Samir Youssef

Biography

Samir M. Youssef is Professor of Management and International Business at the Department of Management, American University in Cairo. He teaches in the fields of International Business ,organization and business ethics. His research interests lie in the fields of international business ,development business-government relationships ,business strategy and social responsibility Youssef holds a ph.D in international Business from the University of Iowa,1971 and a Masters in Industrial Organization from the University of Oregon in 1967.He has been at the American University in Cairo since 1980. He served as chair of the Management Department(1994-1998) and Director of M.B.A. Program (1982-1986) Prior to that he taught at Western Illinois University (1971-1975) and served as a consultant with Arab Consultants(1979-1980) where he worked on several projects in Arab Countries. He also designed training manuals for junior consultants. He was a visiting scholar at Indiana University in1993 and at Bentley College in 1995.He worked as a consultant for several international organizations including the European Mediterranean Program, Dutch Development Office ,DANIDA,UNDP and USAID where he participated in several studies related to development Youssef designed ,supervised and participated in various training programs offered by the Middle East Management Center training program for several companies including Mobil Oil ,commercial international bank ,Misr company for Chemicals ,Swiss Farma and Santa Fe international

Research Interest

Accounting. Marketing