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Ph.D. Management Science 2013-2018 University of Montpellier, France

Master - International Business 2012-2013 University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, IAE de Nice, France

Associate Professor at École Supérieure de Commerce d'Amiens 2024 - Present

Adjunct Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Lazaridis School of Business 2019-2024

Faculty Lecturer at Conestoga College 2019- 2022

Faculty Lecturer and Research Assistant (ATER) at IAE d’Amiens – UPJV 2017- 2019

Faculty Lecturer at YSCHOOLS, ESC Troyes 2014- 2017

Faculty Lecturer at Weller International Business School 2014-2017

Research Assistant at Montpellier Business School 2013-2014

Articles

Kakavand, S., Teimourzadeh, A. & Kakavand, B. (2024), Exploring user adaptation behaviors toward mobile technology: a higher education perspective, Information Technology & People, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-01-2024-0070 (FNEGE 3, ABS 3)

Kakavand, B., Toth, K., Kakavand, S., & Teimourzadeh, A. (2023). To Preserve and Protect: A Theory of Motivation for Negative Deviant Behavior. Revue internationale de psychosociologie et de gestion des comportements organisationnels, 29(78), 23-48. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3917/rips1.078.0023 (FNEGE 3)

Teimourzadeh, A., Kakavand, S., & Kakavand, B. (2022). Application of Python in Marketing Education: A Big Data Analytics Perspective. Marketing Education Review. 33(3), 226-241.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10528008.2021.2021374 (ABS 1)

Kakavand, B., Teimourzadeh, A. & Kakavand, S. (2022). Organizational attractiveness: Targeting prospective employers on social networking sites. Human Systems Management, 41(6), 671-684. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/HSM-211592 (HCERES C)

Riviezzo, A., Garofano, A., Granada, & Kakavand S., (2017) Using Terroir to Exploit Local Identity and Cultural Heritage in Marketing Strategies: An Exploratory Study Among Italian and French Wine Producers, Place Branding and Public diplomacy, 13(2), 136-149. (double blind peer-reviewed)

Peer-reviewed Book Chapter : Teimourzadeh, A., Kakavand, S. (2023). Improving Data Literacy in Management Education Through Experiential Learning: A Demonstration Using Tableau Software. In: Woolford, D.G., Kotsopoulos, D., Samuels, B. (eds) Applied Data Science. Studies in Big Data, vol 125. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29937-7_7 (Double blind peer-reviewed)

Work in Progress

Kakavand, S., Teimourzadeh, A. & Etemad, H. (2025). Towards better understanding of Artificial Intelligence Capabilities in Turbulent Environments: A Business Model Innovation Perspective (research article)

Kakavand, B., Teimourzadeh, A. & Kakavand, S. (2025) Transparency and Caring Climate: Environmental Antecedents of Workplace Deviance, Business Ethics Quarterly (Under revision)

Doctoral Dissertation

Kakavand S. (2018), The university’s Strategy behind the Implementation of Mobile Technology in Education and User Adaptation (Publication No. 59181). [Doctoral dissertation, University of Montpellier]. https://theses.hal.science/tel-02048479/document

Conferences

Kakavand, S., Chakra, R., Teimourzadeh, A. (2026). Coping with CSR: Employee Engagement and Commitment in Multinational Corporations. Eighth Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Sciences (ERPBSS), Middlesex University, Dubai, 14–16 janvier 2026.

Kakavand, S.,Teimourzadeh, A. & Kakavand, B. (2025). Legitimacy Through Symbolism: Strategic Institutional Work Behind Mobile Technology Adoption in Universities, CIMB University Westminster, Londres, UK.

Teimourzadeh, A., Kakavand, S., & Kakavand, B. (2025). AI and Business Model Innovation: A Systematic Review and Avenues for Future Research, IMCONF, Stockholm, Sweden.

Teimourzadeh, A, Kakavand, B. & Kakavand S. (2024). Exploring the limitations of big data analytics and the role of strategic agility during the covid-19 pandemic. 2024 Orlando International Conference on Business, Economics and Finance, Orlando, USA, June 1-2.

Teimourzadeh, A, Kakavand, B. & Kakavand S. (2024). Towards better understanding of Artificial Intelligence Capabilities in Turbulent Environments: A Business Model Innovation Perspective. ERPBSS, Middlesex University, Dubai, UAE, May 13-15.

Kakavand, S., Teimourzadeh, A. & Kakavand, B. (2023). Utilization of Mobile Technology in Higher Education: Understanding Users’ Adaptation. 7th International Conference on Education and E-Learning, Tokyo, Japan, November 25 – 27.

Teimourzadeh, A, Kakavand, B. & Kakavand S. (2019). Significance of Organizational Attractiveness for Targeting Prospective Employers in Online Social Networking Sites, International Conference of Digital Transformation, El Jadida, Morocco, June 13-14 (Received the Best Conference Paper Award)

Kakavand S., Rodhain F. & Fallery B. (2018). Utilization of mobile technology in education: understanding users’ resilience, 8th Latin American & European Organization Studies (LAEMOS) Conference, Buenos Aires – Argentina, March 22 -24.

Teimourzadeh A., Favier M. & Kakavand S. (2016). An exploration of the values created by social networks: The platform Digital management and acquisition of talent, 21st Conference of Association Information & Management, LESEG School of management, Lille, France, May 18 – 20.

Kakavand S., Rodhain F. & Fallery B. (2016). Utilization of mobile application in education and social inequalities, 6th Latin American & European Organization Studies (LAEMOS) Conference, Viña del Mar - Chile, April 6 – 9

Kakavand S., Rodhain F. & Fallery B. (2015). Utilization of mobile application in training, 7éme Colloque Management des Technologies Organisationelles, Montpellier Business School, France, October 8 - 9.
Riviezzo, A., Garofano, A., Granada, & Kakavand S. (2014). Terroir and wine differentiation. A cross-case analysis on French and Italian wine producers’