• Associate Professor

    Supply Chain Management Department
    Room 620 Drake Centre
    181 Freedman Crescent
    University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus)
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V4


    mohammad.eslami@umanitoba.ca

Biography

Mohammad Eslami is an Associate Professor in Supply chain and Innovation Management at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba. He earned his PhD from Linköping University (Sweden) and served as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) from 2019 to 2024. Additionally, he was the Director of PhD candidates at Jönköping International Business School from 2022 to 2024. 

Mohammad's research interests are related to supply chain and innovation management in four main research areas: digitalization, knowledge integration, dynamic capabilities, and uncertainties. Dr. Eslami's research has been published in journals such as Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Economics, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Production Research, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change, among others. Previously, he served as a guest editor for the Journal of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management and Creativity and Innovation Management journals. Currently, Dr. Eslami is an executive committee member of the International Purchasing & Supply Education & Research Association (IPSERA).

Research Interests

  • Supplier - Customer Collaboration
  • Supply Chain Capabilities
  • Digitalization and Supply Chain Innovation

Teaching Interests

  • Supply Relationship Management
  • Digital Supply Chain Management
  • Industrial Project Management
     

Recent Publications

Eslami, M., Achtenhagen, L., Bertsch, C., Lehmann, A. (2023). Knowledge-sharing across supply chain actors in adopting Industry 4.0 technologies: An exploratory case study within the automotive industry Technological forecasting & social change, 186(Part A). 

Eslami, M., Pellegrini, L., Lazzarotti, V., Puliga, G., Manzini, R., Boer, H. (2023). The Effect of Knowledge Collaboration on Innovation Performance: The Moderating Role of Digital Technologies International Journal of Technology Management, 91(3-4), 162-189. 

Lazzarotti, V. Puliga, G. Manzini, R. Tallarico, S. Pellegrini, L. Eslami, M. , ... Boer H. (2023). Collaboration with universities and innovation efficiency: do relationship depth and organizational routines matter? European Journal of Innovation Management. 

Bäckstrand, J., Vos, F., Eslami, M., Hoffmann, P. (2023). JPSM Editorial: Building bridges in PSM: Towards a digital and sustainable future special issue of the annual IPSERA conference 2022 Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 29(3). 

Jafari, H., Eslami, M., Paulraj, A. (2022). Postponement and logistics flexibility in retailing: The moderating role of logistics integration and demand uncertainty International Journal of Production Economics, 243. 

Jafari, H., Ghaderi, H., Eslami, M., Malik, M. (2022). Leveraging supply integration, mass customization and manufacturing flexibility capabilities and the contingency of innovation orientation Supply chain management, 27(7), 194-210. 

Mortazavi, S., Eslami, M., Hajikhani, A., Väätänen, J. (2021). Mapping inclusive innovation: A bibliometric study and literature review Journal of Business Research, 122, 736-750. 

Eslami, M., Jafari, H., Achtenhagen, L., Carlbäck, J., Wong, A. (2021). Financial performance and supply chain dynamic capabilities: the Moderating Role of Industry 4.0 technologies International Journal of Production Research. 

Viberg, D., Eslami, M. (2020). The effect of machine learning on knowledge-intensive R&D in the technology industry Technology Innovation Management Review, 10(3), 87-97. 

Eslami, M., Melander, L. (2019). Exploring uncertainties in collaborative product development: Managing customer-supplier collaborations Journal of engineering and technology management, 53, 49-62. 

Eslami, M., Lakemond, N., Brusoni, S. (2018). The dynamics of knowledge integration in collaborative product development: Evidence from the capital goods industry Industrial Marketing Management, 75, 146-159. 

Eslami, M., Lakemond, N. (2016). Knowledge integration with customers in collaborative product development projects Journal of business & industrial marketing, 31(7), 889-900. 

Eslami, M., Lakemond, N. (2016). Internal integration in complex collaborative product development projects International Journal of Innovation Management, 20(1), 1-28.