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Economy and Business

Dr. Nicolas Hamelin

• School or Department : School of Business Administration
• Fields of expertise : - Marketing - Social Marketing / Social issues - International Marketing - Marketing Research - Consumer behavior - Advertising - Documentary production
• Languages spoken : French, English
• Short bio : Nicolas Hamelin holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Sussex University in the UK, an M.Sc in Environmental Management from Ulster University and is a PhD candidate in Business at the Royal Docks Business School, university of East London. He is also a trained TV news reporter from INA, Paris. He worked as a research fellow for City University of Hong Kong, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter and the Energy Center of the Netherlands. In international business, he worked at ST-Ericsson and at Nokia BU, as a technical and strategic marketing manager. He is now an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Al Akhawayn University, Morocco. Nicolas Hamelin main research interests are in the fields of International Marketing, Advertising, Consumer Behavior, Social Marketing and Environmental Management.
• Publications : • Hamelin, N., Nassali, A. and Harcar, T. (2009). Determining Churn Drivers in Moroccan Telecom Sector, Journal of International Business Disciplines, Volume 4, Number 2 May 2010, pp16-41 • Understanding the Moroccan Consumer Behavior to Improve Retailers Queuing System, Nicolas Hamelin, Talha Harcar, Zineb Maïmmadi, Advance in global Management Development, Volume XVIII-2009, pp177-182, 2010. • Trigger Factors of Terrorism Social Marketing Analysis as a Tool for Security Studies – a Moroccan Case study’ Nicolas Hamelin, Houda Aznay, Connell Monette and Jack Kalpakian The International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies, Vol 3, Number 2, 2010. • Consumer Ethnocentrism and Country of Origin Effects in the Moroccan Market. Nicolas Hamelin, Meriam Ellouzi, Andrew Canterbury. The Journal of Global Marketing in Volume 24, Number 3 in 2011.

Dr. Karim Moustaghfir

• School or Department : School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Fields of expertise:
  • Strategic Human Resource Development.
  • National Human Development and Economic Growth.
  • Knowledge Management Strategies, Processes and Technologies.
  • Strategic Management.
  • Organizational Performance Management and Measurement.
  • Net Economics and e-Business Management.
  • Economic Intelligence.
  • Project Management.
• Languages spoken : : Arabic, French, English, Italian
• Short bio : Dr. Karim Moustaghfir is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Human Resource Development at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Morocco). He is also the Coordinator of the Mediterranean School in e-Business Management (Italian-Moroccan Partnership), and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Business Performance (Cranfield School of Management - UK). After completing his Master and Ph.D degrees, he worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher at Scuola Superiore ISUFI - Università del Salento (Italy). He now researches on the topics of knowledge assets, dynamic capabilities, performance management, entrepreneurial learning and management in education. He published several international papers and articles. He also serves on the editorial board of distinguished international journals, and he is a member of several professional associations in Morocco and abroad. Prior to his academic career he held management positions in the banking and management consulting fields.
  For more information please visit: http://citi.aui.ma/shss/karim_moustaghfir/
• Publications:
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Trunk, S.N. (2010), “Entrepreneurial Learning in Higher Education”, International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies Vol. 3, N. 1.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2009), “How Knowledge Assets Lead to a Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Are Organizational Capabilities a Missing Link?”, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Vol. 7, Issue 4.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2008), “The Dynamics of Knowledge Assets and their Link with Firm Performance”, Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 12, Issue 2.
  • Marr, B. and Moustaghfir, K. (2005), “Defining Intellectual Capital: A Three Dimensional Approach”, Management Decision, Vol. 43, Issue 9.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Schiuma, G. (2011), “Knowledge Assets and Value Creation Dynamics”, in Schiuma, G. (Ed.) Managing Knowledge Assets and Business Value Creation in Organizations: Measures and Dynamics, IGI Global Publications.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2011), “Knowledge Asset Dynamics and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from the IT Industry”, in Schiuma, G. (Ed.) Managing Knowledge Assets and Business Value Creation in Organizations: Measures and Dynamics, IGI Global Publications.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Secundo, G. (2008), “Conoscenza e Gestione della Conoscenza: Definizioni ed Elementi di Tassonomia”, in Campisi, D. and Passiante, G. (Eds.) Fondamenti di Knowledge Management – Conoscenza e Vantaggio Competitivo, ARACNE.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Secundo, G. (2008), “L’implementazione dei Progetti di Gestione della Conoscenza: Indicazioni da Alcuni Casi di Studio”, in Campisi, D. and Passiante, G. (Eds.) Fondamenti di Knowledge Management – Conoscenza e Vantaggio Competitivo, ARACNE.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Ventura, S. (2003), “Sistemi di Misurazione del Capitale Intellectuale: Una Rassegna Critica”, in Bartezzaghi, E., Raffa, M. and Romano A. (Eds) Knowledge Management e Competitività, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane.
  • Petti, C. and Moustaghfir, K. (2001), “How Hypernet Will Affect Business Environment” in A. Romano, G. Passiante and V. Elia (Eds.) Creating Business Innovation Leadership, Edizione Scientifiche Italiane, 2001.
  • Rametta, P., Moustaghfir, K. and Petti, C. (2001), “Launching e-Finance Solutions in MPSFinance Pilot Project” in A. Romano, G. Passiante and V. Elia (Eds) Creating Business Innovation Leadership, Edizione Scientifiche Italiane, 2001.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2011), “Knowledge-based Value Creation Dynamics in the IT Sector”, International Conference MakeLearn 2011, (Celje – Slovenia), July 22-24.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2011), “Entrepreneurial Learning: An Organizational Capability for Higher Education Services”, International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, (Tampere – Finland), June 15-17.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2008), “Developing Intelligent Platforms for Sustainable Local Development”, International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, (Matera – Italy), June 25-26.
  • Moustaghfir, K. (2007), “How Knowledge Assets Drive Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Are Organizational Capabilities a Missing Link?”, International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, (Matera – Italy), June 22-23.
  • Marr, B. and Moustaghfir, K. (2005), “The Dynamics of How Knowledge Assets Deliver Value”, 26th McMaster World Congress on Intellectual Capital Management, (Ontario – Canada), January 19-20.
  • Marr, B. and Moustaghfir, K. (2005), “Intangible Assets, Balanced Scorecard, and the Resource-based View: What is the Score?”, 26th McMaster World Congress on Intellectual Capital Management, (Ontario – Canada), January 19-20.
  • Marr, B. and Moustaghfir, K. (2005), “Towards Better Definition of Intellectual Capital: A Three Dimensional Approach”, 26th McMaster World Congress on Intellectual Capital Management, (Ontario – Canada), January 19-20.
  • Marr, B. and Moustaghfir, K. (2004), “Knowledge Management, Intellectual Capital and Dynamic Capabilities: What is the Link?”, European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM), (Paris – France), September 2004.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Marr, B. (2004), “Knowledge-based Performance – The Importance of Knowledge Dynamics in Performance Management Frameworks”, Performance Measurement Association (PMA) Conference, (Edinburgh – UK), July 2004.
  • Moustaghfir, K. and Ventura, S. (2002), “Intellectual Capital Measurement Systems: A Critical Review”, AiIG (Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale) Congress Proceedings, (Lecce – Italy), November 2002.

