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Strengthening of Research Activites and Research
Collaboration
Facilitating collaborative research is also an important
objective for BSU. A call for proposals was announced under
the platform on Growth and Employment. Eligible proposals
included researchers from at least one South Partner
university (Ghana and Tanzania) and at least one Danish
University. Following an external review in Denmark, six (6)
projects involving UG faculty members were selected for
awards in November 2012, a total investment of 835,372 DKK
(USD 147,072.54).
Spotlight On Winning Projects
Professor Robert E. Hinson
of the Department of Marketing
and Customer Management won a grant of 141,855 DKK
(≈ USD 24,974.47) to work with Professor Klaus Grunert of
Aarhus University on the project:
“Corporate Responsibility
of Multinational Companies in the Agri-Food Sector:
Strategic Role, Implementation and Effects on
Stakeholders in Developing Countries”.
Professor Robert E. Hinson also won a grant of 131,880
DKK (≈ USD 23,218.31) to work with Professor John Kuada
of Aalborg University
on the project: “Impact
of Corporate Social
Responsibility of
Ghanaian Firms on
Their Attractiveness as
Employers”.
Dr. Mohammed Aminu-Sanda
of the Department of
Organisation and Human Resource Management won a grant
of 120,350 DKK (≈ USD 21,188.38) to work with Professor
John Kuada of Aalborg
University on the project:
“Impact of Leadership
Style and Culture
on Job Satisfaction/
Organisational
Commitment in Ghanaian
Retail Banks”.
Dr. Stephen Abenney-Mickson
and DR. EDWARD SABI of the
Department of Engineering Sciences won a grant of 175,000
DKK (≈ USD 30,809.86) to work with Professor Nicholas Kyei-
Baffour of Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science
and Technology (KNUST),
Kumasi, and Dr. Mathias
N. Andersen of Aarhus
University on the project:
“An Interdisciplinary
Research Cooperation to
Develop a Prototype Solar
Powered Drip Irrigation
and Fertigation System Adapted to Soils and Climate
Conditions in Ghana”.
Dr. Bedman Narteh
of the Department of Marketing and
Customer Management
won a grant of 99,287
DKK (≈ USD 17,480.11) to
work with Professor John
Kuada of Aalborg University
on the project:
“Inter-
Firm Collaboration and
Knowledge Management
in an Emerging Context:
Insights from Ghanaian-
Danish Cases”.
Professor Paul W.
K. Yankson
of the
Department of Geography
and Resource Development
won a grant of 167,000 DKK
(≈ USD 29,401.41) to work
with Professor John Rand of
University of Copenhagen
on the project:
“Oil and
Regional Development:
The Case of Western
Region, Ghana”.
Dr. Stephen Abenney-Mickson
Prof. Robert E. Hinson
Dr. Bedman Narteh
Dr. Mohammed Aminu-Sanda
Prof. Paul W. K. Yankson
