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Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework. (2025)
Journal Article
JAMES, I. and ONOSHAKPOR, C. [2025]. Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], EarlyCite. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-03-2024-0169

This paper examines how informal female entrepreneurs (IFEs) navigate the intersecting challenges of informality, gender, and patriarchy and how they develop coping strategies to remain in business. We draw on the existing "5M" framework to highlight... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for informal female entrepreneurs in Nigeria using the 5M framework..

Automated marking system for essay questions. (2024)
Journal Article
OBOT, O.U., OBIKE, P. and JAMES, I. 2024. Automated marking system for essay questions. Journal of engineering research and reports [online], 26(5), pages 107-126. Available from: https://doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2024/v26i51139

The stress of marking assessment scripts of many candidates often results in fatigue that could lead to low productivity and reduced consistency. In most cases, candidates use words, phrases and sentences that are synonyms or related in meaning to th... Read More about Automated marking system for essay questions..

Entrepreneurial motivation in the global south: addressing gender marginalization. (2023)
Journal Article
ONOSHAKPOR, C., JAMES, I., IBUKUN, T. and IRENE, B. 2023. Entrepreneurial motivation in the global south: addressing gender marginalization. International journal of entrepreneurship [online], 27(6), pages 1-15. Available from: https://www.abacademies.org/articles/entrepreneurial-motivation-in-the-global-south-addressing-gender-marginalization.pdf

This article sets out to the issues of gender marginalisation and entrepreneurial motivation is increasingly gaining interest in management, mainly to address social and gender exclusion. This paper explores the perceived differences in the motivatin... Read More about Entrepreneurial motivation in the global south: addressing gender marginalization..

Mobilising identity: entrepreneurial practice of a 'disadvantaged' identity. (2021)
Journal Article
JAMES, I., XIONG, L. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2022. Mobilising identity: entrepreneurial practice of a 'disadvantaged' identity. European management review [online], 19(3), pages 436-449. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12451

We examine how female migrant entrepreneurs overturn disadvantage through social resourcing. We argue they are disadvantaged by the intersectionality of their identities; that social constructions and ensuing entrepreneurial expectations are a poor f... Read More about Mobilising identity: entrepreneurial practice of a 'disadvantaged' identity..

A framework for intelligent inventory prediction in small and medium- scale enterprise. (2021)
Journal Article
OBOT, O., GEORGE, U. and JAMES, I. 2021. A framework for intelligent inventory prediction in small and medium-scale enterprise. European journal of business and management [online], 13(2), pages 21-28. Available from: https://doi.org/10.7176/EJBM/13-2-03

The aim of this research is to apply an intelligent technique to predict optimal inventory quantity in small and medium-scale enterprise. This is in view of the fact that the conventional models such as the EOQ model use only deterministic while some... Read More about A framework for intelligent inventory prediction in small and medium- scale enterprise..