STAFF PROFILE
Dr Sam Tavassoli
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
College of Business and Law
School / Department:
COBL|Management
Phone:
+61399251455
Email:
sam.tavassoli@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Sam Tavassoli is a Senior Lecturer at RMIT and also an affiliated research fellow at the Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund University, Sweden.
His research interest and teaching profile involve economics of innovation & technological change, innovation strategies of firms, and geography of innovation & entrepreneurship. Sam also has particular interest in adoption and diffusion of emerging and disruptive technologies, such as 3D Printing and Blockchain.
- Tavassoli, S.,Karlsson, C. (2021). The role of location on complexity of firms' innovation outcome In: Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 162, 1 - 16
- Rouchy, P.,Tavassoli, S.,Wernberg, J. (2021). Heterogeneous hybrid entrepreneurs - Framing the variation in entrepreneurial effort and motives for hybrid entrepreneurship In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 42, 115 - 129
- Tavassoli, S.,Obschonka, M.,Audretsch, D. (2021). Entrepreneurship in Cities In: Research Policy, 50, 1 - 21
- Schubert, T.,Tavassoli, S. (2020). Product Innovation and Educational Diversity in Top and Middle Management Teams In: Academy of Management Journal, 63, 272 - 294
- Tavassoli, S.,Brandt, M.,Ma, M.,Arenius, P.,Kianian, B.,Diegel, O.,Mention, A.,Cole, I.,Elghitany, A.,Pope, L. (2020). Adoption and Diffusion of Disruptive Technologies: The Case of Additive Manufacturing in Medical Technology Industry in Australia In: Procedia Manufacturing, 43, 18 - 24
- Tavassoli, S.,Trippl, M. (2019). The impact of ethnic communities on immigrant entrepreneurship: evidence from Sweden In: Regional Studies, 53, 67 - 79
- Karlsson, C.,Tavassoli, S. (2019). Policy evaluation in competitiveness: towards more results-oriented industrial policies In: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Edward Elgar, United Kingdom
- Grillitsch, M.,Tavassoli, S. (2018). Cultural diversity and employment growth: Moderating effect of the recent global financial crisis In: Australian Journal of Management, 43, 632 - 652
- Tavassoli, S.,Bengtsson, L. (2018). The role of business model innovation for product innovation performance In: International Journal of Innovation Management, 22, 1 - 25
- Karlsson, C.,Tavassoli, S. (2018). Industrial policy in the post-industrial society: is the EU on the right track? In: Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenhamn, United Kingdom
Sam Tavassoli has experience in leading large scale industry-led projects, such as the 'Adaption and Diffusion of 3D Printing Technologies in Medical Device Industry' during 2017 to 2020. For more information about this project, please view the ECP Opportunities Fund (EoF) GBI Projects page.
1 PhD Completions
Innovation of firms, Entreprenuership, Technological change, Regional studies, Industrial dynamics