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He received the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) in management sciences from ESADE Business School in 2016. He is currently the Reviewing Editor of Technovation. He is also a senior research fellow at the Research Center for Open Digital Innovation (RCODI), Purdue University. His research interests include open and collaborative innovation, governance dynamics of inter-organizational collaboration, crowdsourcing, and team dynamics. His research has been published in academic journals, such as Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He co-edited a special issue on open innovation from a project-level perspective for Industrial Marketing Management. Mehdi has been involved in several research projects supported by KPMG France, Accenture Institute for High Performance, USC Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM), and Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation. ### Areas of research - Open innovation - Interorganizational Collaboration - Crowdsourcing - Team dynamics ## Recent academic contributions LOIGNON, A., F. FONTI, M. BAGHERZADEH, A. GURCA, S. SHRESTA, "When More is Less: The Role of Social Capital in Managing Talent in Teams", *Academy of Management Discoveries*, January 2025, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 255-284 DOI : [ 10.5465/amd.2023.0039 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amd.2023.0039) COLOVIC, A., M. BAGHERZADEH, J.-L. LIÉVIN, "Choosing the right crowdsourcing strategy: Implications for governments’ crowdsourcing initiatives", *Public Administration Review*, September 2025, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 1302-1315 DOI : [ 10.1111/puar.13917 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.13917) QUEIROZ, M. M., A. B. LOPES DE SOUSA JABBOUR, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Crowdsourcing-enabled AI: Unlocking value in digital services", *International Journal of Production Economics*, May 2025, vol. 283, pp. 109586 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109586 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109586) ## Publications LOIGNON, A., F. FONTI, M. BAGHERZADEH, A. GURCA, S. SHRESTA, "When More is Less: The Role of Social Capital in Managing Talent in Teams", *Academy of Management Discoveries*, January 2025, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 255-284 DOI : [ 10.5465/amd.2023.0039 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amd.2023.0039) COLOVIC, A., M. BAGHERZADEH, J.-L. LIÉVIN, "Choosing the right crowdsourcing strategy: Implications for governments’ crowdsourcing initiatives", *Public Administration Review*, September 2025, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 1302-1315 DOI : [ 10.1111/puar.13917 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.13917) QUEIROZ, M. M., A. B. LOPES DE SOUSA JABBOUR, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Crowdsourcing-enabled AI: Unlocking value in digital services", *International Journal of Production Economics*, May 2025, vol. 283, pp. 109586 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109586 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2025.109586) CALOFFI, A., A. COLOVIC, F. ROSSI, J. YANG, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Determinants of Crowdsourcing Openness in High‐Urgency Conditions: A Configurational Approach", *R and D Management*, November 2025, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1703-1718 DOI : [ http://doi.org/10.1111/radm.70000 ](https://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1111/radm.70000) MISGANAW, B., B. CALLEGARI , M. BAGHERZADEH, "Pourquoi la transformation numérique n’est pas une voie royale vers la neutralité carbone", *The Conversation*, November 2025 DOI : [ 10.64628/AAK.94jukym56 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.64628/AAK.94jukym56) CALLEGARI , B., B. MISGANAW, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Paved with good intentions: From digitalization to carbon neutrality", *Journal of Environmental Management*, November 2024, vol. 370 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122956 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122956) LIAO, C. T., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, V. DAMNJANOVIC, "Open innovation where it really matters: The U-shaped relationship between relative open innovation and innovation performance in developing countries", *IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management*, November 2024, vol. 71, pp. 15540-15554 DOI : [ 10.1109/TEM.2024.3490982 