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I am an Associate Professor in International Business at the �鶹��Ƶ School of Business, where I also serve as Director of Internationalisation and Programme Leader for Help to Grow: Management, a UK government-backed executive education programme for SME leaders.

My research sits at the intersection of international business, strategy, and entrepreneurship, innovation. I examine how SMEs internationalise, grow, exit and re-enter foreign markets, build capabilities, form alliances, innovate, and develop resilience in uncertain environments. I have published in leading journals including the 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭���𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫���𝐩𝐫���𝐧���𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭���𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤���𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭���𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠���𝐦���𝐧𝐭, 𝐈𝐧𝐭���𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧���𝐬𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧���𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠���𝐦���𝐧𝐭, 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧���𝐬𝐬 𝐑���𝐬���𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, and 𝐑&𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠���𝐦���𝐧𝐭.

Alongside my research, I am strongly committed to executive education and knowledge exchange. Through Help to Grow: Management, I work closely with SME leaders to support business growth, resilience, innovation, and internationalisation. I have also designed and delivered executive and postgraduate teaching in international business, strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

As Director of Internationalisation, I contribute to the development of global partnerships, international student recruitment, international learning opportunities, and the integration of global perspectives into teaching, research, and executive education.

I welcome connections with academics, doctoral researchers, SME leaders, industry partners, and institutions interested in research collaboration, executive education, international partnerships, and knowledge exchange.

 

Journal Articles

• Published/Accepted Articles

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, & O., Bouguerra, A. (2023). Unpacking the relationship between post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of SMEs: A capability-building perspective. Journal of International Management, 29(1).

• Aliasghar, O., Sadeghi, A. & Rose, E.L. (2023) Process innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises: The critical role of external knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(4).

• Larimian, T., Taylor, K. E., & Sadeghi, A. (2023). Evolving Towards Mobility-as-a-Service: Drivers and Consequences of Car Subscription Services. e-Service Journal, 14(3).

• Bouguerra, A., Mellahi, K., Glaister, K., Sadeghi, A., Temouri, Y., & Tatoglu, E. (2022). Absorptive capacity and organizational performance in an emerging market context: Evidence from the banking industry in Turkey. Journal of Business Research. 139, 1575-1587.

• Sadeghi, A., Rose, E.L. & Madsen, T. (2021). Perceived export performance: A contingent measurement approach, Journal of International Marketing. 29(3), 63-84.

• Sadeghi, A., Chetty, S., & Rose, E. L. (2021). Perceived export performance: The invisible part of the iceberg. Thunderbird International Business Review. 63(6), 667-686

• Sadeghi, A. & Aliasghar, O. (2020). Filling the post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance gap, Academy of Management Proceedings.

• Larimian, T., Sadeghi, A., Palaiologou, G., & Schmidt-III, R. (2020). Neighbourhood Social Resilience (NSR): Definition, Conceptualisation, and Measurement Scale Development. Sustainability, 12(16).

• Larimian, T., & Sadeghi, A. (2019). Measuring urban social sustainability: Scale development and validation. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(4), 621-637

• Sadeghi, A., Rose, E. L., & Chetty, S. (2018). Disentangling the effects of post-entry speed of internationalisation on export performance of INVs. International Small Business Journal, 36(7), 780-806.

• Sadeghi, A., & Larimian, T. (2018). Sustainable electricity generation mix for Iran: A fuzzy analytic network process approach. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 28, 30-42. 

• Sadeghi, A. (2018). Success factors of high-tech SMEs in Iran: A Fuzzy MCDM Approach. The Journal of High Technology Management Research. 29 (1), 71-87

 

Recent Conference Papers

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, & O., Jafari-Sadeghi, V. Disentangling the impact of coopetition on financial and non-financial performance: A capability-building perspective, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2023), Boston, UK.

• Sadeghi, A. & Larimian, T., External social capital and performance of SMEs in Iran: the role of socio-economic and built-environment characteristics of the neighbourhoods, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP 2023), Lodz, Poland

• Mehralian, G & Sadeghi, A., Exploring the Capacity for learning and Transformation role for Innovation Ambidexterity, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2023), Boston, UK.

• Larimian, T., Sadeghi, A. (June 2023). Does external social capital help SMEs’ performance? A configurational analysis, Regional Studies Association (RSA 2023), Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, & O., Jafari-Sadeghi, V. Examining the mechanism underlying the performance impacts of coopetition: A capability-building perspective, Academy of International Business (AIB 2023), Warsaw, UK.

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, & O., Jafari-Sadeghi, V. Performance implications of coopetition: The mediating role of absorptive capacity and unlearning, Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter (AIB UK-I 2023), Glasgow, UK.

• Sadeghi, A., Douch, M., Du, J., & Roper, S.(June 2021). Re-internationalization and firm’s post-re-entry performance: the role of international heritage, Academy of International Business (AIB 2022), Seattle, US.

• Sadeghi, A., Douch, M., & Du, J., (June 2021). Re-internationalization and firm performance, Academy of International Business (AIB 2021), Virtual Conference. 

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. (June 2021). Post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of SMEs: The role of dynamic capabilities perspective, Academy of International Business (AIB 2021), Virtual Conference.

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. (August 2021). Examining the black box of the mechanism underlying performance advantages of rapid internationalization: A dynamic capabilities perspective, 81th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM  2021), Virtual Conference.

