Dr Farhad Ahmed

    School of Business

    Lecturer

    Biography

    Dr. Farhad Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of International Business and Programme Director for MSc International Business at Maynooth University's School of Business. He earned his PhD in International Business from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Ahmed’s research lies at the intersection of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and International Business, with a particular focus on the interplay between institutional and entrepreneurial factors influencing firms' early internationalization from emerging markets.

    Before joining Maynooth University, he served as an Assistant Professor at Brunel University London and Monash University and held postdoctoral research fellowships at Dublin City University and Swansea University.

    Dr. Ahmed has been actively involved in the global research community, presenting at leading international conferences across the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and beyond. His work has received numerous accolades, including:

    • Best Paper Award in the International Business Track at the British Academy of Management Conference (2022)
    • Best Paper Nomination in the Gender and Entrepreneurship Track at the Academy of Management Conference (2021)
    • Emerald Literati Award (2020) for research published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration.

    His research is widely published in top-tier journals, including: International Business Review, Management International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Marketing Review, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Journal of Business Research, and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, and more.

    Beyond publishing, he has been guest editor for an ABS-ranked 3 journal* and serves as a reviewer for leading journals, such as the British Journal of Management, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Research and Thunderbird International Business Review.

    Dr. Ahmed is also an invited speaker and PhD examiner, having delivered guest lectures at the University of Dundee, LUT University Finland, and Amity International University, and served as a PhD external examiner at the University of Manchester, University of the West of Scotland, and Sunway University.

    For his contributions to business education and research, he has been awarded a Fellowship of the Commercial Education Society of Australia (FCES).


    Conference Publication

    Year Publication
    2022 Farhad Uddin Ahmed; Memtaz Jahan Benozir; Roisin Lyons; Manjit Singh; Mohammad Jasim Uddin (2022) A Qualitative Study of Bangladeshi Diaspora in Malaysia: The Role of Social Networking [Link] [DOI]
    2021 Ahmed, F.U.; O'Gorman, C.; Lyons, R.; Clinton, E. (2021) 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2021: Bringing the Manager Back in Management, AoM 2021 EXPLORING THE ROLE OF NATIONAL GENDER INEQUALITY IN FEMALE FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION INTENTIONS [Link] [DOI]
    2020 Roisin Lyons; Colm O'Gorman; Farhad Uddin Ahmed; Eric Clinton (2020) Parental Emotional Support as a Driver of Next Generations' Family Business Succession Intentions [Link] [DOI]

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2024 Clinton, E.; Uddin Ahmed, F.; Lyons, R.; O'Gorman, C. (2024) 'The drivers of family business succession intentions of daughters and the moderating effects of national gender inequality'. Journal of Business Research, 184 . [Link] [DOI]
    2024 Banna, H.; Mostafiz, M.I.; Ahmed, F.U.; Tarba, S.Y. (2024) 'Social Innovation and the Financial Risk of EMNCs - The Contingent Role of Institutional Legitimacy'. Management International Review, . [Link] [DOI]
    2024 Mostafiz, M.I.; Ahmed, F.U.; Tardios, J.; Hughes, P.; Tarba, S.Y. (2024) 'Configuring international entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic internationalization capability to predict international performance'. International Business Review, . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Ahmed, F.U.; Babu, M.M.; Rahman, M.N.; Uddin, M.J.; Dey, B.L. (2023) 'Strategic orientation, strategic renewal, and the international performance of born global firms'. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, . [Link] [DOI]
    2023 Faroque, A.R.; Ahmed, F.U.; Rahman, M.; Gani, M.O.; Mortazavi, S. (2023) 'Exploring the individual and joint effects of founders' and managers' experiential knowledge on international opportunity identification'. Asian Business and Management, 22 . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2023 Mostafiz, M.I.; Ahmed, F.U.; Ibrahim, F.; Tarba, S.Y. (2023) 'Innovation and commercialisation: the role of the international dynamic marketing capability in Malaysian international entrepreneurial firms'. International Marketing Review, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2023 Lyons, R.; Ahmed, F.U.; Clinton, E.; O’Gorman, C.; Gillanders, R. (2023) 'The impact of parental emotional support on the succession intentions of next-generation family business members'. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2022 Faroque, A.R.; Sultana, H.; Ahmed, J.U.; Ahmed, F.U.; Rahman, M. (2022) 'The standalone and resource-bundling effects of government and nongovernment institutional support on early internationalizing firms’ performance'. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 18 . [Link] [DOI]
    2022 Mostafiz, M.I.; Ahmed, F.U.; Hughes, P. (2022) 'Open innovation pathway to firm performance: the role of dynamic marketing capability in Malaysian entrepreneurial firms'. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, . [Link] [DOI]
    2021 Ahmed, F.U.; Brennan, L. (2021) 'A review of methodological diversity within the domain of international entrepreneurship'. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 19 . [Link] [DOI]
    2019 Ahmed, F.U.; Brennan, L. (2019) 'The impact of Founder’s human capital on firms’ extent of early internationalisation: Evidence from a least-developed country'. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 36 . [Link] [DOI]
    2019 Ahmed, F.U.; Brennan, L. (2019) 'Performance determinants of early internationalizing firms: The role of international entrepreneurial orientation'. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
    2019 Tehseen, S.; Ahmed, F.U.; Qureshi, Z.H.; Uddin, M.J.; Ramayah, T. (2019) 'Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs’ growth: the mediating role of network competence'. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 11 . [Link] [DOI]
    2019 Ahmed, F.U.; Brennan, L. (2019) 'An institution-based view of firms’ early internationalization: Effectiveness of national export promotion policies'. International Marketing Review, 36 . [Link] [DOI]
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