Contact
Alberta School of Business - PhD Office
- bendaana@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Social Entrepreneurship Informal Entrepreneurship Institutional Theory Economic Geography Mixed Methods
Research
My research advances our understanding of entrepreneurship as a tool to address societal problems. Conceptually, I build on theories in economic geography (e.g., location choice) and organizational institutionalism (e.g., institutional translation). Empirically, I draw on spatial datasets (e.g., geo-coded micro-census, NASA night-time brightness) and methods (e.g., hotspot analysis) to identify organizational and venture patterns, which I investigate qualitatively or quantitatively to explain underlying mechanisms and outcomes. By developing such innovative mixed-methods empirics, I contribute methodologically to organization theory’s growing interest in space and place.
Featured Publications
Mohammed Bendaanane; Frank-Martin Belz
2025 November; 129 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104405
Mohammed Bendaanane; Siddharth Vedula; Robert Nason; Andrew Charman
2025 April; 93 10.1108/S0733-558X20250000092012
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