Mehdi Farashahi is Professor of Management in the field of Strategy and International Business and the Director of International Business Program at John Molson School of Business, Concordia University. His research interests combine organization theories, particularly the institutional theory, strategic management theories, and local/global dynamics in the fields such internationalization of SMEs, institutional entrepreneurship. His works are published in journals such as Organization Studies, Management International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of International Management, International Journal of Management Education, etc. He has been teaching PhD, MSc, MBA, EMBA, and undergraduate courses at John Molson School of Business in the last 25 years.