Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in the Middle East

Philippe W. Zgheib is a senior Fulbright scholar since 2004 in entrepreneurship, strategic management, and business economics. He holds a PhD in economics (1994) and a civil engineering doctorate (1990) from Utah State University in the USA. He has served actively in academia both in Lebanon and in the USA. Also he is a widely established corporate consultant and business moderator of executive workshops with private business as well as in public civic engagement and community service. He has joined LAU in Fall 2012 in Business Management and Entrepreneurship as a director of the Human Resources Institute at LAU, after 12 years at AUB. His publications are specialized in the areas of human resource management, entrepreneurship, business ethics, and business communications. His consulting expertise beyond entrepreneurship includes leadership styles, conflict optimization, advanced negotiations, emotional intelligence, and business communications. He is also a registered professional engineer, and a project development leader. Media exposure includes BBC World, CNN, Voice of America, Executive magazine, and An-nahar daily in economics, and management of integrated systems.