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3490982) CHAUDHURI, N., G. GUPTA, M. BAGHERZADEH, T. DAIM, H. YALCIN, "Misinformation on social platforms: A review and research Agenda", *Technology in Society*, September 2024, vol. 78, pp. 102654 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102654 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102654) GURCA, A., M. BAGHERZADEH, R. VELAYATI SHOKOUHI, "Aligning the crowdsourcing type with the problem attributes to improve solution search efficacy", *Technovation*, January 2023, vol. 119, pp. 102613 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102613 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102613) MOGHADDAM, E. N., A. ALIAHMADI, M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, M. MICEVSKI, F. SAGHAFI, "Let me choose what I want: The influence of incentive choice flexibility on the quality of crowdsourcing solutions to innovation problems", *Technovation*, February 2023, vol. 120, pp. 102679 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102679 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102679) BAGHERZADEH, M., A. GURCA, R. VELAYATI SHOKOUHI, "Crowdsourcing routines: the behavioral and motivational underpinnings of expert participation", *Industrial and Corporate Change*, December 2023, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1393–1409 DOI : [ 10.1093/icc/dtad056 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad056) BAGHERZADEH, M., A. GURCA, S. BRUNSWICKER, "Problem Types and Open Innovation Governance Modes: A Project-Level Empirical Exploration", *IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management*, April 2022, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 287-301 DOI : [ 10.1109/TEM.2019.2942132 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2019.2942132) BAGHERZADEH, M., M. GHADERI, A. -S. FERNANDEZ, "Coopetition for innovation - the more, the better? An empirical study based on preference disaggregation analysis", *European Journal of Operational Research*, March 2022, vol. 297, no. 2, pp. 695-708 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.06.010 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.06.010) MARKOVIC, S., O. IGLESIAS, J. QIU, M. BAGHERZADEH, "The CSR Imperative: How CSR Influences Word-of-Mouth Considering the Roles of Authenticity and Alternative Attractiveness", *Business and Society*, October 2022, vol. 61, no. 7, pp. 1773-1803 DOI : [ 10.1177/00076503211053021 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00076503211053021) BAGHERZADEH, M., S. MARKOVIC, M. BOGERS, "Managing Open Innovation: A Project-Level Perspective", *IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management*, February 2021, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 301-316 DOI : [ 10.1109/TEM.2019.2949714 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2019.2949714) GURCA, A., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, N. KOPORCIC, "Managing the challenges of business-to-business open innovation in complex projects: A multi-stage process model", *Industrial Marketing Management*, April 2021, vol. 94, pp. 202-215 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.05.035 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.05.035) MARKOVIC, S., N. KOPORCIC, M. ARSLANAGIC-KALAJDZIC, S. KADIC-MAGLAJLIC, M. BAGHERZADEH, N. ISLAM, "Business-to-business open innovation: COVID-19 lessons for small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging markets", *Technological Forecasting and Social Change*, September 2021, vol. 170 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120883 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120883) IGLESIAS, O., S. MARKOVIC, M. BAGHERZADEH, J. SINGH, "Co-creation: A Key Link Between Corporate Social Responsibility, Customer Trust, and Customer Loyalty", *Journal of Business Ethics*, April 2020, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 151-166 DOI : [ 10.1007/s10551-018-4015-y ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-4015-y) BAGHERZADEH, M., S. MARKOVIC, J. CHENG, W. VANHAVERBEKE, "How Does Outside-In Open Innovation Influence Innovation Performance? Analyzing the Mediating Roles of Knowledge Sharing and Innovation Strategy", *IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management*, August 2020, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 740-753 DOI : [ 10.1109/TEM.2018.2889538 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2018.2889538) MARKOVIC, S., M. JOVANOVIC, M. BAGHERZADEH, C. SANCHA, M. SARAFINOVSKA, Y. QIU, "Priorities when selecting business partners for service innovation: The contingency role of product innovation", *Industrial Marketing Management*, July 2020, vol. 88, pp. 378-388 