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Prof. Dr. Mohammad Faisal Ahammad

Distinguished Visiting Professor

  • BBA Finance, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
  • PGCHE, Nottingham Trent University, UK
  • MSc Finance, Leeds Beckett University, UK
  • PhD in International Business, University of Sheffield, UK

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0271-2223

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=HmumpKsAAAAJ&hl=en

Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2667464

Short Biography:

Dr Mohammad Faisal Ahammad is a Professor of International Business & Management. He is an active researcher in the field of international business, particularly in the area of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and sustainability of MNEs and SMEs in South Asia including India & Bangladesh.

Professor Ahammad is the Head of International Business Department (Interim) at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK. 

Professor Ahammad is the Director of James E. Lynch India & South Asia Business Centre (ISABC). ISABC aims to contribute in achieving the Research and Innovation Strategy for the University of Leeds. In this context, ISABC intends to undertake inter and trans-disciplinary research in which expertise across disciplines will be integrated together in order to forge new understanding and new ways of addressing critical sustainability and grand challenges within the context of South Asia.

Professor Ahammad is an Associate Editor of Asian Business & Management. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies and Management International Review. He served as the lead guest editor for the special issues at International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management Review, Thunderbird International Business Review, and International Studies in Management & Organisation. Dr Ahammad also served as co-guest editor for the special issues at Management International Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Professor Ahammad won the "IBR 2017 Best paper Award" for his paper "Knowledge Transfer and Cross-Border Acquisition Performance - The impact of cultural distance and employee retention" published in International Business Review. The paper by Ahammad et al (2017) “Encouraging Environmental Sustainability through Gender” has been selected as the top 3 papers at Journal of Organisation Behaviour (Wiley) in 2017.

Professor Ahammad won the Inspirational Teaching Award at the Leeds University Business School Partnership Awards 2021 and was further commended at the University level, winning the Overall Leeds Partnership Award 2021 in the staff category. The Leeds Partnership Award is given to those have been deemed to have had an exceptional impact on University life. The award was announced on the Leeds University Union Twitter by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.

Prior to joining the University of Leeds, he worked as a Reader at Sheffield Hallam University, UK and as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Book Section

  • Tarba, S. Y., Cooper, C., Sarala, R. and Ahammad, M. F. (2016) Mergers and Acquisitions in Practice.Routledge: London.

Journal Section

  • Ahammad, M. F. and Glaister, K. W. (2008) Recent trends in UK cross Border Acquisitions, Management Research News, Vol. 31(2): 86–98.

  • Ahammad, M. F. and Glaister, K. W. (2011) Post-acquisition management and performance of cross border acquisition, International studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 41 (3): 69–87.

  • Ahammad, M. F. and Glaister, K. W. (2011) The double-edged effect of cultural distance on cross-border acquisition performance, European Journal of International Management, Vol. 5(4): 327-345.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Glaister, K. W., Weber, Y. and Tarba, S. Y. (2012) Top management retention in cross-border acquisitions: the roles of financial incentives, acquirer's commitment and autonomy, European Journal of International Management, Vol. 6(4): 458 – 480.

  • Ahammad, M. F. and Glaister, K. W. (2013) The pre-acquisition evaluation of target firms and cross border acquisition performance, International Business Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), Vol. 22, pp. 894-904.

  • Zhang, J., Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., Cooper, C. L., Glaister, K. W., Wang, J. (2015) The effect of leadership style on talent retention during M&A integration: Evidence from MNEs in China, International Journal of Human Resource Management, (ABS 3), Vol. 26(7): 1021–1050.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Lee, S. M., Malul, M. and Shoham, A. (2015) Behavioural Ambidexterity – The impact of financial incentives on employee motivation, productivity and performance of commercial bank, Human Resource Management (FT50, ABS 4, ABDC A*), Vol. 54 (S1), s45–s62.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., Liu, Y. and Glaister, K. W. (2016) Knowledge Transfer and Cross Border Acquisition Performance: The Impact of Cultural Distance and Employee Retention, International Business Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), Vol. 25 (1), 66-75.

  • Vasilaki, A., Tarba, S. Y., Ahammad, M. F. and Glaister, A. J. (2016) The Moderating Role of Transformational Leadership on HR Practices in M&A Integration, International Journal of HRM (ABS 3), 27 (20), 2488-2504.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., Liu, Y. Cooper, C. L., and Glaister, K. W., (2016) Exploring the factors influencing the negotiation process in cross border acquisition, International Business Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), Vol. 25(2), 445–457.

  • Gomes, E., Bustinza, O. F., Tarba, S., Khan, Z, and Ahammad, M. (2017) Antecedents and implications of territorial servitization, Regional Studies (ABDC A* & ABS 4). 53(3), 410-423.

  • Konwar, Z., Papageorgiadis, N., Ahammad, M. F., Tian, Y., McDonald, F. and Wang, C. (2017) Dynamic marketing capabilities, foreign ownership modes, sub- national locations and the performance of foreign affiliates in developing economies, International Marketing Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), 34 (5), 674-704.

  • Pham, TSH and Ahammad, M. F. (2017) Antecedents and consequences of online customer satisfaction: A holistic process perspective, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABS 3), Vol. 124, 332-342.

  • Shoham, A., Almor, T., Lee, S. and Ahammad, M. F. (2017) Encouraging environmental sustainability through gender: A micro-foundational approach using linguistic gender marking. Journal of Organisational Behaviour (ABS 4, ABDC A*), Vol. 38(9), pp. 1356–1379.

