Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand

Here's an interesting research project to be involved with...

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 at 10:00
Subject: Research collaboration
To: [email protected]

I am a lecturer at Macquarie University, conducting research on how small and medium-sized enterprises in Australia address the risks associated with modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.

As part of this study, I will be interviewing key stakeholders, including members from SEAANZ, to gain insights into the challenges and limitations of the disclosure-based approach to mitigating modern slavery risk mandated by the Australian Anti-Slavery Act 2018.

The project is scheduled to commence in January 2027, and I would be grateful if you could collaborate and support this research by referring me to your members.

Thank you very much for your support.

Kind regards,

Yaw

Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, PhD

Recognition: Elsevier and Stanford University's top 2% of scientists (2025).
Award: Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award (2025)
Department of Management
Member of Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship Research Centre

Macquarie Business School,

Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

Google Scholar, LinkedIn, MQ profile, Scopus profile

QS World University Rankings 2025 - Top 150
Shanghai Ranking World Academic Rankings 2024 - Top 300
AFR BOSS Best Business Schools Australia 2024 - #1 for Career Impact

Recent publications

Baah, C., Agyabeng-Mensah, Y., Afum, E., Acquah, I. S. K., & Agyeman, D. O. (2026). Digital co-transformation, interfirm knowledge creation, and collaborative innovation: Symmetrical and asymmetrical drivers of B2B SME performance under threats. Industrial Marketing Management, 132, 117-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.12.003 (ABDC A*)

Agyabeng-Mensah, Y., Baah, C., & Afum, E. (accepted 31/01/2026, In press). Leveraging reverse engineering for CSCM practices: demystifying the roles of compositional capability and cooperative orientation under humane orientation and competition intensity. Business Strategy and The Environment (ABDC A)

Agyabeng-Mensah, Y., Oloruntoba, R., Mohammadi, H., & Earnest, J. (2025). Market performance and social sustainability practices across manufacturing supply chains: the role of sustainability information exchange and corporate motives. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 30 (7), 20-37 https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-09-2024-0618 (ABDC A)

Agyabeng‐Mensah, Y., Oloruntoba, R., Earnest, J., & Mohammadi, H. (2025). Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Performance Outcomes: Supply Chain Practice View and Mediated Moderation Perspectives. Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70023 (ABDC A)

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Australian and New Zealand economies, employing 42% of Australia’s workforce and 31% of New Zealand’s workers.

But rising costs, weak demand, digital disruption, tariff-driven trade tensions and inflation are pushing many small businesses to the brink of failure.

Read more in our article in The Conversation Australia + NZ

seaanz.org

SCAM Sender ID INTRODUCED

As part of Australian Government’s efforts to combat SMS scams, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is introducing an SMS Sender ID Register. This will require any user of SMS Sender ID to register their IDs, or risk having their messages to customers marked as "Unverified" or, in future, "Likely Scam".

Registration will open on 30 November providing users two weeks to register their SMS Sender IDs before the register goes live on Monday 15 December, although an extension has been called for to allow better education of businesses and consumers.

Please reach out to me if you would like to discuss, and if you want further information about the proposal to extend, please reach out to Luke Coleman, CEO, at: [email protected].

SEAANZ congratulates the 2025 winners of the BELLA Awards! Entrants were judged by a multi-country panel at the recent semi-annual Board meeting in Xi'an, China.

The 2025 winners are:

🏆Agri-Education Womenpreneur Award: Ms. Jessica Domingo Rey (Philippines)
🏆Agri-Food Tech Womenpreneur Award: Ms. Aki Hirao (Japan)
🏆Agri-Fashion & Lifestyle Womenpreneur Award: Ms. Irene Rita Beccera (Philippines)
🏆Most Promising Agri Startup: Ms. Ma. Nelia Binag-Talaue (Philippines)
🏆GRIP Award (Growth, Resilience, Innovation, and Prosperity): Ms. Yin Shuping (China)
🏆Agri-Influencer Award – Philippines Special Award: Ms. Princess Anne Marcos (Philippines)

Calling all researchers and writers!

A special Issue of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research on the topic of 'Diversity, Inclusion and Entrepreneurship: What we know and what we don’t know'.

Details of the call and the link can be found at
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/diversity-inclusion-and-entrepreneurship-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-know

The Journal is seeking submissions from across the globe! 🙂

Diversity, Inclusion and Entrepreneurship: What we know and what we don’t know This Special Issue (SI) focuses on diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship. It is based on the premise that entrepreneurship is for everyone, and that no individual should be left behind (Rolle, et al., 2020). Notwithstanding the robust body of literature accumulated in the field to date, we aim...

The latest issue of Small Enterprise Research has an article that may be of interest.
Check this link:
Research Article
Parentalistic leadership and crisis responses by small entrepreneurial firms
Christian Felzensztein, Alexei Tretiakov & Juan Fernando Velez-Ocampo
Pages: 1-19 | DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2024.2428861

Parentalistic leadership and crisis responses by small entrepreneurial firms The effects of a cultural context on leadership within small firms in a crisis were studied by interviewing top managers and founders of entrepreneurial firms during and immediately after the COVID...