Temidayo Akenroye, Ph.D.

Temidayo Akenroye obtained his PhD from the University of Salford, UK in Supply Chain Management. His recent research interests focus on using supply chain management to address sustainable development challenges such as healthcare, food security, modern slavery, small businesses, and driving sustainability in global consumption and production systems.

Professor Akenroye’s recent pioneering study to enhance the supply chains of blood products and human organs in Africa has earned him widespread recognition. He has published widely in many in leading academic and practitioner journals including International Journal of Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Cleaner Production, European Business Review, International Public Management Journal, Journal of Public Procurement, Business Process Management Journal, and the Conversation.

He is a member of the Peer Review College of the British Academy of Management and the Research Advisory Board for the Africa Resource Centre (ARC). He is also an academic adviser for the Kuehne Foundation in Germany and a senior visiting fellow at Lagos Business School in Nigeria. Before entering academia, he worked for organizations in the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, and the United States. He has been widely sought to comment on supply chain issues on global TV channels, including Al-Jazeera and BBC News.

Education

Ph.D. (Supply Chain Management), University of Salford, UK, 2018

M.S. (Sustainability Leadership), University of Cambridge, UK, 2018

M.S. (Supply Chain Management), University of Salford, UK, 2007

PGDip (Shipping and Maritime Logistics), Maritime Academy Nigeria, 2004

HND (Geology Engineering), Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, 2002

Research

Akenroye, T., Owens, J. D., Oyegoke, A. S., Elbaz, J., Belal, H. M., & Jebli, F. (2022). SME’s disinclination towards subcontracting in the public sector markets: an attributional perspective. Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 109-127.

El Baz, J., Evangelista, P., Iddik, S., Jebli, F., Derrouiche, R., & Akenroye, T. (2022). Assessing green innovation in supply chains: a systematic review based on causal mechanisms framework. The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 1114-1145.

El Baz, J., Tiwari, S., Akenroye, T., Cherrafi, A., & Derrouiche, R. (2022). A framework of sustainability drivers and externalities for Industry 4.0 technologies using the Best-Worst Method. Journal of Cleaner Production, 344 (2022), p. 130909

Akenroye, T. O., Dora, M., Kumar, M., Elbaz, J., Kah, S., & Jebli, F. (2021). A taxonomy of barriers to the adoption of sustainable practices in the coffee farming process. Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, pp.1-13.

Nguema, J. N. B. B., Bi, G., Akenroye, T. O., & El Baz, J. (2021). The effects of supply chain finance on organizational performance: a moderated and mediated model. Supply Chain Management, Vol. 27 No. 1, pp. 113-127

Akenroye O, Abubakre A, Beka Be Nguema J, Gaurav R, Elbaz J, Ihua B, Kalili H and Falode O (2021). Modelling the barriers to multi-stakeholder collaboration for COVID-19 pandemic response: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. International Public Management Journal, 25:2, 192-216,

El Baz J, Jebli F, Cherrafi A and Akenroye T.O (2021). The cultural dimensions in Supply Chain Management research: A state of the art review and research agenda. European Business Review, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 171-190

Akenroye, T. O., Owens, J. D., Elbaz, J., & Durowoju, O. A. (2020). Dynamic capabilities for SME participation in public procurement. Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 857-888

Durowoju, O. A., Chan, H. K., Wang, X., & Akenroye, T. (2020). Supply chain redesign implications to information disruption impact. International Journal of Production Economics 232 (2021): 107939

El Baz J, Jebli F, Akenroye T.O and Cherrafi A (2020). Towards responsible conflict minerals supply chain management: A systematic literature review and a supply chain governance framework. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 32 No. 3, pp. 720-741.

Akenroye, T.O. and Aju, O. (2013) Barriers to SMEs participation in public procurement in Nigeria: some preliminary results', in Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. Vol. 17, Nos. 4/5/6

Akenroye, T.O. and Aju, O. (2013) ' A taxonomy of approaches for promoting SMEs access to public procurement market'. Journal of Enterprising Culture. Vol. 21, No. 3, 335–357.

Akenroye, T.O., Oyegoke, A.S. and Eyo, A.B. (2013) ‘Development of a framework for the implementation of green public procurement in Nigeria’, Int. J. Procurement Management, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.1–23

Awards (Grants)

Africa-Nuanced Sustainable Development Goals Research Support Programme (with University of South Africa) – 2022-2024

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Awards (DUTOSA: building a data-driven culture in the blood supply chain in Nigeria) 2020-23

Liverpool John Moores University Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund, 2021.

Strategic Priorities Fund- Liverpool John Moores University, 2020

Book

Frei, Regina, Ibrahim, Sherwat E. and Akenroye, Temidayo (eds.) (2022) Africa and sustainable global value chains: Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains (Greening of Industry Networks Studies, 9), vol. 9, 1 ed. Springer, Heidelberg.