Prof. Tamar Almor
עברית

Prof. Tamar Almor

Adelson School of Entrepreneurship

Acting Dean & Head of the Entrepreneurship–Sustainability track

Research and Teaching Expertise

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Strategy
  • Innovation & Creativity

  • Tamar Almor is a Full Professor at the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship, Reichman University. She holds a Ph.D. in International Business from Tel Aviv University and is fluent in Hebrew, English, and Dutch. Her academic career spans institutions in Israel, Singapore, Finland, Norway, and the Netherlands. Professor Almor currently serves as the Acting Dean of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at Reichman University. Previously she served as Dean of Business at the College of Management, where she established academic divisions, developed graduate-level programs, and introduced innovative curricula. Her research—internationally recognized and award-winning—examines the internationalization strategies and behavioral patterns of small, entrepreneurial Israeli firms and high-tech ventures. She is an active researcher who has published extensively in leading academic journals such as Long Range Planning, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, International Business Review, Management International Review, and is cited frequently. Her studies focus on growth strategies and business models of international startups and scaleups as well as processes of innovation in large companies. In addition, she studies the role of gender and culture in entrepreneurship and innovation. Her scholarly contributions are complemented by extensive industry engagement, including consulting for leading firms and advising start-ups on global expansion strategies. In 2021, she was elected life-long Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of International Business. She serves on the Editorial Boards of several peer-reviewed journals, has chaired and organized international academic conferences, and is frequently invited to deliver keynote addresses at major scholarly events. Currently she serves as the Editor-in-Chief of EIBA Perspectives.

  • Edited Books and Special Journal Issues

    Hirsch, S. and Almor, T. (Eds.) 1996. Outsiders' Response to European Integration. Copenhagen Business School Press; Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Almor, T. and Hashai, N. (Eds.). 2000. FDI, International Trade and the Economics of Peacemaking. Academic Studies Division, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
    Almor, T. (Ed.) 2006. Establishing and Managing the Firm. Israel Small and Medium Enterprise Authority. (Hebrew).
    Almor. T. and Tarba, S.Y. 2014. Focused issue on Maturing Born Globals. Management International Review, 54(4)
    Tarba, S.Y. and Almor, T. 2018. Special issue on International New Ventures. International Studies of Management & Organization, 48(2)
    Almor, T., Jankowska, B., Foroudi, P. and Marinova. S.T. 2023. The Foreign Investment Decision Process in Times of Digital Transformation: A tribute to Yair Aharoni. The European Journal of International Management. 20 (1).


    Articles in Refereed Journals 

    Shenkar, O.; Aranya, N.; Almor, T. 1995. Construct dimensions in the contingency model: An analysis based on metric and non-metric multivariate instruments. Human Relations, 48 No. 5, pp. 559-580.

    Almor T. and Hirsch, S. 1995. Outsiders' response to Europe 1992: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence. Journal of International Business Studies, 26(2): 223-238.
    Reprint in T. Brewer (ed.), 1999. Trade and Investment Policy. Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
    Reprint in Almor, T. and Hashai, N. (Eds.). 2000. FDI, International Trade and The Economics of Peacemaking. College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
    Almor, T. 2001. Towards a contingency view of market entry strategies: Contextual and strategic factors. The Journal of Euromarketing, 10(1), 5-25.
    Reprint in Hong Liu (Ed.), 2001. Foreign Direct Investment and Strategic Alliances in Europe. International Business Press, Binghamton, NY.
    Lerner, M. and Almor, T. 2002. Relationships among strategic capabilities and the performance of women-owned small ventures. Journal of Small Business Management, 40(2): 109-125.
    Ellis, S., Almor, T. and Shenkar, O. 2002. Structural contingency revisited: Towards a dynamic system model. Emergence, 4.4: 51-85.

    Almor, T. and Hashai, N. 2004. The competitive advantage and strategic configuration of knowledge-intensive, ‘Born Global’ firms: A modified resource-based view. Journal of International Management, 10: 479-500.

    Hashai, N. and Almor, T. 2004. Gradually internationalizing ‘Born Global’ firms: An oxymoron? International Business Review, 13(4): 465-483.

    Almor, T., Hashai, N., Hirsch, S. 2006. The product cycle revisited: Knowledge intensity and firm internationalization. Management International Review, 46: 507-528.

    Rachman-Moore, D., Almor, T., Kogman, M. 2007. Equal investments, different rewards: Gender inequalities among Israeli lawyers. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 13(3): 189– 216.

    Hashai, N. and Almor, T. 2008.  R&D Intensity, Value Appropriation and Integration Patterns within Organizational Boundaries. Research Policy. 37/6-7: 1022-1034.

    Almor, T., Tarba, S.Y. and H. Benjamini. 2009. Unmasking integration challenges: The case of Biogal's acquisition by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. International Studies of Management & Organization. 39(3): 33-53.

    Almor, T. 2011. Dancing as fast as they can: Israeli high-tech firms and the great recession of 2008. Thunderbird International Business Review. 53(2): 195-208. Feature article

    Tarba, S.Y., Almor, T., and Benyamini, H. A. 2012. A comparative Anatomy of Two Cross-border Acquisitions by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions. 10: 75-102.

    Almor, T. 2013. Conceptualizing paths of growth for the technology- based, born global firm originating in a small population, advanced economy. International Studies of Management & Organization. 43(2):56-78.

    Almor, T. and Yeheskel, O. 2013. Footloose and fancy free: Sojourning entrepreneurs in China. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 7(4): 354 - 372. Received Highly Commended Paper award 2014 by Emerald.

    Almor, T. and Heilbrunn, S. 2013. Entrepreneurship in Israel: Theory and Practice. The American Journal of Entrepreneurship, 6(2): 16 – 36.

    Almor, T., Tarba, S.Y., Margalit, A. 2014. Maturing, technology-based, born global companies: Surviving through mergers and acquisitions. Management International Review, 54(4): 421-444. Lead Article.

    Heilbrunn, S. and Almor, T. 2014. Is entrepreneurship education reproducing social inequalities among adolescents? Some empirical evidence from Israel. The International Journal of Management Education, 12(3):445-455.

    Liu, Y. and Almor, T. 2016. How culture influences the way entrepreneurs deal with uncertainty in inter-organizational relationships:  The case of returnee versus local entrepreneurs in China. International Business Review, 25(1A): 4-14.

    Shoham, A.; Almor, T; Lee, S.M.; Ahammad, M. 2017. Encouraging environmental sustainability through gender: A micro-foundational approach using linguistic gender marking. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(9): 1356–1379. Selected as one of the three best papers published in JOB in 2017, received the Runner-up paper Award in 2018.

    Almor, T. 2018. International investment strategies utilized by international new ventures: The role of exogenous and endogenous uncertainty. International Studies of Management & Organization, 48(2): 140-156.

    Tarba, Y.S., Almor, T. 2018. International entrepreneurial ventures: Implications for international management. International Studies of Management & Organization, 48(2): 137-139.

    Øyna, S., Almor, T., Elango, B., Tarba, S.Y. 2018. Maturing born globals and their acquisitive behavior. International Business Review, 27(3): 714-725.

    Almor, T. and A. Shnider. 2019. From knowledge enrichment to career development: the case of higher education in Israel. Invited article Journal of Intercultural Management and Ethics, 2: 53-64.
    Almor, T., Bazel Shoham, O., Lee, SM. 2022. The dual effect of Board Gender Diversity on R&D investments. Long Range Planning, 55(2), article101884

    Lehrer, M. and Almor. T. 2022. Startups internationalizing in quest of a business model: The global prospecting of process niche firms. Journal of International Management. 28(1), article 100906.


    Almor, T., Jankowska, B., Foroudi, P., Marinova, S.T. 2023. The foreign investment decision process in times of digital transformation: A tribute to Yair Aharoni. The European Journal of International Management. Vol 20(1): 1-8

    Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books

    Ellemers, T. and Segev, E. 1993. Strategic archetypes at the business level: A synthesis of eight typologies. In E. Segev Business Unit Strategy. Tel Aviv, Open University. (In Hebrew).

    Hirsch, S. and Almor, T. 1995. The effect of Europe 1992 on outsider firms: The case of Israel. In E. Ahiram and A. Tovias (eds.) Wither EC-Israeli Relations? Common and Divergent Interests. Peter Lang, Europëischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main. pp. 47-62.

    Hirsch, S. and Almor, T. 1996. Europe ninety-two: Effects on outsiders. In Hirsch, S. and Almor, T. (eds.) Outsiders' Response to European Integration. Copenhagen Business School Press; Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Almor, T. 1996. Responding to unification of the European Community: The use of international strategic alliances by outsiders. In Hirsch, S. and Almor, T. (eds.) Outsiders' Response to European Integration. Copenhagen Business School Press; Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Almor, T. 1996. Bank Leumi LeIsrael. Foundations of Management. Henley Management College, Oxfordshire, UK.

