RONALD EBENEZER ESSEL

@ucc.edu.gh

Tutor, College of Distance Education (CoDE), Unit of Business Programmes, Cape Coast, Ghana
University of Cape Coast (UCC), College of Distance Education (CoDE)

RONALD EBENEZER ESSEL


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Ronald Ebenezer Essel is a Tutor in Finance at the University of Cape Coast, College of Distance Education, Unit of Business programmes, Ghana. He holds an M. Phil finance and a B.Sc. (Admin) banking and finance degrees, from the University of Ghana Business School. Ronald was a Credit Analyst at Republic Bank Ltd and Prudential Bank Limited for six years. He also worked with theSOFTtribe Limited for a year as a software implementation/support officer. Ronald’s research interest is in finance/economics (financial markets developments, FDI and growth, TQM and firm performance, banking and international trade, gender based violence issues in Africa) and has a number of research publications to his credit.

EDUCATION

Period: July 2015
Institution: University of Ghana, Legon
Degree: M. Phil (Finance)
Modules: 1. Advance Corporate Finance & Investment, 2. Financial Economics, 3. Financial Derivatives, 4. Development Economics for Finance, 5. Economics for Business, 6. Econometrics for Finance, 7. Research Design & Qualitative Techniques, 8. Multivariate Data Analysis, 9. Business Information Systems & 10. Business Strategy.
Thesis: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Productivity Growth of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms. Now published in International Journal

2. Period: May 2004
Institution: University of Ghana, Legon
Degree: BSc. (Admin) Banking & Finance Option: 2nd Class (honours) upper division

3. Period: December 1998
Institution: Adisadel College, Cape Coast.
Certificate: Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE)
Electives: Economics, Mathematics (Elective) & Geography

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Finance/Economics in Africa with specific interest in financial markets developments, FDI and growth, TQM and firm performance, banking and international trade, gender based violence issues in Africa
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Scholar Citations

8

Scholar h-index

8

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Capital Structure, Ownership Structure and Corporate Performance of Non-financial Listed Firms: Board Structure Elements’ Moderating Role in an Emerging Economy
    RE Essel
    IIMS Journal of Management Science, 0976030X251404244 , 2026
    2026
  • Financial Management Practices and Financial Performance in China’s Main Capital Markets: A Macroeconomics Moderation Analysis
    RE Essel
    China Report 61 (4), 509-551 , 2025
    2025
  • Intellectual Capital, Family Management, and the Performance of Listed Manufacturing Firms in Ghana: A Mediation Analysis
    RE Essel
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy 16 (5), 16901-16941 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Revenue mobilization channels and strategies and local government performance in Ghana: Implications for fiscal sustainability of the North Tongu District Assembly
    RE Essel
    Journal of Contemporary Business Research 1 (1), 56-75 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Business Financial Strategies and SMEs Performance: Evidence from China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange
    RE Essel
    SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal) 52 (2 … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Financial management practices and corporate performance in an emerging African capital market: A moderation analysis
    RE Essel
    Journal of African Business, 1-44 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Corporate financial strategies and performance: Insights from China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange
    RE Essel
    Accounting 11 (1), 1-18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Perceived Risk, Trialability, Expectations and Electronic Banking Adoption Within the Accra Metropolis of Ghana
    RE Essel
    Jindal Management Journal, 30497876251374735 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Dividend policy–performance linkages: The moderating role of board structure elements in an emerging economy
    RE Essel
    Jindal Journal of Business Research 13 (2), 143-161 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • TAX EVASION DETERMINANTS AND EFFECT IN URBAN GHANA: THE CASE OF LEDZOKUKU MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
    RE Essel
    Public Administration Quarterly, 1-23 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • The effect of capital structure on corporate performance: panel empirical evidence of an emerging capital market
    RE Essel
    Journal of African Business 25 (2), 224-263 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 49
  • Corporate Social Responsibility—Performance Nexus: The Moderating Role of Board Size, Board Independence and Board Gender Diversity in Ghana
    RE Essel
    IIMS Journal of Management Science 14 (2), 1-34 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Foreign direct investment, technological spillover, and total factor productivity growth in Ghana
    RE Essel
    SN Business & Economics 3 (8), 144 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • The effect of capital structure on corporate performance in Ghana
    RE Essel
    Ghanaian Journal of Economics 10 (1), 94-116 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Assessing the moderating role of trialability and perceived risk of e-banking adoption in an emerging economy
    RE Essel
    Vision, 09722629221106260 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 18
  • Assessing materials management practices effect on firm’s performance in Ghana using dominance analysis: Evidence from a listed company
    RE Essel
    Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning 4 (2), 174-201 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 19
  • The impact of working capital management on the performance of listed firms: Evidence of an emerging economy
    R Essel, J Brobbey
    International Journal of Industrial Management 12, 389-407 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 29
  • Investigation of the effect of service quality (SQ) on patient satisfaction (PS) in Ghana using the SERVQUAl model: the case of greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH)
    R Essel
    İşletme Ekonomi ve Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 (2), 240-260 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 18
  • SMEs corporate governance mechanisms and business performance: Evidence of an emerging economy
    R Essel
    2021
    Citations: 21
  • The Effects of Materials Management Practices on Firm Performance in Ghana: Evidence from A Listed Company.
    RE Essel
    2020
    Citations: 8

