Dr Mohammad Saleh Farazi
MBA, PhD
Management School
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Strategy
+44 114 222 3606
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Management School
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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Dr. Mohammad Saleh Farazi is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Strategy at Sheffield University Management School. He has also taught at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Carlos III University of Madrid, EUNCET Business School, Sharif University of Technology, NEOMA Business School, Rotterdam School of Management, and London South Bank University. His main research interest is in the strategic management of technology and innovation, particularly in the healthcare sector. He is interested in studying digital health platforms as well as R&D alliances. As a secondary research area, he has also taken part in collaborative research on the gender gap in financing social ventures. His work has appeared in globally acclaimed journals such as Research Policy, R&D Management, and Technovation, among others, in addition to being presented at major international conferences such as the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and the European Academy of Management. He is a reviewer for several leading Management journals and he also sits on the Editorial Review Board of the South Asian Journal of Business Studies.
- Qualifications
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- PhD in Business Administration - Pablo de Olavide University
- MBA - Carlos III University of Madrid
- Research interests
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Saleh is an applied researcher with a passion about the strategic management of technological innovation and a particular focus on the healthcare sector. He is interested in studying how digital health platforms can create more value for the society and how they are transforming the economy. He is also interested in exploring the strategic management of knowledge and technology in R&D partnerships, including biopharma alliances. As a secondary research interest, he has also taken part in collaborative research that seeks to identify the origins of the gender gap in financing social ventures (i.e. why is it that female social entrepreneurs are less likely to raise equity financing, and what can be done to bridge the gap?).
In addition to collaborations with leading management scholars, Saleh has co-authored three academic articles with his postgraduate students who followed the path of his doctoral dissertation and studied the performance implications of the "depth and breadth of technological knowledge" in biopharma companies. A fourth student has, under his co-supervision, studied the effect of innovation on reducing the burden of diseases in developed and developing countries.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Revisiting the Relationship Between Depth & Breadth of Technological Knowledge and Firm Performance. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1).
- From depth and breadth of knowledge to technological capability: a journey inside a firm's intellectual capital. R&D Management.
- TripAdvisor of healthcare:Opportunities for value creation through patient feedback platforms. Technovation, 121, 102625-102625.
- Exploring Gender Influences on Debt vs. Equity Financing of Social and Socio-Tech Ventures. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021(1), 16466-16466.
- Depth and breadth of knowledge and the governance of technology alliances. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 54, 28-40.
- Raising Capital in Biopharma Alliances; Unraveling the Roles of Technological Depth and Breadth. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019(1), 19604-19604.
- Revisiting the Relationship Between Depth & Breadth of Technological Knowledge and Firm Performance. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1).
- Research group
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- ESIB (Entrepreneurship, Strategy & International Business)
- Teaching interests
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Since finishing his PhD studies in 2016, Dr. Farazi has taught at eight universities across six different countries, and in three languages of instruction (English, Spanish, and Persian). In several instances, he received the “Excellence in Teaching” recognition from the respective department or university.
He has also been active in supervising student-led projects at both undergraduate and graduate level. In 2018, his student's at Carlos III University of Madrid won the 1st Prize at the EY (Ernst & Young) contest "Best Practices in People's Management". He also served as a mentor for two student-founded health startups.
- Teaching activities
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Dr. Farazi has taught modules on “Strategic Management”, “Technology and Innovation Management”, “Introduction to Entrepreneurship”, “Digital Transformation”, “(Agile) Business Models”, “Technology Transfer”, “Professional Development”, and “Organisational Behaviour”; at the following institutions (in chronological order) :
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2017
- Carlos III University of Madrid, 2018-19
- EUNCET Business School (UPC- BarcelonaTech), 2018-19
- Sharif University of Technology, 2019-2021
- NEOMA Business School, 2021
- Erasmus University of Rotterdam, (Rotterdam School of Management), 2022
- London South Bank University, 2022-2023
- University of Sheffield, 2024
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of Editorial Review Board, South Asian Journal of Business Studies
- PhD Supervision
Dr. Farazi is currently accepting PhD students. He is interested in proposals to study healthcare and/or social phenomena that involve businesses and new technologies.