Curriculum Vitae
10 May 2017
Bassam E. Farah PhD Bus, PhD Psy
Olayan School of Business (OSB)
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Bliss Street
Beirut, Lebanon
EDUCATION
Degree
PhD
PhD
DES (Diplôme
d’Etudes
Supérieures)
MBA
BA
Office: OSB 346
Office: +961 1 350000 Ext: 3936
Mobile: +961 3 482255
Email: [email protected]
Discipline
Business – General
Management [Strategy &
International Business (IB)]
Thesis Topic
University
Year
International Corporate
Western University –
2014
Governance (Downloaded Ivey Business School –
London, Ontario, Canada
600 times by 133
organizations in 71
countries), as of Nov 2016
(In Nov 2016 it became
inaccessible for download as
papers from my thesis were
under review)
Psychology (with highest
Leadership
Lebanese University
2008
Beirut, Lebanon
distinction: Grade: 90/100)
Psychology
Leadership
Lebanese University
2003
Beirut, Lebanon
Business
Psychology
CFA (Chartered Finance
Financial Analyst)
Leadership
American University of
Beirut, Lebanon
American University of
Beirut, Lebanon
Prepared for CFA before
beginning business PhD
2002
1996
20072008
GRANTS, AWARDS, & HONORS
2017
AOM Management Consulting Division’s (MC’s) Outstanding Field Report Paper Award (Elias,
Rida and Bassam Farah. The Link between CEO Over Identification and CEO Power Relinquishing
Attitude. Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, United States).
2017
Most Caring Professor Award (4 professors received Best Professor Awards out of about 80 fulltime and part-time professors; This is awarded by OSB’s Business Student Society, based on
business students’ voting / electing their best professors for the year)
2016
AOM Best Paper Proceedings Award (Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. 2016. Do MNE
Parent-Foreign Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms Really Impact Foreign Subsidiary
Performance? Academy of Management Proceedings)
2016
AOM International Management Division’s (IMD’s) Best Paper in Global Strategy Award ($500)
sponsored by the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) (Farah, Bassam, Paul
Beamish, and Luis Dau. 2016. Do MNE Parent-Foreign Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms Really
Impact Foreign Subsidiary Performance? Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Anaheim,
California, USA)
2016
Nominated (Finalist, 1 among 5) for AOM International Management Division’s (IMD’s) Best
Paper in International Corporate Governance Award, sponsored by the National University of
Singapore (NUS) (Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. 2016. Do MNE Parent-Foreign
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2015-2016
2015-2018
2015-2018
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2009-2013
2008
Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms Really Impact Foreign Subsidiary Performance? Academy of
Management Annual Meeting. Anaheim, California, USA)
Most Supportive Professor Award (6 professors received Best Professor Awards out of about 80
full-time and part-time professors; This is awarded by OSB’s Business Student Society, based on
business students’ voting / electing their best professors for the year)
University Research Board (URB) Grant ($29,100 for 3 years): was re-approved for funding on 8
June 2016.
University Research Board (URB) Grant ($29,100 for 3 years): was approved for funding on 29
June 2015.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Award ($15,000 for 1 year): Co-granted by the Ontario
government and Western University to students demonstrating excellence in their graduate
programs.
Berdie and Irvin Cohen Doctoral Business Scholarship ($5,000 for 1 year).
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Best Case Award for the “MENA
Business Cases” category annual international case writing competition (2,000 euros).
As of July 2014, the coauthored case “Chabros International Group: A World of Wood” has sold
several thousand copies in more than 30 countries.
Robert Bertram Doctoral Research Award ($15,000 for 1 year; only 3 PhD students from multiple
disciplines such as Law, Finance, Political Science, General Management, etc. receive this
prestigious annual national award). It is granted by the Canadian Foundation for Governance
Research (CFGR), a foundation established by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).
Academy of International Business (AIB) Best Reviewer Award [32 out of 997 reviewers received
this award (3%); only 3 out of the 32 best reviewers were PhD candidates].
Ivey Plan for Excellence ($20,500 per year for the duration of the PhD)
Graduated from the PhD in Psychology program at the Lebanese University with the Highest Honor
(Grade: 90/100)
PUBLICATIONS
Publication Type Publication Title
Journal Article(s)  Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. 2016. Do MNE Parent-Foreign
Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms Really Impact Foreign Subsidiary Performance?
