Mohammed Bendaanane is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Chair of Corporate Sustainability at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. His research interests span broadly entrepreneurship and organization theory. He conducts empirical research on energy entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa to understand how they tackle societal challenges at the intersection of poverty and energy access challenges. While having an eclectic taste for methods, in his PhD he mainly employs qualitative research methods. Mohammed is also interested in quantitative research, specifically, exploring the power of spatial data analysis methods in both entrepreneurship and organizational research.
Prior to joining the chair, Mohammed graduated as an engineer in Geomatics from Hassan II Agronomic Institute (Morocco), then worked in the geospatial industry for a couple of years before moving to England after earning the prestigious UK Chevening Award to study for M.Sc. in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship. Mohammed was initiated to Entrepreneurship in a study-abroad programme at the Kelley School of Business – Indiana University (USA). He was also an entrepreneur and co-founded Amendy Foods, a social venture based in Morocco.
| March 2021 - present | Technical University of Munich (Germany) PhD Candidate at Chair of Corporate Sustainability Supervision of empirical research theses on sustainable entrepreneurship – graduate level students. |
| 2019 - 2020 | Bournemouth University (United Kingdom) Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship |
| June-July 2018 | Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (US) Global Leadership & Innovation (non-degree program) |
| 2009 - 2014 | Hassan II Agronomic Institute (IAV Hassan II) (Morocco) Master of Engineering in Geomatics and Land Surveying Undergraduate studies in Maths, Physics and Life Sciences |
| June-July 2013 | Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (US) Global Business Institute (non-degree program) |
| Professional Experience | |
| 2021-present | Graduate Teaching Assistant TUM School of Management, Germany |
| 2015- 2020 | Co-Founder, Director of Sales & Marketing Amendy Foods, Morocco |
| 2017 - 2019 | Mapping Specialist National Agency of Cadastre & Cartography (ANCFCC), Morocco |
| 2016 | Surveyor Engineer in Urban Planning Urban Agency of Fez, Morocco |
| 2015 - 2016 | 3D laser Scanning & Photogrammetry Engineer Geodata, Morocco |
Bendaanane, M., Vedula, S., Nason, R., & Charman, A. (in press). Constellations in the Galaxy: Ethnic Enclave Membership and Venture Behavior Among Necessity Entrepreneurs in a South African Township Informal Economy. In S. Bacq, K. M. Smolka, A. Slade Shantz, & P. P. M. A. R. Heugens (Eds.), Necessity Entrepreneurship: Getting Beyond the Binary (Vol. 93). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Bendaanane, M. & Belz, F.-M. (2024). Back to Reality: How Ventures Maintain Legitimacy Through Pragmatic Decoupling. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024(1): 16434.
Bendaanane, M., Eddahmani, K., & Sebari, I. (2015). Urban Objects Extraction from 3D Laser Point Clouds Acquired by a Static Laser Scanner and a Mobile Mapping System. International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications, 5, 33. DOI: 10.14355/ijrsa.2015.05.004
| 2019 - 2020 | Chevening Award Chevening Scholarships are awarded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office to outstanding scholars with demonstrated leadership potential and strong academic background. |
| 2013-2014 | Coca-Cola MENA Scholarship The Coca-Cola Scholarship - Middle East and North Africa - was a highly competitive program, jointly organised by the U.S. Department of State and Kelley School of Business to give a selected group of students the opportunity to learn about business in the context of American culture |
| 2014 | Outstanding Team Member Enactus Morocco |
- Entrepreneurship in institutionally challenging contexts
- Entrepreneurship for sustainable development
- Nascent Markets Emergence
- Contexualization of Entrepreneurship Research
Contact
E-Mail: m.bendaanane(at)tum.de LinkedIn: Mohammed Bendaanane
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