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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Marketing and Information Systems

Teaching areas

Knowledge Management, Supply Chain Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Operations Management

Research areas

Knowledge Management, Collaborative Innovation, Supply Chain Management, The Role of Government-University-Industry Collaboration in Regional Economic Development

Education

PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1997
MS Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1991
BS Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, 1988

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2000-Current
Ahlia University, Bahrain, 2005
University of Bahrain, Bahrain, 1997-2000

Memberships

Contact

adaghfous@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2335

Dr. Abdelkader Daghfous

Professor
PhD in Technology and Innovation Management, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Abdelkader Daghfous' current research is in the areas of knowledge management, collaborative innovation and supply chain management. He has published in journals such as Research Policy, Technovation, The European Business Review and The Learning Organization.

Publications

Norita Ahmad, and Abdelkader Daghfous, “Knowledge Sharing Through Inter-Organizational Knowledge Networks: Challenges and Opportunities in the United Arab Emirates,” European Business Review Special Issue on "Managing Middle Eastern Management", Emerald, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2010, pp. 153-174.
Daghfous Abdelkader, and Reza Barkhi, “The Strategic Management of Information Technology in UAE Hotels: An Exploratory Study of TQM, SCM, and CRM Implementations,” Technovation, Elsevier, Vol. 29, No. 9, September 2009, pp. 588-595.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “Absorptive Capacity and Innovative Enterprise Systems: A Two-Level Framework,” International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan 2007, pp 60-73.
Daghfous Abdelkader, and Noor Al-Nahas, “The Role of Knowledge and Capacity Evaluation in E-Business Strategy: An Integrative Framework and a Case Illustration,” SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 71, No. 2, Spring 2006; pp.11-20.
Daghfous Abdelkader, and Muhammadou M. O. Kah, “Knowledge Management Implementation in SME’s: A Framework and a Case Illustration,” Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, June 2006, pp. 107-115.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “An Empirical Investigation of the Roles of Prior Knowledge and Learning Activities in Technology Transfer,” Technovation, Vol. 24, 2004, pp. 939-953.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “Absorptive Capacity and the Implementation of Knowledge-Intensive Best Practices,” SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 69, No. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 21-27.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “Knowledge Management as an Organizational Innovation: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective and a Case Study,” International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2004, pp. 409 - 422.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “Organizational Learning, Knowledge, and Technology Transfer: A Case Study,” The Learning Organization, Vol. 11, Number 1, 2004, pp. 67-83.
Daghfous Abdelkader, and George R. White, “Information and Innovation: A Comprehensive Representation,” Research Policy, May 1994, pp. 267-280.

Conference Presentations

Daghfous Abdelkader, Ali Khawaja, “Knowledge-Enabled SCM Auditing: A Methodology and a Case Illustration,” presented and published in the Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), June 2-5, 2010, Singapore.
Daghfous, Abdelkader, Frank Campa, and Alaa Hamade, “Customer Development: A Knowledge Management Perspective and a Case Illustration in E-Government,” presented at the 2008 EMCIS (European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems) conference, Dubai, May 25-26, 2008.
Daghfous, Abdelkader, and Noor Al-Nahas, “University-Based Knowledge Networks in the GCC: Opportunities and Challenges,” a paper forthcoming in “Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century,” a Conference Book published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (2008). This book, edited by Abdulla Y. Al-Hawaj, Wajeeh El-Ali, and E. H. Twizell, contains the Proceedings of the International Conference organized by the Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain, on 3 - 4 June 2007. This paper was also present
Daghfous Abdelkader, and Ali Khawaja, “The Strategic Management of Information Technology in UAE Hotels,” Proceedings of the Travel and Tourism Research Association, Europe 2007 Annual Conference, Nice, France, April 23-25, 2007.
Daghfous Abdelkader, “Knowledge Building and Capability Evaluation in E-Business Strategy Formulation,” invited presentation at the Future-IT Conference, Manama, Bahrain, June 17-19, 2006.

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