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Hamid Etemad

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Institution
  
McGill University


Name
  
Hamid Etemad

Alma mater
  
University of Tehran, University of California, Berkeley

Books
  
International Business, a Canadian Perspective

Education
  
University of California, Berkeley, University of Tehran

Hamid Etemad (born 1945) is a Canadian organizational theorist, and Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He is best known for his work on international entrepreneurship and business, specifically the "internationalization of small and medium‐sized enterprises."

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Biography

Etemad received a M.Eng. degree from the University of Tehran as well as MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to joining McGill in 1978, he was a faculty member at Boston University and at University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco.

He is a lecturer at McGill University. Recognized for his approachability and insightful perspective on international marketing. In 2007, Etemad received the Decade of Stewardship of International Entrepreneurship Award at UCLA's Anderson Faculty of Management.

Work

Etemad's research interests focused on the internationalization of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). He is a founder and organizer of the McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference as well as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Entrepreneurship.

In addition, Etemad has guest-edited 13 scholarly journal issues, including the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Management International Review, Small Business Economics, Journal of International Management and Journal of International Marketing, among others. He is also an active member of numerous editorial boards, including the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

Selected publications

Etemad's publications include over 100 articles and 4 book volumes. Books, a selection:

  • Etemad, Hamid, and Louise Séguin Dulude, eds. Managing the Multinational Subsidiary: Response to Environmental Changes and the Host Nation R. & D. Policies. Routledge, 1986.

    • Articles, a selection:

  • Etemad, Hamid, Richard W. Wright, and Leo Paul Dana. "Symbiotic international business networks: collaboration between small and large firms." Thunderbird International Business Review 43.4 (2001): 481-499.
  • Etemad, Hamid, and Richard W. Wright. "Internationalization of SMEs: toward a new paradigm." Small Business Economics 20.1 (2003): 1-4.
  • Etemad, Hamid. "Internationalization of Small and Medium‐sized Enterprises: A Grounded Theoretical Framework and an Overview." Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences/Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration 21.1 (2004): 1-21.

    • References

    Hamid Etemad Wikipedia
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