Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
SME internationalisation, International entrepreneurship
Dr Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (SFHEA) is a Lecturer in International Business and is the Programme Director of MSc International Business at Aston Business School. Before joining Aston University, Vahid was a senior lecturer in International Entrepreneurship at the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, and lecturer in Business Strategy at the School of Strategy and Leadership at Coventry University. He is an active researcher in the field of international entrepreneurship, particularly in the area of SME internationalisation. Vahid has published papers in leading international journals such as the British Journal of Management, Risk Analysis, International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, etc. Dr Jafari-Sadeghi is an associate editor at the EuroMed Journal of Business, and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, and British Food Journal. He has served as the lead guest editor for special issues at the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, and British Food Journal. Vahid has edited various books in Springer, Routledge, and Emerald and performed as track chair and presenter for several international conferences.
Building on the wealth of international entrepreneurship, Vahid is focusing on the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). His main research interests are
Editorial Boards
Guest Editorship
Edited Books
Vahid is currently the Programme Director of MSc International Business. He was also the former programme director of BSc International Business and Management (Jan 2022 - Sept 2022)
Vahid teaches modules related to international entrepreneurship at the postgraduate (MSc) level.
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
PhD, Università degli Studi di Torino
Oct 2015 → Sep 2018
Award Date: 1 Oct 2018
MSc, Payam Noor University
Sep 2011 → Jul 2013
Award Date: 21 Jul 2013
BSc, Tafresh University
Sep 2007 → Aug 2011
Award Date: 29 Aug 2011
Senior Lecturer in International Entrepreneurship, University of Northumbria Newcastle
Jun 2021 → Sep 2021
Lecturer in Business Strategy, Coventry University
Sep 2019 → May 2021
Post-Doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Università degli Studi di Torino
Nov 2018 → Sep 2019
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid (Recipient), 31 Aug 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid (Recipient), Nov 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid (Recipient), Oct 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (Guest editor), Arun Sukumar (Guest editor), Léo-Paul Dana (Guest editor) & Robert B. Anderson (Guest editor)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (Guest editor) & Razieh Sadraei (Guest editor)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Christina Tudor (Guest editor), Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (Guest editor), Lucian Belascu (Guest editor), Yeqi Huang (Guest editor) & Razieh Sadraei (Guest editor)
Activity: Peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk