Kamara, Samppa, Dr

Dr Samppa Kamara

PhD

Management School

Lecturer in International Business

Research Follow, University of Oulu

S.Kamara@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3470

C006 Villa, 91ֱ�� University Management School

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Dr Samppa Kamara
Management School
C006 Villa
91ֱ�� University Management School
Conduit Road
91ֱ��
S10 1FL

Qualifications

Publications

Arslan A, Kamara S, Tian AY, Rodgers P & Kontkanen M (2024) . Journal of Business Research, 173, 114488-114488.
Arslan A, Kamara S, Zahoor N, Rani P & Khan Z (2022) . International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(9), 448-465.
Arslan A, Buchanan BG, Kamara S & Al Nabulsi N (2022) . Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 29(3), 335-353.
Arslan A, Kamara S, Golgeci I & Tarba SY (2022) . International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 30(7), 20-33.

Kamara S, Arslan A, Kontkanen M & Y. Tarba S (2022) , Research Handbook on Innovation in International Business (pp. 206-218). Edward Elgar Publishing
Kamara S, Arslan A & Dikova D (2022) , Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (pp. 171-192). Emerald Publishing Limited
Kamara S (2022) , Women Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 173-196). Springer International Publishing

Research group

Grants

2023-2024: 34 000 EUR - Awarded grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (Grant no. 00240211), Reversal Brain Drain: The case of Finnish highly skilled workers.
2023: 1200 EUR – Awarded by Oulu Graduate School, Project: Bibliometric analysis on diaspora implications for firms' international business strategies.
2022-2024: 52 000 EUR - Multi-year awarded grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation (Grant no. 00220435), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa
2022: 1500 EUR – Awarded by Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 22-12230), Project: Decent work and Value co-creation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Finnish small firm
2021: 23 000 EUR - Awarded with one year grant for doctoral research from Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 20-11084), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa
2020: 23 000 EUR - Awarded with one year grant for doctoral research from Foundation for Economic Education (Grant no. 18-9880), Diaspora networks in micro-sized firms’ internationalization: analysis of Finnish firms’ expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa

Teaching activities: I currently serve as module leader for MGT1604 European Business module.

Professional activities and memberships

PhD Supervision: I am interested in supervising students in the areas of international entrepreneurship, ethnic and network dynamics, and internationalisation strategies of SMEs.