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Salma Soliman

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Salma Soliman

Position

Lecturer in Management

Department

Institute of Management Studies

Email

S.Soliman (@gold.ac.uk)

Salma Soliman is a Lecturer in Management at the Institute of Management Studies.

Salma Soliman is a Lecturer in Management at the Institute of Management Studies. She is also a program lead on the Academy of International Business (AIB) Digitalization Shared Interest Group. Her research interests centre on extending institutional theory to emerging market contexts for new insights into Grand Challenges (e.g. refugee crisis, digitization, and sustainable development). Before joining academia, she worked in management consulting in the UK and internationally.

Research interests

  • Institutional theory
  • Refugee Entrepreneurship
  • Digitalization
  • Sustainable development
  • Emerging Markets

Featured publications

2023: Refugee Entrepreneurship and Institutional Voids: The Case of Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurs in Egypt
Soliman, S., Keles, J.Y. and Fottouh, N., 2023. Refugee entrepreneurship and institutional voids: The case of Syrian refugee entrepreneurs in Egypt. Academy of Management Discoveries, 9 (3),pp.363–382

2023: The role of subsidiaries in Global Value Chains (GVCs): an institutional voids perspective on LVC upgrading and integration
Soliman, S., Papanastassiou, M. and Saka-Helmhout, A., 2023. The role of subsidiaries in Global Value Chains (GVCs): An institutional voids perspective on LVC upgrading and integration. Journal of Int

2023: Vocational education and training (VET) development and social dialogue in Egypt: A historical institutional perspective
Soliman, S., 2023. Vocational education and training (VET) development and social dialogue in Egypt: A historical institutional perspective. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, pp.1-32.

2017: Food Security and Sustainability: Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains
Soliman, S., 2017. Food security and vocational education and training: exploring the links in the Egyptian case. Food Security and Sustainability: Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains, pp.

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