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Profile

College / Department
Teaching areas
Knowledge Management, Supply Chain Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Operations Management.
Research areas
Knowledge Loss, Collaborative Innovation, Supply Chain Risk Management, The Role of Government-University-Industry Collaboration in Regional Economic Development, Sustainability-Oriented Innovation.
Education
PhD, Technology And Innovation Management, The Pennsylvania State University, United States, 1997
MS, Industrial Engineering And Engineering Management, University of Pittsburgh, United States, 1991
BS, Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, United States, 1988
Professional experience
Professor, Marketing & Is, American University of Sharjah, 2014 - Present
Associate Professor, Mis, American University of Sharjah, 2007 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Mis, American University of Sharjah, 2000 - 2007
Contact
+971 6 515 2335
Dr. Abdelkader Daghfous
Professor
PhD, The Pennsylvania State University, United States
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
Abroon Qazi, Linda Angell, Mecit Simsekler, Abdelkader Daghfous And M.k.s. Al-mhdawi. Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Risks on Disaster and Pandemic Vulnerabilities: A Global Perspective, Global Transitions, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025
Abroon Qazi, Linda Angell And Abdelkader Daghfous. Navigating Nexus: Cross-Mapping Sustainable Development Goals and Competitiveness for a Resilient Future, Journal Of Competitiveness
Fatima Ahmad, Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Abdelkader Daghfous, Inas Al Khatib, Ghufran Al Salloum And Salma Elabed. Healthcare Supply Chain Disruption Risks, Operations And Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2024
Salma El Abed, Abdulrahim Shamayleh, Abdelkader Daghfous And Linda Angell. Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chain Innovations: A Systematic Literature Review, Operations And Supply Chain Management, December 2024
Abdelkader Daghfous, Noha Amer, Omar Belkhodja, Linda Angell And Taisier Zoubi. Managing knowledge loss: a systematic literature review and future research directions, Journal Of Enterprise Information Management, 13 June 2023
Abroon Qazi, Linda Angell, Abdelkader Daghfous And M.k.s Al-mhdawi. Network-based Risk Assessment of Country-level Sustainable Development Goals, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, March 2023
Abdelkader Daghfous, Noha Amer, Omar Belkhodja, Linda Angell And Taisier Zoubi. Managing Knowledge Loss: a Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions, Journal Of Enterprise Information Management, 28 March 2023
Abdelkader Daghfous, Noha Amer, Omar Belkhodja, Linda Angell And Taisier Zoubi. Managing Knowledge Loss: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions, Journal Of Enterprise Information Management
Abroon Qazi And Abdelkader Daghfous. Prediction of Country Risk and Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 using Cross-Mapping of Associated Drivers, Risk Analysis
Salma Elabed, Abdulrahim Shamayleh And Abdlekader Daghfous. Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in the Health Care Supply Chain, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 22 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
Abdelkader Daghfous, Abroon Qazi And Sajid Khan. Incorporating the risk of knowledge loss in supply chain risk management, International Journal Of Logistics Management
Kichan Nam, Chris Dutt, Prakash Chathoth, Abdelkader Daghfous And M Sajid Khan. The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the Hotel Industry: Prospects and Challenges (Date of Acceptance - 17 September 2020), Electronic Markets – The International Journal On Networked Business, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Omar Belkhodja And Abdelkader Daghfous. Exploring the Double-Edged Sword of Familiness from a Knowledge-Based Perspective, Baltic Journal Of Management
O. Belkhodja And Abdelkader Daghfous. Exploring the Double-Edged Sword of Familiness from a Knowledge-Based Perspective, Management Decision
Abdelkader Daghfous, Omar Belkhodja And Norita Ahmad. Understanding and managing knowledge transfer for customers in IT adoption, Information Technology & People, 2018
Abdelkader Daghfous And Taisier Zoubi. An Auditing Framework for Knowledge-Enabled Supply Chain Management: Implications for Sustainability, Sustainability, 10 May 2017
Abdelkader Daghfous And Norita Ahmad. User development through proactive knowledge transfer, Industrial Management \& Data Systems, 2015
Moncer Hariga, Mehmet Gumus And Abdelkader Daghfous. Storage constrained vendor managed inventory models with unequal shipment frequencies, Omega, 2014
Moncer Hariga, Mehmet Gumus, Abdelkader Daghfous And Sk Goyal. A vendor managed inventory model under contractual storage agreement, Computers & Operations Research, 2013
Abdelkader Daghfous, Norita Ahmad And Linda Angell. The KCRM knowledge audit: model and case illustration, Vine: The Journal Of Information And Knowledge Management Systems, 2013
Abdelkader Daghfous, Omar Belkhodja And Linda Angell. Understanding and managing knowledge loss, Journal Of Knowledge Management, 2013
Abdelkader Daghfous, Nicholas Ashill And Michel Rod. Transferring knowledge for organisational customers by knowledge intensive business service marketing firms: An exploratory study, Marketing Intelligence And Planning, 1 June 2013
Norita Ahmad And Abdelkader Daghfous. Knowledge sharing through inter-organizational knowledge networks: Challenges and opportunities in the United Arab Emirates, European Business Review, 2010
Abdelkader Daghfous And Reza Barkhi. The strategic management of information technology in UAE hotels: An exploratory study of TQM, SCM, and CRM implementations, Technovation, 2009
Abdelkader Daghfous And Noor Al-nahas. University-based knowledge networks in the GCC: Opportunities and challenges, 2008
Abdelkader Daghfous. Absorptive capacity and innovative enterprise systems: a two-level framework, International Journal Of Innovation And Learning, 2006
Abdelkader Daghfous And Muhammadou Kah. Knowledge management implementation in SMEs: a framework and a case illustration, Journal Of Information & Knowledge Management, 2006
Abdelkader Daghfous And Noor Al-nahas. The role of knowledge and capability evaluation in e-business strategy: an integrative approach and case illustration, Sam Advanced Management Journal, 2006
Abdelkader Daghfous. Absorptive capacity and the implementation of knowledge-intensive best practices, Sam Advanced Management Journal, 2004
Abdelkader Daghfous. An empirical investigation of the roles of prior knowledge and learning activities in technology transfer, Technovation, 2004
Abdelkader Daghfous. Industrial modernisation initiatives: a technology transfer, organisational learning, and knowledge management perspective, International Journal Of Management And Enterprise Development, 2004
Abdelkader Daghfous. Knowledge management as an organisational innovation: an absorptive capacity perspective and a case study, International Journal Of Innovation And Learning, 2004
Abdelkader Daghfous. Organizational learning, knowledge and technology transfer: a case study, The Learning Organization, 2004
Abdelkader Daghfous. How to make knowledge management a firm’s core capability, Journal Of Knowledge Management Practice, 2003
Conference Presentations
The Adoption of Design Thinking in Hospital Supply Chains: Prospects and Challenges, Industrial Marketing And Purchasing (imp) Group Conference 2023, August 2023
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Healthcare Resources Planning Utilizing Big Data Analytics, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2024
Grant, Managing Disruption Risks in the Healthcare Supply Chain, American University of Sharjah, 1 November 2021 - 31 May 2024
Grant, Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in Healthcare: A Supply Chain Approach, American University of Sharjah, 1 January 2019 - 1 January 2021