Boso (2023). The Impacts of Knowledge Transfer through University-Business Linkages on International Business Competence: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Business Schools. Competitive Paper in Society and Institutions Track, Third Biennial “Out of (and into) Africa Conference, Morgan State University, CIBER-CMCC, and Howard University, USA, November 6-7, 2023.

Boafo, C.; U. Dornberger, N. Boso (2022). Antecedents of international business competence: an exploratory analysis of university-business linkages` knowledge transfer factors, Competitive Paper in Track Innovations in international business teaching, European International Business Association (EIBA) Conference, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway, 7 – 11 December

Boafo, C.; Dornberger, U. (2019). The Internationalization Degree of Urban Informal Enterprises in Ghana: An Extension of Internationalization Theories”, 23rd McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Southern Denmark University, Denmark, 28 August 2019.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=reTfmzcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao  

 

Awards & Grants
  • ACCESS Scholarship Grant (DAAD, BMZ, and Leipzig University) for PhD Studies, Germany (July 2020 – July 2023)
  • 100% Tuition Fee Scholarship for four years at the University of Tasmania for PhD Studies (Declined), Australia (2020)
  • PhD Scholarship of the Vaasa University’s Graduate School (Stipend of 24,000 euros yearly plus full tuition), Finland (Declined) (2020)
  • Best Master’s Degree Student with Academic Excellence (GPA 1.3, Sehr Gut), International SEPT Program, Faculty of Economics and Management Science, 2016 – 2018 MBA Intake, Leipzig University, Germany (2019).
  • DAAD / German Academic Exchange Service Carlo-Schmid (Fellowship) Scholarship at the UN Volunteers Headquarters, Bonn, Germany (2018 – 2019).
  • DAAD EPOS Scholarship, Development Related Postgraduate Courses, Leipzig University, Germany (2016 – 2018).
  • Winning Team of Hacking Global Health, Improving Urban Health in Africa, Asia and Latin America by the KfW Development Bank at the World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany (2017).
     
Memberships & Affiliations
  • Member, Academy of International Business (2023 – Date)
  • Fellow, DAAD Carlo Schmid Program Fellowship, Germany (2019)
  • Fellow, German Academic Exchange Services / DAAD (2018)
  • Honorary Member, German Healthcare Partnership, Germany (2017/18)
  • Member, Deutsch-Afrikanishe Gesellschaft e.V., Germany (2016)
     
Courses Taught

Undergraduate-Level Courses

  • MGT 295, Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior (CCSU School of Business)
  • MGT 330/ENT 330, Entrepreneurship (CCSU School of Business)
  • MGT 480, Strategic Management (CCSU School of Business)
  • MGT 482, International Business (Faculty of Management at The University of British Columbia)

Graduate Courses:

  • 103, Development Strategies of SMEs (SEPT MBA at the University of Leipzig)
  • 205, Research Methodology and Project Management (SEPT MBA at the University of Leipzig)

Certificate in Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW), 24 Hours, The University of British Columbia