    Almor, T. 1996. Scitex. Foundations of Management. Henley Management College, Oxfordshire, UK.

    Almor T. and Hirsch, S. 1999. Outsiders' response to Europe 1992: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence. In T. Brewer (ed.) Trade and Investment Policy. Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. (Reprint from JIBS).

    Almor, T. 2000.  Born global: The case of small and medium sized, knowledge-intensive, Israeli firms. In Almor, T. and Hashai, N. (Eds.). 2000. FDI, International Trade and The Economics of Peacemaking. Academic Studies Division, Rishon LeZion, Israel.

    Almor T. and Hirsch, S. 2000. Outsiders' response to Europe 1992: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence. In Almor, T. and Hashai, N. (Eds.). 2000. FDI, International Trade and the Economics of Peacemaking. Academic Studies Division, Rishon LeZion, Israel. (Reprint from JIBS).

    Almor, T. and Hashai, N., 2000.  Seev Hirsch: A man of creativity and vision. In Almor, T. and Hashai, N. (Eds.). 2000. FDI, International Trade and the Economics of Peacemaking. Academic Studies Division, Rishon LeZion, Israel.

    Almor, T. 2001. Towards a contingency view of market entry strategies: Contextual and strategic factors. In Hong Liu (Ed.) Foreign Direct Investment and Strategic Alliances in Europe.  International Business Press, Binghamton, NY. (Reprint from the Journal of Euromarketing, 2001).

    Almor, T. and Hashai, N. 2004. Configurations of International Knowledge-Intensive SMEs: Can the Eclectic Paradigm provide a sufficient theoretical framework? In W. During, R. Oakley and S. Kauser (Eds.) New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium, Volume III. Chapter 17. Amsterdam, Elsevier.

    Almor, T. 2004. Tecnomatix – A global entrepreneurial company. In O. Shenkar and Y. Luo. International Business. John Wiley and Sons.

    Almor, T. and Sperling, G. 2008. Israeli, born global, knowledge-intensive firms: An empirical inquiry. In Dana, L., Han, M., Ratten, V., Welpe, I. Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Theory of Internationalization. Edward Elgar, pp. 316-336

    Hashai, N., Almor, T., Papanastassiou, M., Filippaios, F., Rama, R. 2011. Unraveling the Relationships between Internationalization and Product Diversification among the World's Largest Food and Beverage Enterprises. In Ravi Ramamurti, Niron Hashai (eds.). The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise (Research in Global Strategic Management, Volume 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 271-299.

    Almor, T., Tarba, S.Y., and Benyamini, H.  2011. Teva’s acquisition of Biogal Pharmaceutical Works – Part 1. In Gomes, E., Weber, Y., Brown, C., and Tarba, S.Y. 2011. Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances: Understanding the Process. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 75-82.

    Almor, T., Tarba, S.Y., and Benyamini, H.  2011. Teva’s acquisition of Biogal Pharmaceutical Works – Part 2. In Gomes, E., Weber, Y., Brown, C., and Tarba, S.Y. 2011. Mergers, Acquisitions and Strategic Alliances: Understanding the Process. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 208-211.

    Bank, D. and Almor, T. 2013. The development of business education in a young, entrepreneurial country. In V. Jones, J. McIntyre & I. Alon (Eds.) Innovation in Business Education in Emerging Markets, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 76-95.

    Marinov, M., and Almor, T. 2024. Virtual teams across national borders. In Marinov, M. (Ed.) Virtual Teams across National Borders. Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing. Chapter 1, pp. 1-13.


    Chudner, I., Almor, T. 2024. Trust Building and Informal Communication in International Virtual Teams. In Marinov, M. (Ed.) Virtual Teams across National Borders. Routledge Frontiers in the Development of International Business, Management and Marketing. Chapter 8, pp. 113-129.

    Almor, T. and Berliner, D. 2024. Entrepreneurship and International Business Policy: The case of Israel. In Gugler, Ph. and Tavares, A.T. (Eds.)  Handbook of International Business Policy. Elward Elgar, UK. Chapter 13, pp. 229-245.

    Almor, T. 2024. Small countries creating global advantages: A tribute to Yair Aharoni. In Lewin, A., Ramamurti, R. and Rose, E. (Eds.) Standing on the Shoulders of International Business Giants: In memory of Yair Aharoni. World Scientific, Chapter 40, pp. 479-484.