Nazanin Tourani (she/her)


Associate Professor College of Business Management and Marketing Providence

Biography and Expertise

Nancy Tourani is a researcher and teacher. Her area of expertise is strategy and strategic alliances. She also works on strategy stories and storytelling analysis. She has published three book chapters on ontological and quantum storytelling.

Education

PhD
New Mexico State University

MBA
Sharif University of Technology

BE
Iran University of Science and Technology

Academy of Management

Tourani, N.
Thriving in a shifting landscape: Role of social media in support of business strategy
Asia Pacific Management Review
27
4
276-281

Tourani, N.
Service Delivery and Branding Management in Digital Platforms: Innovation through Brand Extension
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
2022

Tourani, N. & Khatibi, S.
Investigating the Impact of Strategic Alignment on Performance Considering the Role of Sustainable Strategy
Management
10
2
46-54

Tourani, N.
Reading Behind the Scene of Public Stories: Quantum Storytelling Triangulation
Emerald Books Publication
159-175

Tourani, N. & Bonifer, M.
Ten Story Metrics for Organizations
Emerald
281-294

Boje, D. & Tourani, N.
The Agential Materiality of Storytelling
Springer International Publishing
113-135

Tourani, N. & Aguirre, G. & Boje, D. & Cast, M. & Conner, S. & Helmuth, C. & Mittal, R. & Saylors, R. & Vendette, S. & Qiang Yan, T.
University sustainability and system ontology
International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior
15
4
577-618

Business strategy of accelerators in Iran entrepreneurial environment
Poster
Southwest Academy of Management
New Orleans
LA
United States

Storytelling: A strategic tool for strategic change
Oral Presentation
Quantum Storytelling Annual Review
Las Cruces
NM
United States

Story Vs. Narrative: Fade or Brighten of Failures in Public Record
Oral Presentation
Annual Quantum Storytelling Conference
Los Angeles
CA
United States

Ten Story Metrics for Organization
Oral Presentation
Annual Quantum Storytelling Conference
Los Angeles
CA
United States

Strategy stories of annual reports: case of Sears Canada Incorporation
Oral Presentation
Society of Business Research

Heideggerian inquiry of strategic alliance
Oral Presentation
International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies
Berkley
CA
United States

Stuck in the middle? Restaurants in northern Iran
Oral Presentation
Standing Conference for Management and Organizational Inquiry

Dance of genres in storytelling: The case of textual mediation in sears’ annual reports
Oral Presentation
Standing Conference for Management and Organizational Inquiry