Prof Goudarz Azar


Prof Goudarz Azar
NameProf Goudarz Azar
Job title"Professor & HoD, Strategy, Leadership and Operations"
Research institute
Primary appointmentStrategy, Leadership & Operations
Email addressG.Azar@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8129-3092
Contact categoryResearcher

Biography

Biography

Goudarz Azar is a Professor of Strategy and International Business and Head of Department of Strategy, Leadership and Operations. Goudarz joined the University in February 2024 and prior to that worked as Divisional Lead at Brunel University London. He has BSc in Engineering, MSc in Business Administration and PhD in International Business. Goudarz is a member of editorial board of Management International Review (ABS3*) and European Journal of International Management (ABS2*). 

Employment

Education and qualifications

PhD in International Business
MSc in Business Administration
BSc in Agricultural Engineering

Grants

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Institutional distance and location choice: an experimental approach to the perception puzzle

Azar, G., Batsakis, G., Drogendijk, R., PakSeresht, A. and Geng, R. 2024. Institutional distance and location choice: an experimental approach to the perception puzzle. International Marketing Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-12-2022-0282

Drivers of green cooperation between Chinese manufacturers and their customers: An empirical analysis

Guo, Y., Yen, D., Geng, R. and Azar, G. 2021. Drivers of green cooperation between Chinese manufacturers and their customers: An empirical analysis. Industrial Marketing Management. 93, pp. 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2021.01.004

The contingent effect of product relatedness on B2B firms pricing strategy. Evidence from India

Batsakis, G., Theoharakis, V., Azar, G., Singh, S. and Singh, R. 2019. The contingent effect of product relatedness on B2B firms pricing strategy. Evidence from India. Industrial Marketing Management. 83, pp. 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.04.012

Use and non-use values as motivational construct dimensions for farm animal welfare: impacts on the economic outcome for the farm

Hansson, H., Lagerkvist, C. and Azar, G. 2018. Use and non-use values as motivational construct dimensions for farm animal welfare: impacts on the economic outcome for the farm. Animal. 12 (10), pp. 2147-2155. https://doi.org/10.1017/S175173111700372X

Ex-post performance implications of divergence of managers’ perceptions of ‘distance’ from ‘reality’ in international business

Azar, G. and Drogendijk, R. 2019. Ex-post performance implications of divergence of managers’ perceptions of ‘distance’ from ‘reality’ in international business. Management International Review. 59 (1), pp. 67-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0360-4

Do MNEs from developed and emerging economies differ in their location choice of FDI? A 36-year review

Li, X., Quan, R., Stoian, M. and Azar, G. 2018. Do MNEs from developed and emerging economies differ in their location choice of FDI? A 36-year review. International Business Review. 27 (5), pp. 1089-1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.012

International diversification and firm performance in the post-acquisition period: a resource dependence perspective

Batsakis, G., Wood, G., Azar, G. and Singh, S. 2018. International diversification and firm performance in the post-acquisition period: a resource dependence perspective. Journal of Business Research. 93, pp. 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.02.025

Organizational innovation, technological innovation, and export performance: The effects of innovation radicalness and extensiveness

Azar, G. and Ciabuschi, F. 2017. Organizational innovation, technological innovation, and export performance: The effects of innovation radicalness and extensiveness. International Business Review. 26 (2), pp. 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.09.002

Cultural distance, innovation and export performance: an examination of perceived and objective cultural distance

Azar, G. and Drogendijk, R. 2016. Cultural distance, innovation and export performance: an examination of perceived and objective cultural distance. European Business Review. 28 (2), pp. 176-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-06-2015-0065

How congruent are managers' perceptions of cultural distance with objective reality?

Azar, G. 2014. How congruent are managers' perceptions of cultural distance with objective reality? Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal. 21 (4), pp. 400-421. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCM-03-2013-0041

Psychic distance, innovation, and firm performance

Azar, G. and Drogendijk, R. 2014. Psychic distance, innovation, and firm performance. Management International Review. 54 (5), pp. 581-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0219-2

Food culture distance as a predictor of foreign market selection: the case of Swedish food exporters

Azar, G. 2014. Food culture distance as a predictor of foreign market selection: the case of Swedish food exporters. Journal of Food Products Marketing. 20 (1), pp. 75-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2013.739121

Inpatriates and expatriates: sources of strategic human capital for multinational food and beverage firms

Azar, G. 2012. Inpatriates and expatriates: sources of strategic human capital for multinational food and beverage firms. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 15 (A), pp. 73-79.

Food culture distance: an antecedent to export marketing strategy adaptation - an empirical examination of Swedish and Finnish food processing companies

Azar, G. 2011. Food culture distance: an antecedent to export marketing strategy adaptation - an empirical examination of Swedish and Finnish food processing companies. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 14 (3), pp. 17-44.
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