Portrait of Professor Sam Kamuriwo

Professor Sam Kamuriwo

Professor of Strategy and Innovation

Bayes Business School , Faculty of Management

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Overview

Sam Kamuriwo is Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Bayes Business School and before joining Bayes (formerly Cass) in 2007, had extensive executive-level industry experience in Africa.

Professor Kamuriwo's research advances understanding in:

1. non-organic innovation strategies employed by firms in knowledge-intensive contexts

2. board-level strategies by firms and how they relate to issues such as non-organic innovation strategies, diversity, ESG, to support firm performance

3. entrepreneurial strategy, and its intersection with ecosystems development and institutional context

Some of this research has attracted academic honors, both within the university and at major academic conferences, and has been published in leading innovation journals such as Research Policy and Journal of Product Innovation management and management journals such Leadership Quarterly, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research and entrepreneurship journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Professor Sam Kamuriwo has raised in excess of £3.3m in research funding. He is currently completing two major projects involving innovations in the electricity sector in Sub Saharan Africa, and innovations and ecosystems in the SSA university sector

Professor Sam Kamuriwo has a number of academic leadership and service positions that include - Director of MSc International Business degree (led the design, launch and currently leading) since 2018, and serves on the Programs Approval and Regulation Committee at Bayes. In the past, he has served on the university internationalization committee, and led a key drive by the university to broaden and align its internationalization strategy.

Professor Kamuriwo teaches core strategy courses in the Master's programs at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and a long-running venturing elective for the MBAs. In 2010, he was a Visiting Scholar at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

Sam Kamuriwo holds a Ph.D. and MBA from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) and a BSc in electrical engineering.

Follow on Twitter: @samkamuriwo

Qualifications

  • BSc Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • MBA, City University London, London, United Kingdom
  • PhD in Management, City University London, London, United Kingdom

Employment

  • Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), United Kingdom, August 2020 - present
  • Associate Professor, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), United kingdom, August 2018 - August 2020
  • Course Director: MSc International Business, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), United Kingdom, January 2018 - present
  • Senior Lecturer in Strategy, 1966, United Kingdom, August 2015 - July 2018
  • Lecturer in Strategy, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City University of London, United Kingdom, July 2009 - July 2015
  • Research Fellow, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City University of London, United Kingdom, December 2006 - June 2009

Visiting appointments

  • Visiting Scholar, Wharton Business School, January - April 2010

Memberships of professional organisations

  • member, Africa academy of management, January 2012 - present
  • Member, Academy of International Business, January 2008 - present
  • Member, Academy of Management, January 2006 - present

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Strategic Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

Additional topics

  • Corporate Governance
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Technology Management
  • Venture Capital

Industries

  • biotechnology
  • energy
  • high technology
  • private equity
  • telecommunications
  • utilities
  • venture capital

Geographic Areas

  • Africa
  • Europe

Research

My research is on knowledge and innovation strategies using alliances and acquisitions especially in technology-intensive contexts. My other research is on board level strategies and how leverage strategic board knowledge in the form of board capital on its own or alongside firm alliances to achieve important firm objectives such as executive compensation, firm innovation and firm economic performance.

Research topics

Knowledge integration strategies and R&D outsourcing in non-modular settings

Whena and how modular analogies of product development systems can be applied in non-modular settings of product development

Multiple network Strategies and performance implications

Considering how inter-locks at the board level alongside other firm-level alliance networks interact to affect firm level outcomes such as innovation and economic performance

Board Capital and performance implications

How strategic knowledge in the form of board capital is leveraged in the board's composition and structure and how that relates to executive compensation and firm (innovative and economic) performance

Research students

Cristiano Bellavitis

Attendance: October 2010 - September 2014, full-time

Thesis title: The impact of venture capital on new ventures’ performances

Role: 2nd Supervisor

2ndsupervisor

Publications

Books (2)

  1. Kamuriwo, S., Jones, S., Marshall, N. and Kinoti, M.W. (2025). Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa. WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789819800513.
  2. Quas, A., Alperovych, Y., Bellavitis, C., Paeleman, I. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2019). New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Finance Research. WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789811202759.

