Dr. Michel Majdalani
Assistant Professor
Ext: 1243
AKSOB 1508
LAU Beirut Campus
Biography
Dr. Michel G. Majdalani is an assistant professor at the Adnan Kassar School of Business (AKSOB) at the Lebanese American University. He serves as Director of the SYMZ CAPITAL Venture Lab Ignition Program – Powered by AKSOB and Co-Chair of the Entrepreneurship Strategic Committee, contributing to the development and implementation of the school’s strategic vision for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Over the past three years, Dr. Majdalani has helped strengthen AKSOB’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem through initiatives including the SYMZ CAPITAL Venture Lab Ignition Program – Powered by AKSOB, the co-design of the Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the organization of inter-class competitions, including the SYMZ CAPITAL Venture Forge Challenge – Powered by AKSOB, and the mentoring of emerging startups.
Before joining the faculty, Dr. Majdalani served as Director of LAU’s Continuing Education Division from 2007 to 2017, leading its strategic expansion and overseeing the launch of new programs, faculty growth and increased student enrollment. He also brings 10 years of international market experience and more than 20 years of combined academic, professional and executive training expertise.
Dr. Majdalani holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Grenoble School of Management and three master’s degrees from Columbia University in the City of New York, including two in engineering and one in business administration.
His teaching interests include innovation and entrepreneurship, strategic management, change management and international business. In 2021, he received both the Best Paper Award and the Best Doctoral Student Paper Award from the Critical Management Studies Division at the Academy of Management Conference. He also serves as a reviewer for several scholarly journals, including International Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Management Decision and Career Development International.
Teaching Interests
- Strategic Management
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Change Management
- International Business Management
- International Human Recources
Research Interests
Current research interest at the intersection of Organizational Change, International Human Resources and Strategy with a focus on Brain Gains, Diasporic Migration Networks and Organizations.
Selected Publications
Majdalani, M. G., Stadler, L., & Rüling, C. (2025). Expanding from North-South to South-South: The Evolution of a Twinning Relationship in Global Health. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, forthcoming.
Majdalani, M. G., Mielly, M., & Islam, G. I. (2021). Recasting Sustainable Collaborations through Postcolonial Perspectives. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 13183). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Majdalani, M., Janaa, M., Saade, R., and Tamim, H. (2018). Perceived Healthcare Workforce Needs in Lebanon: a Step toward Informed HR Planning and Professional Development. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.
Majdalani, M. (2017). Euro-Mediterranean Integration through Lifelong Learning (EU-MILL): A memory of cooperation and dialogue on Education in the Mediterranean basin. University of Sevilla Ed., (contribution to three chapters).
Majdalani, M. (2016). Competitive Human Resources and Global Management Strategies at Multi-National Corporations. Innovations and Global Human Resource Management Practices by 2050, by Balanchandar, Panchanatham and Urboniene, Bonfring Publisher (chapter in book).
Conferences
“From twinning to winning greater autonomy: Conflict-induced self-empowerment in IOC interdependence”, Accepted short-paper to present at the EGOS conference, Vienna, 2022
“Diaspora and Sustainably Organizing Brain Drain”, Presented in Organizing Sustainably: Actors, Institutions, and Practices, 15th Organization Studies Summer Workshop 2020 , 20 - 23 May 2020, Chania, Greece
Recently nominated to present at the “Engaged Management Scholarship conference and consortium” in Antwerp, Belgium (2019)
“Decentralized wastewater treatment in Lebanon: Strategic choices and managerial challenges”, 5thInternational Conference on Small and Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants in Thessaloniki, Greece (August 2018)
“Euro-Mediterranean Integration through Lifelong Learning (EU-MILL)”: Series of conferences in Spain, Portugal, Finland and MENA (2013-2016)
Paper Awards
The paper titled “Recasting Sustainable Collaborations through Postcolonial Perspectives” won two Awards in the Critical Management Studies Divison at the Academy of Management conference to be held from July 29 until August August 4, 2021.
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