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Associate Professor of Strategic Management
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September 2000 - present
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Publications (17)
The rate of strategic failure reported in the literature has been alarming. Many authors attribute strategic failures to the challenge of implementation. One may, however, wonder whether strategizing is done in a genuine way or just in compliance with certain expectations. This paper argues that many organizations are not serious enough about strat...
Entrepreneurial activities and level of corruption largely determine the creation of public value. Corruption may affect a society in various ways, however, its relationship with entrepreneurship is crucial. The current paper highlights the interaction effects between entrepreneurship and corruption in order to better understand the dynamics of pub...
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The purpose of this paper is to contest Mintzberg's influential “five Ps for strategy”. It exposes the negative side effect of these “five Ps” and urges a rethinking of the concept of strategy. It also points to an alternative direction for further research building on a more robust definition of strategy that does not aim to combine the fi...
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The confusion over what counts as “strategic” is widely acknowledged to be a problem for both research and practice. The paper aims to develop a robust definition of “strategic decisions” and a classifying tool that distinguishes them from grand tactical, tactical, and other organizational decisions.
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An extensiv...
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To unravel three strategy-related concepts, frequently confused as one, by introducing the new concept of nonstrategy and proposing a novel threefold classification of strategy, nonstrategy and no strategy.
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Building on some key insightful definitions of strategy, the paper infers five essential attributes of str...
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The concept of strategy has lost its meaning. It is widely inflated and conflated with related notions and the consequences of that are unsettling for both practice and research. The purpose of this paper is to restore the lost meaning of strategy.
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The paper exposes the inadequacy of the current definitions of s...
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The purpose of this paper is to argue for the need to redefine a mission statement, to develop a clearer definition and show its advantages and limitations.
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The paper shows the literature's lack of agreement on the definition of the mission statement and whether it should be defined as a stand‐alone statement or...
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This paper aims to expose the underlying reasons behind the failure of the mission statement to have a significant impact on performance and to recommend ways forward.
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A comprehensive literature review is conducted and common themes and trends are revealed. These are then discussed under four major domains of th...
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The aim of the paper is twofold: to question the current use of the extant competitive strategy frameworks imported from the context of the business firm; and to call for innovative frameworks that are more faithful to the nature, purpose, and needs of business schools.
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An extensive literature review is undertak...
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The purpose of this paper is to show how to construct a strategy canvas for a business school based on students' perceptions of the importance of critical value dimensions of its undergraduate offering(s) and its comparable performance on each. This can be used in evaluating the school's extant strategy and in developing a new innovative on...
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The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to propose a new metaphor, student‐as‐aspirant, which captures well the educational role of students, professors, and business schools. Second, to develop the strategic implications of this metaphor for the management of business schools.
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A thorough review of relevant...
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There is vast literature and widely different views on strategy. This necessitates an organizing framework that smoothly integrates and places different conceptualizations of strategy in the proper perspective. The purpose of this paper is to clear possible confusion about the concept of strategy and help navigate the different streams of t...
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– The concerns of service quality may differ from one country to another. It is therefore crucial to develop measures of service quality that are pertinent to the country and culture where the service is offered. This paper proposes developing a measure of service quality in the UAE and then testing this measure in UAE conventional and Isla...
The concept of customer value is becoming increasingly used in strategy and marketing literature in recent years. Customer value is considered central to competitive advantage and long-term success of business organizations. Consequently, a great importance attached to this concept. This paper attempts to build an integrative configuration of the c...
The perception of the nature and purpose of business is a very important determinant of how business could be strategically managed. This paper aims to contribute to our understanding of this issue from an Islamic perspective. It compares between competing views in modern management literature and offers an Islamic point of view. The paper attempts...
Although quality management practices have been implemented by many organizations all over the world, such implementations have often failed. This failure rate is largely attributed to the lack of integration between quality management practices, business strategy, and environmental uncertainty. This article proposes a contingency model relating qu...
The essence of the author's argument is that rationality (in the economic sense) cannot serve, by itself, self-interest in its wider and transformed meaning, or social good. In addition, self-interest should neither suppress nor be suppressed by social good and a harmony between the two should be achieved. Muslim economists generally agree that sec...
