Mojtaba Hosseini
Senior Lecturer
Department of Industrial Economics
Room J2225, Karlskrona
Research domain: Industrial Economics and Management
Mojtaba Hosseini, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Economics, joined Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in September 2021. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics specializing in international entrepreneurship from Linköping University in 2016. With his expertise in innovation and entrepreneurship, he delivers relevant courses and contributes to the research efforts in the TIEK department at BTH. His research primarily focuses on entrepreneurship at the firm level, analysis of business networks, and the internationalization of small and medium-sized entrepreneurial ventures. Mojtaba has also expanded his teaching experience to project management, and his research interests have grown to include this area as well.
Prior to joining BTH, he had a career that combined research and teaching at Linköping University from 2016 to 2018. During this time, he instructed and advised MBA students while conducting research on the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the wood industry. His research aimed to explore the challenges and opportunities that these SMEs face when entering international markets.
Mojtaba has practical experience in startups and entrepreneurship as well. Together with colleagues from Linköping University and Karolinska Institution, he co-founded Aptevoke AB in late 2018. The digital startup aimed to develop a solution for managing medication for elderly individuals. This entrepreneurial venture gave him first-hand knowledge of the practical realities of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Research Interests
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Firm-Level Entrepreneurship
- Business Network Analysis
- Digital Startups and Startup Ecosystems
- Internationalization of Entrepreneurial SMEs
- Project Management
Teaching
- IY1441 Process and Project Management
- IY1431 Project Management and Leadership in Software Development
- IY2594 Master’s Thesis (supervision)
- IY2596 Research Methods in Industrial Economics
- IY2619 Advanced Research Methods and Design
- IY2613 Globalization, Digitalization, and Internationalization Strategies
- IY2614 Economic Analysis of Technology, Technological Change, and Strategy
- IY2616 Innovation and Business Development
- IY2632 Commercialization of Products, Services, and Innovations
Selected publications
- Mojtaba Hosseini, Staffan Brege, and Thomas Nord, “A combined focused industry and company size investigation of the internationalization-performance relationship: The case of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the Swedish wood manufacturing industry,” Forest Policy and Economics, 2018, Volume 97, Issue 3, pp 110–121.
- Mojtaba Hosseini, Hossein Dadfar, and Staffan Brege, “Firm-level Entrepreneurship and International Performance: A Simultaneous Examination of Orientation and Action,” Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2018, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp 338–368.
- Ehsan Asgharian BourKheili and Mojtaba Hosseini, “The role of absorptive capacity, social capital and managerial capabilities in franchise businesses (The case of Iranian fast-food franchises).” Entrepreneurship Development Journal, 2017, Volume 9, Issue 4, pp 613–622.
- Mojtaba Hosseini, “The Internationalization of SMEs: An Interactive Perspective of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship and Network Structure,” Ph.D. thesis, 2016.
- Mojtaba Hosseini and Hossein Dadfar, “Actor-Network Theory,” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Quality and the Service Economy, edited by Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park, SAGE Publications, 2015
- Mojtaba Hosseini and Maryna Brychko, " Can Teachers Tell the Difference? A Study of Student and ChatGPT-Generated Exam Responses in Industrial Economics", 2023, Lärarelardom, Malmo University.
- Mojtaba Hosseini, “A matching mechanism between the type of business, and business model for E-health start-ups”, 4th Shiraz International Congress on Mobile Health, 2021.
Latest publications
- Mojtaba Hosseini, Staffan Brege, Tomas Nord, "When market leads innovation", The World Economy, ISSN 0378-5920, EISSN 1467-9701, Vol. 47, No. 12, pp. 4623-4652, John Wiley & Sons, 2024
- Reza Nabovati, Mojtaba Hosseini, Mohammadmehdi Ghanaati, "From solopreneurs to synergists", Cogent Business & Management, EISSN 2331-1975, Vol. 11, No. 1, Taylor & Francis, 2024
- Mojtaba Hosseini, "A course as a journey", Blekinge Institute of Technology Best practice, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2022
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