Chapter

  1. Alperovych, Y., Bellavitis, C., Kamuriwo, D.S., Paeleman, I. and Quas, A. (2019). Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance — From the 18th Century to Modern Times. New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Finance Research (pp. 1-9). WORLD SCIENTIFIC. ISBN 9789811202759.

Conference papers and proceedings (16)

  1. Samad, T., Al-Zaili, J., Kamuriwo, S., Sayma, A., Manyuchi, K., Kinoti, M.... Tsamenyi, M. A Study on the Market Potential of Biomass-Based Micro Gas Turbines in Sub-Saharan Africa. .doi:10.46855/energy-proceedings-9290
  2. Kamuriwo, D. (2015). VC contracts and institutions (Mitigating Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Venture Capital Industry ). 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Opening Governance 7-11 August, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10526abstract
  3. Kamuriwo, D. and Chizema, A. (2014). Board delivery and firm perfomance: Republic of South Africa. Africa Academy of Management 2nd Biennial Conference: Sustainable Development in Africa Through Management Theory, Research and Practice: A Commentary 8-11 January, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
  4. Kamuriwo, D. and Chizema, A. (2013). Institutions, individual level factors and entrepreneurial entry: the case of South Africa. Academy of Management Africa Conference 2013 7-10 January, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg, South Africa.doi:10.5465/aomafr.2012.0205
  5. Kamuriwo, D., Billitteri, C. and Hommel, U. (2012). Pre-investment Screening and Contractual Rights: Venture Capital Contracting in US and Europe. The XXIII ISPIM Conference 2012: Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience 17-20 June, Barcelona, Spain.
  6. Kamuriwo, D.S. and Chizema, A. (2011). Induced and opportunity based entrepreneurial entry: The case of South Africa. Academy of Africa Management Conference 12-16 August, San Antonio, Texas, USA.doi:10.5465/aomafr.2012.0205
  7. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2010). Contingency between virtual and traditional models and breadth of strategy. Sol. C Snider Entrepreneurial Research Centre Wharton Business School.
  8. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2009). Timing in business model and product market strategy tradeoffs: Performance implications. Academy of Management Conference: Green Management Matters 7-11 August, Chicago, USA.doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2009.44256471
  9. Kamuriwo, S.D. and Baden Fuller, C. (2009). Knowledge Building and Organization Design. Academy of Management Chicago, USA.
  10. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2009). New Organisational Forms and Product Market Strategy Tradeoffs: Performance Implications. Academy of International Business San Diego, USA.
  11. Kamuriwo, S.D. and Zhang, J.J. (2008). Beyond filling in knowledge gaps: How alliances fit into business model design and execution. LRP Special Issue Conference on Business Models Cass, UK.
  12. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2008). Knowledge Building Trajectories and the design of boundary spanning activities. Academy of Management Annual Conference Anaheim, California.
  13. Kamuriwo, S.D. and Baden Fuller, C. (2008). Knowledge Building Trajectories and the Design of Organizational Boundary Spanning Activities. Academy of International Business Milan, Italy.
  14. Kamuriwo, S.D. and Baden Fuller, C. (2007). The Knowledge building dilemma of new firms. Babson Conference Instituto de Empresa Business School (IEBS), Madrid, Spain.
  15. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2006). Absorptive Capacity and Innovative Performance in Young Technology based Firms. Academy of Management Atlanta, USA.
  16. Kamuriwo, D.S. (2005). Contingency based model for knowledge building. Cass Research Day Cass, UK.

Journal articles (16)

  1. Machokoto, M., Gyimah, D., Kadzima, M. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2025). Ripple effects of innovation: How does peer influence shape corporate innovation across countries? The British Accounting Review, 57(4), pp. 101514-101514. doi:10.1016/j.bar.2024.101514

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Kamuriwo, D.S., Muradoglu, G., Sivaprasad, S. and Malki, I. (2024). Stock returns, industry concentration and firm expenditure decisions. Journal of Economics and Business, 131, pp. 106195-106195. doi:10.1016/j.jeconbus.2024.106195

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Bellavitis, C., Kamuriwo, D.S. and Hommel, U. (2019). Mitigation of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Venture Capital Financing: The Influence of the Country's Institutional Setting. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(4), pp. 1328-1349. doi:10.1111/jsbm.12391

    [publisher’s website]

