BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Radnejad is an entrepreneur, innovation consultant and scholar with more than a decade of experience in innovation strategies and sustainable energy development  in Canada, United Kingdom and United State of America. Currently, Bahman is an Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University (MRU), and president of 1388 consulting, helping individuals and corporations to develop Design Thinking and innovation leadership competencies. Prior to joining MRU, Bahman was a business faculty member at State University of New York at Brockport and Susquehanna University in the USA. Bahman has published research articles, conference proceedings and book chapters on Design Thinking, Open Innovation, Innovation Management, and Sustainable Energy Development. Bahman has been actively involved in several startups in the energy, food, IT, and fashion industry. He also teaches courses as an adjunct faculty at University of Calgary and State University of New York.

Bahman has a PhD in Strategy, Energy and Environmental Specialization, from University of Calgary, Masters in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from University of Manchester, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from University of Tehran. He has also received Design Thinking certification from Harvard Business School. 

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Industry Positions

• Board member at Social Capability Network – Calgary Branch (2022 – Present)
• President at 1388 Consulting Group (2017- Present)
• Business Development Director at Geometrics Energy Corporation (2016-2017)
• Co-Founder- Business Development Director at Sabz Consulting Group (2013-2016)
• Energy Technology Analyst at Innovate Calgary (2013-2015)
• Vice President Membership Development and Industry Liaison | Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) (2023-2026)

Academic Positions

• Research Fellow at the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University (2022- present)
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Management at State University of New York (Brockport) (2018- 2022)
• Assistant Professor of Management at Susquehanna University (2016-2018)
• Adjunct Professor at University of Calgary
• Adjunct Professor at University of Lethbridge
• Adjunct Professor at State University of New York at Brockport

Teaching experience

Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership courses in Masters, MBA and Bachelor
level

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORK

Journal publications:

― Nguyen, B., Radnejad, A.B., Verbeke, A., & Zoirou, A., ICT Knowledge Transfer in Complex Organisations: Investigating Antecedents of Potential Absorptive Capacity. (2022), Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research
― Sinha, K., Osiyevskyy, O., & Radnejad, A. B., Propositions for R&D Governance Regimes: A Behavioral Perspective, (2022- forthcoming), International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management
― Radnejad, A. B., Sarkar, S., Osiyevskyy, O. (2021). Design Thinking in responding to disruptive innovation: a case study, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
― Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O.& Scheibel, O. (2021). Learning from the failure of EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2): When imposed innovation does not change the status quo, Rutgers Business Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.79-94
― Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O., & Vredenburg, H. (2020). Barriers to radical process innovation: A case of environmental technology in the oil industry, Journal of Strategy and Management, 13, 4, 453-476
― Radnejad, A. B., Ziolkowski, M., Osiyevskyy, O. (2020). Design Thinking and Radical Innovation: Enter the Smartwatch, Journal of Business Strategy
― Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A. B., & Mahdavi Mazdeh, H. (2020). An Entrepreneurial Management System for established companies, Journal of Strategy and Leadership, 48, 24- 31,
― Seifzadeh, P., Derayati, E. and Radnejad, A.B. (2020), Multinational enterprises and strategic actions in emerging economy contexts: From conformity to institutional entrepreneurship, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 1-16
― Radnejad, A. B., & Osiyevskyy, O. (2020). Navigating imposed innovation: a decision- making framework, Journal of Business Horizon, 63, 97-107
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2019). Disruptive technological process innovation in a process-oriented industry: A case study, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 53, 63-79.
― Radnejad, A. B., Nguyen, B., Cordeiro, J., & Vredenburg, H. (2019). Meta-organizations: a practical tool for open innovation, IEEE Engineering Management Review, 47, 57-64.
― Radnejad, A. B., Vredenburg, H., & Woiceshyn, J. (2017). Meta-organizing for open innovation under environmental and social pressures in the oil industry. Technovation, 66, 14-27
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2015). Collaborative competitors in a fast–changing technology environment: open innovation in environmental technology development in the oil and gas industry. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 19(1-2), 77-98.

Book chapters:

― Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A. B., & Sinha, K. (2020). Incumbent dynamic responses to disruptive business model innovations: rational, behavioral, and normative perspectives, In T.K. Das (Ed), Entrepreneurship and Behavioral Strategy, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing.

Conference proceedings:

― Soumodip S. and Radnejad, A. B., (2020). Design Thinking in Responding to Disruptive Innovation: A Case of Cork Stopper Industry Veteran. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020, 11771.
― Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O., & Vredenburg, H. (2018). A great technology that failed: Barriers to radical process innovation. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018 (1), 10261.
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2017). Disruptive technological process innovation capability in a process-oriented industry. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017 (1), 11616.
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2016). The adoption of open innovation to address environmental challenges in a process-oriented industry. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016 (1), 11258. Conference presentations
― Nguyen, B., Radnejad, A.B., Verbeke, A., & Zoirou, A., ICT Knowledge Transfer in Complex Organisations: Investigating Antecedents of Potential Absorptive Capacity (2022). Paper presented at Strategic Management Society, Milan, Italy
― Sarkar, S., & Radnejad, A. B. (2020), Design Thinking in responding to disruptive innovation: a case of cork stopper industry veteran, Paper accepted at Annual meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Vancouver, Canada
― Sarkar, S., Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O. & Nguyen, B. (2020). Development, relocation or ‘turf defense’: strategies of exploiting established technology in response to disruptive innovations, Paper accepted at Western Academy of Management (WAM), Hawaii , USA
― Radnejad, A. B., & Ziolkowski, M. (2020), Design Thinking and Radical Innovation: A Case of the Watch Industry, Paper Presented at Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Canada
― Nguyen, B., & Radnejad, A. B. (2019), Investigating the utility of the leader character insight, Paper presented at Western Academy of Management (WAM), California, USA
― Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O., & Vredenburg, H. (2018), A great technology that failed: barriers to radical process innovation, Paper presented at Annual meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Chicago, USA

― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2017), Disruptive technological process innovation capability in a process-oriented industry, Paper presented at Annual meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), Atlanta, USA
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2016), The adoption of open innovation to address environmental challenges in a process-oriented industry, Paper presented at Annual meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), California, USA
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2016), How to apply the open innovation model in a process-oriented industry, Paper presented at Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Edmonton, Canada
― Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2015), Open innovation from TCE perspective, Paper presented at Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax, Canada AWARDS, GRANTS & RECOGNITIONS
― Finalist for the Presidential Teaching Excellence Award, SUNY-Brockport (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022)
― Faculty Publication Recognition Award, SUNY-Brockport (2020-2021)
― Enbridge Corporate Sustainability Award, University of Calgary (2012 and 2015)
― Robert Willison Doctoral Management Scholarship, University of Calgary (2014)
― UKERC Grant, Carbon Management Canada (2013)
― Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economic Scholarship Award (2012)