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.06.001 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.06.001) MARKOVIC, S., M. BAGHERZADEH, A. DUBIEL, J. CHENG, W. VANHAVERBEKE, "Do not miss the boat to outside-in open innovation: Enable your employees", *Industrial Marketing Management*, November 2020, vol. 91, pp. 152-161 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.09.003 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.09.003) MARKOVIC, S., M. BAGHERZADEH, "How does breadth of external stakeholder co-creation influence innovation performance? Analyzing the mediating roles of knowledge sharing and product innovation", *Journal of Business Research*, July 2018, vol. 88, pp. 173-186 DOI : [ 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.03.028 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.03.028) BAGHERZADEH, M., N. LOEWE, R.MOUAWAD, J. M.BATISTA-FOGUET, L. ARAYA-CASTILLO, C.THIEME, "Spanish Version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale: Validation and Factorial Invariance Analysis in Chile", *The Spanish Journal of Psychology*, 2018, vol. 21, pp. 1-17 DOI : [ 10.1017/sjp.2018.2 ](https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2018.2) BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, "The smart way to open your innovation process", *Outlook, the journal of high-performance business*, August 2016 MAJCHRZAK, A., S. JARVENPAA, M. BAGHERZADEH, "A Review of Interorganizational Collaboration Dynamics", *Journal of Management*, May 2015, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1338-1360 LOEWE, N., M.BAGHERZADEH NIRI, L.ARAYA-CASTILLO, C.THIEME, J. M.BATISTA-FOGUET, "Life Domain Satisfactions as Predictors of Overall Life Satisfaction Among Workers: Evidence from Chile", *Social Indicators Research*, 2014, vol. 118, no. 1, pp. 71-86 AKHAVAN, P., M.BAGHERZADEH NIRI, P.SHADPOUR, "Analyzing the Process of Old and Obsolete Knowledge Active Forgetting: Case Study, Hasheminejad Kidney Center", *Modarres Human Science Journal, Iranian journal of management studies*, 2012, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1-20 BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., M. H.REZAZADE MEHRIZI, R.HOSNAVI ATASHGAH, "Let’s Learn Unlearning: How Top Managers Conceive and Implement Knowledge Active Forgetting", *Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management*, 2009, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 604-614 ## Others BAGHERZADEH, M., R.NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, M.KAPUR - "Open Innovation at Bosch" - 2017 ## Chapters BAGHERZADEH, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Governance Choice in Open Innovation: The Antecedent Role of External Source Choice" in *Evaluating Media Richness in Organizational Learning*., Ed., IGI Global, pp. 181-182, 2017 BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Governance of Knowledge Flows in Open Exploration: The Role of Behavioral Control" in *Decision Making in Behavioral Strategy (DMBS)*., T.K. Das Ed., Information Age Publishing (IAP), 2017 ## Conferences LIAO, C. T., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, V. DAMNJANOVIC, "From closed to open innovation: A U-shaped performance implication" in *10th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)*, 2023, Bilbao, Spain MARKOVIC, S., Y. QIU, O. IGLESIAS, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Co-creation as an open innovation mechanism to boost customer usage intention: A randomized lab experiment" in *10th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)*, 2023, Bilbao, Spain LIAO, C. T., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, V. DAMNJANOVIC, "Choosing between closed and open innovation" in *Nova School of Business and Economics, DRUID Conference*, 2023, Lisbon, Portugal LIAO, C. T., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, V. DAMNJANOVIC, "Moving from closed to open innovation and its performance implications" in *32nd International ACEDE Conference,University of Alicante*, 2023, Alicante, Spain MARKOVIC, S., C. T. LIAO, M. BAGHERZADEH, V. DAMNJANOVIC, "The U-shaped relationship between relative openness and innovation performance" in *European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), Trinity College Dublin*, 2023, Dublin, Ireland MARKOVIC, S., M. MICEVSKI, Y. QIU, M. BAGHERZADEH, "How does co-creation influence customer purchase intent? Examining the underlying relational mechanisms" in *16th Global Brand Conference – Academy of Marketing, University of Bergamo*, 2023, Bergamo, Italy BAGHERZADEH, M., S. MARKOVIC, R. GYRD-JONES, Y. QIU, "Crowdsourcing for luxury brands: A field experiment" in *4th Brand Meaning Network Workshop. American University of Sharjah*, 2023, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates MARKOVIC, S., Y. QIU, O. IGLESIAS, M. BAGHERZADEH, "How to build service brand equity through co-creation? An experimental design," in *15th Global Brand Conference – Academy of Marketing*, 2022, United Kingdom LOIGNON, A., A.GURCA, M.BAGHERZADEH, J.THOMAS, "How does the work flow? The effects of task interdependence networks on team performance" in *Meeting of the Southern Management Association*, 2019, Norfolk, United States GURCA, A., M. BAGHERZADEH, S. MARKOVIC, N. KOPORCIC, "Managing oppeness in high complexity innovation projects: Evidence from the automotive sector" in *6th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)*, 2019, Rome, Italy MARKOVIC, S., Y. QIU, O. IGLESIAS, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Does co-creation improve the equity of services brands? Considering the roles of recognition benefits and alternative attractiveness" in *14th Global Brand Conference – Academy of Marketing*, 2019, Berlin, Germany MARKOVIC, S., O. IGLESIAS, Y. QIU, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Examining the relationship between co-creation and brand equity in the context of services brands" in *48th European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC)*, 2019, Hamburg MARKOVIC, S., O. IGLESIAS, Y. QIU, M. BAGHERZADEH, "The impact of CSR on word-of-mouth" in *30th International Marketing Congress (AEMARK). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona*, 2018, Barcelona MARKOVIC, S., O. IGLESIAS, Y. QIU, M. BAGHERZADEH, "Do CSR practices improve customer positive word-of-mouth? Considering the roles of brand authenticity and customer affective commitment," in *13th Global Brand Conference – Academy of Marketing. Northumbria University*, 2018, Newcastle, United Kingdom ## Books REZAZADE MEHRIZI, M. H., M.BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M. R.KHALAJ, M.PIRDEL, *Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques*, Institute For Processing Smart Signals Publishing, Tehran, 2010 ## Research monographs BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M. - "Governance of Inter-Organizational Collaborations When Engaged in Open Innovation" - 2016 ## Conference contributions BAGHERZADEH, M., A.GURCA, S.MARKOVIC, N.KOPORCIC, "Managing Open Innovation in Highly Complex Projects: A Case Study in the Business-to-Business Context" in *6th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC 2019)*, 2019, Italy Coauthorspresented BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., A.MAJCHRZAK, S.BRUNSWICKER, "How to Manage the Downside of Deep Engagement with External Sources in Open Innovation Projects" in *Open and User Innovation (OUI) conference*, 2016, Boston, United States BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Governance of Knowledge Flows in Open Innovation through Knowledge Revealing and Behavioral Control" in *Academy of Management Annual Meeting Conference*, 2015, Vancouver, Canada BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Mix and Match: Optimal ‘Governance Mix’ for Open Innovation Projects" in *2nd Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)*, 2014, Santa Clara, United States BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Control Wanted? Source Choice and the Role of Free Revealing and Process Control in Open Innovation in Large Firms" in *1st Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)*, 2014, Napa Valley, United States BAGHERZADEH NIRI, M., S.BRUNSWICKER, "Joint Exploration with the Enemy – Revealing Needed?" in *The 2014 ISPIM Americas Innovation Forum*, 2014, Montreal, Canada ## Commissioned studies BAGHERZADEH, M., *"Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Times of COVID-19 - Grand Reims"*, 2022 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, T. E. THOMAS E. KAWALEC, *"Open Innovation at Eli Lilly Company"*, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, B. ELSER, *"Open Innovation at Evonik Industries"*, Accenture Research, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, S. M. SMITH, *"Open Innovation at Ford Motor Company"*, Accenture Research, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, G. C. ROBERTS, *"Open Innovation at HP Labs"*, Accenture Research, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, J. YU, *"Open Innovation at Huawei Technologies"*, Accenture Research, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. SABINE BRUNSWICKER, M. KAPUR, *"Open Innovation at Pfizer"*, Accenture Research, 2017 BAGHERZADEH, M., R. NARSALAY, S. BRUNSWICKER, J. -W. KIM, *"Open Innovation at Samsung"*, Accenture Research, 2017