Prof. Wagner Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker at KNUST, Ghana
Invited as Distinguished Lecture Series speaker at the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Dr. Stephan Wagner speaks on “Startups in the Supply Chain Ecosystem – Practice and Research”.
Startups are associated with innovation, emerging technologies, digitalization, and disruptive business models. Therefore, more and more corporates are urged to access innovations that increase the competitiveness of products or productivity of processes. The scholarly supply chain, logistics, and operations management literature has up to now paid little attention to external pagestartups’ role in the supply chain ecosystem. The aim of this Distinguished Lecture Series is to motivate researchers, both in Africa and other parts of the world, to take up projects at this OM–entrepreneurship interface. Prof. Dr. Stephan Wagner will discuss research that has already shed light on external pagedifferent modes of corporate–startup interaction, or on the capabilities buying firms need to build up in order to identify, select and integrate startup suppliers. The talk will also reveal the opportunities and challenges of publishing research at the OM–entrepreneurship interface.
Scholars and practitioners from Africa and beyond are encouraged to external pagejoin.
CARISCA is a global supply chain research center based at the external pageKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. CARISCA’s goal is to advance African supply chains to improve quality of life. KNUST partners with external pageArizona State University on the external pageCenter for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA) and is supported by the external pageUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Prof. Wagner is Member of the Academic Advisory Board of CARISCA.