Ali SHAMSOLLAHI

Associate Professor
department: Marketing
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0) 1 34 43 37 23
Marketing Strategy
Career
Biography

Ali Shamsollahi is an Associate Professor of Marketing at ESSEC Business School. His research focuses on interorganizational relationships, with a particular emphasis on the evolution and dynamics of relationships, marketing channels, and startups’ growth and liquidity events. His work has been published in leading journals, including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and Organizational Research Methods. Alongside his academic career, Ali has held several managerial positions in industry.

Diplomas

  • 2018: Ph.D. in Marketing (University of Melbourne Australia)
  • 2010: Master of Business Administration in Marketing (Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch Iran)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2025 – Now : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2019 – 2025 : Assistant Professor of Marketing (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
    • 2010 – 2014 : Deputy CEO (Research and Consultancy) (Dotic Group Iran)
    • 2005 – 2010 : Sales & Marketing Manager (Behsazan Jonoob Eng Iran)
Distinctions

Grants

  • 2019 : Department of Management & Marketing Revise & Resubmit (with Danielle Chmielewski-Raimondo & Simon Bell)Research Grant (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2017 : Department of Management & Marketing Teaching Fellowship (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2015 : Faculty Graduate Research Abroad Travelling Scholarship (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2014 : Melbourne International Mobility Grant (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2014 : Melbourne International Research Scholarship (University of Melbourne, Australia)

Awards

  • 2018 : Journal Publication Scholarship Award (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2017 : Department of Management & Marketing Ph.D. Best Paper Award (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  • 2017 : AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Research

Journal articles

Teaching

Marketing

  • 2020 – Now : Marketing Management (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2017 – 2018 : Marketing Strategy (University of Melbourne Australia)
Other activities
Research activities
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2024 – Now: Editorial Board Membership – Journal of Business Research
  • Member of an academic association
    • 2020 – Now: Member of the European Marketing Academy
    • 2015 – Now: Member of the American Marketing Association
  • Reviewer for a journal
    • Reviewer for Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing