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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Teaching areas

Business Law, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Negotiations, Social Entrepreneurship

Research areas

Management, Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Peace and Conflict Studies

Education

JD, International Business Law, George Washington University Law School, United States, 2011
MBA, International Business, George Washington University School of Business, United States, 2011
BA, Religion, Haverford College, United States, 2007

Professional experience

Professor, Management, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, American University of Sharjah, 2024 - Present
Research Affiliate, Centre For Leadership, Ethics, And Organizations, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2021 - Present
Associate Professor, Management, American University of Sharjah, 2017 - Present
Research Fellow, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, 2023 - 2024
Visiting Research Fellow, Centre For Development And The Environment (sumo), University of Oslo, Norway, 2020 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Management, American University of Sharjah, 2013 - 2017
Chair, Department Of Business And Economics, American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2012 - 2013
Assistant Professor Of Business Administration, School Of Business Administration, American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2011 - 2013
Law Clerk, Small Business Administration, Office of the Inspector General, DC, United States, 2010 - 2011
Graduate Teaching And Research Assistant, George Washington University, DC, United States, 2008 - 2011
International And Government Affairs Clerk, Occidental Petroleum, DC, United States, 2008 - 2009

Memberships

Academy of Legal Studies in Business, ALSB, International, The Academy of Legal Studies in Business (International) is an association of teachers and scholars in the fields of business law, legal environment, and law-related courses outside of professional law schools. Our nearly 1,000 members teach primarily in schools of business in colleges and universities, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Academy provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, and encourages support and cooperation among those who teach and conduct research in the field of legal studies. The Academy ...
Academy of Management, AoM, International, The Academy of Management is the preeminent professional association for management and organization scholars. Our worldwide members are professors and Ph.D. students in business schools at universities, academics in related social science and other fields, and practitioners who value knowledge creation and application. Founded in 1936, our global community today is nearly 20,000 strong, spanning more than 120 countries., June 2013

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4629

Dr. John Katsos

Professor
JD, George Washington University Law School, United States

John E. Katsos is a Professor of Management, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship. He researches how business can act ethically and profitably through crisis. Katsos has published over 40 academic and practitioner articles on business responses to crisis based on work with businesses in Syria, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Myanmar. John sits on the Boards of the UNGC UAE Local Network, the UNPRME Business for Peace Working Group, and DiverseCity, a social enterprise. John has his JD and MBA from George Washington University and his BA in Religion from Haverford College. He is licensed to practice law in New York.

