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Dr Habte Selassie

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Dr Habte G. Selassie, Senior Lecturer

Dr Habte Selassie

Dr Selassie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, the Business School, University of Bedfordshire.

He holds a PhD degree in International Business, and an MSc degree in Marketing & Product Management, both from Cranfield University, UK.

He teaches International Marketing, International Business, and Marketing Research; and his research interests include marketing orientation, SME internationalisation, and international collaborative strategies.

Dr Selassie has published two books, and prepared over 25 articles for academic journals and international conferences. He serves on the Editorial Board of journals, including the Journal of East-West Business, Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, and Journal of African Business.

He is a member of the Academy of International Business, and the Higher Education Academy.

He has participated in several international projects (e.g. Bulgaria, Poland, and China) and was the Lead Academic for a KTP Project involving developing international marketing and expansion strategy for a technology based SME.

He has also been Visiting Lecturer at Varna University of Economics, Varna, Bulgaria; and Mikkeli Polytechnic, Mikkeli, Finland.

Selected Publications

  • Pressey, A. & Selassie, H.G. (2007). Motives for dissolution in export relationships: Evidence from the UK, The Journal of Consumer Behaviour: An International Research Review. 6, no.2-3. pp. 132-45. 
  • Selassie, H.G., B. Mathews, L. Lloyd-Reason, & T. Mughan (2004). Internationalisation factors and firm size: An empirical study of the east of England, in Frank McDonald, Michael Myer, and Trevor Buck (eds.), The Process of Internationalisation, London: Palgrave MacMillan Ltd. pp. 175-193.
  • Pressey, A. & Selassie, H.G. (2003). Are cultural differences over-rated? Examining the influence of national culture on international buyer-seller relationships, The Journal of Consumer Behaviour: An International Research Review. 2, no.4. pp. 354 - 368.
  • Selassie, H.G., R. Hill & N. Tsarev (2002). Market orientation of Bulgarian food and agribusiness enterprises in the 1990's: An exploratory case study in the poultry sector, Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing. vol. 14, no. 1. pp. 7 - 23.
  • Selassie, H.G., R. Hill (1998). The business environment for IJV formation in LDCs: A case study, in Hooley, Graham et al. (eds.) Internationalisation: Process, Context, and Markets. MacMillan Press Ltd. pp. 238-253.
  • Selassie, H.G. &N. Yankov (eds)  (1998). Agribusiness Workbook: International Agri-marketing and Production. Volume 1-5.  Svishtov: Tsenov Publishing House. (In Bulgarian).
  • Selassie, H.G. (1995). International Joint Venture Formation in the Agribusiness Sector. Aldershot: Avebury Publishers.
  • Selassie, H.G., R. Hill (1993). Factors determining joint venture formation in the agribusiness sector of sub-Saharan African countries; Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing. vol. 5 no. 1. pp. 73-93.

Contact Details

Dr Habte G. Selassie
Senior Lecturer
Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship
The Business School
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton LU1 3JU
UK

T. +44(0)1582 743 212
F: +44(0)1582 743 726
E: habte.selassie@beds.ac.uk

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