Expertise

Associate Professor in Strategy, my current research focuses on the role of corporate governance on (non) market strategy choice and firm performance.  

Engagements

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Honors

Distinguished Student Paper Award for Affiliation with Business groups: Strategizing or Economizing Mechanism? Evidence from the 'Arab Spring'
Awarded, AoM Annual Meeting, BPS Division, Philadelphia, 2014
Best PhD Conference Paper Award
Awarded, SMS Conference, Atlanta, 2013
Competitive PhD Research Grant
Awarded, Bocconi University, 2013-2014

Organizational Affiliations

Primary member, STORM - Strategy and Organization, emlyon business school

Affiliated member, InvEnt - Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emlyon business school

Associate Professor, Department of Strategy & Organization, emlyon business school

Primary member, STORM - Strategy and Organization, emlyon business school

Affiliated member, InvEnt - Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emlyon business school

Past Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Strategy & Organization, emlyon business school

Researcher with Grant, Bocconi University (Italy, Milan)

Education

Business Administration and Management
2015, PhD

Bocconi University, Italy

Regional and Local Development Studies
2005, Master of Arts

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Business Management and Public Administration
2001, Bachelor of Arts

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia