Yazid Abubakar Abdullahi

Dr. Abdullahi is an Associate Professor of Innovation/Entrepreneurship at the University of Sharjah, UAE. Prior to joining the University of Sharjah, he was a Senior Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) (254 in QS World Ranking and 351 in the world in the Times Higher Education ranking), where he was the Programme Leader (Head of Department) for Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, a Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (with a focus on AACSB), mentor at UBD incubator (Entrepreneurship Village) and was the Incubator Coordinator. At UBD, Dr. Abdullahi led the creation of the first Bachelor of Business (Major in Entrepreneurship), which he currently coordinates. In addition, He is currently a Research Associate of the Centre for Advanced Research (CARe) at UBD. He was also an Honorary at Kingston University London, UK (2017-2020) and Visiting Professor at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogykarta, Indonesia (2019). Dr Abdullahi was also the founder of Entrepreneurship House – Institute of Ethical Entrepreneurship, London, UK and Nigeria (2016). Prior to joining UBD, he was a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Kingston Business School, Kingston University London (AACSB, EPAS, AMBA accredited & QS Ranked), where he successfully led the creation of the first MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship. He was the Programme Director for the MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Kingston Business School. He was also a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the University of Essex, UK (which is one of UK’s Top 10 Social Science Research universities and QS Ranked), and Program Director for BSc Business and Service Industry Management. So far, he has taught a total of up to 25 Modules at the University of Essex/Kingston university London (including Kingston Moscow MBA) and UBD combined, most of which relate to entrepreneurship and innovation both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Dr. Abdullahi holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship (University of Essex, UK) and MSc in Entrepreneurship and Business Management (University of Bedfordshire, UK). Dr. Abdullahi has published in many peerreviewed journals, a number of which are recognized and listed in the highly-respected Association of Business School (ABS) and ABDC ranking, published book and presented peer-reviewed papers in up to 28 conferences (many of which are leading conferences) around the world, including: USA, UK, France, Canada, South Korea, Colombia, England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, India, Bahrain, Hungary, Turkey, Latvia, South-Africa, Malaysia, UAE etc. He is a Fellow of the International Entrepreneurship Education Programme (IEEP), National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE), UK. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. Dr. Abdullahi also holds Staff Educational Development Association (SEDA) Award in Leading and Developing Academic Practice, UK. He was also an Associate member of the prominent Small Business Research Centre (SBRC) at Kingston University London, which is one of the leading centres for small business research in Europe. Dr. Abdullahi serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Globe Management Institute (GMI), Ghana. He has held memberships of Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI) Network on Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Institute, Brown University, USA (2010), Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), UK (2008), European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) (2007) and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) (2002). Dr Abdullahi is currently involved in the following funded projects at UBD: Institutions, FDI and Entrepreneurship: Panel Data Evidence (approximately $2740), Centre for Advanced Economic Research (CARe), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (together with Dr. Slesman L.) (2018-date). Dr. Abdullahi has also worked on a number of funded projects, such as the British Council ‘Women Empowerment Project’ (£45,000), ‘Education Partnership for Africa’ (EPA) (£60,000), ‘Economic Impact of Southend Airport on the Local Economy’ (£19,000), ‘Regional Disparity in Entrepreneurial Behavior and Activities’(£3,400) etc. Others include projects for Qatar Development Bank, East of England Development Agency (EEDA), European Union (EU) - Leonardo Da Vinci Vocational Training Action Programme, among others.

Research Interests:

• SME innovation
• SME growth
• SME internationalisation
• Entrepreneurship
• FDI & entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship in emerging economies

Education

• Ph.D in Entrepreneurship. 2009 University of Essex, UK.
• MSc in Entrepreneurship & Business Management. 2004 University of Bedfordshire, UK (formerly called University of Luton, UK).
• BSc in Accounting. 2000 University of Abuja, Nigeria.