Ahmad Al Asady, PhD
Assistant Professor of Management
Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth
- ahmad.alasady@ndsu.edu
- 701-231-1721
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Office: Richard H. Barry Hall

Ahmad Al Asady is a scholar at the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and an assistant professor of management in the Department of Management and Marketing at North Dakota State University. He researches how institutional elements in foreign environments influence the economic decisions of international entrepreneurs. His current research interests include international entrepreneurship, institutions, corruption, and the Middle East and North Africa region. In 2022, Dr. Al Asady's paper with Dr. Christopher Groenig, titled "The Contingent Effects of Firm Response Tactics on Firm Legitimacy During a Secondary Boycott," was selected for Social Issues in Management Division Best Paper by the Academy of Management.
Areas of Study & Research
- International entrepreneurship
- Corruption
- Institutions
- Middle East and North Africa region
Education
- PhD, Business Administration, Kent State University
- MA, TESL Education, Kent State University
- BAS, General Management, York University, 2010