  4. Bellavitis, C., Kamuriwo, D.S. and Hommel, U. (2017). Mitigating agency risk between investors and ventures’ managers. Journal of General Management, 43(1), pp. 33-43. doi:10.1177/0306307017722937

    [publisher’s website]

  5. Kamuriwo, D.S., Baden‐Fuller, C. and Zhang, J. (2017). Knowledge Development Approaches and Breakthrough Innovations in Technology‐Based New Firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 34(4), pp. 492-508. doi:10.1111/jpim.12393

    [publisher’s website]

  6. Bellavitis, C., Filatotchev, I., Kamuriwo, D.S. and Vanacker, T. (2017). Entrepreneurial finance: new frontiers of research and practice. Venture Capital, 19(1-2), pp. 1-16. doi:10.1080/13691066.2016.1259733

    [publisher’s website]

  7. Mazzola, E., Perrone, G. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2016). Network Positions and the Probability of Being Acquired: An Empirical Analysis in the Biopharmaceutical Industry. British Journal of Management, 27(3), pp. 516-533. doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12174

    [publisher’s website]

  8. Kamuriwo, D.S. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2016). Knowledge integration using product R&D outsourcing in biotechnology. Research Policy, 45(5), pp. 1031-1045. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2016.02.009

    [publisher’s website]

  9. Mazzola, E., Perrone, G. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2016). The interaction between inter-firm and interlocking directorate networks on firm's new product development outcomes. Journal of Business Research, 69(2), pp. 672-682. doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.08.033

    [publisher’s website]

  10. Burchardt, J., Hommel, U., Kamuriwo, D.S. and Billitteri, C. (2016). Venture Capital Contracting in Theory and Practice: Implications for Entrepreneurship Research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40(1), pp. 25-48. doi:10.1111/etap.12104

    [publisher’s website]

  11. Chizema, A., Kamuriwo, D.S. and Shinozawa, Y. (2015). Women on corporate boards around the world: Triggers and barriers. The Leadership Quarterly, 26(6), pp. 1051-1065. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.07.005

    [publisher’s website]

  12. Mazzola, E., Perrone, G. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2015). Network embeddedness and new product development in the biopharmaceutical industry: The moderating role of open innovation flow. International Journal of Production Economics, 160, pp. 106-119. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.10.002

    [publisher’s website]

  13. (2014). Note to Instructors: Sparrow Therapeutics Exit Strategy. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 38(3), pp. 708-712. doi:10.1111/etap.12003_2

    [publisher’s website]

  14. Bellavitis, C., Filatotchev, I. and Kamuriwo, D.S. (2014). The effects of intra-industry and extra-industry networks on performance: A case of venture capital portfolio firms. Managerial and Decision Economics, 35(2), pp. 129-144. doi:10.1002/mde.2647

    [publisher’s website]

  15. Kamuriwo, D.S. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2014). Sparrow therapeutics exit strategy. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 38(3), pp. 691-708. doi:10.1111/etap.12003
  16. Kamuriwo, D.S., Billitteri, C. and Hommel, U. (2012). Pre-investment screening, contractual rights and monitoring in Venture Capital contracting: a conceptual review. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Reports (2)

  1. Kamuriwo, D. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2006). Adapting to Create Value in a Young European Biotech: The Case of Arrow Therapeutics Limited. Gate2Growth Academic Network in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance, EIASM.
  2. Kamuriwo, D. and Baden-Fuller, C. (2006). Managing High Technology Risk through Innovative Organisation: The Case of Evolutec Plc. Gate2GroWth Academic Network in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Finance.

Working paper

  1. Sivaprasad, S., Kamuriwo, D.S., Malki, I. and Muradoglu, Y.G. Stock Returns, Industry Concentration and Firm Expenditure Decisions. Elsevier BV.

Other (2)

  1. Kamuriwo, D.S. and Chizema, A.(2011). strategic entrepreneurial entry in South Africa.
  2. Kamuriwo, D.S. and Hommel, U.(2011). Venture Capital contracts risk and governance trade-offs.

Education

Course Directorship

- 2011 - present, MBA, Admissions Tutor

Professional activities

Editorial activity (6)

  1. Research Policy, Referee, 2016 - present.
  2. Journal of Management Studies, Referee, 2013 - present.
  3. Technovation, Referee, 2010 - present.
  4. Academy of International Business, Referee, 2008 - present.
  5. Academy of Management, Referee, 2007 - present.
  6. Long Range Planning, Referee, 2003 - present.

