Brief CV
Amir Emami is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Vice-Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Management. His expertise revolves around new venture creation, market and technological innovations, and sustainable entrepreneurship. His research focuses on the micro-foundations of entrepreneurial processes, exploring the factors that influence the creation of new value and examining how the dynamic interaction between entrepreneurs and the environmental context shapes entrepreneurial actions.
Strategic Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Market and Technological Innovations
Corporate and Personal Social Responsibility
Quantitative Methods (SPSS, STATA, AMOS, PLS-SEM)
Survey Design and Primary Data Collection
Academic Course Development and Delivery
Leadership and Team Collaboration
Journal of Business Research (CABS 3*)
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (CABS 3*)
International Small Business Journal (CABS 3*)
Journal of Business Venturing Insight
Journal of Small Business Management
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Membership in the design commission for the national exam questions for the master's and doctoral degrees in entrepreneurship management
Distinguished lecturer at the Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University
2020 & 2021: Outstanding Reviewer Award, Emerald Publisher
2019: Reviewer Recognition Award, Journal of Business Venturing Insight
2014 - 2017: Fully Funded Ph.D. Studentship, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2016: Winner of Best Paper Award, International Conference Innovation and Technology, Amir Kabir University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2023), 200 students overall, Student satisfaction rate of 95%
Advanced Strategic Management (MBA Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2023), 220 students overall, Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Entrepreneurship Theories (MSc Course), Shahed University, Student satisfaction rate of 100%
• Module Tutor, 2019, 6 students
Entrepreneurship Opportunity Recognition (MSc Course), Kharazmi University and Shahed University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2022), 300 students, Student satisfaction rate of 93%
Business Startup (M.A. Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2018-2023), About 70 students, Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Foundation of Entrepreneurship (B.A. Course), Shahed University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2018), 300 students, Student satisfaction rate of 95%
Electronic Business and Commerce (M.A. Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, spring 2018, spring 2020, and spring 2022, 45-50 students,
Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Strategic Entrepreneurship (MSc Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, winter 2018, 15 students, Student satisfaction N/A
Small Business Management
• Module Tutor, (btw 2018-2022), 100 students, Student satisfaction rate of 90 %
Business Planning (B.A. Course), Ershad Damavand University
• Module Tutor, spring 2013, 15 students, Student satisfaction N/A
Skills:
Entrepreneurship and InnovationStrategic Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Market and Technological Innovations
Corporate and Personal Social Responsibility
Quantitative Methods (SPSS, STATA, AMOS, PLS-SEM)
Survey Design and Primary Data Collection
Academic Course Development and Delivery
Leadership and Team Collaboration
Publications:
Published over 30 research articles, book chapters, and technical reviews in esteemed international journals, including:Journal of Business Research (CABS 3*)
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (CABS 3*)
International Small Business Journal (CABS 3*)
Peer Reviewer for esteemed international journals, including:
Journal of Cleaner ProductionJournal of Business Venturing Insight
Journal of Small Business Management
Professional Affiliations and Awards:
Academy of ManagementStrategic Management Society (SMS)
Membership in the design commission for the national exam questions for the master's and doctoral degrees in entrepreneurship management
Distinguished lecturer at the Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University
2020 & 2021: Outstanding Reviewer Award, Emerald Publisher
2019: Reviewer Recognition Award, Journal of Business Venturing Insight
2014 - 2017: Fully Funded Ph.D. Studentship, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2016: Winner of Best Paper Award, International Conference Innovation and Technology, Amir Kabir University
Supervisory:
Currently supervising MSc, PhD, and MBA ThesesTEACHING EXPERIENCE
Strategic Management (M.A. and MBA Courses), Kharazmi University• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2023), 200 students overall, Student satisfaction rate of 95%
Advanced Strategic Management (MBA Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2023), 220 students overall, Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Entrepreneurship Theories (MSc Course), Shahed University, Student satisfaction rate of 100%
• Module Tutor, 2019, 6 students
Entrepreneurship Opportunity Recognition (MSc Course), Kharazmi University and Shahed University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2022), 300 students, Student satisfaction rate of 93%
Business Startup (M.A. Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2018-2023), About 70 students, Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Foundation of Entrepreneurship (B.A. Course), Shahed University
• Module Tutor, (btw 2017-2018), 300 students, Student satisfaction rate of 95%
Electronic Business and Commerce (M.A. Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, spring 2018, spring 2020, and spring 2022, 45-50 students,
Student satisfaction rate of 90%
Strategic Entrepreneurship (MSc Course), Kharazmi University
• Module Tutor, winter 2018, 15 students, Student satisfaction N/A
Small Business Management
• Module Tutor, (btw 2018-2022), 100 students, Student satisfaction rate of 90 %
Business Planning (B.A. Course), Ershad Damavand University
• Module Tutor, spring 2013, 15 students, Student satisfaction N/A
Educational records
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Course
University
City
Country
Graduation Date
Total mean
1
Master Degree
University of Tehran
Tehran
Iran
2011
2
Visiting Researcher
University of Bath
Bath
England
2016
3
PhD
Politecnico di Torino
