Jahan Ara Peerally

Associate Professor, Department of International Business

Contact information

HEC Montréal
3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3T 2A7

Email : [email protected]
Phone : 514 340-6578
Secretary: 514 340-6994
Fax : 514 340-6987
Office : 3.242

Education

B.Sc. Hons. (Business Management), King’s College, University of London
M.Sc. (International Business), Birkbeck College, University of London
Ph.D. (International Business), University of Mauritius, Mauritius

Expertise

FDI-assisted economic development
Multinational enterprises
Technology transfer
Innovative technological capability creation
Economics of innovation and Innovation systems
Developing countries

This publication selection covers the last five years.

Journal articles (10)

DOLOREUX, David, DE FUENTES, Claudia, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, QUILLEY, Stephen; « New industrial path development in “less glamorized regions”: actors, agencies, and rural opportunities », Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 25, no 3, 2025, p. 407-425.

ZHAO, Shasha, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia, GONZALEZ-PEREZ, Maria Alejandra; « The determinants of multinational enterprises' sustainable innovations », International Business Review, vol. 33, no 5, 2024, p. 1-9.

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia, SANTIAGO, Fernando, PARANHOS, Julia; « Firm and non-firm actor collaborations as a determinant of countries' readiness, progress and success for developing COVID-19 vaccines », International Journal of Technology Management, vol. 94, no 3/4, 2024, p. 385-418.

ALLATAIFEH, Haneen, MOGHAVVEMI, Sedigheh, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara; « How does the digital innovation process unfold in practice? A novel third-generation and empirical-based need–solution pairing model », European Journal of Innovation Management, vol. 26, no 3, 2023, p. 730-754.

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia, SANTIAGO, Fernando, ZHAO, Shasha et al.; « The sustainability of multinational enterprises' pandemic-induced social innovation approaches », Thunderbird International Business Review, vol. 64, no 2, 2022, p. 115-124.

ROHANI, Vala Ali, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, MOGHAVVEMI, Sedigheh, GUERREIRO, Flavio Carvalho, PINHO, Tiago; « Illustrating scholar–practitioner collaboration for data-driven decision-making in the optimization of logistics facility location and implications for increasing the adoption of AR and VR practices », The TQM Journal, vol. 34, no 2, 2022, p. 280-302.

LIU, Xiaoyu, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia, INCE, David, VREDENBURG, Harrie; « Who Makes or Breaks Energy Policymaking in the Caribbean Small Island Jurisdictions? A Study of Stakeholders’ Perceptions », Sustainability, vol. 14, no 3, 2022, p. 1-19.

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, SANTIAGO, Fernando, DE FUENTES, Claudia, MOGHAVVEMI, Sedigheh; « Towards a firm-level technological capability framework to endorse and actualize the Fourth Industrial Revolution in developing countries », Research Policy, vol. 51, no 10, 2022, p. 1-22.

DE FUENTES, Claudia, NIOSI, Jorge, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara; « Exploring innovation and export interplay in Canadian firms », Economics of Innovation and New Technology, vol. 30, no 8, 2021, p. 786-806.

SANTIAGO, Fernando, DE FUENTES, Claudia, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, LARSEN, Jenny; « Investing in innovative and productive capabilities for resilient economies in a post-COVID-19 world », International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, vol. 12, no 2, 2020, p. 153-167.

Book chapters (4)

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, SANTIAGO, Fernando, MOGHAVVEMI, Sedigheh, TAMBOU MARIANNA, Emma; « Building manufacturing firms’ digital technological capabilities for circular economy outcomes in developing and emerging economies », Building Digital Technological Capabilities. A Global South Perspective , Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, p. 167-217.

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia, ALMUKHTAR, Zainab; « Reversing Nova Scotia’s declining rural agri-food sector », Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Unexplored Topics and Contexts, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, p. 161-174.

DE FUENTES, Claudia, PEERALLY, Jahan Ara et al.; « Transforming Innovation Systems for Sustainable Development Challenges: A Latin American Perspective », The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Latin America: Unleashing a Millennial Potential, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022, p. 133-157.

PEERALLY, Jahan Ara, DE FUENTES, Claudia; « Typifying latecomer social enterprises by ownership structure: Learning and building knowledge from innovation systems », Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, Policy Lessons and Overlooked Dimensions, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, p. 194-220.

This selection of supervision activities covers the last five years.

Supervised project supervision – MSc in Management (4)

Étude des externalités produites par la Zone Agtech d'après son écosystème , by Emma Rosello
September 2025

Les déterminants de l'IDE des entreprises aérospatiales canadiennes vers le Missouri , by Lamine Touré
September 2025

Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment for the Agtech Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Quebec and Competing Countries/Regions , by Jeanne Woitrin
September 2025

Designing and Implementing a Pilot Experiential Learning Program on Sustainable Development for Upper Elementary School Students , by Paul Lessard
September 2025