Ehsan Derayati, PhD
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Program Director, Executive MBA
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Research areas: Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship especially for Deep-Tech and High-Tech Firms, International Business Policy, Institutional Theory, Social and Institutional Entrepreneurship, Management Consulting, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Teaching domains: Management Strategy, Consulting, Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Intellectual contributions (last 10 years)
Peer-reviewed journal articles
SEIFZADEH, P., DERAYATI, E., RADNEJAD, A. B. (2021). Multinational enterprises and strategic actions in emerging economy contexts: From conformity to institutional entrepreneurship. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, 38 (4), 323-338. doi:10.1002/cjas.1590.Book chapters
DERAYATI, E., MOLZ, R., EDWARDS, G. (2019). A scale of relative institutional challenge during MNC global expansion (1 ed.). In Bryan Christiansen, Irina Sysoeva, Alexandra Udovikina, Anna Ketova (Eds.), Emerging economic models for global sustainability and social development (pp. 98-124). IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5787-6.ch006.Conference presentations
MOLZ, R., DERAYATI, E., EDWARDS, G. (2018). The effects of institutional setting on nourishing deep-tech start-ups: A qualitative approach to Canadian Deep-Tech Start-up ecosystem. European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Tallinn.MOLZ, R., DERAYATI, E., EDWARDS, G. (2018). The influence of relative institutional challenge on ownership structure. Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
SEIFZADEH, P., DERAYATI, E. (2018). Multinational enterprises as institutional entrepreneurs: The case of emerging economy contexts. Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12499abstract.
DERAYATI, E., EDWARDS, G. (2017). The impact of relative institutional challenge on the process of firms’ internationalization. Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Dubai.
Research funding (last 10 years)
External research funding
Student supervision (last 10 years)
Theses committee membership
MSc theses
2026: Manon Vaisee, Incubators and the Development of Perceived Self-Legitimacy Among Women Entrepreneurs
2026: Bianca Fantini, Framing and Coping with the Imposter Phenomenon: A Thematic Analysis of Entrepreneurs’ Narratives
2026: Maryna Byezhanova, The Emotional Cost of Success: Understanding Entrepreneurial Identity Transitions After M&A Exits
2024: Seyed Nima Madani, Business Owners’ Careers: Motives in the Longer Term
2022: Siyao Yu, Institutional perspective on subsidiaries of multinational companies operating in China
Teaching experience (last 5 years)
John Molson School of Business
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Work experience
John Molson School of Business
Since 2026: Program Director, Executive MBA
Since 2024: Full-Time Lecturer (ETA), Department of Management
2021 - 2024: Director of the National Bank Initiative in Entrepreneurship and Family Business
2021 - 2024: Senior Advisor, Innovation and Strategic Research Initiatives
2024: Interim Director of Executive MBA
2021 - 2024: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Management
2016 - 2021: Full-Time Lecturer (LTA), Department of Management
2010 - 2015: Teaching Assistant
2010 - 2015: Research Assistant, Management
2013 - 2015: Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Management