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Prof Goudarz Azar

"Professor & HoD, Strategy, Leadership and Operations"

Goudarz Azar

  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Strategy, Leadership & Operations

  • Location London

Research activities

Goudarz' s research expertise and interests lie at the intersection of international business, strategy, and innovation management. His work has been published in top-tier management journals, including聽International Business Review,聽Management International Review,聽International Marketing Review,聽Industrial Marketing Management, and the聽Journal of Business Research.

Goudarz' s research contributes to important interdisciplinary debates on innovation from an international business perspective. Some of his papers (e.g., Azar and Ciabuschi, 2017; Azar and Drogendijk, 2014) are among the most cited in their respective journals and have served as prominent sources for scholarly works published in ABS 4* journals.

Goudarz' s co-authored paper on the effect of innovation on export performance (Azar and Ciabuschi, 2017) is among the first to introduce the concept of "organizational innovation" into the international business literature. This paper is one of the key outcomes of an externally funded research project and since its publication in 2017, it has garnered more than 780 citations across disciplines (Google Scholar).


Biography

Goudarz Azar is a Professor of Strategy and International Business and the Head of the Department of Strategy, Leadership, and Operations. He joined the university in February 2024. Before starting at 果冻传媒, he held several senior academic leadership roles, including Head of the Department of Global Management and UG, PG, and MBA Admissions Director at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London.

Goudarz holds a BSc in Engineering, an MSc in Business Administration, and a PhD in International Business. Goudarz is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Goudarz is a member of the advisory editorial board of International Business Review (ABS3*), a member of the editorial board of Management International Review (ABS3*), and the聽European Journal of International Management (ABS2*). Goudarz' s research expertise and interests lie at the intersection of international business, strategy, and innovation management. His work has been published in top-tier management journals, including International Business Review, Management International Review, International Marketing Review, Industrial Marketing Management, and聽Journal of Business Research.

External activities

  • External Examiner , University of Liverpool Management School,
  • Editorial Board Member , Management International Review,
  • Editorial Board Member , European Journal of International Management,
  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Business Review ,

    • Publications