¹Ï×ÓTV

Mr Emmanuel Okechukwu Chiaha

Job: Part Time Lecturer

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: School of Leadership, Management and Marketing

Address: ¹Ï×ÓTV, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: emmanuel.chiaha@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Emmanuel O. Chiaha is a Part Time Lecturer (PTL) in Business and Management at Newcastle Business School, ¹Ï×ÓTV Leicester. With academic and industry experience spanning entrepreneurship, sustainable development, and financial services, Emmanuel is committed to research-led teaching and international collaboration that empowers students, communities, and businesses to thrive in dynamic environments. His career bridges academia and applied development, drawing on past leadership roles in business development and stakeholder engagement across Nigeria and the UK.

Emmanuel recently completed his PhD in Business and Management via concurrent publication. His doctoral research, titled “The Role of Social Capital in Driving Innovation Performance in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Insights from Nigeria,” used a multi-method approach—including bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review, PLS-SEM, fsQCA, and NVivo—to investigate how structural, relational, and cognitive dimensions of social capital influence MSME innovation in resource-constrained settings. His work contributes to both theory and policy by offering actionable insights for business leaders and policymakers in Africa and other emerging markets.

He has authored four interrelated articles currently under review for publication, covering bibliometric and systematic reviews, quantitative models, and mixed-method studies. His teaching and research interests span innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainable enterprise, and development policy.

A UN SDG Fellow at ¹Ï×ÓTV, Emmanuel works closely with university stakeholders, development organizations, and governments to co-create sustainability-driven solutions. He is passionate about research impact, institutional strengthening, and capacity building in emerging economies. He welcomes collaborative research and PhD proposals related to social capital, innovation, and sustainable business development.

Research group affiliations

The Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)

Publications and outputs

  • Chiaha, E.O. (Under Review). Social Capital and MSME Innovation Performance: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis.
  • This article maps the intellectual landscape of social capital and innovation in MSMEs using bibliometric techniques and visualization tools, identifying key research trends and gaps in the literature.
  • Chiaha, E.O. (Under Review). Leveraging Network Tie Strength to Foster the Innovation Performance of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs): A Systematic Review and Future Insights.
  • This paper systematically reviews the role of network tie strength—a key component of structural social capital—in enabling MSME innovation, proposing a research agenda aligned with emerging contextual challenges.
  • Chiaha, E.O. (Under Review). The Influence of Relational Social Capital (RSC) on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Innovation Performance: A Multi-Method Quantitative Study.
  • This study uses Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) and fsQCA to assess the conditional effects of relational social capital (trust, norms, reciprocity) on innovation performance.
  • Chiaha, E.O. (Under Review). The Impact of Social Capital on Innovation Performance in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria: A Mixed Method Study.
  • Combining PLS-SEM and NVivo analysis, this mixed-method study explores how the three dimensions of social capital—structural, relational, and cognitive—interact to influence innovation performance in Nigeria’s MSME sector.

Research interests/expertise

Social capital theory; MSME innovation performance; entrepreneurship in developing economies; structural, relational, and cognitive dimensions of social capital; innovation ecosystems in resource-constrained contexts; public-private partnerships for development; sustainable development strategy; business model innovation; mixed-methods research (PLS-SEM, fsQCA, NVivo); bibliometric and systematic reviews; stakeholder engagement and institutional reform in emerging markets.

Areas of teaching

Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business Environment, Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative), Strategic Management in Developing Economies, Organizational Behaviour, Emerging Markets and Development Policy, and Sustainability in Business.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Entrepreneurship and Management Studies – ¹Ï×ÓTV, Leicester
  • MSc in Geographic Information Systems – University of Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria
  • BSc in Geography – University of Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria

ORCID number

0009-0003-8708-3602

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