Ikechukwu (Ike) Nwaka, PhD
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/idnwaka
Contact
Assistant Lecturer, Alberta School of Business - Marketing, Business Economics and Law
- inwaka@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0304
- Address
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3-40B Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Labour Economics Gender Studies Environmental Economics Economic Development
About
Ikechukwu (Ike) Nwaka received a PhD in Economics and serves as an Editorial Member in the Journal of African Development, and Kadın/Woman 2000, Journal for Women's Studies. Ike’s research unites several strands of emerging subjects of enquiry: inter alia the intersection of labour economics and quality of life, gender in household decision-making and family entrepreneurship, environmental economics, and economic development. His current research tries to observe the joint pathways through which climate change and energy poverty affect households and family businesses in Africa. He is also interested in exploring how incentives and grants affect household energy efficiency and pro-environmental choices in Canada.
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Microeconomics
- Urban (Cities and Geography) Economics
- Energy Industries and Markets
- International (Economics) Business
- Data Analysis for Business and Economics
- Labour Economics, Gender and Inequality
- Development Economics
Courses
BUEC 211 - Business Economics, Organizations and Management
Business organizations as systems of mutually reinforcing functional areas where decision making is driven by underlying economic forces. Application of economic theory to facilitate complex decision making within organizations: economic models of decision making are linked directly to functional areas of management. Topics include the organization of firms and industries; meeting customer needs; and decision making involving production, resource use, dealing with risk and uncertainty, scale and scope of operations, competitive advantage, and product pricing. Prerequisite: ECON 101, ECON 102, and MATH 154 or equivalent. Not open to students with previous credit in ECON 281. Students may not receive credit for both BUEC 211 and BUEC 311.
BUEC 432 - Labour Economics, Work, and Inequality
This course applies the principles of labour economics to examine differential work conditions, wage inequality, and other forms of inequality for historically disadvantaged groups in various business sectors, industries, and occupations in developed and developing countries. The course reviews historical changes in laws, regulations, reporting requirements, sustainability guidelines, union practices, and societal values, and the implications of these changes for business, the economy, and society. Prerequisite: BUEC 211 or 311 or ECON 281
BUEC 463 - Energy and the Environment: Industry Structure, Performance and Challenges
Uses the basic tools of business economics in order to gain a better understanding of energy markets and industries. Differences and similarities between specific industries (oil, gas, electricity, etc.) and between different industry segments (exploration, production, retail, etc.) are highlighted. New challenges faced by the industry, most notably environmental concerns, but also globalization and new forms of competition, are analysed with respect to the impacts that they have had and might have in the future on firms' strategies and on market performance. Prerequisite: BUEC 311 or ECON 281.
BUEC 488 - Selected Topics in Business Economics
Normally restricted to third- and fourth-year Business students. Prerequisites: BUEC 311 or ECON 281, or consent of Department. Additional prerequisites may be required.
BUEC 503 - Economic Foundations
This course focuses on economic decision making at the level of the firm and consumer, utilizing demand and supply analysis to help understand a variety of economic and managerial issues. Formal models of managerial economic problems will be developed and used for purposes of analysis. The course will also deal with public economics, regulatory economics and introduce issues of information economics and strategic behavior. The theory of public choice and public goods will be used to analyze a variety of public economic issues. The course will also cover macroeconomic issues including: measuring macroeconomic variables, sources of economic growth, business cycles, interest rates, exchange rates, government debt, and other topics. Credit will not be given for both BUEC 502 and 503.
BUEC 686 - Selected Topics in Business Economics
Topics may vary from year to year. Students should check with the MBA Office for pre/corequisites of specific sections.
Featured Publications
Ikechukwu Darlington Nwaka, Okechukwu Lawrence Emeagwali
PLOS ONE. 2024 March; 10.1371/journal.pone.0298794
Ikechukwu Nwaka, Kalu Uma
Book Chapter in: Entrepreneurship for Social Change. 2021 August; ISBN: 978-1-80071-211-9, eISBN: 978-1-80071-210-2 10.1108/978-1-80071-210-220211004
Leila Sabokkiz, Fatma Guven-Lisaniler, Ikechukwu Nwaka
2021 June; 10.3390/su13126540
Kalu E Uma, Ikechukwu D. Nwaka, Michael Nwogu, Paul Obidike
2020 December;
Ikechukwu D. Nwaka, Michael Nwogu, Kalu Uma, George Ike
2020 December; 748 (141329)
Ikechukwu D Nwaka, Seyi Akadiri
2020 September; 10.1002/pa.2416
Ikechukwu D. Nwaka, Michael Nwogu, George Ike
2020 July; 27
Ikechukwu D. Nwaka, Seyi Akadiri, Kalu Uma
2020 June; 11 (3):381-402 10.1108/AJEMS-03-2019-0117
Fatma Guven-Lisaniler, Gulcay Tuna, Ikechukwu D Nwaka
2018 April; 39 (1):2-24 10.1108/IJM-01-2016-0002
Ikechukwu D Nwaka, Fatma Guven-Lisaniler, Gulcay-Tuna
2016 November; 27 (4):490-510 10.1177/1035304616677655
Ikechukwu D Nwaka, Kalu Uma, Gulcay-Tuna
2015 February; 26 (1):117-136 10.1177/1035304615571225
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