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Ayman El Tarabishy, Ed.D.

Research Professor in Management
Director of International Council of Small Business (ICSB)

Email: ayman@gwu.edu
Phone: (202) 994-1120
Office: Funger Hall 312

Bio
Selected Publications
Interests

Bio

Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy holds M.B.A. and doctoral degrees from the George Washington University.  He is currently a research professor in management at the George Washington University's School of Business, where he teaches leadership in the full-time, part-time, and executive MBA programs and leads the primary entrepreneurship and case study methods course for the GW Healthcare MBA program.  He is also the Executive Director of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), the oldest and largest non-profit organization across the globe devoted to advancing small business research and practices.

Dr. El Tarabishy has worked at the World Bank in the Corporate Strategy Group. He helped develop and manage their technology strategy for the Development Marketplace Program. The program's mission was to identify and support creative cutting-edge solutions to the most pressing world social and economic concerns. To date, the Global Development Marketplace competition has disbursed over US $50 million in awards to 300 winning proposals. 

Ayman's current research is in entrepreneurial leadership. His recent work explores and attempts to more clearly define the relationship between an organization's entrepreneurial strategy and the CEOs' leadership characteristics and actions.  He has presented his work at national and international conferences and has published research articles in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Journal of Private Equity, and the Southern Business Review. 
 
Dr. El Tarabishy consults and conducts executive training for several national and international organizations, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank, and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).

Professional Associations

  • Academy of Management
  • Member, Organizational Behavior Division
  • Member, Organization Development and Change Division
  • Member, Entrepreneurship Division
  • International Leadership Association

Professional Specialties

  • Designing and conducting organizational research focused on leadership and entrepreneurship
  • Design and implementation of leadership development programs
  • Designing and facilitating executive team development sessions
  • Assisting executives and managers in the design and implementation of major cultural change efforts in organizations

Clients

Among Dr. El Tarabishy’s clients have been the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the National Federation of Small Business (NFIB), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the United States Association for Small Business (USASBE).

Selected Publications

Book Chapters:

El Tarabishy, A. (2009). Social Media for Teaching Leadership. Software and internet based materials to accompany. Peter G. Northouse, Leadership: Theory and practice. (5th ed.)
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Solomon, G., Duffy, S and Tarabishy, A. 2005. The State of Entrepreneurship Education in the United States: A Nationwide Survey and Analysis. In Keystones of Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Malden Mass: Blackwell Publishing.

Articles:

Sashkin, M., El-Tarabishy, A., & Harvey, M.(2009, January/February).Stogdill 60
years later: The role of character in leadership effectiveness.The Member Connector,12-14. (http://www.ila-net.org/Members/Directory/Downloads/Newsletter/2009MC-01-02.pdf)

El-Tarabishy, A., & Sashkin, M.(2008). Social entrepreneurship at the macro-level: Three lessons for success. Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization, 3(3), 56-64.

El Tarabishy, A., Solomon, G., and Sashkin, M. (2005). The entrepreneurial leader’s impact on organizational performance in dynamic markets. The Journal of Private Equity, 8(4), 20-30.

Fernald, L., Solomon, G ., and El Tarabishy, A. (2005). A New Paradigm: Entrepreneurial leadership. Southern Business Review, 30 (2), 1-10.

Solomon, G., Duffy, S. and El Tarabishy, A. (2002). The State of Entrepreneurship Education in the United States: A Nationwide Survey and Analysis. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 1(1): 00-00

Interests

Primary Topics of Interest: Entrepreneurial Leadership, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurial Experiential Education, and Transformational Leadership.

Additional Topics: Family Business

Industries of Interest: Education industry, information technology, internet, management consulting, and software.

Geographical Areas: Global, United States, European Union, and Middle East.

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