Alireza Ahmadsimab

Alireza Ahmadsimab is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management, HEC Montréal. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School, an M.A. from ESSEC, and an MBA from Sharif University of Technology. His research focuses on strategic management, institutional logics, cross-sector partnerships, and sustainability. He has been recognized as one of the Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets & Quants (2020).

• Education:
• Ph.D. (Business Administration), ESSEC Business School
• M.A., ESSEC Business School
• MBA, Sharif University of Technology

His research explores tensions in cross-sector collaborations, sustainability performance, and CEO imprinting effects on mergers. He has supervised two master's theses: one on intersectoral partnerships involving social media and another on resistance to change in SMEs. Ahmadsimab teaches courses such as Business Strategy and Strategic Management, emphasizing simulation-based learning. His recent articles analyze CEO decision-making patterns, counterfeit market ethics, and organizational resilience strategies in tech firms like Zoom.

• Teaching:
• Business Strategy
• Strategic Management in Organizations
• Gérer une entreprise: Simulation