Mehdi Farashahi
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.
Sessions in which Mehdi Farashahi participates
Tuesday 15 June, 2021
Sessions in which Mehdi Farashahi attends
Sunday 13 June, 2021
Please take the time to join us for the ASAC Annual General Meeting. This is one of the most important meetings of the year, where you as a member have an opportunity to contribute to the on-going smooth operation of the organization.
The Myths of Disruption: How Established Firms are Adapting to the Digital Revolution Julian Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Faculty Advisor for Executive Education at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the (American) Academy of Management. He has PhD and MBA degrees in Business from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada, and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Durham, UK. He was awarded Honorary Doct...
Chair/Président:Yuanshun Li (Ryerson University)Guest Speaker:Lawrence Kryzanowski (Concordia University)
Interpretive Simulations has published simulations for business school classes since 1986 and through those years, we’ve come to see a number of tried and true practices for using simulations in business classes. Director of Marketing, Tim Sams, will not only cover some solid take-away ideas for using simulations, but will hopefully inspire you with examples of how our simulations have been used most effectively over the years.
Monday 14 June, 2021
We live in a world that emphasize the rational and the objective. We cling dearly to objective facts, rigorous thought and rational decisions. In doing so, we risk losing sight of the internal world and our emotional and intuitive aspects. Understanding our “inner theatre” is essential, but also an uphill challenge, fraught with difficulties and anxieties. In this conversation, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries explores the essential need to build self-understanding and the difficulty in doing so.
Please join us for an exciting talk by Dr. Roy Suddaby. This is a joint divisional event with Organizational Theory and Social Responsibility.
Tuesday 15 June, 2021
Sustainably comes in many forms and exhibits many facets. Virtually all of them have been challenged in the last year. A global pandemic has massively disrupted the world at large, and with it organizations, economies, communities and nations. The vocal cry of populism—already visible before the pandemic—has not quietened. While there is a natural desire for life in a post-pandemic future to return to normal, that is an outcome that isn't possible.We will find a new normal in time. ...
PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued three calls to action that directly implicate Business Schools to engage in teaching, research, and service to advance reconciliation. Last year’s initial ASAC workshop provided overviews of administrative leadership, curricular reform, and research activity related to indigenizing and decolonizing business schoo...
PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.In keeping with the 2021 ASAC theme of “Considering Impacts on Business and Society” this 90-minute panel discussion will feature five panelists with a variety of editorial experience discussing their future visions of the changes they see coming to publishing and research more broadly going forward to improve the impact of management research, as well as the role they see for j...
PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.At the outset of 2020, many universities were starting to explore alternative teaching technologies and new approaches to delivering learning outcomes. What started as strategic initiatives with timelines measured in years turned into a massive and unprecedented transition that essentially took place over a weekend. It wasn’t always pretty, and it was not without pain, awkwardne...