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
Book chapter(s)
 Farah, Bassam & Paul W. Beamish, 2013. “International Management Control”, in
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 3/E, Volume 6: International Management.
Case(s):
 Farah, Bassam & Paul W. Beamish, 2010. Chabros International Group: A World of
Wood (published at Ivey Publishing Case number 9B10M100); Case is based on field
work at Chabros International Group in Lebanon.
Reprinted in: Beamish, P. (Ed.). 2012. Cases in Strategic Management, 10/e, McGraw-Hill
Ryerson.
Teaching Notes:
 Farah, Bassam & Paul W. Beamish, 2010. Chabros International Group: A World of
Wood – TN (published at Ivey Publishing under TN number 8B10M100)
 Farah, Bassam, Ken Mark, Walid Busaba, Zeigham Khokher, & Assem Safieddine,
2011. Corporate Governance Standards: Qatar Telecom Acquires Wataniya Telecom –
TN (published at Ivey Publishing, number 8B09M48)
Papers Under Review
 Moore, Elizabeth, Luis Dau, Bill Newburry, and Bassam Farah. The Grass is Always Greener: The Impact
of Home and Host Country CSR Reputation on Firm Internationalization. Submitted to Journal of World
Business (JWB)
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Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. MNE Parent-Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms and
Subsidiary Performance. Previously submitted to Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), got rejected,
but got excellent reviews that are fixable; currently being revised to be resubmitted to another journal soon.
Farah, Bassam, Rida Elias, and Glenn Rowe. Leadership Succession in Different Types of Organizations:
Publicly-Traded, Privately-Owned, and Political Organizations. Previously submitted to Academy of
Management Annals (AMA), got rejected, but got very good comments; currently being revised to be
resubmitted in June to the Journal of Management (JoM) issue for lit reviews.
Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. Relationship Stability as a Mediator between Coopetition and Innovation. In
the process of being submitted to Management and Organization Review’s call for papers on ‘Coopetition
and Innovation in Transforming Economies’ by 30 May 2017 (the deadline for this call for papers).
Abi Saad, Elie, Bassam Farah, and Rida Elias. Leadership Succession in Political and Public Organizations.
In the process of being submitted to the International Journal of Public Leadership very soon.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2017  Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. The Nonlinear Moderating Effects of Ownership and
National Governance on the Relationship between Expatriates and Subsidiary Exit. Accepted at the
Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, United States.
2017  Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. MNE Parent-Subsidiary Governance and
Performance. Accepted at the Academy of International Business 2017 Annual Meeting, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
2017  Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. The Link between CEO Over Identification and CEO Power
Relinquishing Attitude. Accepted at the Academy of Management 2017 Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
United States.
2017  Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. Are Heirs Apparent Capable of Strategic Change or Not? Accepted
at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2017 Annual Meeting, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
2016  Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. 2016. Do MNE Parent-Foreign Subsidiary
Governance Mechanisms Really Impact Foreign Subsidiary Performance? Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.
2016  Elias, Rida; & Bassam Farah. 2016. CEO Power: Relinquish or Withhold? Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A.
2016  Farah, Bassam. 2016. Forging International Research Collaborations of Consequence. Academy of
Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A. [Presented in this Professional
Development Workshop (PDW)]
2015  Farah, Bassam, Rida Elias, and Paul Beamish. 2015. Do Expatriates, as MNE Parent-Foreign
Subsidiary Governance Mechanisms, Really Impact Foreign Subsidiary Performance? Academy of
International Business Annual Meeting, Bangalore, India.
2015  Attended AOM International Management Division’s 2015 Junior Faculty Consortium (JFC) in
Vancouver, Canada.
2015  Attended AIB’s 2015 Junior Faculty Consortium (JFC) in Bangalore, India.
2014  Farah, Bassam. 2014. Foreign Subsidiary Governance. Academy of Management Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
2014  Farah, Bassam. 2014. MNE Parent-Foreign Subsidiary Governance. Accepted for presentation at
the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
I couldn’t attend the conference and present this paper, I was working on completing my thesis.
