Dr. Naeem Ashraf
Assistant professor
Teaching department :
Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Technology, Innovation, Management
Contact :
Mail: n.ashraf@montpellier-bs.com
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 10 60 41
Short bio
Dr. Naeem Ashraf completed his MBA in 2009 from IAE Aix-en-Provence, Aix-Marseille University, France followed by PhD in Strategic Management in 2013 from the same university. Before joining Montpellier Business School in 2017, he was working as Assistant Professor and Director PhD program at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). During his professional career that spans more than seventeen years, he served in senior positions in different sectors that include fertilizers, automobile, and Pakistan’ national space agency. He was also a member of the core team of consultants at LUMS, to train C-suite executives. His areas of research interest are inter-organizational relationships, organizational behavior, and business ethics.
Selected Intellectual Contributions
Ul-Haq, Lone RA. & Ashraf N. Forthcoming. A theory of capitalist co-optation of radical alternatives: The case of Islamic banking industry. Organization. DOI: 10.1177/1350508420939245
Ashraf N., Comyns B., Tariq S. & Chaudhry H.R. 2020. Carbon performance of firms in developing countries: The role of financial slack, carbon prices and dense network. Journal of Cleaner Production, 253: 1647-1665.
Ashraf N., Pinkse J., Ahmadsimab A., Ul-haq S. & Badar K. 2019. Divide and rule: The effects of diversity and network structure on a firm's sustainability performance. Long Range Planning, 52(6).
Arain G.A., Bhatti Z.A., Ashraf N. & Fang Y. 2020. Top-down knowledge hiding in organizations: An empirical study of the consequences of supervisor knowledge hiding among local and foreign workers in the Middle East. Journal of Business Ethics, 164(3): 611-625.
Ashraf N., Comyns B., Arain G.A. & Bhatti Z.A. 2019. The roles of network embeddedness, market incentives, and slack resources in clean technology adoption by firms in developing countries. Climate Policy, 19(5): 556-570.
Ashraf N. 2017. Market for morals: Climate change opportunities and challenges for organizations in Pakistan. (Technical note; published by LUMS Case Research Center)
Ashraf N., Ahmadsimab A. & Pinkse J. 2017. From animosity to affinity: The interplay of competing logics and interdepence in cross-section partnerships. Journal of Management Studies, 54(6): 793-822.
Ashraf N. & Khurshid A. 2017. Governing with shackles: Challenges for the Board to select PESCO CEO (case study published by LUMS’ Case Research Center)
Badar K., Hite J. M. & Ashraf N. 2015. Knowledge network centrality, formal rank and research performance: evidence for curvilinear and interaction effects. Scientometrics, 105(3): 1553-1576.
Ashraf N., Meschi P. X. & Spencer R. 2014. Alliance network position, embeddedness and effects on the carbon performance of firms in emerging economies. Organization & Environment, 27(1): 65-84.
