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SMRG Funded Postdoctoral Fellow: Anoosheh Rostamkalaei

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Author Rania Nasrallah

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Anoosheh Rostamkalaei received a Telfer School of Management Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Support Grant in January 2020 to pursue her research interests and contribute to the Telfer School’s Area of Strategic Impact Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategic Management. She is a Telfer alumna, having received her M.Sc. in Management at Telfer in 2013. Anoosheh has been actively involved in exploring the financing practices of SMEs and innovative firms and has published in high ranked journals in her field, including Small Business Economics and Journal of Small Business Management. She was also a recipient of SSHRC and Statistics Canada postdoctoral fellowships.

Understanding the driving forces for firm growth

Growing firms require several resources that support their growth process including financial resources. Lack of financing is one of the major limitations to their growth. Therefore, it is essential to understand the sources of difficulties, such as conditions for securing financing, the psychological pressure of seeking credit, or the expectations of entrepreneurs from the entire process.

In her postdoctoral work, Anoosheh concentrates on new forms of financing of small firms, specifically crowdfunding. Crowdfunding platforms allow small firms to collect money, from ordinary individuals, through the Internet to fund their innovative ideas. Anoosheh’s postdoctoral work examines crowdfunding financing through several lenses:

  • the spatial characteristics of investors
  • the networks of investors and their preferences in financing innovation
  • the rationality of investment in crowdfunding projects.

When asked about the importance of her postdoctoral research, Anoosheh says:

“Internet-based financing networks such as the crowdfunding platform create online ecologies that are yet to be understood. These studies contribute to the investigations of the viability of crowdfunding and the extent to which crowdfunding could offer open and egalitarian access to finance.”

Congratulations Anoosheh on securing the SMRG Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Support Grant! Your contribution to the growth and recognition of the Telfer School is appreciated.

Learn more about the Telfer School of Management Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Support Grant.

About the Author

Rania Nasrallah a rejoint le bureau de recherche Telfer en 2019. Elle a obtenu son doctorat en médecine à l'Université d'Ottawa et apporte à ce rôle plus de deux décennies d'expérience en recherche. Rania participe à tous les aspects du mandat du Bureau de la recherche et est responsable de fournir un large éventail de services aux membres du corps professoral et aux étudiants de recherche de deuxième et troisième cycle. Elle gère les subventions internes et les bourses d'études, et participe à la stratégie de communication de la recherche. Elle fournit également un soutien aux chercheurs avant l'attribution des subventions afin de maximiser le succès du financement au niveau national et international. En outre, elle travaille en étroite collaboration avec le Vice-doyen à la recherche pour élaborer et mettre en œuvre des stratégies visant à améliorer le financement et la vélocité de la recherche à Telfer, conformément à notre vision pour créer un meilleur Canada et un meilleur monde pour tous.<br/><br/>Rania Nasrallah joined the Telfer Research Office in 2019. She completed her PhD in Medicine at the University of Ottawa and brings over two decades of research experience to this role. Rania is involved in all aspects of the mandate of the Research Office and is responsible for providing a wide range of services to faculty members and research based graduate students. She manages internal grants, student awards, and participates in the research communication strategy. She also provides pre-award support to researchers to optimize funding success nationally and internationally. In addition she works closely with the Vice Dean Research to develop and implement strategies to enhance research funding and intensity at Telfer following our vision to create a better Canada and a better world for all.

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