Dr . Nizar Messari

• School or Department : School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Fields of expertise:
  • International Politics, Moroccan politics
  • Moroccan foreign policy.
  • international security.
  • international conflict resolution.
  • Latin American politics and issues.
  • And in particular, Brazilian politics and issues.
• Languages spoken : Arabic, French, English, portuguese
• Short bio : Nizar Messari holds a PhD in International Studies from The University of Miami, Florida. He held different teaching positions in Brazil between 2001 and 2009, and mainly at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro where he was Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. He also held several consulting positions in Brazil, and in particular to the BrazilianMinistry of Foreign Affairs, to the Brazilian Military and to the Brazilian Oil Company, Petrobras. He is a member of several international associations, and in particular, the International Studies Association. He has widely published in issues related to International Relations Theory, International Security and Middle Middle Eastern politics, including in relations between Islam and the West.
• Publications:Books:
  • Messari, Nizar and Nogueira, João Pontes. Teoria das Relações Internacionais: Correntes e Debates. (Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier/Campus, 2005), 6th. Edition
  • Messari, N., Nogueira, J.P. and Walker, R.B.J, (Eds.) Displacing IR: Peripheral Approaches to International Theory (London: Routledge, Forthcoming) Journal Articles:
  • Messari, N. and Van der Klaauw, J., “Counter-Terrosim Measures and Refugee Protection in North Africa” Refugee Survey Quarterly, a special issue organized by Elspeth Guild and Madeline Garlick on Refugee Protection and EU Counter Terrorism, 2010, Vol. 29, n. 4, pp. 83-103
  • Messari, N. “Construção de Estados: Por que não funciona e como fazê-la funcionar?” Contexto Internacional, 2004, vol. 26, n. 2, p. 7-32
  • Messari, N. and Willis, M. “Moroccan Foreign Policy Towards the European Union – A Framework of Analysis” Review of International Affairs, 2004, vol. 3, n. 2, pp. 152-172
  • Messari, N. “The State and the Dilemmas of Security: The Middle East and the Balkans” Security Dialogue, December 2002, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 219-231.
  • Messari, N. “National Security, the Political Space and Citizenship: The Case of Morocco and the Western Sahara” Journal of North African Studies, 2001, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 47-63.
  • Messari, N. “O Kosovo e o Ocidente: Exercícios na Construção da Identidade Ocidental” Contexto Internacional, 2000, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 193 – 225.
  • Messari, N. “Rethinking America’s Security – Beyond Cold War Era to New World Order – Uma Resenha Crítica ” Contexto Internacional, 1993, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 303-308.
  Chapters in Edited Volumes:
  • Messari, N. “Filling the Blanks in IR Theory: Dealing with Alterity from the Periphery” in Messari, N., Nogueira, J.P. and Walker, R.B.J, (Eds.) Displacing IR: Peripheral Approaches to International Theory (London: Routledge, Forthcoming)
  • Messari, N., “Terrorismo nas Relações Internacionais: lições do passado, ações no presente” In: Terrorismo e Relações Internacionais - Perspectivas e Desafios para o Século XXI, Monica Herz and Arthur Bernardes do Amaral (Eds.), (Rio de Janeiro: Loyola/PUC-Rio, 2010), pp. 107-127.
  • Messari, N. “O Construtivismo e o Objeto de Estudo das Relações Internacionais” in Eduardo S. Neves Silva e Paulo Esteves (Eds.) Relações Internacionais: Debates Teóricos e Metateóricos, (Belo Horizonte: PUC Minas, 2009)
  • Messari, N. “O Humanitário e o Político na Crise do Darfur” in Nasser, R.M. (Ed.) Conflitos Internacionais em Múltiplas Dimensões (São Paulo, Edunesp, 2009)
  • Messari, N, and SOARES, L. E. “Crime Organizado, Drogas, Corrupção Pública: Observações Comparativas sobre Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Guatemala, México e Venezuela” in Coesão Social na América Latina: Bases para uma Nova Agenda Democrática. (São Paulo: Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso: 2008) Available at: http://www.plataformademocratica.org/English/Publicacoes.aspx?IdRegistro=30
  • Messari, N. “O Brasil e o Mundo Árabe” In: Relações Internacionais do Brasil: Temas e Agendas, Antonio Carlos Lessa and Henrique Altemani Oliveira (Eds.), (São Paulo: Saraiva, 2006), pp. 159-179.
  • Messari, N. e Guimarães, Julia Peres, “Os Desafios da Não-Proliferação Nuclear” In: O Século XXI no Brasil e no Mundo, Maria Izabel Valadão de Carvalho and Maria Helena de Castro Santos (Eds.), (Bauru: EDUSC, 2006), pp. 45-71
  • Messari, N. and Willis, Michael “Moroccan Foreign Policy Towards the European Union - A Framework of Analysis”. In: Gerd Nonneman. (Ed.). Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies. (Londres: Routledge, 2005)
  • Messari, N. “O Islã e a Política”. In: Heloisa Vilhena de Araujo. (Ed.). Diálogo América do Sul - Países Árabes. (Brasília: FUNAG, 2005), p. 1-34.
  • Messari, N. . “Prioridades do Mundo Árabe” In: Heloisa Vilhena de Araujo. (Ed.). Diálogo América do Sul - Países Árabes. (Brasília: FUNAG, 2005), p. 351-384.
  • Messari, N. “Existe Um Novo Cenário de Segurança Internacional?” In: José Maria Gómez. (Ed.) America Latina y El (Des)orden Neoliberal - Hegemonia, Contrahegemonia, Perspectivas. (Buenos Aires: CLACSO, 2003), p. 131-150
  • Messari, N. “Segurança no Pós Guerra Fria: o Papel das Instituições” In: Instituições Internacionais: Segurança, Comércio e Integração, Paulo Luiz Esteves (Ed.), (Belo Horizonte: Editora PUCMinas, 2003), p. 171-195.
  • Messari, N. “Moroccan and US Approaches in the Middle East” in Driss Ouaouicha (Ed.) Moroccan American Relations in the New Millenium, (Ifran: Al Akhawayn University Press, 2003), p. 99-108.
  • Messari N. and Sabita, Manian, “Does the SHASS Party´s Participation in the Israeli Government Offer a Model for Dealing Successfully with Islamist Militants?” in David W. Lesch, (Ed.), History In Dispute – The Middle East Since 1945, (Columbia: Manly, 2003)
  • Messari, N. and Willis, M. “Should the Arab Maghrib Union be Revived as an Alternative to Bilateral Agreements Between Each of North African States and the European Union?” in David W. Lesch, (Ed.), History In Dispute – The Middle East Since 1945, (Columbia: Manly, 2003)
  • Messari, N. “Identity and Foreign Policy – The Case of Islam in US Foreign Policy,” in Vendulka Kubalkova, (Ed.), Foreign Policy in a Constructed World, (New York: ME Sharpe, 2001), p. 227-248.
  • Messari, N. and Smith, William, “Democracy and Reform in Cardoso’s Brazil: Caught Between Clientelism and Global Markets?” in Jeffrey Stark, (Ed.), The Challenges of Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, (Boulder, CO: North-South Center Press/Lynne Rienner, 2001).
  Articles in Newspapers, websites and Magazines:
  • Messari N., « Une constitution potentiellement transformationnelle », http://fr.lakome.com/, June 2011
  • Messari, N., « Une conjoncture politique délicate », http://fr.lakome.com/, May 2011
  • Messari, N., « Qu’est ce que nous devons aux jeunes du 20 Février? », http://fr.lakome.com/, March 2011
  • Messari, N. “Des lendemains qui ne chantent pas nécessairement », Thursday, January 20th, 2011, L´Opinion, p. 1 and 4.
  • Messari, N. “Darfur – Um Genocídio diante dos Nossos Olhos” published at: www.rsi.cgee.org.br , December 2007.
  • Messari, N., “A Crise em Torno do Programa Nuclear Iraniano” published at: www.rsi.cgee.org.br , October 2007.
  • Messari, N. “Conflitos Intra-estatais, Intervenções e o Cenário de Segurança Internacional no Pós-Guerra Fria”, published at: www.rsi.cgee.org.br, July 2006.
  • Messari, N. “Observações sobre a Atual Crise no Oriente Médio e as Perspectivas para a Paz”, published at: www.rsi.cgee.org.br , August 2006.
  • Messari, N. “Reconstrução do Iraque: Possibilidades e Alternativas” Polêmica - Revista Eletrônica, 2004
  • Messari N. “O Líder que não se tornou estadista” Jornal do Brasil, p. A9, November 12, 2004
  • Messari, N. “Os Estados Unidos e a Democratização do Mundo Árabe” Panorama da Conjuntura Internacional, 2004
  • Messari, N. “A crença da paz pela bomba atômica” Jornal do Brasil, p. A11, October 6, 2003.
  • Messari, N., “Excessiva Discrição da ONU no Iraque” Jornal do Brasil, p. A9, August 20th, 2003.
  • Messari, N. “A ONU recuperará prestígio na reconstrução do Iraque? Sim” O Dia, p. 8, April 4th, 2003
  • Messari, N. “ A ONU pode evitar a guerra dos EUA contra o Iraque? Sim” O Dia, p. 5, January 31st, 2003.
  • Messari, N. “Islã e o Ocidente”, Revista Tempo e Presença, August 2002, no. 324, pp. 13-15.
  • Messari, N. “Para aonde vão as organizações internacionais?”, Nuevamerica, n. 94, June 2002, pp. 38-44.
  • Messari, N. and Herz, M. “Os Estados Unidos e o Oriente Médio” O Globo, p. 32, April 20th, 2002
  • Messari, N. and Herz, M. “Saír do Ciclo Vicioso” Jornal do Brasil, December 9th, 2001
  • Messari, N. “Líder ou ator irrelevante” Jornal do Brasil, December 5th, 2001
  • Messari, N. “La gauche, la troisième Voie et le Débat Marocain” La Vie Economique, 10/09/1999, p.16
  • Messari, N. “Azmat al Kosovo wa ishkaliat al hawya” Al Alam, 10/05/1999, p.4.
  • Messari, N., “Réflections sur la crise du Kosovo” L´Opinion, 12/04/1999, p.1.
  • Messari, N. and Smith, William “Democracy and Reform in Cardoso’s Brazil: Caught Between Clientelism and Global Markets?” Agenda Paper of the North-South Center, n.33, September 1998.
  • Messari, N. “Kayfa hadathat atasswya bayna al rassmalya wa adimokratya fi ouropa” Shu’un Maghribia, n. 5, March 1996, p. 35
  • Messari, N. “Nukhbatun yukayfuha al parabol” Shu’un Maghribia, n.4, February 1996, p. 26.
  • Messari, N. “Adimokratia wa al harb wa assalam” Shu’un Maghribia, n.1, October 1995, p.36.