Torino
Italy
2017
Executive Activities
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Executive Activities Titles
Name of Organization / comment
Starting Date
Termination Date
1
Vice-dean for research
Faculty of Management/ Kharazmi University
2020
2022
2
Head of Business Management (MBA_strategy and Entrepreneurship) group
Faculty of Management/ Kharazmi University
2023
3
Vice-dean for education
Faculty of Management/ Kharazmi University
2024
Research interests
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Title
Start date
1
New Venture Creation
2
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
3
Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
4
Strategic Entrepreneurship
5
Strategic Management
Theses supervised
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Title
Persons
1
Analyzing the moderating role of entrepreneurship entry mode in forming entrepreneurial propensity for market analysis in covid_19 pandemic
شیما شیخی
2
The Designing of an Appropriate Corporate Structure for Destination Management Organization; ( A Case Study in the City of Sari, Iran)
عبدالماجد حمیدیان اهنگرکلایی
3
The Mediating Role of Value Co-Creation in the Relationship between Electronic Marketing Capabilities and Business Performance
سمیه اصلی مقصودی رازلیقی
4
The Moderating Role of Experiential Learning Modes on The Relationship Between Empathy Dimensions and Value Co-Creation in Family Businesses
علی مکی ابادی
5
Comparing the Effect of Entrepreneurial Hubris and Narcissism on Personal Social Responsibility by Considering the Moderating Role of Gender and Experience
روح الله حکیمیان
6
The Interplay Between Cognitive Biases and Learning Styles in Online Purchasing Decisions
زینب طاهری
7
Designing a Model of new Value Proposition for E-Businesses Under Economic Sanction
الهه فرشادبخشایش
8
The Mediating Role of Business Fruitfulness Degree in the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Entry Incentive and Personal Social Responsibility in E-Businesses
یاسمن شامحمدی
9
The Impact of Investor’s Attitude on Investment Intentions in Entrepreneurial Projects: The Moderating Role of Language, Experience, and Gender
فائزه شیبانی
10
the impact of entrepreneurial propensity for market analysis on the value co-creation intention
شادی عامری
11
Investigating the Mediating Role of Personal Social Responsibility in the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Entry motivation and the Nuture of Entrepreneurship in E-Businesses
یاسمن شامحمدی
12
Comparative study of the role of Education on Entrepreneurial Outcome, In MENA countries and OECD countries; Based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) reports
مصطفی کیخای فرزانه
13
The Effect of Entrepreneurship Antecedents and Motivations in Forming Entrepreneurial Opportunities
مهتاب رحمانی زاده
14
The Impact of Well-being and Perspective Taking on Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Personal Social Responsibility
مریم جهانی پور
15
Cognitive construction of productive and destructive entrepreneurs: A repertory grid study
امید حیدری
16
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Value Co-creation in E-businesses: The Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Productive Entrepreneurship
فایقه ابراهیم صواف
17
The Taxonomy of Start-up Ecosystem and its Impact on the Business Growth: A Study among Innovation and Incubator Centers in Tehran
فاطمه افشاری
18
An investigation of personality traits influencing destructive entrepreneurship behavior
زهرا صادقی
19
Factors Influencing Destructive and Productive Entrepreneurial Intentions in Iran
زهرا قاسمی کوک تپه
20
Investigating the effect of the Hubris and Narcissism of the CEO on Entrepreneurial Orientation in Knowledge-based Companies: The Moderating Roles of the Manager's Experience and Gender.
هلیا برخوردار
Theses advised
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Title
Persons
1
Identify and prioritize the challenges of online home furniture sales using the best-worst approach (BWM)
علی طایب
2
Investigating entrepreneurial leadership impact on Job Embeddedness of Start-Ups Employees with the Mediating Role of Quantum Management in Iran
مینا عرفانی
3
Investigating The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on Employee Performance : Highlighting the Mediating Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Trust in Leadership and the Moderating Role of Spiritual Qoutient
سردار سیفی اردهائی
4
The Effect of Attitude to Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Environment on the Entrepreneurship Intention: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Motivations
سها اسعدی
Courses
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Course title
Description
Headlines
Date
Notes
File
1
روش تحقیق در کسب و کار
نظری
منابع:
1. روش های تحقیق در علوم رفتاری(نوشته: سرمد، بازرگان و الهه حجازی)
2. شناخت روش علمی (نوشته: حیدعلی هومن)
3. تحلیل و بررسی مقالات و پژوهش های متعدد در حوزه کسب و کار
کارشناسی ارشد MBA (روزانه و پردیس)
اهداف این درس:
1. آشنایی دانشجویان با روش نظامند تحقیق در حوزه کسب و کار
2. آگاهی از نحوه انجام تحقیق برای پوشش دادن نیازهای حوزه کسب و کار(کاربردی)
3. آشنایی با انجام تحقیق در رشته مدیریت، کارآفرینی و برای تدوین گزارش علمی مانند پایان نامه و مقاله و..(توسعه ای)
4. معرفی و کار با نرم افزارهای بروز در حوزه پژوهش های کسب و کار
Course taught
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Lesson Title
Place & Date of Lecture
1
Advance Strategy (MBA_ 8 groups)
2
Entrepreneurial opportunities (Master Studies_3 groups)
3
Foundation of Entrepreneurship (Master Studies_2 groups(
4
Strategic Entrepreneurship (Master Studie_1 group)
5
Business Creation and Establishment (Master Studies_1 group)
6
Entrepreneurs’ Decision Methods (Master Studies_ 1 group)
7
Statistics 1 & 2 (Bachelor in Industrial Management_2 groups)
Published books
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Title
Author(s)
Publisher
Publish Date
1
Social Networks of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Media Industry
Mahdi Tajeddin, Amir Emami, Abbas Ali Rastgar
Springer
2018
2
Impact of Situation in the Study of Gender Entrepreneurship and Opportunity Evaluation
Amir Emami, Nader Naderi
Springer, Cham
2018
Published articles
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Paper title
Writer
Magazine title
Publish year
Publish type
Article type
1
The interplay between framing effects, cognitive biases, and learning styles in online purchasing decision: lessons for Iranian enterprising communities
Emami, A., & Zuferi, R.
Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
2023
Full Text
Original Article
2
Gender Differences in Entrepreneurs' Social Network Reliance within the 2019-nCoV Pandemic
Emami, A, Ashourizadeh, S., Packard, M.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
2023
Full Text
Original Article
3
Emami, A, Yoruk, E and Jones, P
Journal of Business Research
2023
Full Text
Original Article
4
The impact of social network support on opportunity intention among prospective male and female entrepreneurs during 2019-nCov pandemic
Amir Emami, Shayegheh Ashourizadeh, Mark D. Packard
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR & RESEARCH
2023
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5
The interplay between market need urgency, entrepreneurial push and pull insights and opportunity confidence in the course of new venture creation in the developing country context
Amir Emami, Esin Yoruk, Paul Jones
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
2023
Full Text
6
Iranian communities e-business challenges and value proposition design
Amir Emami, Elahe Farshad Bakhshayesh, Gadaf Rexhepi
Journal of Enterprising Communities
2022
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Original Article
7
Examining the relationship between strategic alliances and the performance of small entrepreneurial firms in telecommunications
Amir Emami, Dianne H. B. Welsh, Ali Davari, Arash Rezazadeh
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
2022
Full Text
Original Article
8
A bibliometric analysis of entrepreneurship research in Iran
Amir Emami, Mostafa Keikhay Farzaneh
International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development
2022
Full Text
Original Article
9
Entrepreneurial propensity for market analysis in the time of COVID-19: benefits from individual entrepreneurial orientation and opportunity confidence
Amir Emami, Shayegheh Ashourizadeh, Shima Sheikhi, Gadaf Rexhepi
Review of Managerial Science
2022
Full Text
Original Article
10
The interplay between empathy, learning, and opportunity in the process of entrepreneurial value co-creation
Amir Emami, Peter G. Klein, Veland Ramadani, Robert D. Hisrich
European Journal of International Management
2021
Full Text
Original Article
11
The entrepreneurial propensity for market analysis and the intention-action gap
Amir Emami, Peter G. Klein
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
2020
Full Text
Original Article
12
On the cognitive microfoundations of effectual design: the Situated Function-Behavior-Structure framework
Amir Emami, Mark D. Packard, Dianne H.B. Welsh
MANAGEMENT DECISION
2020
Full Text
Original Article
13
Social Norms and Entrepreneurial Action: The Mediating Role of Opportunity Confidence
Amir Emami, Datis Khajeheian
Sustainability
2019
Full Text
Original Article
14
Book review: The reflective entrepreneur Dimo Dimov DimovDimo, The reflective entrepreneur, Oxon: Routledge, 2017; 105 pp., ISBN: 9780415785723, $70 (hbk).
Amir Emami
INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS JOURNAL
2019
Full Text
Original Article
15
Joao Ferreira, Alain Fayolle, Vanessa Ratten and Mario Raposo (Eds) Entrepreneurial Universities: Collaboration, Education, and Policies, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing 2018. 288 pp
Amir Emami
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
2018
Full Text
Original Article
16
Factors influencing academic entrepreneurship: a case-based study
Ali Davari, Amir Emami, Veland Ramadani, Sahar Taherkhani
Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management
2018
Full Text
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17
Degree of innovation and the entrepreneurs' intention to create value: a comparative study of experienced and novice entrepreneurs
Amir Emami, Dimo Dimov
Eurasian Business Review
2017
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18
Gender risk preference in entrepreneurial opportunity: evidence from Iran
Amir Emami
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
2017
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19
Internationalization of SMEs and Organizational Factors in Emerging Economies: HighTech Industry of Iran
Amir Emami, Abas Ali Rastgar, Mahdi Tajeddin, Kambiz Talebi
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
2017
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