MAJID MAJZOUBI
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ABOUT

111 Ian MacDonald Blvd, North York, ON M3J 1P3
Majzoubi@schulich.yorku.ca
Hello. I am an Assistant Professor in Strategic Management at Schulich School of Business - York University. Welcome to my Personal and Academic profile.

ABOUT ME

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am an Assistant Professor in the Strategic Management area of Schulich School of Business at York University. I teach the core Strategic Management course in the BBA program. My research is focused on the interface between firms’ strategic choices and audience evaluations. Specifically, I draw on strategic management, organization theory, and theories on the socio-cognitive foundations of social judgments to study how firms' strategic positioning within markets influence stock market and security analysts’ evaluations. Through a series of studies, I have investigated optimal positioning strategies in markets with multiple benchmarks for comparison, the effects of change in firm positioning on analyst evaluations, and positioning strategies for gaining a more positive audience composition. My research has been published in Strategic Management Journal and presented in various conferences including The Academy of Management Annual conferences and Strategic Management Society’s conferences.

I received my doctorate in Strategy from the University of Washington, MBA from the University of North Carolina, and Bachelors in Computer Science from Tehran Polytechnic.

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RESEARCH

RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical areas of interest: Strategic Positioning and Optimal Distinctiveness, Organization Theory, Institutional Theory, Evaluations and Rankings

Methodical areas of interest: Quantitative Econometrics, Machine Learning Modeling, Textual Analysis and Topic Modeling

PUBLISHED

Majzoubi, M., Zhao, E., Going beyond optimal distinctiveness: Strategic positioning for gaining an audience composition premium, Forthcoming at Strategic Management Journal

UNDER REVIEW

Majzoubi, M., Zhao, E., Zuzul, T., Fisher, G., [title redacted] (Submitted to Organization Science)

WORKING PAPERS

Majzoubi, M., Kotha, S., Tan, D., Paying a Price for Change: Effects of Change in Identity Claims on Firm Legitimacy

Gupta, A., West, N., Majzoubi, M., CEO Activism and Organizational Political Ideology

Goudarzi, K., Majzoubi, M., Firm Information Environment and the Uniqueness Paradox

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TEACHING

TEACHING POSITIONS
  • Winter 2019
    Spring 2018
    University of Washington - Foster School of Business

    INSTRUCTOR

    MGMT 430: Strategic Management (capstone course)

    Instructor, Evaluation: 4.8/5.0 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Autumn 2018
    Spring 2018
    University of Washington - Foster School of Business

    CO-INSTRUCTOR

    FGBUS 250: Foundations of Global business

    Co-instructor, Evaluation: 4.7/5.0
  • Winter 2021
    Schulich School of Business

    INSTRUCTOR

    SGMT 3000: Strategic Management

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
  • Autumn 2018

    ADMIN 511: Fundamental of Business Administration (Online)

    Teaching assistant, Suresh Kotha
  • Spring 2019

    MGMT 430: Strategic Management

    Teaching assistant, Tiona Zuzul
  • Winter 2017

    ENTRE 372: Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurship

    Teaching assistant, Emily Cox Pahnke
  • Summer 2018

    ENTRE 564: Competitive Strategy

    Teaching assistant, Suresh Kotha
  • Winter 2018

    MGMT 430: Strategic Management

    Teaching assistant, Dan Olson
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CONTACT

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