BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Amir Bahman Radnejad is an Associate Professor of Innovation and Chair of the Innovation and Marketing Department at the Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University. He also serves as President of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), one of Canada’s leading academic associations in the field of business and management.

He is a scholar, entrepreneur, and business consultant with nearly two decades of experience spanning innovation strategy, entrepreneurship, organizational leadership, and sustainable energy development across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

His research focuses on innovation strategy and management, with particular interests in Imposed Innovation, Redline Innovation, business model innovation, design thinking, and sustainable energy development. His work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and he regularly collaborates with academic and industry partners internationally.

Prior to joining Mount Royal University, he held faculty positions at the State University of New York at Brockport and Susquehanna University in the United States. Beyond academia, Bahman is President of 1388 Consulting, where he works with organizations and leaders on innovation strategy, leadership development, and organizational growth.

Bahman holds a PhD in Strategy and Global Management, with a specialization in Energy and Environmental Systems, from the University of Calgary; an MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of Manchester; and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tehran.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Industry Positions

• President - 1388 Consulting Group (2017 - Present)
• Fellow - Canadian Global Affairs Institute (2023 – Present)
• CEO - Sensyn Inc (2024-2025)
• Board member - Social Capability Network – Calgary Branch (2022 – 2024)
• Business Development Director - Geometrics Energy Corporation (2016-2017)
• Partner - Sabz Consulting Group (2013-2016)
• Energy Technology Analyst at Innovate Calgary (2013-2015)

Academic Positions

• Vice President Membership Development and Industry Liaison | Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) (2023- Present)
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Management - State University of New York (Brockport) (2018- 2022)
• Assistant Professor of Management - Susquehanna University (2016-2018)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORK

Journal publications:

Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A.B, Ward, M., (2025) “Four Modes of Entrepreneurial Leadership: Aligning Innovation Strategy with Organizational Context”, Rutgers Business review, Vol. 10 (2), pp 223 - 239

Scheibel, O., Radnejad, A.B., Osiyevskyy, O., (2025) “Redline innovations: Strategic responses to non-market stakeholder opposition in innovation management”, Business Horizon, Vol 69, Issue 3, pp 379-394

Scheibel, O., Osiyevskyy, O. and Radnejad, A.B. (2025), “Strategic entrepreneurship in VUCA environment: the competing forces of outcome variability”, Management Research Review, Vol. 48 No. 2, pp. 214-230.

Nguyen, B., Radnejad, A.B., Verbeke, A., & Zoirou, A., (2022), “ICT Knowledge Transfer in Complex Organisations: Investigating Antecedents of Potential Absorptive Capacity”, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Vol 24, pp.184-22.

Sinha, K., Osiyevskyy, O., & Radnejad, A. B., (2022) “Propositions for R&D Governance Regimes: A Behavioral Perspective”, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol 19., pp. 2250017

Radnejad, A. B., Sarkar, S., Osiyevskyy, O. (2021). “Design Thinking in responding to disruptive innovation: a case study”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol 23, pp. 39-54

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, Vol. 42 No. 5, pp. 332-342.

Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A. B., & Mahdavi Mazdeh, H. (2020). “An Entrepreneurial Management System for established companies”, Journal of Strategy and Leadership, Vol 48, pp. 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, Vol 38, Issue 4, pp. 1-16

Radnejad, A. B., & Osiyevskyy, O. (2020). “Navigating imposed innovation: a decision-making framework”, Journal of Business Horizon, Vol 63, pp. 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, Vol 53, pp. 63-79.

Radnejad, A. B., Nguyen, B., Cordeiro, J., & Vredenburg, H. (2019). “Meta-organizations: a practical tool for open innovation”, IEEE Engineering Management Review, Vol 47, pp. 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, Vol 66, pp. 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, Vol 19(1-2), pp. 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.