2014  Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. 2014. A Conceptual Paper with An Observational Learning
Perspective to Understand How Heirs Apparent Learn from CEOs. Administrative Science
Association of Canada (ASAC), Muskoka, Canada.
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Farah, Bassam. 2013. Canadian Subsidiary Governance: A Multi-Method Approach (this is the
project for the Robert Bertram Governance Doctoral Research Award: I presented this completed
study on 30 October 2013 at the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research (CFGR) in
Toronto, Canada.
Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. 2013. How Close Is Too Close? An Observational Learning
Perspective to How Heirs Apparent Learn from CEOs. Accepted for presentation at the MED
division workshop at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, U.S.A.
Farah, Bassam. 2012. Japanese Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Governance: A Multilevel Model.
Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS), Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Elias, Rida, Bassam Farah, and Najoie Nasr. 2011. Why Certain Theories Become Self-Fulfilling
and Not Others? A Prospect Theory Approach. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
(ASAC), Montreal, Canada.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Paper(s)  Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. Expatriates, Ownership, Country Governance, and
Performance. Accepted at AOM 2017, almost ready to be submitted to Strategic Management
Journal (SMJ) soon.
 Elias, Rida and Bassam Farah. Transferring Tacit Knowledge: From Outgoing to Incoming
Executives. Almost ready to be submitted to Journal of Management Studies (JoMS) in 2017.
 Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. Subsidiaries Governed by Regional Headquarters
(RHQ) and Performance. Data collected, most of the statistical analyses conducted; Targeting
SMJ, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), or Journal of World Business (JWB) in
2017.
 Farah, Bassam, Paul Beamish, and Luis Dau. Impact of the 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis on
MNE Parent-Subsidiary Governance. Data collected; planning to conduct statatistical analyses,
write the paper, and submit it to AIB in 2017 and to JIBS shortly after.
 Farah, Bassam, Salim Chahine, Yusuf Sidani, and Garry Bruton. Corporate Governance of
MENA Banks. Data collection is in its final stages; planning to conduct the statistical analyses,
write the paper, and submit it to AIB in 2017 and to JIBS shortly after.
 Farah, Bassam and Paul Beamish. Canadian Subsidiary Governance: A Multi-Method Approach.
Paper ready for submission to Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
 Farah, Bassam. The Impact of CEOs’ Duality and Education on their Firms’ Internationalization
Speed.
 Farah, Bassam. Characteristics and Performance of Japanese Financial Institution Foreign Direct
Investment.
Book(s)  Farah, Bassam, Yusuf Sidani, and Paul Beamish. Doing Business in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA): Current Strategy Cases from the Ivey Collection.
TEACHING MATERIAL
Business Case  Bartlett, Christopher and Paul Beamish. Transnational Management: Text, Readings and
Teaching Note
Cases in Cross Border Management. 7/E, Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2013. I
Updates (Oct
updated the teaching notes of two Harvard Business School cases that accompany chapter 1:
2012)
Jollibee Foods Corporation (A) & (B) and Acer, Inc.: Taiwan’s Rampaging Dragon.
Book Chapter  Bartlett, Christopher and Paul Beamish. Transnational Management: Text, Readings and
Revision (June
Cases in Cross Border Management. 7/E, Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2013. I
2012)
helped revise and update chapter 1; 2.5 years earlier I helped with the same revision of the
6/E.
Test Bank
 Bartlett, Christopher and Paul Beamish. Transnational Management: Text, Readings and
(2011)
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Cases in Cross Border Management. 6/E, Burr Ridge, Illinois, Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2011. I
helped develop the Test Bank for chapters 1 and 2.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 (Sept) Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut, Olayan School of Business, Beirut,
- Present Lebanon;
(Note: ICE refers to Instructor Course Evaluation)
 Spring 2017: Currently teaching 4 sections of Strategic Management with cases & the CAPSIM
strategy simulation.
