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Karla Prime is a Senior Lecturer of Economics at Newcastle Business School. She is the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Business with Economics and BSc (Hons) Economics. She has previously been Programme Leader of the Accounting, Finance and Economics Foundation Year Programme.
Karla’s research projects explore the links between international business and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Her current projects investigate the links between the motives and incentives for foreign direct investment and trade and host nation institutional frameworks, with a focus on the cognitive, normative, and regulative dimensions of institutions. Karla’s research projects examine how local institutional dimensions impact conditions for doing business and economic growth.
Karla is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Academy of International Business and the Regional Studies Association.
Karla currently leads on the undergraduate core module Accounting, Finance and Economics in a Global Business Environment, and the postgraduate International Economics module. She will also be leading the new World Economy module for second year BSc (Hons) Economics students, from academic year 2023.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, Northumbria University
Award Date: 31 Oct 2019
Business andManagement Studies, MBA, Northumbria University
1 Oct 2013 → 1 Jul 2014
Award Date: 31 Jul 2014
Law, BPTC, Northumbria University
Award Date: 30 May 2001
Law, LLB (Hons)
Award Date: 31 Jul 1999
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Beyond contact-tracing: The public value of eHealth application in a pandemic
Gerli, P., Arakpogun, E., Elsahn, Z., Olan, F. & Prime, K. S., 1 Jul 2021, In: Government Information Quarterly. 38, 3, 9 p., 101581.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Cognitive and Normative Institutions
Prime, K. S. & Wanjiru, R., 16 Apr 2021, International Business: Mega Trends and the need of rethinking current terminologies: 48th Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business AIB-UKI (UK & Ireland Chapter), University of Greenwich. Batas, S. (ed.). Academy of International BusinessResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Africa’s Resilience in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic: Let’s Talk about It!
Arakpogun, E., Elsahn, Z., Prime, K. S., Gerli, P. & Olan, F., 1 Jul 2020, Rochester: Elsevier, p. 1-10, 10 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Digital contact-tracing and pandemics: Institutional and technological preparedness in Africa
Arakpogun, E., Elsahn, Z., Prime, K. S., Gerli, P. & Olan, F., 1 Dec 2020, In: World Development. 136, p. 105105 105105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Digital Contact-Tracing in a Pandemic… We Need One with a Blended Approach
Arakpogun, E., Elsahn, Z., Prime, K. S., Gerli, P. & Olan, F., 30 Jun 2020.Research output: Working paper