Dr Azhdar Karami
Senior Lecturer in Banking & Finance
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Division: Business Studies
Location: Room 0.12, Hen Goleg
Telephone: 01248 38 8350
Email: a.karami@bangor.ac.uk
Overview
Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management
Dr Azhdar Karami is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management. He started his academic career in 1991 when he obtained his MBA and has worked in different teaching posts in overseas universities, University of Bradford, and ultimately as a Senior Lecturer in the Bangor Business School. Azhdar has been and is currently responsible for organizing two modules in undergraduate and two more modules in postgraduate levels at the Bangor Business School. Dr Karami’s research interests include strategic management; entrepreneurship and innovation in SMEs. He has published several books, journal articles and conference papers. His latest book titled “strategy development in entrepreneurial firms” appeared in the book market in late 2007. He has published in a number of leading international peer refereed journals including Journal of Management Development; International Journal of Management and Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society, International Journal of Technology Management, and International Journal of Business Information Systems.
Qualifications:
PhD Strategic Management
MRes, PG Diploma, Research Methodology in Management
MBA Master of Business Administration
BA Business Administration
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control
Member of British Academy of Management
Member of Academy of International Business
Member of The Higher Education Academy
Member of Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
Roles within Bangor Business School:
Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management
Tutor to Postgraduate and Undergraduate students
Director of the PhD Programme in Business and Management
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching
- ASB-2104 Management and Organizations (Undergraduate)
- ASB-4413 Strategic Management (Postgraduate)
- PhD Supervision
External appointments
- External Examiner: PhD Programme, at The University of East London, London, UK
- External Examiner: PhD Programme, at The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- External Examiner: PhD Programme at Dundee Business School, University of Abertay Dundee, UK.
- External Examiner: PhD Programme at Northampton Business School, Northampton University, UK.
- Moderator, MBA Programme, Informatics, Singapore.
- Moderator, BSc & MBA, Imperial Institute of Higher Education (IIHE), Sri Lanka.
- External Examiner: Research Programme at School of Management, University of Cranfield, UK.
- External Examiner, PhD Programme, Gomal University, Pakistan.
- External Examiner: MSc, Strategic IS Programme at Northampton Business School, Northampton University, UK.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation
Growth and development strategies in SME sector
Strategic HRM and OB
Publications
2019
- E-pub ahead of printRelative performance of judgemental methods for forecasting the success of megaprojects
Litsiou, K., Polychronakis, Y., Karami, A. & Nikolopoulos, K., 26 Nov 2019, In : International Journal of Forecasting.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Impact of Knowledge Management Strategy on Service Innovation Performance in Private and Public Hospitals
Hosseini, S. S., Tekmedash, Y. N., Karami, A. & Jabarzadeh, Y., Jan 2019, In : IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES. 12, 1, p. 1-24
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- E-pub ahead of printThe effect of social media on firm performance
Tajvidi, R. & Karami, A., 20 Sep 2017, In : Computers in Human Behavior. 115, 10 p., 105174.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedProduct development strategy: Innovation Capacity and Entrepreneurial Firm Performance in High-Tech SMEs
Tajvidi, M. & Karami, A., 15 Jul 2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 260 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - PublishedStrategic marketing management and firm performance
Yarahmadi, H., Karami, A. & Mitchelmore, S., 26 Nov 2015, Lambert Academic Publishing. 220 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2010
- PublishedCritical success factors for inter-firm technological cooperation: an empirical study of high-tech SMEs in China.
Chen, D. & Karami, A., 1 Jan 2010, In : International Journal of Technology Management. 51, 2-4, p. 282-299
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2009
- PublishedManagers of small and medium enterprises: mission statement and enhanced organizational performance.
Alavi, M. T. & Karami, A., 1 Jun 2009, In : Journal of Management Development. 28, 6, p. 555-562
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2008
- PublishedDoes strategic human resource management matter in high-tech sector? Some learning points for SME managers.
Jones, B. M., Jones, B., Karami, A. & Kakabadse, N., 1 Jan 2008, In : Corporate Governance. 8, 1, p. 7-17
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMotives for and modes of interfirm technological cooperation: an empirical study of China's high-technology SMEs.
Karami, A. & Chen, D., 27 Jun 2008, In : International Journal of Business Information Systems. 3, 6, p. 624-636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2007
- PublishedStrategy Formulation in Entrepreneurial Firms
Karami, A., 1 Jan 2007, Ashgate.
Research output: Book/Report › Book