Publications

John Katsos, Jay Joseph, Francois Maon And Adam Lindgren. Business and peacebuilding: Substantiating the field and highlighting new frontiers, Journal Of Management Studies
John Katsos And Jason Miklian. The business of sustainability as a governance tool, June 2023
Richard Marcantonio, John Katsos And Jason Miklian. How We Can Truly Build Back Better in Ukraine, Global Policy, 26 June 2023
John Katsos And John Forrer. Business against Violence: Assessing How Business Impacts Peace, Multinational Business Review, 16 June 2022
John Katsos, Jay Joseph And Harry Van Buren. Entrepreneurship and Peacebuilding: A Review of Entrepreneurship in Peace and Conflict, Business And Society, 11 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
John Katsos, Jason Miklian And John Forrer. In Light of Russia Sanctions, Consider Your Conditions for Doing Business in Other Countries, Harvard Business Review, 15 March 2022
John Katsos, Jason Miklian And Patrick Mcclelland. Building a Culture That Can Withstand a Crisis, Harvard Business Review, 17 November 2021
Jason Miklian, John Katsos, Angelika Rettberg And Jennifer Oetzel. The Power of Community Partnerships in Times of Crisis, Harvard Business Review, 17 November 2021
John Katsos And Jason Miklian. What Covid-19 Taught Us About Doing Business During a Crisis, Harvard Business Review, 17 November 2021
John Katsos And Jason Miklian. A New Crisis Playbook for an Uncertain World, Harvard Business Review, 17 November 2021
John Katsos And Jay Joseph. Business, Peace, and Refugees, Business And Society
John Katsos And Anna-lena Meier. Comparative perspectives on organized immaturity: surveillance and censorship in different political regimes
John Katsos. Business, Human Rights, and Peace: Linking the Academic Conversation, Business And Human Rights Journal, 2020
Jay Joseph, John Katsos And Mariam Daher. Local Business, Local Peace? Intergroup and Economic Dynamics, Journal Of Business Ethics, 2020
Kristina Katsos And John Katsos. What Should be the ESG Preconditions to Development of the Aphrodite Gas Field?, Oil, Gas And Energy Law, 2020
John Katsos. Practice Reflecting Theory: Music at the Oslo Business for Peace Awards, 2020
Daniel Simonet And John Katsos. Market reforms in the French healthcare system: between regulation and yardstick competition, Public Money And Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
John Katsos. Business and Governance Structures in Conflict Zones: Interviews of Businesses in Iraq and Syria, Academy Of Management Proceedings, August 2019
Sophie Alkhaled, Michael Coniff, Charlotte Karam, John Katsos, Randa Salamoun, Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu And Hans Van Dijk. Refugees and Information Technology: Greater Opportunities or Novel Concerns?, Academy Of Management Proceedings, August 2019
Jason Miklian, Rina Alluri And John Katsos. Business, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development, May 2019
John Katsos. Business and Terrorism: the ISIS Case, May 2019
John Katsos And Yass Alkafaji. Business in War Zones: How Companies Promote Peace in Iraq, Journal Of Business Ethics, 10 March 2019
John Katsos And Jason Miklian. Overcoming Tech Exceptionalism: How to Improve Societal Impact by Technology Firms in Fragile and Conflict Settings, Global Policy Online, 9 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Udo Braendle And John Katsos. Directors' Remuneration and Motivation, The Theory And Practice Of Directors’ Remuneration: New Challenges And Opportunities, 2016
John Katsos And Timothy Fort. Leadership in the promotion of peace: Interviews with the 2015 Business for Peace honorees, Business Horizons, 1 September 2016
John Katsos. Access and application: Addressing the two major problems in current business and peace research, Business, Peace And Sustainable Development, 1 June 2016
John Forrer And John Katsos. Business and peace in the buffer condition, Academy Of Management Perspectives, 1 November 2015
John Katsos And John Forrer. Business practices and peace in post-conflict zones: Lessons from Cyprus, Business Ethics, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014

Conference Presentations

What are the ethical obligations of private economic actors in conflict zones?, The State Of The Art In Business And Peace, 26 September 2023
The Transnational Anti-Corruption Regime and Peace: An Exploratory Review, Academy Of Legal Studies In Business Annual Conference, 6 August 2021
What are the ethical obligations of economic actors in conflict zones?, Academy Of Legal Studies In Business Annual Conference, 6 August 2021
From Stumbling Block to Opportunity: How Cyprus can turn its Natural Gas Findings from a Conflict Liability to an Asset for Peace., Isa Annual Conference, 26 March 2020
Business Ethics, Structural Violence, and the Control of the State, Zicklin Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series, 22 March 2019
Towards a Global Peace-Promoting Anti-Corruption Regime, The Transnationalization Of Anti-corruption Law, 7 December 2018
What do “Protect, Respect, Remedy” mean in practice in conflict contexts, United Nations Forum On Business And Human Rights, 28 November 2018
Business and Rule of Law in Conflict Zones: Interviews of Owners and Senior Managers in Iraq and Syria, Academy Of Legal Studies In Business Annual Conference, 11 August 2018

Awards and Honors

Best Conference Paper Award, International Academy of Business and Society, Best conference paper for 2023 for the paper "Business and Refugee Crises", 10 June 2023
Lawrence Forman Award, Haverford College, The Lawrence Forman Award Goes to Haverford athletes who, professionally or voluntarily, have devoted a significant amount of time and energy to the betterment of society. The award honors Lawrence Forman ’60, one of the outstanding athletes in the history of Haverford College, who committed his life both to the betterment of humankind and to international understanding., 28 May 2022
Virginia Maurer Ethics Award for Best Ethics Paper, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, The Virginia Maurer Award for Outstanding Ethics Paper recognizes outstanding current and unpublished scholarly papers on the topic of business ethics as it relates to the legal environment of business (including corporate and organizational compliance). With the generous support of the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration, a cash award may be presented to the award winner. The presentation of the award shall be made during the Ethics Section’s meeting at the ...

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