His research, focusing on strategic management, entrepreneurship, and family businesses in emerging economies, has appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Human Relations, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Management, and Journal of African Business (JAB). He serves on the editorial review boards of the JAB and the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy.He is the Global Representative for Africa for the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management and an executive member of the International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD). He has been awarded competitive research grants from the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation, the Family-Owned Business Institute, and Emerald Publishing Group. Professor Acquaah holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.