About Michael Olomu, PhD (Editor-in Chief)

Michael Olomu, PhD (Editor-in Chief)

About Michael Olomu, PhD (Editor-in Chief)

Olomu Michael Oluwaseun is an Assistant Director of Research at the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), a research Centre under the auspice of the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology (FMIST), Nigeria. He earned his undergraduate studies in Economics and Statistics, and then bagged his master’s and PhD degrees from the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, specializing in Technology Management and Industrial Innovations.

He has been a dynamic and vibrant team member in many major nationally sponsored research projects and his research interest includes Economics of innovation and development, ICT innovations and management, science policy, development studies and entrepreneurship with major focus on industrial policy and development. He was also part of the team that evaluated the apprenticeship-based policy intervention of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, the project sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada from 2019 to 2022.

He is a member and Co-chair of Committee on Data (CODATA) International Science Council and also a member of the African Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence-Building Systems (AfricaLics), Nigerian Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-Building Systems (NigeriaLics) and Young Scholars Initiative, Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) and many more. Furthermore, he is a member and a recipient of the Emerging Economies Doctoral Student Award (EEDSA), Production and Operations Management Society, Orlando, Florida, United State of America.

His recent works emphasized fostering collaborations among government, industry and academia to advance the fields of industrial development and digital transformations. Through his multidisciplinary researches, he has contributed to the growth of the adoption and diffusion of disruptive technologies for sustainable industrial innovations and infrastructural development through policy recommendations and improvement in policy design and implementation in the industrial spheres and the dynamics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). With his vibrant academic prowess, he has produced few peer-reviewed publications, books and reports in several fields. See the link for more: 

Selected Publications

The Adoption and Impact of Internet-based Technological Innovations on the Performance of the Industrial Cluster Firms.

Journal of Economy and Technology. Volume 1, 164–178, ISSN 2949-9488.

Date: 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ject.2023.11.004 Authors: Olomu, M. O., Binuyo, G. O., and Oyebisi, T. O.

Pooled Longitudinal Dataset on the Assessment of an Apprenticeship-Based Entrepreneurship Intervention in Nigeria.

Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1–48.

Date: 2023 DOI: 10.1163/24523666-bja10031 Authors: Olofinyehun, A., Adeyeye, J., Egbetokun, A., Olomu, M., Oluwadare, J., Sanni, M., and Orisadare, M.

The Impact of Human Capital on Industrial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Nigerian Studies in Economics and Management Sciences, Vol. 4(2), 28–36.

Date: 2021 Authors: Akinlo, T., Akinsokeji, Rogers Adebayo and Olomu, Michael Oluwaseun

The Dynamics of the Global Value Chains and Disruptive Technologies: Potentials and Trends in Africa.

Book Chapter on the Impact of Disruptive Technologies on the Sharing Economy, IGI Global Publishing, 203–217.

Date: 2021 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0361-4.ch012 Authors: Olomu M. Oluwaseun

Agricultural Sector Value Chain and Government Policy in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Prospects.

African Journal of Economics and Management Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, 525–538.

Date: 2020 DOI: 10.1108/AJEMS-03-2019-0103 Authors: Olomu M. Oluwaseun, Ekperiware M. Clinton and Akinlo Taiwo

Marketing Automation Innovation Practices and Customer Retention Performance: Evidence from the Nigerian Manufacturing SMEs.

International Journal of Business Performance Management, Vol. 20, No. 3, 212–228.

Date: 2019 DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2019.101999 Authors: Olomu, Michael O.

The Impact of Technological Innovation on SME’s Profitability in Nigeria.

International Journal of Research, Innovation and Commercialisation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 74–92.

Date: 2017 DOI: 10.1504/IJRIC.2017.082299 Authors: Yusuf Opeyemi Akinwale, Adeyemi Oluwaseun Adepoju and Michael Oluwaseun Olomu

Harnessing Technological and Non-Technological Innovations for SMEs Profitability in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector.

American Journal of Business, Economics and Management, Vol. 4, No. 4, 75–88.

Date: 2016 Authors: Olomu, M.O, Akinwale, Y.O, and Adepoju, A.O

e-Marketing Adoption and Performance in the Nigerian Paints Industry.

International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 235–252.

Date: 2016 Authors: Olomu Michael Oluwaseun and Irefin Isaac Adeyemi

e-Marketing and Firm’s Profitability in the Nigerian Paints Industry: The Analysis of Before and After Adoption.

American Journal of Engineering, Technology and Society, Vol. 2, No. 5, 111–120.

Date: 2015 Authors: Olomu Michael Oluwaseun and Irefin Isaac Adeyemi