Sabancı University, Management and Organization, 2019

University of Tehran, Human Resource Management, 2013

Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature,2005-2010

Business Strategy, Behavioral Theory of the Firm, International Business, Cross-cultural Management

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
• Alipour, A., & Yaprak, A. (2026). Revisiting the behavioral theory of the firm: toward a theory of forward-looking search in multinational enterprises. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 1-20.
• Almustafa, H., Alipur, A., Faizulayev, A., Galariotis, E., & Pillai, R. (2025). Societal happiness and corporate cash holdings: The contingency role of climate policies. Journal of Environmental Management, 395, 127722.
• Alipour, A., Goudarzi, K., Ateş, N. Y., Gözübüyük, R., & Genç, M. (2025). Performance feedback, performance prospects, and firm search behavior: the role of institutional settings. Journal of Business Research, 200, 115630.
• Alipour, A., & Yaprak, A. (2024). National culture and firms’ cash holdings: The role of indulgence and its boundaries. Journal of Business Research, 172, 114414.
• Alipour, A., Yaprak, A. (2022). Indulgence and risk-taking behavior of firms: direct and interactive influences. Journal of International Management, 28(2), 100945.
• Alipour, A. (2021). What matters for the future? Comparing Globe’s future orientation with Hofstede’s long-term orientation. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 28(4), 734 -759.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/PROCEEDINGS
• Alipour, A., Yaprak, A. (2025). Leverage and Corporate Cash Holdings: The Contingent Role of Culture and Formal Institutions. European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference, University of Piraeus, Athens, Greece.
• Alipour, A., Marcus, J., Galariotis, E. (2025). Cultural Rule and Norm Orientation: A Cultural Values Explanation for The Firm Debt-Cash Link. Ready for Submission. Academy of International Business (AIB). LouiseVille, Kentucky, USA.
• Alipour, A., Gözübüyük, R., & Castaner, X. (2024). The Behavioral Theory of the Firm across Cultures. Academy of International Business (AIB). Seoul, South Korea.
• Alipour, A. (2023) What predicts firms’ cash holdings? A behavioral theory of the firm perspective. To be submitted within 2023. European International Business Academy. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Alipour, A., Yaprak, A. (2023). National culture and firms’ cash holdings: the role of indulgence and its boundaries. Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland.
• Alipour, A., (2022). Positive performance feedback and risk relationship; does culture matter? European International Business Academy. BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
• Alipour, A., Yaprak, A. (2021). Indulgence and risk-taking behavior of firms: Direct and interactive influences. European International Business Academy. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.• Alipour, A., Yaprak, A. (2021). Forward-looking search behavior of internationalizing firms: Similarities and differences between emerging market and their advanced market counterparts. 7th Copenhagen Conference on ‘Emerging Market Multinationals: Outward Investment from Emerging Economies’. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.• Alipour, A., Goudarzi, K., Ates, Y., N., Gözübüyük, R., & Genc, M. (2021). The role of institutional environment driving firms’ attention to forward-looking aspirations. Academy of Management Proceedings.