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Education

BS Mining Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur India 1993
MBA Management of Technology - Asian Institute of Technology Thailand 1997
MS Management - New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ USA 2001
Ph.D. Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship - University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN USA 2011

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship/Small Business Administration

New Venture Performance and Survival

Technology Commercialization

International Business

New Markets in Emerging Countries

Strategic Mangagement

Alliances

Corporate Entrepreneurship

Specialties

Emerging Countries

Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry

Technological Innovation

Transaction Cost Economics

Selected Works

Articles

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfie . "The Impact of Exogenous Non-economic Shocks on the Global Business Environment: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Impact of September 11th" Academy of Mgmt Annual Best Paper Proceedings 2008. (Aug 2008)

Marcus, Alfred , Islam, Mazhar and Molony, John . "Youth Buldges, Busts, and Doing Business in Violence-Prone Nations" Business and Politics 10.4 (Apr 2008):1-40

Rapp, William V and Islam, Mazhar . "Japanese Mini-banks: Retail Banking Services through Convenience Stores" Asian Business and Management 5.2 (May 2006):187-206

Rapp, William V. and Islam, Mazhar . "Japanese Experiences with B2C E-Commerce" The MIT Sloan Management Review 2004.Spring (Apr 2004)

Presentations

Islam, Mazhar and Shaver, J. Myles . How Competition Affects the Governance of R&D Projects: Evidence from Biotechnology Clinical Trials Fox School of Business, Temple University : Philadelphia , PA

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . Private Interpretation of Public Funding for New Industry Creation: How Financiers View Public Research Grants in the U.S. Clean Energy Sector Strategic Management Society Annual Conference : Prague, Czech Republic, Oct 2012

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . Private Interpretation of Public Funding for New Industry Creation: How Financiers View Public Research Grants in the U.S. Clean Energy Sector Industry Studies Association : Pittsburgh , PA May 2012

Islam, Mazhar and Miller, Jacob . A LOOK ACROSS THE FORGES: COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Industry Studies Association : Pittsburgh , PA May 2012

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . Private Interpretation of Public Funding for New Industry Creation: How Financiers View Public Research Grants in the U.S. Clean Energy Sector Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference : Fairfax, VA May 2012

Islam, Mazhar . Effects of Competition on Governance Choice and Performance: Evidence from Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials Academy of Management Annual Meetings : San Antonio, TX Aug 2011

Islam, Mazhar . Effects of Competition on Governance Choice and Performance: Evidence from Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials 5th Mid-Atlantic Strategy Colloquium : College Park, MD Nov 2010

Islam, Mazhar . Effects of Competition on Governance Choice and Performance: Evidence from Biopharmaceutical Clinical Trials CCC Doctoral Consortium : Coppenhagen, Denmark, May 2009

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . The Impact of Exogenous Non-economic Shocks on ... International Society for New Institutional Economics Conference : Toronto, Canada, Jun 2008

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . The Impact of Exogenous Non-economic Shocks on ... Academy of International Business : Milan, Italy , Jun 2008

Islam, Mazhar , Fremeth, Adam and Marcus, Alfred . The Impact of Exogenous Non-economic Shocks on ... AIB/JIBS Frontiers Research in International Business Conference, : Miami, Nov 2007

Islam, Mazhar and Zhao, Minyuan . Do Information Technologies Make the World Smaller? A Closer Look at the Role of Firm Organization Academy of Management Meetings : Phialdelphia, PA Aug 2007

Islam, Mazhar . Cross-regional R&D Collaboration Inside The Firm: Promoting Knowledge Flow Or Facilitating Internalization? : Vienna, Austria , Oct 2006

Islam, Mazhar . Japanese Mini-banks: Retail Banking Services th... Academy of International Business : Stockholm, Sweden , Jun 2004

Conferences

Academy of Management Annual Meetings , Discussant Aug 03, 2012 - Aug 07, 2012

Workshop On Empirical Entrepreneurship ( Sponsored by Fox School of Business/Kauffman Foundation), Discussant Nov 18, 2011 - Nov 19, 2011

Awards

2011 Outstanding Reviewer (Academy of Management, Business Policy and Strategty Division )

2011 Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (The National Bureau of Economic Research-NBER)

2009-2010 The Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship (University of Minnesota)

2008-2009 The Carlson School Dissertation Fellowship (University of Minnesota)

2008 Excellence in Teaching Award (Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota )

2006 Winner, Best Conference Paper (Strategic Management Society)

Professional Experience

Assistant Engineer, Mining , Barapukuria Coal Mines (Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Corporation) Jun 1993-Sep 1995

Manager, International Business Development , The Southern Group, Thailand, - a large Thai business group May 1997-Sep 1998

Manager, Policy and Planning , IPDC of Bangladesh (A Leading Development Finance Institution - owned by the World Bank, IFC) Oct 1998-Aug 2000

Research Affiliate , Department of Economic & Social Affairs, The United Nations (UN) Headquarters Jan 2002-May 2002

Lecturer , Bruchsal International University, Germany Jun 2002-Aug 2004

Instructor, Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant , Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Sep 2004-Jun 2010