Niron Hashai

Niron Hashai is a Full Professor at the Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. He currently serves as the school's Dean.

Professor Hashai obtained his BSc in Computer Science from the Technion and his MBA and PhD from Tel Aviv University. His research interests include: theory of the multinational corporation, technological innovation, diversification, and growth patterns of high technology firms. His research was published in top strategy, management, international business and innovation journals, including: Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Research Policy, Strategic Management Journal and Strategy Science. Professor Hashai serves on the boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and the Global Strategy Journal, among others.

Before joining the Interdisciplinary Center Professor Hashai has been a tenured faculty member at the School of Business Administration of the Hebrew University, where he has also served as Vice Dean, Head of the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship, Head of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship area, the Academic Director of the EMBA program and held the Albertson-Waltuch Chair in Business Administration. Among his activities at the Hebrew University Professor Hashai has co-founded in 2015 the Hebrew University entrepreneurship center.

Professor Hashai is also a visiting Professor at the University of Manchester and an associate member at the John H. Dunning Research Centre, University of Reading. He has held visiting positions also at the Stern School of Business, New York University, the Blavatnik School of Government, the University of Oxford and Leeds University Business School.

Professor Hashai is co-founder and advisory board member of the Israel Strategy Conference (ISC).

Areas of Expertise

• Entrepreneurship
• Strategy
• Innovation & Creativity

Academic Degrees

• 2002 PhD in International Business
  Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University
• 1994 MBA
  Faculty of Management, Tel Aviv University
• 1990 BSc Information Systems Engineering
  Computer Science Department, Technion

Academic Appointments

• 2021-present Dean Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
• 2019-present Full Professor Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
• 2019-present Head of MBA Programs Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
• 2020-present Visiting Professor Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.
• 2017-2019 Associate Professor Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
• 2015-2021 Visiting Professor Tel Aviv Campus, New York University
• 2017-2018 SUN (Startup Nation) Visiting Fellow of Practice The Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
• 2017-2018 Peter J. Buckley International Visiting Fellow Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
• 2015-2018 The Albertson-Waltuch Chair in Business Administration School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2016-2017 Vice Dean, Innovation and Development School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2016- 2017 Academic Director, Biomed MBA program School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2014- 2016 Academic Director, Executive MBA+ program School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2013-2017 Academic Director, The Asper Center for Entrepreneurship and innovation School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• Summer 2013 Visiting Associate Professor Stern School of Business, New York University
• 2012-2018 Associate Professor School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2011-2012 John H. Dunning Research Fellow John H. Dunning Centre for International Business, University of Reading
• 2011-2016 Visiting Scholar Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya 2
• Summer 2011 Visiting Associate Professor Stern School of Business, New York University
• 2008-2012 Senior Lecturer (tenured) School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2005-2010 Academic Director, Executive MBA in Integrative Management School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2003-2017 Head of Strategy and Entrepreneurship School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2003-2008 Lecturer School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University
• 2001-2002 Lecturer Bradford School of Management, University of Bradford
• 1998-2016 Instructor, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor School of Business Administration, The College of Management, Academic Studies

Selected Publications

Kafouros M., Hashai, N., Tardios, J.A. & Wang Y. (2022), How do MNEs invent? an invention-based perspective of MNE profitability. Journal of International Business Studies, 53, pp. 1420-1448.

Hashai, N. & Zahra S. (2021), Founder Team Prior Work Experience - an Asset or a Liability for Startup Growth?. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 16(1), 155-184

Belenzon, S., Hashai, N., Pattaconi, A. (2019), The Architecture of Attention: Group Structure and Subsidiary Autonomy. Strategic Management Journal, 40(10), pp. 1610-1643.

Hashai, N. & Zander I. (2019), Dynamics in the Origins of Technological Knowledge in Early Firm Years – Implications for New Product Introductions. Strategy Science, 4(3), pp. 217-233.

Hashai, N. (2018), Focusing the High Technology Firm - How Outsourcing affects Technological Knowledge Exploration. Journal of Management, 44(5), pp. 1736-1765.

Hashai, N. & Zander I. (2018), The Evolution of Vertical Firm Boundaries in New High Technology Ventures. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12(3), pp. 287-315.

Hashai, N., Kafouros M. & Buckley P.J. (2018), The Performance Implications of Speed, Regularity and Duration in Alliance Portfolio Expansion. Journal of Management, 44(2), pp. 707-731.

Hashai, N. & Markovich S. (2017), Market Entry by High Technology Startups: The Effect of Market Competitiveness and Startup Innovativeness, Strategy Science, 2(3), pp. 141

Hashai, N. (2015), Within-Industry Diversification and Firm Performance—An S-shaped Hypothesis. Strategic Management Journal, 36(9), pp. 1378-1400.

Buckley, P.J. & Hashai, N. (2014), The Role of Technological Catch up and Domestic Market Growth in the Genesis of Emerging Country Based Multinationals, Research Policy, 43, pp. 423-437.

Hashai, N. (2011) Sequencing the Expansion of Geographic Scope and Foreign Operations of 'Born Global' Firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 42(8), pp. 994-1015.

Buckley, P.J. & Hashai, N. (2009), Formalizing Internationalization in the Eclectic Paradigm. Journal of International Business Studies, 40(1), pp. 58-70.

Hashai, N. & Almor T., (2008), R&D Intensity, Value Appropriation and Integration Patterns within Organizational Boundaries, Research Policy, 37(6-7), pp. 1022-1034.

Adler, N. & Hashai, N. (2007), Knowledge Flows and the Modeling of the Multinational Enterprise, Journal of International Business Studies, 38(4), pp. 639-657.

Buckley, P.J. & Hashai, N. (2004), A Global System View of Firm Boundaries. Journal of International Business Studies, 35(1), pp, 33-45.