Events/conferences (25)

  1. Euram - Entrepreneurial Finance track. (Conference) Poland (2015). Chair, Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
  2. EURAM Poland. (Conference) Poland (2015).
    Paper: VC contracts and institutions
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Hommel, U.; Bellavitis, C
  3. AOM Vancouver. (Conference) Vancouver, Canada (2015). Invited speaker.
    Paper: VC contracts and institutions
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Bellavitis, C. Hommel, U
  4. Africa business partnership Forum 2014. (Conference) Cass Business School (2014). Chair, Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
  5. SOAS school of management seminar series. (Seminar) London (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The interaction of board interlocks and interfirm network relationships on firm innovation performance
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Perrone, Giovanni; Mazzolla, Erica
  6. Sustainable Development in Africa through Management Theory, Research and Practice. (Conference) kenya (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Board divery and firm perfomance: RSA
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Chizema, A
  7. University of Parlemo research seminar. (Seminar) Italy (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Board evaluation: UK Corporates
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Chizema, A.
  8. SEJ Special issue on business models. (Workshop) Barcelona (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Business Model Configurations: Linking the activity system perspective to customer engagement in biotechnology
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Baden-fuller, C
  9. Academy of Management Africa. (Conference) South Africa (2013). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Institutions, Individual Level Factors and Entrepreneurial Entry: The Case of South Africa
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Chizema, A
  10. XXIII ISPIM Conference – Action for Innovation: Innovating from Experience. (Conference) Barcelona, Spain (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Pre-investment Screening and Contractual Rights: Venture Capital Contracting in US and Europe
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Billitteri, C. and Hommel, U.
  11. Academy of Management: The Informal Economy. Boston, MA. (Conference) Boston, MA (2012). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Internal versus External Board Evaluation: The Case of UK Listed Firms
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Chizema, A.
  12. Academy of Africa Management Conference. (Conference) USA (2011). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Induced and opportunity based entrepreneurial entry: The case of South Africa
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Chizema, A
  13. Sol. C Snider Entrepreneurial Research Centre. (Workshop) Wharton Business School (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Contingency between virtual and traditional models and breadth of strategy
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
  14. Growing Bio: ESPRC project showcase event. (Conference) Cass Business School (2009). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
  15. Academy of Management. (Conference) Chicago, Illinois (2009). Session/Day Chair
  16. Academy of Management. (Conference) Chicago, USA (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Knowledge Building and Organization Design
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Charles Baden-Fuller
  17. Academy of Management. (Conference) Chicago, USA (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Timing in Business Model and Product Market Strategy Tradeoffs: Performance Implications
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
  18. Academy of International Business. (Conference) San Diego, USA (2009). Invited speaker.
    Paper: New Organisational Forms and Product Market Strategy Tradeoffs: Performance Implications
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
  19. LRP Special Issue Conference on Business Models. (Conference) Cass, UK (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Beyond filling in knowledge gaps: How alliances fit into business model design and execution
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Jpanne J. Zhang
  20. Academy of Management Annual Conference. (Conference) Anaheim, California (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Knowledge Building Trajectories and the design of boundary spanning activities
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
  21. Academy of International Business. (Conference) Milan, Italy (2008). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Knowledge Building Trajectories and the Design of Organizational Boundary Spanning Activities
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Charles Baden-Fuller
  22. Babson Conference. (Conference) Madrid, Spain (2007). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The Knowledge building dilemma of new firms
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
    Co-authors: Charles Baden-Fuller
  23. Academy of Management. (Conference) Atlanta, USA (2006). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Absorptive Capacity and Innovative Performance in Young Technology based Firms
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.
  24. Cass International Workshops on various management themes. (Conference) Cass Business School (2005). Organising Committee
  25. Cass Research Day. (Seminar) Cass, UK (2005). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Contingency based model for knowledge building
    Author: Kamuriwo D.S.

Media appearances (2)

  1. Biotechs go virtual. (2010) Nature Biotechnology.
  2. Biotech start-ups maximise the value of R&D outsourcing. (2009) http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net.