Corporate Ownership and Control - Editorial Board Members

Profile:
Dr. Azhdar Karami is Lecturer in Business and Management. He started his academic career in 1991 when he obtained his MBA and have worked in different teaching posts in the overseas universities, University of Bradford, and ultimately as a Lecturer in the Bangor Business School..Dr Karami has been and is currently responsible for organizing two modules in undergraduate and two more modules in postgraduate levels at the Bangor Business School.

His research interests include strategic management; strategic Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour; entrepreneurship, and strategy and innovation in organizations. He has published several books, journal articles and conference papers. He has written the book strategic management in small and medium sized companies (with Prof. Analoui) published by Thomson Learning (2003). This book has been translated and published in Russia by UNITY publishers in 2005. He has published in a number of leading international peer refereed journals including Journal of Management Development; International Journal of Management and Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society.

Qualifications

Ph.D. Strategic Management~
MRes, PG. Diploma, Research Methodology in Management
MBA Master of Business Administration
BA Business Administration

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control
Member of British Academy of Management
Member of Academy of International Business
Member of The Higher Education Academy

Roles within Bangor Business School
Lecturer in Business and Management
Tutor to Postgraduate and Undergraduate students

Research Interests:
Strategy and innovation in organizations
Growth and development strategies in SME sector
Strategic HRM and OB

Key Publications:

Books and monographs:
Karami, A. (2006 forthcoming, ISBN Number 0 7546 47927) Strategy Formulation in Entrepreneurial Firms, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Karami, A., and Analoui, F. (2005) Strategic Management in SMES , (in Russian) Moscow : Mockba Publishers.
Karami, A., and Analoui, F. (2003) Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises , International Thomson Learning Publication, London , UK .
Karami, A. (2002) Corporate Strategy: Evidence from British Airways, in ' in F. Analoui New Patterns of Human Resource Management' pp. 49 69, Avbury, Ashgate, UK.
Karami, A. (1995) Strategic Management and Business Policy (in Persian), Tehran : Payame Noor University Press.

Journal Papers:

Karami, A. Chen, D. (paper in progress) Critical Success Factors of Inter-firm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of China's High-tech SMEs, The International Journal of Research Technology Management.
Karami, Chen, D. (paper in progress) Motives and modes of inter-firm technological cooperation activities, Internationa l Journal of Business Venturing.
Karami, A. Jones, B. M. (Under review) Why Human Resources' Capabilities and their Involvement in Developing Business Strategy Matter in high-tech Firms? Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society.
Karami, A. Rowley, J.E., and Jones, B. M. (Under review) Mission Statement and Performance in High Tech Small and Medium Enterprises. International Small Business Journal.
Karami, A, Analoui, F, Kakabadse, N. (2006) The CEOs Characteristics and their Strategy Development in the UK SME Sector: An empirical study in the UK SMEs Sector, Journal of Management Development, Vol. 25, No. 3-4, pp. 316-324 .
Karami, A. Analoui, F., Rowley, J. (2006) Research and Knowledge Building in Management Studies: An analysis of methodological preferences, International Journal of Management , Vol 23, No. 14. pp. 43-53.
Karami, A. (2005) An Exploration of The Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) Perception Of Strategic Management Process: The Case Of British High Tech SMEs, Journal or Corporate Ownership and Control , Vol. 2, No. 3. pp. 62-69.
Karami, A. Analoui, F, and Cusworth, W. (2004) Strategic Human Resource Management and Resource-Based Approach: The evidence from the British Manufacturing Industry, Journal of Management Research News, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 50-68.
Karami, A. (2002) CEOs and Development of the Meaningful Mission Statement, International Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol.2, No. 3, pp. 13-20.
Karami, A., and Analoui, F. (2002) How Chief Executives' Perception of the Environment Impact on the Company Performance ? The Journal of Management Development , Vol.21, No. 4, pp. 290-306
Karami, A. (1996) Productivity Through Effective Teamwork, Allameh Tabatabaee University, School of Management and Accounting (In Persian), Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 77-89.
Karami, A. (1996) Managers Attitudes to Cost Information, (In Persian) University of Tehran : Journal of Accounting Review , Vol. 4, No. 14, pp. 146-157.

Selected Conference Papers:

Karami, A., and Chen, D. (2006 Accepted for Presentation) Critical Success Factors of Interfirm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of China's High-tech SMEs, International High Technology Small Firms Conference, 11-14 May Twente University , The Netherlands.
Karami, A. (2005) The Relationships between Managerial Characteristics of the Business Managers and Strategy Development in the UK SME Sector: an Exploratory Study, British Academy of Management Conference, 13-15 September, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK .
Chen, D. Karami, A. (2005) Strategic alliance for technological innovation: an empirical study of small and medium enterprises in China, High technology Small Firm Conference, The 13 th annual international conference at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, 26-27 May, UK
Karami, A. and Jones, B.M. (2005) Nature and Process of Strategic Management in Small and Medium Enterprises: the Evidence from British High Tech Firms, 32nd Annual Conference: Innovation, Change and Competition in International Business, Academy of International Business, 8 to 9 April 2005, University of Bath, UK.
Karami. A. (2005) Corporate communication and meaningful mission statement, International Business Communication: Past, Present, and Future, ABC 5th Asia Pacific Conference , 28 - 29 March, 2005, Chuo University , Japan .
Karami, A., and Chen, D. (2004) Strategic Management of Innovation: A Study of China's Manufacturing SMEs, International Academy of Management and Business Conference, 7-11 November, USA .
Karami, A. and Jones, S. (2004) Building human capital and increasing HR capabilities towards enhanced performance, The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations , 3-6 August University of Greenwich, London, UK.
Karami, A., and Jones, B. M. (2004) Environmental scanning and firm performance: The case of SME sector, UK , International Conference on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in a Global Economy , 6 7 July 004 Holiday Villa Subang, Malaysia .
Karami. A. (2004) New Human Resource Management Initiatives in High Tech Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs): A Strategic Approach, High Technology Small Firms Conference , 24-25 May University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Karami, A. (2004) How Human Resource Capabilities Affect the organisations' Performance? The case of Electronic Industry in the UK, The Fifth European Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities, Centre of Strategic Management & Leadership, University of Innsbruck, April 1-3, Innsbruck, Austria.
Karami, A. (2002) Strategy, Human Resource Capabilities and Firm Performance, British Academy of Management Conference , 9 11 September, 2002, Middlesex Business School, London.