Mehrzad Saeedikiya is a Ph.D. Scholar at the QUT Business School and the recipient of two scholarships from QUT and the Centre for Future Enterprise.

Mehrzad graduated from the University of Milan in 2019 and has held teaching and research positions at Tsinghua University Bologna University, UAB Barcelona, and the University of Milan. Thanks to QUT’s academic leadership in the Entrepreneurship domain, Mehrzad looks for opportunities to learn and research in this area. His research at QUT connects the ongoing conversation in Information Systems (IS) and Entrepreneurship domains regarding the interplay of digital transformation and innovation. In his research, Mehrzad considers how dynamic capabilities emerge, interact with other firm capabilities, and translate to the companies’ innovative performance.

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Mehrzad has worked on two research projects related to the External Enablers Framework, one of which has been published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.

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At the EE community, Mehrzad serves as the Research Community Developer, dealing with research on EE, managing their visibility and online circulation through the community's social media and website, and engaging with EE researchers to foster a more interactive community of scholars.