Hamid Etemad
Hamid Etemad (Born 1945) is a world-renowned Canadian researcher and Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He is best known for his work on International Entrepreneurship and Business. He 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.[1]
[edit] Research and Publications
Etemad's publications have focused heavily on the internationalization of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and include over 100 articles and 4 book volumes. 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, and is regarded in academic circles as a founding father of the field 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.
in 2007, Etemad received the Decade of Stewardship of International Entrepreneurship Award at UCLA's Anderson Faculty of Management.
[edit] References
www.mcgill.ca/hamid.etemad
www.mcgill.ca/mie