  • Du, M., Boateng, A., Wang, Y., Ahammad, M. F. and Wang, C. (2017) Explaining the Surge in Chinese Crossborder M&As: An Analysis of Home Country Macroeconomic Factors and Institutions, International Marketing Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), 34 (1), 87-108.

  • Khan, Z., Nicholson, R. R., Akter, P., Tarba, S. Y., Ahammad, M. F., Vorley, T. (2017) The role of HR practices in developing employee resilience: a case study from the Pakistani telecommunications sector, International Journal of HRM (ABS 3), Forthcoming

  • Ahammad, M. F., Vitor, L. Tarba, S. Y., Glaister, K. W. and Arslan, A. (2017) Uncertainty and Equity Ownership in Cross-Border Acquisitions: Evidence from Cross-Border Acquisitions by UK Firms. British Journal of Management (ABS 4, ABDC A), Vol. 28(2), pp. 180-196.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., Fraynas, G. and Scola, A. (2017) Integration of nonmarket and market activities in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. British Journal of Management (ABS 4, ABDC A), Vol. 28(4), 629-648.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Konwar, Z., Papageorgiadis, N., Wang, C. and Inbar, J. (2018) Emerging market multinationals and the share of equity sought in cross border acquisitions: the role of target firms’ R&D capabilities and IP institutions, R&D Management (ABS 3), 48 (2), 177-194.

  • Rodgers, P., Khan, Z., Tarba, S., Nurgabdeshov, A., & Ahammad, M. F. (2019). Exploring the determinants of location choice decisions of offshored R&D projects. Journal of Business Research (ABS 3), 103, 472-483.

  • Khan, Z., Rao-Nicholson, R., Akhtar, P., Tarba, S. Y., Ahammad, M. F., & Vorley, T. (2019). The role of HR practices in developing employee resilience: A case study from the Pakistani telecommunications sector. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 30(8), 1342-1369.

  • Tarba, S. Y., Ahammad, M. F., Junni, P., Stokes, P., & Morag, O. (2019). The impact of organizational culture differences, synergy potential, and autonomy granted to the acquired high-tech firms on the M&A performance. Group & Organization Management (ABS 3), 44(3), 483-520.

  • Khan, Z., Soundararajan, V., Wood, G., & Ahammad, M. F. (2020). Employee emotional resilience during post-merger integration across national boundaries: Rewards and the mediating role of fairness norms. Journal of World Business (ABDC A* & ABS 4), 55(2), 100888.

  • Sakka, G., & Ahammad, M. F. (2020). Unpacking the relationship between employee brand ambassadorship and employee social media usage through employee wellbeing in workplace: A theoretical contribution. Journal of business research (ABS 3), 119, 354-363.

  • Shoham, A., Lee, S. M., Khan, Z., Tarba, S. Y. and Ahammad, M. F. (2020). The effect of board gender diversity on cross-listing. Journal of Corporate Finance (ABDC A* & ABS 4), Vol 65, pp. 1-31.

  • Tian, A. Y., Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., Pereira, V., Arslan, A. and Khan, Z. (2021). Investigating Employee and Organizational Performance in a Cross-Border Acquisition: A Case of Withdrawal Behavior, Human Resource Management (FT50, ABDC A*, ABS 4). 753-769.

  • Ahammad, M. F., Basu, S., Munjal, S., Clegg, J., & Shoham, O. B. (2021). Strategic agility, environmental uncertainties and international performance: The perspective of Indian firms. Journal of World Business (ABDC A* & ABS 4), 56(4), 1-13.

  • Hoque, M. T., Ahammad, M. F., Tzokas, N., & Gabay, G. (2021). Dimensions of dynamic marketing capability and export performance. Journal of Knowledge Management, 25(5), 1219-1240.

  • Mahbub, T., Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., & Mallick, S. Y. (2022). Factors encouraging foreign direct investment (FDI) in the wind and solar energy sector in an emerging country. Energy Strategy Reviews, 41, 100865.

  • Hoque, M. T., Nath, P., Ahammad, M. F., Tzokas, N., & Yip, N. (2022). Constituents of dynamic marketing capability: Strategic fit and heterogeneity in export performance. Journal of Business Research (ABS 3), Vol. 144, 1007-1023.

  • Hoque, M. T., Ahammad, M. F., Tzokas, N., Tarba, S., & Nath, P. (2022). Eyes open and hands on: Market knowledge and marketing capabilities in export markets. International Marketing Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), 39(3), 431-462.

  • Ahammad, M. F. (2023). The Role of Sustainability in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) - A Literature Review. Advances in Mergers & Acquisitions, Vol. 22, pp. 19-30. Emerald Publishing, UK.

  • Zahoor, N., Tarba, S., Arslan, A., Ahammad, M. F., Mostafiz, M. I., & Battisti, E. (2023). The impact of entrepreneurial leadership and international explorative- exploitative learning on the performance of international new ventures. Asia Pacific Journal of Management (ABS 3), 1-35.

  • Bazel-Shoham, O., Lee, S. M., Ahammad, M. F., Tarba, S. Y., & Alon, I. (2023). IP protection and ownership in cross-border acquisitions. International Business Review (ABDC A & ABS 3), 102101.

SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Membership Expire Year
1 International Mergers & Acquisitions; Sustainability & ESG in Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and SMEs Research Interest
2 Journal of Management Studies (FT50, ABDC A*/CABS 4); British Journal of Management (ABDC A/CABS 4); Journal of World Business (ABDC A*/CABS 4); Management International Review (ABDC A / CABS 3) Editorial Board Member
3 Asian Business & Management Associate Editor 2024
4 Indian Academy of Management (INDAM)
5 Academy of International Business
6 Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK
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