• Sadeghi, A., Taylor, K., & Larimian, T. (August 2021). Evolving towards ‘Mobility-as-a-service’: Emergence of car subscription services in the UK automotive market and impacts on incumbent vehicle manufacturers, 81th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM  2021), Virtual Conference.

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. (August 2020). Filling the post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance gap: The mediating effects of dynamic capabilities, 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM  2020), Vancouver, Canada.

• Aliasghar, O., Sadeghi, A., (August 2020). Process innovation in SMEs: The critical role of absorptive capacity and external knowledge sourcing, 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM  2020), Vancouver, Canada.

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. (February 2020). Export performance consequences of rapid internationalization: Looking inside the black box, Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter (AIB-UKI 2020), Glasgow, UK.

• Sadeghi, A., Douch, M., & Du, J., (February 2020). Re-internationalisation and firm performance, Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter (AIB-UKI 2020), Glasgow, UK. 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

• Mehralian, G. A., Sadeghi, A., & Wilden, R. (2026). Learning to innovate: How and when firms transform intellectual capital into exploratory and exploitative innovation. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal [(ABS: 4; ABDC: A; Journal IF: 6.3], forthcoming ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O., & Sadeghi, V. J. (2026). Alliances with frenemies: Capability-building mechanisms linking coopetition to firm performance. Journal of Business Research. [ABS: 3; ABDC: A; IF: 9.8], forthcoming ( )

 

• Aliasghar, O., Sadeghi, A., Haar, J., & Jafari‐Sadeghi, V. (2025). Dare to Sell! Impacts of “Make and/or Buy” Decision Strategies on Outbound Open Innovation. R&D Management. [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 6.7] ()

 

 

• Zhu, F., Adomako, S., Donbesuur, F., Ahsan, M., Shinnar, R., & Sadeghi, A. (2024). Entrepreneurial passion, alertness, and opportunity recognition: Affective-cognitive interactions in dynamic environments. International Small Business Journal. [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 4.3] ()

 

• Aliasghar, O., Sadeghi, A., & Rose, E. L. (2023). Process innovation in small-and medium-sized enterprises: The critical roles of external knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(4), 1583-1610 [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 3.12] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., Aliasghar, O. & Bouguerra, A. (2023). Unpacking the relationship between post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of SMEs: A capability-building perspective. Journal of International Management, 29(1). [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 5.56] ()

 

• Larimian, T., Taylor, K. E., & Sadeghi, A. (2023). Evolving Towards Mobility-as-a-Service: Drivers and Consequences of Car Subscription Services. e-Service Journal, 14(3).

 

• Bouguerra, A., Mellahi, K., Glaister, K., Sadeghi, A., Temouri, Y., & Tatoglu, E. (2022). Absorptive capacity and organizational performance in an emerging market context: Evidence from the banking industry in Turkey. Journal of Business Research. 139, 1575-1587. [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 10.5] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., Rose, E.L. & Madsen, T. (2021). Perceived export performance: A contingent measurement approach, Journal of International Marketing. 29(3), 63-84. [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 4.96] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., Chetty, S., & Rose, E. L. (2021). Perceived export performance: The invisible part of the iceberg. Thunderbird International Business Review. 63(6), 667-686  [ABS: 2, ABCD: B] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A. & Aliasghar, O. (2020). Filling the post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance gap, Academy of Management Proceedings. ()

 

• Larimian, T., Sadeghi, A., Palaiologou, G., & Schmidt-III, R. (2020). Neighbourhood Social Resilience (NSR): Definition, Conceptualisation, and Measurement Scale Development. Sustainability, 12(16). [JIF: 2.57] ()

 

• Larimian, T., & Sadeghi, A. (2019). Measuring urban social sustainability: Scale development and validation. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(4), 621-637 [ABCD: A*, JIF: 2.82] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., Rose, E. L., & Chetty, S. (2018). Disentangling the effects of post-entry speed of internationalisation on export performance of INVs. International Small Business Journal, 36(7), 780-806.  [ABS: 3, ABCD: A, JIF: 3.756] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A., & Larimian, T. (2018). Sustainable electricity generation mix for Iran: A fuzzy analytic network process approach. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 28, 30-42.  [JIF: 3.00] ()

 

• Sadeghi, A. (2018). Success factors of high-tech SMEs in Iran: A Fuzzy MCDM Approach. The Journal of High Technology Management Research. 29 (1), 71-87 [ABS:2, JIF: 1.06] (DOI link: )

 

• Larimian, T., Zarabadi, Z. S., & Sadeghi, A. (2013). Developing a fuzzy AHP model to evaluate environmental sustainability from the perspective of Secured by Design scheme—A case study. Sustainable Cities and Society, 7, 25-36. [JIF: 5.268] ( )

I am particularly interested in supervising students in the areas related to International Business, Entrepreneurship, and innovation. Some of the topics that I am interested are as follows: 
• International diversification strategies
• De- and re-internationalisation
• Dynamics of internationalisation and patterns of international growth,
• Innovation and knowledge co-ordination, Knowledge acquisition, and organizational learning, 
• Coopetition and alliance, 
• Entrepreneurial scaling and scalability, 
• Business resilience and business continuity planning, 
• Digital entrepreneurship, 
• Business model innovations.
 I am interested in supervising both qualitative and quantitative research projects.

I am the module leader for MN7050 (Principles and Practices of International Business). Also, I deliver the Module 1 "Strategy and Innovation" as part of the Help to Grow Management Programme.