Wassim Aloulou

Wassim J. Aloulou is an assistant professor at the Department of Business Administration of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (Saudi Arabia) and of the ISAAS, Sfax University (Tunisia). He received his B.Sc. degree in Higher Commercial Studies from IHEC Carthage (1995), his M.Sc. degree in HR management from ISG Tunis (1998) in Tunisia, and his Ph.D. degree in Management Sciences (Specialty: Entrepreneurship) from Pierre Mendès France University (UPMF) of Grenoble 2, in France (2008). His research interests include (social) entrepreneurship, (social) entrepreneurial intentions and orientations of individuals and organizations, and entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital era. He has published in indexed journals including “Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development”, “Journal of Enterprising culture”, “Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies”, “Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development”, “Middle East Journal of Management”, “Journal of Family Business Management”, and “European Journal of Innovation Management” among others. He has also contributed with books’ chapters in strategic management in SMEs, chaos and complexity theories, (social and academic) entrepreneurship, women's economic empowerment, entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors; and with communications in international conferences including “International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship ICIE” in 2013; 2015 and 2017 among others.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Organizational Resilience During Unprecedented Times
Wassim J. Aloulou. © 2023. 736 pages.
Managerial, organizational, and entrepreneurial scholars across disciplines have discussed the topic of resilience from developed economies, yet much remains unknown on its...
Instilling FinTech Culture in a Digitalized World: Defining, Issuing, and Opening Up
Wassim J. Aloulou. © 2021. 28 pages.
FinTech has revolutionized the financial industry by its disruptive innovations and emergent technology-enabled business models. After defining the concept of FinTech, the...
Business Transformations in the Era of Digitalization
Karim Mezghani, Wassim Aloulou. © 2019. 360 pages.
In order to establish and maintain a successful company in the digital age, managers are digitally transforming their organizations to include such tools as disruptive...
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digitalization Era: Exploring Uncharted Territories
Wassim Aloulou. © 2019. 25 pages.
Digital transformation is not a new phenomenon. Neither is digital entrepreneurship. But during the last decade, these phenomena are taking another dimension with the emergence...
Effects of Business Managers' Skills: A Study of ERP Strategic Alignment in Some Arab SMEs
Karim Mezghani, Faouzi Ayadi, Wassim Aloulou. © 2014. 19 pages.
In this chapter, the authors introduce the key ideas related to strategic alignment and ICT in SMEs. They present the ERP strategic alignment in SMEs as an important investment...