 Spring 2016: Taught: 3 sections of Strategic Management with cases & the CAPSIM strategy
simulation. ICE scores: 4.4/5, 4.5/5, & 4.6/5 respectively
 Fall 2015: Taught: International Management with cases: ICE score: 4.4 / 5
 Spring 2015: Taught: Strategic Management with cases & the CAPSIM strategy simulation:
ICE score: 4.4 / 5
 Fall 2014: Taught: Foundations of Management & OB: ICE score: 4.1 / 5
2011 (July)
 Workshops Co-Leader: Lebanese American University (LAU), Notre Dame University
(NDU), and Haigazian University (HU), Beirut, Lebanon; Co-led 3 full-day workshops on ‘How
to Teach and Write Business Cases’ for faculty members at the above mentioned 3 largest Englishteaching universities in Lebanon after the American University of Beirut (AUB); the 3 workshops
were very well received by the faculty members at these universities.
2011 (Feb) Case Teacher, Western University, Ivey Business School, London, Ontario, Canada; taught the
case that I co-authored with Paul Beamish (i.e., Chabros International Group) in the International
Venturing course that is offered to Honors in Business Administration (HBA) students and taught
by Chris Williams.
2005-2008 Instructor, Haigazian University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Beirut,
Lebanon; taught the following courses several times:
 Marketing Management
 Entrepreneurial Marketing
 Cost Accounting
2005-2008 Instructor, C&E American University, Business Program, Beirut, Lebanon; taught the
following courses several times:
 Management of Organizations
 Managerial Leadership and Decision Making
 Marketing Principles
OTHER ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
2011
Research Assistant, Western University, Ivey Business School, London, Ontario, Canada; assisted
Master of Science (MSc) in International Business (IB) students who were writing papers for their
international joint ventures (IJV) course.
2009- Journal and Conference Reviewer, reviewed papers for different journals and conferences [e.g.
Present Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, International Business Review,
International Journal for Manpower, International Small Business Journal, Academy of Management
(AOM) conference, Academy of International Business (AIB) conference, Administrative Sciences
Association of Canada (ASAC) conference], Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS)
conference.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 International Corporate Governance (ICG):
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o Multi-National Enterprise (MNE) Governance [e.g., Ownership, Expatriates, Risk, Boards of
Directors (BODs), CEOs, Top Management Teams (TMTs), Succession, Rewards &
Compensations]
o Subsidiary Governance [e.g., foreign subsidiary governance mechanisms, wholly owned subsidiary
governance, international joint venture (IJV) governance, etc.]
o Ethical/Responsible MNE Governance
o International country governance systems
Corporate Governance [e.g., Ethical/Responsible governance, Strategy, Investment, Ownership, Risk,
Boards of Directors (BODs), CEOs, Top Management Teams (TMTs), Succession, Rewards &
Compensations, Financial Institutions, Shareholders versus Stakeholders, etc.]
Global Leadership, Leadership, Positive Leadership (Ethical Leadership, Moral Leadership, Servant
Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Spiritual Leadership), etc.
Foreign Direct Investment and Internationalization
International Banking and Financial Institutions
TEACHING INTERESTS
 Strategic Management / Strategy / Organization Theory / General Management
 International Business / International Management / Global Strategy / Cross-Cultural Management / Intl
Finance / Intl Investments
 International Governance / Corporate Governance / Ethical/Responsible Governance / Risk Management /
Ethics
 Global Leadership / Leadership / Responsible Leadership / Ethical Leadership / Positive Leadership
 Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)
 Statistics
SERVICE
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Member of OSB’s Management, Marketing, & Entrepreneurship track Recruitment Committee:
Evaluated candidate’s applications and interviewed candidates.
Member of OSB’s Research Committee: Worked on improving OSB’s research guidelines and
support & reviewed URB grant applications.
Was the key person behind signing a MOU between AUB & Ivey to co-brand all cases written
by AUB faculty and published at Ivey.
Facilitated Professor John Daniel’s (former Academy of International Business President and
Dean of Fellows) visit to AUB on 24 October 2016.
Advised senior undergraduate students.
Member of OSB’s Management, Marketing, & Entrepreneurship track Recruitment Committee:
Evaluated candidate’s applications and interviewed candidates.
Member of AUB’s Policy for Persons with Special Needs Committee: Developed policy for
persons with special needs at AUB.
Worked on creating an IB cluster & IB concentration at OSB.
Worked on developing AUB-Ivey partnerships.
Advised senior undergraduate students.
