Dr Hannan Mahdiraji

Department of Management
Associate Professor in Business Analytics

Contact details

Email: h.m.amoozad@bham.ac.uk

Address: University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji, PhD-SFHEA, is an Associate Professor in Business Analytics and the Programme Director of the Undergraduate Business and Management programme at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. He previously served as an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Business Analytics and Programme Leader for MSc IB at the University of Leicester. His prior roles include Senior Lecturer in Business and Management at De Montfort University, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Coventry University, and Assistant Professor in Management Science at the University of Tehran.

Dr. Mahdiraji earned his PhD in Management Science in 2012 and specializes in multiple-criteria decision-making, business analytics, game theory, and supply chain management. Since 2011, he has published extensively in leading international journals such as the British Journal of Management, Risk Analysis, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, Transportation Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Journal of Business Research. He has also presented his research at renowned conferences, including the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business.

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Qualifications

2012, Management Science (Operations Management), PhD

2008, Management Science (Operations Research), MSc

2005, Management Science, BA (Hons)

2024, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, SFHEA

Teaching

Data Analytics and Predictive Modelling (PG)

Managing Global Operations (PG)

Digital Business and Business Analytics (PG-SIM)

Postgraduate supervision

Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji has supervised many PG dissertations (over 100) and PhD thesis (over 15 completions). Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji is eager to participate in PhD application in the following topics:

1) Game Theory in Business and Management

2) Decision Making in Business and management

3) Sustainable Logistics and Global Supply Chains

Research

Game Theory in Business and Management
Decision Making in Business and management
Sustainable Logistics and Global Supply Chains

Other activities

Member of the Academy of Management (AOM) (ID 167831).
Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB) (ID 53392).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Sharifpour Arabi, H, Duan, K & Vrontis, D 2025, 'Harnessing technological resources for effective growth hacking: A mixed-method framework using systematic literature review, content analysis, and multi-layer decision-Making', Journal of Business Research, vol. 190, 115180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115180

Pasha, N, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Razavi Hajiagha, SH, Garza-Reyes, JA & Joshi, R 2024, 'A multi-objective flexible manufacturing system design optimization using a hybrid response surface methodology', Operations Management Research, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 135–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-023-00412-w

Beheshti, M, ZareRavasan, A, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Jafari-Sadeghi, V & Sakka, G 2024, 'An overview of the consumer-centric disruptive technology research: Insights from topic modelling and literature review', Journal of Consumer Behaviour, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 372-388. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.2204

Reyhani Yamchi, H, Jabarzadeh, Y, Govindan, K & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, 'A triple bottom line approach for designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network in fruit industry: A metaheuristic solution approach', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 1925–1948. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2286318

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Garza-Reyes, JA, Razavi Hajiagha, SH & Kazancoglu , Y 2024, 'Decarbonised closed-loop supply chains resilience: examining the impact of COVID-19 toward risk mitigation by a fuzzy multi-layer decision-making framework', Annals of Operations Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06093-3

Aghazadeh, H, Zandi, F, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Sadraei, R 2024, 'Digital transformation and SME internationalisation: unravelling the moderated-mediation role of digital capabilities, digital resilience and digital maturity', Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1499-1526. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-02-2023-0092

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Abbasi-Kamardi, A, Vrontis, D & Gong, Y 2024, 'Disentangling the resiliency of international transportation systems under uncertainty by a novel multi-layer spherical fuzzy decision-making framework: Evidence from an emerging economy', Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol. 186, 104151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104151

Ghobakhloo, M, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Iranmanesh, M & Jafari-Sadeghi, V 2024, 'From Industry 4.0 Digital Manufacturing to Industry 5.0 Digital Society: a Roadmap Toward Human-Centric, Sustainable, and Resilient Production', Information Systems Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10476-z

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Yaftiyan, F, Jafari-Sadeghi, V & Vrontis, D 2024, 'Future workplace reimagination: A multiscenario analysis on entrepreneurial small and medium internationalisers', European Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12686

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Abbasi-Kamardi, A, Jafari-Sadeghi, V, Razavi Hajiagha, SH & Castellano , S 2024, 'Hybrid business offerings in small internationalisers: a mixed-method analysis of internal capabilities through hesitant fuzzy information', International Marketing Review, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 411-439. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-11-2021-0341

Amoozad Mahdiraji, H, Sharifpour Arabi, H, Garza-Reyes, JA & Jabbar, A 2024, 'Measuring the readiness level for Kaizen projects: a multi-layer Bayesian decision-making framework', Total Quality Management Journal, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1420-1441. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-06-2023-0166

Zirar, A, Jabbar, A, Tchouamou Njoya, E & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, 'Smart contract challenges and drawbacks for SME digital resilience', Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1527-1550. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-02-2023-0082

Rouhani, S, Bozorgi, SS, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Vrontis, D 2024, 'Text analytics and new service development: A hybrid thematic analysis with systematic literature review approach', EuroMed Journal of Business. https://doi.org/10.1108/EMJB-01-2024-0017

Paper

Ambituuni, A & Amoozad Mahdiraji, H 2024, 'A transparency-based project management framework for achieving environmental goals in green projects', Paper presented at 38th British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Notthingham, United Kingdom, 2/09/24 - 6/09/24.

Ambituuni, A, Amoozad Mahdiraji, H & Enang, I 2024, 'Mitigating the risk of ‘green washing’ in green projects: a transparency-based agile project management perspective', Paper presented at EURAM Annual Conference 2024, Bath, United Kingdom, 25/06/24 - 28/06/24.

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