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The effect of capital structure on corporate performance: panel empirical evidence of an emerging capital market
    RE Essel
    Journal of African Business 25 (2), 224-263 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 49
  • The impact of working capital management on the performance of listed firms: Evidence of an emerging economy
    R Essel, J Brobbey
    International Journal of Industrial Management 12, 389-407 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 29
  • Assessing total quality management (TQM) effect on hospital performance in Ghana using a non-probabilistic approach: The case of Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH)
    RE Essel
    Metamorphosis 19 (1), 29-41 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 23
  • SMEs corporate governance mechanisms and business performance: Evidence of an emerging economy
    R Essel
    2021
    Citations: 21
  • Assessing materials management practices effect on firm’s performance in Ghana using dominance analysis: Evidence from a listed company
    RE Essel
    Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning 4 (2), 174-201 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 19
  • Assessing the moderating role of trialability and perceived risk of e-banking adoption in an emerging economy
    RE Essel
    Vision, 09722629221106260 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 18
  • Investigation of the effect of service quality (SQ) on patient satisfaction (PS) in Ghana using the SERVQUAl model: the case of greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH)
    R Essel
    İşletme Ekonomi ve Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi 4 (2), 240-260 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 18
  • Foreign direct investment, technological spillover, and total factor productivity growth in Ghana
    RE Essel
    SN Business & Economics 3 (8), 144 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Intellectual Capital, Family Management, and the Performance of Listed Manufacturing Firms in Ghana: A Mediation Analysis
    RE Essel
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy 16 (5), 16901-16941 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Dividend policy–performance linkages: The moderating role of board structure elements in an emerging economy
    RE Essel
    Jindal Journal of Business Research 13 (2), 143-161 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Corporate Social Responsibility—Performance Nexus: The Moderating Role of Board Size, Board Independence and Board Gender Diversity in Ghana
    RE Essel
    IIMS Journal of Management Science 14 (2), 1-34 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • The Effects of Materials Management Practices on Firm Performance in Ghana: Evidence from A Listed Company.
    RE Essel
    2020
    Citations: 8
  • Financial management practices and corporate performance in an emerging African capital market: A moderation analysis
    RE Essel
    Journal of African Business, 1-44 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Revenue mobilization channels and strategies and local government performance in Ghana: Implications for fiscal sustainability of the North Tongu District Assembly
    RE Essel
    Journal of Contemporary Business Research 1 (1), 56-75 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • The effect of capital structure on corporate performance in Ghana
    RE Essel
    Ghanaian Journal of Economics 10 (1), 94-116 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Violence against women in Ghana: the interventions by non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
    P Essel, R Essel
    International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 4
  • Corporate financial strategies and performance: Insights from China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange
    RE Essel
    Accounting 11 (1), 1-18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Perceived Risk, Trialability, Expectations and Electronic Banking Adoption Within the Accra Metropolis of Ghana
    RE Essel
    Jindal Management Journal, 30497876251374735 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Business Financial Strategies and SMEs Performance: Evidence from China’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange
    RE Essel
    SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal) 52 (2 … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • TAX EVASION DETERMINANTS AND EFFECT IN URBAN GHANA: THE CASE OF LEDZOKUKU MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
    RE Essel
    Public Administration Quarterly, 1-23 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1

Publications

1. Essel, Ronald (2020). ‘‘Assessing Total Quality Management (TQM) Effect on Hospital Performance in Ghana Using a Non-Probabilistic Approach: The Case of Greater Accra General Hospital (GARH). Metamorphosis: A management Journal, 19 (1), 29-41. . SAGE Publications INC.
2. Essel, Ronald (2019). ‘‘Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Productivity Growth of Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms’’, International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR)’, , No.2, .
3. Essel, Patricia and Essel, Ronald (2019). ‘‘Violence against Women in Ghana: Interventions by Non-Governmental Organisations”, Munich, Germany. Grin Verlag. Published Online – ISSN 9783346082329.

CONSULTANCY

1. Provided consultancy services for Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) Ghana, to support the three districts assemblies in the Eastern Region (Akwapem North, Akwapem South and Okere) to develop and adopt gender policies performed in May 2019 under the project “Influencing Local Development through Utilisation of Data and Gender Mainstreaming” with sponsorship from STAR Ghana and funding from DANIDA, UKAID/DFIS and the European Union.