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Dr Muhammad Aftab Alam

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: muhammad.alam@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1657-5795

Dr Alam is a lecturer in Strategy and International Business at the School of Business and Law.

Biography

Dr Alam holds a PhD in Management from Macquarie University (2020), in which he investigated innovation ecosystems in Silicon Valley (USA) and Sydney (Australia). He has a dual MBA in HRM and Finance and is a recipient of a Gold Medal for securing 1st position with High Distinction.

Dr Alam brings more than twenty years of industry knowledge from different cultures and sectors including military, aviation, meteorology, and gemology. He has served as a professional military pilot, aircraft accident investigator, and safety auditor. Dr Alam also worked at the United Nations mission in Northeast Africa.

He has taught several units at the University of Sydney Business School, Macquarie Business School, and the University of Technology Sydney Business School. His teaching covers areas like international business, strategic management, entrepreneurship, and research methods.

His research interests are in open innovation ecosystems, strategy, international business, and aviation safety. He has published on these topics in several journals, including Academy of Management Discoveries, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Management and Organization, Strategic Change, and Journal of Air Transport Management.

Current Teaching
  • International Business
  • Strategic Management.

Awards and Recognition
  • [2023] [Feedback for Teaching FFT - Award for outstanding teaching in the Discipline of International Business] (The University of Sydney Business School).
  • [2022] [Feedback for Teaching FFT - Award for outstanding teaching in the Discipline of International Business] (The University of Sydney Business School).
  • [2021] [Feedback for Teaching FFT- Award for outstanding teaching in the Discipline of International Business] (The University of Sydney Business School).
  • [2020] [Distinguished Talent - Permanent Resident Visa for an internationally recognised record of exceptional achievement in the field of data science] (Australian government).
  • [2017] [Awarded iRTP fully funded scholarship] (Commonwealth of Australia) [About $180,000]
  • [2017] [Winner of 3-Minute Thesis Competition] (FBE, Macquarie University) [$700 cash prize]
  • [2016] [First position in PhD Comprehensive exam] (Iqra University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
  • [2014] [Gold Medal with First position in MBA] (National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan).

Research Areas and Interests
  • Innovation ecosystems
  • Entrepreneurship
  • International business
  • Strategic management
  • Aviation safety
  • Business ethics

ECU Research Themes
  • Business districts.
  • The CSR ecosystem.
  • Open innovation ecologies.

Media Topics

The power of stalled projects - Creating value from a dead horse

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, 2020.
  • Master of Business Administration, Pakistan, 2014.
  • Bachelor of Arts, Pakistan, 1992.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

2023

Journal Articles

2022

Journal Articles

  • Alam, M., Rooney, D., Lundmark, E., Taylor, M. (2022). The ethics of sharing: Does generosity erode the competitive advantage of an ecosystem firm?. Journal of Business Ethics, 187(4), 821-839. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05228-5.
  • Alam, M., Rooney, D., Taylor, M. (2022). From ego-systems to open innovation ecosystems: A process model of inter-firm openness. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39(2), 177-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12615.
  • Alam, M., Bhatti, OK. (2022). Curtailing data biases in business research: Introducing a hybrid approach. Journal of Management and Organization, 28(4), 909-923. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2018.7.
  • Alam, M., Rooney, D., Taylor, M. (2022). Measuring Inter-Firm Openness in Innovation Ecosystems. Journal of Business Research, 138(Article in press), 436-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.069.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Taylor, M., Jack, R., Madsen, T., Alam, M. (2021). The nature of service characteristics and their impact on born global internationalization: A multiple case study of born global firms. Journal of Business Research, 132(Article in press), 517-529. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.050.

2020

Journal Articles

2016

Journal Articles

Conference Publications

  • Alam, M. (2016). Scaling the Aircrew Risk-Taking Behavior in Aviation Accidents: The Moderating Role of Phase of Flight. HCI International 2016 (365-376). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40030-3_36.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Alam, M. (2015). Cockpit learning in power distant cockpits: The interaction effect of pilot’s interdependence and inclination to teamwork in airline industry.. Journal of Air Transport Management, 42(January 2015), 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2014.10.003.
  • Alam, M., Talib, N. (2015). Islamic work ethics and individualism in managing a globalized workplace: Does religiosity and nationality matter?. Journal of Management and Organization, 22(4), 566-582. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2015.54.
  • Sial, W., Talib, N., Ashkanani, N., Alam, M. (2015). Demutualization of stock exchange: A corporate blessing in disguise for stock market growth. Strategic Change, 24(4), 389-400. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2017.

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