Dr Jack Vahram Kalpakian

• School or Department : School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Fields of expertise:
  • Water Issues,
  • Terrorism,
  • International Security,
  • International Political Economy,
  • North African and the Middle East, and East Africa.
• Languages spoken : Arabic, English, West Armenian
• Short bio : : Jack Vahram Kalpakian completed his undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University in California. He holds a doctorate in International Studies from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He specializes in Security Studies, International Political Economy and the Middle East/North Africa Region. He teaches at Al Akhawayn University Ifrane -- a Moroccan university following the American tertiary education pattern. Originally an immigrant from the Sudan, Kalpakian is a native speaker of Arabic and a naturalized United States citizen.
• Publications:
  • “Africa,” Robert Pauly, editor, Ashgate Research Companion to US Foreign Policy, Ashgate Publishers, Hampshire, United Kingdom, January 2010.
  • “Against both Bin Laden and Belliraj: Lessons from Moroccan Counterterrorism,” Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 29, Issue 3, December 2008.
  • “The narrow prospects of the SPLA/M’s transition into a political party in the short term,” South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 2, December 2008.
  • “Ibn Khaldun’s influence on current international relations theory,” The Journal of North African Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2008.
  • “A Tug of War over Islam: Religious Faith, Politics and the Moroccan Response to Islamist Violence,” Journal of Church and State, Vol. 50, Winter 2008.
  • “The United States and the Arab League,” Strategic Interests in the Middle East: o Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy, Jack Covarrubias and Tom Lansford, editors, Ashgate Publishers, Hampshire, United Kingdom, November 2007.
  • “Implications of the 2007 Elections on Moroccan Political Development,” Institute for Security Studies (South Africa) Situation Report, 25 October 2007.
  • “Developing a Civil-Military Economic Relationship: International Case Studies and their Implications for Morocco,” Journal of Middle Eastern Geopolitics, Vol. I, No. 4, April- June 2006.
  • “Managing Morocco’s Image in United States Domestic Politics,” Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 11, No.1, March 2006.
  • “War over Identity: The Case of the Sudan,” C. Clapham, et al., editors, Africa’s Big States, Witswatersrand University Press, 2006.
  • “Morocco,” Small Arms Survey: Weapons at War, Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • “Placing Exile and Identity in International Relations,” Journal of Diplomatic Language, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2005.
  • “Building the Human Bomb: The Case of 16 May,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, May 2005.
  • “Morocco and the United States: A Lobbying Opportunity,” South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Winter/Spring 2004.
  • “Terrorism and Guerilla Warfare in Theory and Practice: Looking at Al Qaeda and Sudan’s SPLA,” South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Winter/Spring 2003.
  • “The Machakos and Addis Ababa Agreements Compared: The Costs of Invalidating Compromises,” South African Yearbook of International Affairs 2002/03, SAIIA, Johannesburg, 2003.
  • “America and Islam: The Blinding Effect of the Cold War,” International Journal of Politics and Ethics, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2002.
  • “The World Trade Organization,” Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: International Organizations and the 21st Century,” Thomas Lansford and Wayne Lesperance, editors, Pearson Custom Publishers, Needham Heights, MA, 1999.

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