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Wassim J. Aloulou

Dr. Wassim J. Aloulou is an associate professor at the Business Administration Department of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (Saudi Arabia) and of the ISAAS at Sfax University (Tunisia). He received his Ph.D. degree in Management Sciences from Pierre Mendès France University (UPMF) of Grenoble 2, in France (2008). His research interests include (social) entrepreneurship and SMEs, knowledge-based startups, and (social) entrepreneurial intentions, and orientations of individuals and organizations. He has published in indexed journals including "Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development", "Journal of Enterprising culture", "Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies", "Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development", and “Middle East Journal of Management”, “European Journal of Innovation Management” and “International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship”, “International Journal of Logistics Management”, and Social Enterprise Journal among others. He has also contributed with books’ chapters and with communications in international conferences.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Organizational Resilience During Unprecedented Times

Managerial, organizational, and entrepreneurial scholars across disciplines have discussed the topic of resilience from developed economies, yet much remains unknown on its...

Instilling FinTech Culture in a Digitalized World: Defining, Issuing, and Opening Up

FinTech has revolutionized the financial industry by its disruptive innovations and emergent technology-enabled business models. After defining the concept of FinTech, the...

Business Transformations in the Era of Digitalization

In order to establish and maintain a successful company in the digital age, managers are digitally transforming their organizations to include such tools as disruptive...

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digitalization Era: Exploring Uncharted Territories

Digital transformation is not a new phenomenon. Neither is digital entrepreneurship. But during the last decade, these phenomena are taking another dimension with the emergence...

Effects of Business Managers' Skills: A Study of ERP Strategic Alignment in Some Arab SMEs

In this chapter, the authors introduce the key ideas related to strategic alignment and ICT in SMEs. They present the ERP strategic alignment in SMEs as an important investment...