Dr Amir Qamar

Dr Amir Qamar

The Department of Strategy and International Business
Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business
Programme Director MSc International Business

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 9554
Email
a.qamar@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Department of Strategy and International Business
Birmingham Business School
University House
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TY

Amir is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Business in Birmingham Business School, University 麻豆精选, UK.

His research interest is primarily on lean and agile production strategies within the global automotive industry. Having acquired a thorough understanding of strategy within a manufacturing context, Amir is also interested in multiplier effects within certain supply chains, MNEs, R&D, innovation, productivity and the retail industry.

Qualifications

PhD in Management, University 麻豆精选, 2018 

PGCERT Advanced Research Methods and Skills, University 麻豆精选, 2016

MSc in Economic Policy & International Business, University 麻豆精选, 2012 

BSc (Hons) in Economics, University 麻豆精选, 2011

Biography

Amir joined Birmingham Business School as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in 2018. He previously worked at City-REDI as a Research Fellow and worked on a range of projects, which concerned productivity, low-pay and multiplier effects. Amir is still closely working with City-REDI to better understand the relationship between the regional economy and specific firms. 

Amir has a background in Economics and International Business, but his more recent work has focused on Operations Management and Supply Chain Management as his PhD research investigated the performance and contextual trade-offs between lean and agile organisations within the automotive industry. Amir was awarded the Midlands Excellence Organizational Improvement Doctoral Scholarship to complete his PhD. Amir has experience of teaching a wide range of modules in the domains of business strategy and operations.

Teaching

  • MSc Environment of Business
  • MSc Issues in Management (Dubai)
  • MBA Implementing Strategy & Managing Change

Other activities

  • 2019 – Present
    Officer for the Academy of International Business (AIB) Research Methods Shared Interest Group (RM SIG)
  • 2018 – Present
    City-REDI Associate
  • 2018 – 2020
    Lead Organiser for the Annual Strategy & International Business Symposium (ASIBS)
  • Reviewer for the following journals:
    International Journal of Operations & Production Management; Supply Chain Management: An International Journal; International Journal of Production Research; Production Planning & Control; and International Business Review.

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Chidlow, A, Ghauri, PN, Buckley, T, Gardner, E, Qamar, A & Pickering, E (eds) 2019, . The Academy of International Business, 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan.

Article

Du, B, Bryson, JR & Qamar, A 2025, '', Journal of Environmental Management.

Qamar, A, Collinson, S & Green, A 2022, '', Regional Studies.

Qamar, A & Child, J 2021, '', AIB Insights, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 1-6.

Zhao, K, O'Mahony, M & Qamar, A 2020, '', Applied Economics, vol. 52, no. 29, pp. 1-14.

Green, A, Sissons, P, Broughton, K & Qamar, A 2020, '', Regional Studies, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 333-344.

Qamar, A, Hall, M, Chicksand, D & Collinson, S 2020, '', Production Planning & Control: The Management of Operations, vol. 31, no. 9, pp. 723-738.

Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Buckley, T & Zhao, K 2019, '', International Business Review.

Qamar, A & Hall, M 2018, '', Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 239鈥�254.

Qamar, A, Hall, M & Collinson, S 2018, '', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 3974-3993.

Commissioned report

Green, A, Sissons, P, Qamar, A & Broughton, K 2018, . Joseph Rowntree Foundation. <>

Conference contribution

Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Buckley, T & Zhou, K 2019, . in 46th Academy of International Business UK & Ireland Chapter Conference: Multinational Enterprises and their Non-market Social and Political Strategies.

Other contribution

Qamar, A & Collinson, S 2020, ..

Other report

Qamar, A, Gardner, E, Green, A & Collinson, S 2022, . WMREDI.

Qamar, A & Collinson, S 2019, .