Dr Dilshod Makhmadshoev

Senior Lecturer

Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation

Personal statement

Dilshod is a Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation within Strathclyde Business School. He is also a graduate of Strathclyde, having previously completed his PhD in International Business in this institution. Before that, he completed his Masters degree in Management at Queen's University Belfast. His research is interdisciplinary and focuses on different aspects of international business and entrepreneurship, and in particular on such topics as the international expansion of SMEs (including via Global Value Chains), entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development in challenging contexts, internationalisation of firms from emerging markets and transition economies, environmental sustainability of emerging market firms, and exploration of the impact of institutional environments on different firm activities.

Dilshod is regarded as one of the leading experts on issues of SME internationalisation and private sector development in the context of post-Socialist countries of Central Asia (particularly Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). He has undertaken numerous research projects in the region, completed several fieldworks and published papers that seek to draw attention of academics and policymakers to how the process of transition to market economy is unfolding and influencing entrepreneurship and business development in the region. More recently, his focus has been on exploring opportunities and challenges associated with environmental upgrading and transition to environmentally sustainable practices among firms in Central Asia. As part of this research stream, he also explores how firms respond to and mitigate the various challenges of operating in environments characterised by rapid institutional change and uncertainty.

Dilshod's research draws on theories and concepts from economic thinking, institutional theory, international business, entrepreneurship and development studies. His research has been published in internationally-recognised peer-revied academic journals, such as International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, and International Marketing Review.

Alongside research, he also serves as Academic Director for one of Business School's flagship PGT programmes - the MSc in International Management. He teaches and coordinates a number of classes (e.g. Managing Across Cultures, Global Business Environment, Applied Strategic Management) at postgraduate levels within the Business School. Beyond his University responsibilities he is involved in various external roles, such as serving as an external examiner for University of Liverpool Management School and as a member of editorial review board for Journal of Business Research, among others.

Publications

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Publications

Sensemaking and SubjectiveTime: : The role of mental time travel’s functions in prospective sensemaking: Naveed Syed Hassan, Tapinos Efstathios, Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Fernández-Méndez Laura; Academy of Management Proceedings Vol 2023 (2023); https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.12695abstract
Exploring the relationship between institutions and entrepreneurship in transition economies: Makhmadshoev Dilshod; 9th AIB-CEE Chapter Conference 2023 (2023)
Industry 4.0 and circular economy in an era of global value chains : what have we learned and what is still to be explored?: Awan Usama, Gölgeci Ismail, Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Mishra Nishikant; Journal of Cleaner Production Vol 371 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133621
Prospective sensemaking and narratives : the role of collective mental time travel (MTT) in the prospective sensemaking narratives of a radically uncertain future: Naveed Syed Hassan, Tapinos E, Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Fernandez Laura; 36th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (2022)
Global value chains and the environmental sustainability of emerging market firms : a systematic review of literature and research agenda: Golgeci Ismail, Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Demirbag Mehmet; International Business Review Vol 30 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101857
Breaking away or holding on to the past? Exploring HRM systems of export-oriented SMEs in a highly uncertain context : insights from a transition economy in the periphery: Makhmadshoev Dilshod, Laaser Knut; International Journal of Human Resource Management Vol 32, pp. 3627-3658 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2020.1841816

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Teaching

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Teaching

- Applied Strategic Management

- Managing Across Cultures

- Global Business Environment

Research

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Research Interests

- Institutional theory, institutional voids

- SME internationalisation, Global Value Chains

- Entrepreneurship development in transition/emerging economies

- Environmental sustainability, environmental upgrading

Professional Activities

Examiner, PhD Thesis: Examiner; 2/9/2024
International Business Review (Journal): Peer reviewer; 5/2/2024
External Reviewer, University of Liverpool Management School: External Examiner; 15/1/2024
British Journal of Management (Journal): Peer reviewer; 22/11/2023
External Examiner, University of Liverpool Management School: External Examiner; 1/9/2023
9th AIB-CEE Chapter Conference 2023: Participant; 5/7/2023

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Projects

Global value chains and environmental sustainability in emerging markets: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan: Makhmadshoev, Dilshod (Co-investigator) Golgeci, Ismail (Principal Investigator); AUFF NOVA, £46,000

This project explores the role of Global Value Chains in (exacerbating or improving) environmental challenges and environmental practices of firms in emerging markets, on the example of garment manufacturing firms in Kyrgyzstan, a post-socialist country in Central Asia. This question will be addressed by focusing on the impact of
GVCs on focal firms’ production processes concerning environmental issues like energy efficiency, resource use, water efficiency, waste management, pollution, and emissions. Recent research shows that a large share of emission growth in emerging markets is, in fact, due to the participation of firms in GVCs that serve consumption overseas. Due to being integrated into GVCs, suppliers in emerging markets face increasing pressures from customers in developed countries to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. However, there is growing recognition that whilst poorer economies contribute very little to global greenhouse gas emissions, they are unduly affected by climate change compared to richer and more developed economies. This has been highlighted as a form of environmental injustice, which requires local
transformative actions to tackle and mitigate environmental problems. By exploring the role of GVCs on the environment and environmental practices in emerging markets, this project aims to make an important scientific contribution within the GVC research and lead scholarly debates on transformative actions to create more environmentally sustainable and inclusive GVC systems.; 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
Examining entrepreneurial resourcefulness, informal institutions and internationalisation in transitional economy contexts: Makhmadshoev, Dilshod (Principal Investigator) Ibeh, Kevin (Co-investigator); Birkbeck, University of London, £4,870; 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018