Dr Azhdar Karami

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management

a.karami@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Azhdar Karami

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 Â鶹Íø Business School. Azhdar has been and is currently responsible for organizing two modules in undergraduate and two more modules in postgraduate levels at the Â鶹Íø Business School. Dr Karami’s research interests include strategic management; entrepreneurship and innovation in SMEs. He has published in a number of leading international peer refereed journals including Journal of Computers in Human Behavior (ABS 3*), International Journal of Forecasting (ABS 3*), Business Strategy and the Environment Journal (ABS 3*), 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 Â鶹Íø Business School:

Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Management

Academic Leader International Franchised Programme MDIS Singapore Malaysia

Division: Business Studies

Location: Room 0.12, Hen Goleg

Telephone: 01248 38 8350

Email: a.karami@bangor.ac.uk

Teaching

  • ASB 1105 Principles of Business Management
  • ASB 3009 Strategic Management
  • ASB 4426 Contemporary Issues in Management
  • 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

Strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation

Growth and development strategies in SME sector

Strategic HRM and OB

2024

  • Published
    Rezazadeh, A., Nikpey Pesyan, V. & Karami, A., 16 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. 17, 1, p. 45-62 17 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Sarvari, R., Jabarzadeh, Y., Karami, A. & Jabarnejad, M., Mar 2024, In: International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 20, 1, p. 367-391 25 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Karami, A. & Gorzynski, R. A., Jan 2022, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 31, 1, p. 371-389
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Litsiou, K., Polychronakis, Y., Karami, A. & Nikolopoulos, K., Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Forecasting. 38, 3, p. 1185-1196
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

  • Published
    Arghashi, V., Bozbay, Z. & Karami, A., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Relationship Marketing. 20, 4, p. 319-348
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Tajvidi, R. & Karami, A., Feb 2021, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 115, 10 p., 105174.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • Published
    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 › peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Tajvidi, M. & Karami, A., 15 Jul 2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 260 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
  • Published
    Yarahmadi, H., Karami, A. & Mitchelmore, S., 26 Nov 2015, Lambert Academic Publishing. 220 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2010

  • Published
    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 › peer-review

2009

  • Published
    Alavi, M. T. & Karami, A., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Management Development. 28, 6, p. 555-562
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

  • Published
    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 › peer-review
  • Published
    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 › peer-review

2007

  • Published
    Karami, A., 1 Jan 2007, Ashgate.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book