Member of AUB’s Policy for Persons with Special Needs Committee: Developed policy for
persons with special needs at AUB.
Member of AOM 2015 conference’s Diversity & Inclusion Theme Committee (DITC).
Member of OSB’s Management, Marketing, & Entrepreneurship track Budget Committee.
Worked on creating an IB cluster at OSB.
Worked on developing AUB-Ivey partnerships.
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 Facilitated Ivey Professor Tima Bansal’s visit to AUB in March 2015.
 Facilitated Ivey Professor Glenn Rowe’s visit to AUB in April 2015.
 Served at the AOM 2015 conference as a Session Chair.
2010-2013 Finance Director of Ivey PhD Association.
2011
Facilitator: Facilitated Ivey Professor Paul Beamish’s visit to AUB and Notre Dame University
(NDU) in Lebanon to give (1) a Case Teaching / Writing Workshop to AUB business faculty
members and (2) a keynote speech to NDU business faculty members.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2009-Present
Academy of Management (AOM)
2009-Present
Academy of International Business (AIB)
2011-Present
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
2004-2008
Lebanese Psychology Association (LPA)
2004-2008
Société Libanaise des Praticiens en Psychothérapie et Consultants (SLPPC)
OTHER MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
2005-2008
Founder & Managing Partner at PARAGON International Ltd: Founded and managed
PARAGON International, a business consulting, training, and recruitment company that served
clients mainly in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
1999-2008
Manager of his Polyclinic: Managed a team of 11 psychologists.
OTHER PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIENCE (Coached more than 400 clients from 1999-2008)
1999-2008
Psychologist / Success Coach in his polyclinic in Sin El-Fil, Lebanon
2001-2008
Psychologist / Life Coach at the Central Military Hospital in Badaro, Lebanon: Ranked #1
psychologist of the year in the Lebanese Army for years 2001 and 2002; the rankings were
stopped after 2002.
2002-2008
Psychologist for the Catholic Tribunal in Sabtieh, Lebanon
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
May 2004 - Live TV psychology program on Tele Liban (Local and International) every Saturday at
Sept 2005
10:30 a.m. and answered the questions of viewers from different MENA countries directly on the
air. The program discussed various psychology topics that were of interest to viewers.
1999-2008
Regularly hosted by TVs, Radios, and Magazines in Lebanon (e.g., LBC, Future TV, Tele
Liban, Heya TV, ANB TV, Now TV, Voice of Lebanon, Afkar Magazine, Revue du Liban, etc.)
to discuss psychological and managerial topics (e.g.: Leadership, Motivation, Time
Management, Negotiation, Stress, (Test) Anxiety, Procrastination, Memory, Interpersonal Skills,
Creativity, Success, etc.).
Note: I did more than 100 interviews (TV, Radio, and Magazine) from 1999-2008.
DOCTORAL COURSEWORK (Instructor)
General Management
 Research Methods (2 courses) (Matthew Thomson)
 Statistics (2 courses) (Chris Higgins)
 Organization Theory (Claus Rerup)
 Cross-Disciplinary Research (Mark Zbaracki)
 International Management Theory and Research (Paul Beamish)
 Strategy Theory (Tima Bansal)
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Strategy Research Methods (Oana Branzei)
Foundations of Management Teaching (Debbie Compeau)
Foundations of Management Thought (Rod White)
Advanced Quantitative Analysis (Bradley Corbett)
Advanced Regression Analysis (John Braun) (Audited)
Econometrics and Quantitative Methods (John Knight) (Audited)
Other Courses, Seminars, Workshops
 Ivey Case Writing Workshop (5 days) (Michiel Leenders and James Erskine)
 Workshop on Longitudinal Data Analysis (5 days) (Rajulton Fernando, Alain Gagnon, and Piotr Wilk)
LANGUAGES
English: Excellent reading, speaking, and writing skills
French: Good reading, decent speaking, and decent writing skills
Arabic: Excellent reading, speaking, and writing skills
NATIONALITY
 Lebanese citizen since birth
 Canadian citizen since March 2013
 U.S. Green Card: On 31 October 2013 obtained approval notice from U.S. government to receive U.S.
Green Card from California soon
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