Montpellier Research in Management

Member – Karim Messeghem

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Montpellier Management

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Karim MESSEGHEM is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the University of Montpellier.      

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
  • NAKARA W., RAMAROSON A., DOUAIHY C., MESSEGHEM K. (July 14, 2025). From Poverty to Prosperity: Innovation as a Key Factor in New Venture Survival. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, , 1–22, 10.1080/08985626.2025.2523806, https://hal.science/hal 05263495
  • HERAL, M., MESSEGHEM, K., CATANZARO, A. (February 11, 2025). Cooperative internationalization and its dedicated support. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, Advance Publication, Vol. XXIV, No. 10, 10.3917/e.entre.pa.0006, https://hal.science/hal-05438825
  • BANC, C., MESSEGHEM, K. (March 29, 2025). The Legitimacy of Corporate Accelerators within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Perceptions of Supported Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 37 (9-10), 1416-1438, 10.1080/08985626.2025.2485271, https://hal.science/hal-05438824
  • RHATTAT, R., MESSEGHEM, K., CHERBIB, J. (June 30, 2025). Exploring the Ile-de-France legal entrepreneurial sub-ecosystem: a journey into unknown territory. Entreprendre & Innover, No. 64 (1), 11–23, 10.3917/entin.064.0011, https://hal.science/hal-05438827 
  • MESSEGHEM, K., RHATTAT, R. (June 30, 2025). Daring Legal Entrepreneurship in the Age of Digital Transformation. Entreprendre & Innover, No. 64 (1), 5–10, 10.3917/entin.064.0005, https://hal.science/hal-05438828
  • BRUNNER, P., MESSEGHEM K. (March 11, 2025). Exploring the construction of social capital within the student entrepreneurship sub-ecosystem. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, , 1–28, 10.1080/08985626.2025.2475907, https://hal.science/hal-04993466
  • Messeghem, K. (2024) Opinion piece advocating for an ecosystem-based approach to entrepreneurial support. Entreprendre & Innover. 2024/3, No. 62.
  • Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2024). Addressing the resource requirements of internationalizing green SMEs. European Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12699
  • Bouhalleb, A. & Messeghem, K. (2024) Exploring the impact of dynamic capabilities on entrepreneurial orientation in healthcare organizations: Findings from symmetric and asymmetric modeling. Management International, 28(6):1-34.
  • Messeghem, K., C. Theodoraki, and E. Carayannis (2023), “Toward a Model of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem as a Set of Sub-Ecosystems: Contributions of the Adaptive Complex Systems Approach,” *Management International*. (HCERES A / CNRS 3 / FNEGE 2)
BOOKS

Book Chapters:

  • BIDAUT, L., MESSEGHEM, K., CASANOVA, S. (August 31, 2025). Local Policies and Institutional Frameworks: Shaping the Landscape of Resource Accessibility in the Burgundy Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. In: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Resource Acquisition, Flow, and Management. Springer, 85–104, https://hal.science/hal-05499358
  • THEODORAKI, C., MESSEGHEM, K., CARAYANNIS, E. (March 8, 2025). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Quadruple Helix: A Sub-ecosystem Approach. In: De Gruyter Handbook of Rural Entrepreneurship. De Gruyter, 117–138, 10.1515/9783110791396-007, https://hal.science/hal-05445070
FUNCTIONS AND SEARCHES

Functions:

  • Co-Director of the Master's 1 & 2 Program in Entrepreneurial Support
  • Co-Director of the Master's 1 & 2 Program in Intrapreneurial and Digital Project Management 
  • Co-Director of the EMBA in Growth Strategy for SMEs.
  • Director of the University Diploma in Business Management.

Searches:

  • Entrepreneurial ecosystem.
  • Business opportunity.
  • Strategy in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.
JOURNEY

2005: Agrégation in Higher Education
1999: PhD Management Sciences