Hammad Akbar
Professor
Management School
The University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Hammad Akbar studied economics at Cambridge and obtained his PhD from the University of East Anglia, UK. Prior to joining academia he worked with international NGOs and multinational corporations. His teaching has mainly included organizational knowledge and learning, and leadership and change. He has also conducted training for senior industry professionals in entrepreneurship and leadership. He is Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust UK.
Research Interest
Dr Hammad Akbar’s research interest is in organizational knowledge creation. His previous research examined organizational knowledge creation in relation to dynamic interactions, dialogue and knowledge integration, in the context of discontinuous innovations. He has also studied systems thinking, absorptive capacity and organizational capabilities. He has published in refereed journals, such as the Journal of Management Studies and British Journal of Management, and has been a member of the Academy of Management (USA), European Academy of Management and British Academy of Management. He is currently a member of the European Group of Organization Studies and Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust UK
