Small business awareness and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies in emerging and developing markets, and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

IJ Akpan, EAP Udoh, B Adebisi - Journal of Small Business & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Many challenges continue to hinder digital technologies' adoption by small and medium
scale enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies. Comparatively, there are more success …

Cutting-edge technologies for small business and innovation in the era of COVID-19 global health pandemic

IJ Akpan, D Soopramanien… - Journal of Small Business …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The adoption of cutting-edge technologies to steer business activities during community
lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even if involuntarily, provides …

Global research trends and performance measurement on biofloc technology (BFT): a systematic review based on computational techniques

B Basumatary, AK Verma, S Kushwaha… - Aquaculture …, 2024 - Springer
Biofloc technology (BFT) is an aquaculture technology that uses microbial communities to
produce a balanced aquatic environment for fish and crustaceans. This study evaluated the …

Success factors of startups in research literature within the entrepreneurial ecosystem

J Sevilla-Bernardo, B Sanchez-Robles… - administrative …, 2022 - mdpi.com
What are the most important factors for the success of a startup? This study aims to shed
light on this issue through the statistical analysis of a bibliographical sample of 60 recent …

Digitization and technological transformation of small business for sustainable development in the less developed and emerging economies: a research note and call …

IJ Akpan, AS Ibidunni - Journal of Small Business & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Digitization of operations and processes and technology adoption by small and medium
scale enterprise in the less developed and emerging economies (LDEE) has been slow or …

Mapping the landscape of Indian genomics research: a scientometric analysis

B Basumatary, PK Maurya, MK Verma - Rejuvenation Research, 2023 - liebertpub.com
This Scientometric study aimed to provide state-of-the-art information on research growth
and trends, areas of potential growth and development in genomics in India, and identify the …

Discrete‐event simulation is still alive and strong: evidence from bibliometric performance evaluation of research during COVID‐19 global health pandemic

IJ Akpan, M Shanker, OF Offodile - International Transactions in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the Annual Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop in
Worchester, UK, in 2010, a panel discussion entitled “discrete‐event simulation (DES) is …

Thirty years of International Transactions in Operational Research: past, present, and future direction

IJ Akpan - International Transactions in Operational Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The journal “International Transactions in Operational Research”(ITOR) marks its
30th anniversary this year. This study undertakes the first bibliometrics analysis of ITOR …

Multiple criteria analysis of the popularity and growth of research and practice of visual analytics, and a forecast of the future trajectory

IJ Akpan, AA Akpan - International Transactions in Operational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study employs Google trends and data from the web of science to evaluate the
popularity, growth, and impacts of visual analytics (VA) as a research field and data science …

Four decades bibliometric analysis, science mapping, and visualization of the consequences of marital union dissolution on parents and children

IJ Akpan, IC Ezeume - Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study undertakes a bibliometric analysis, science mapping, and visualization of the
consequences of marital union dissolution on the household members, including parents …