Dr Mitra Etemaddar

Director of Master of Entrepreneurship Programme

Room: Otago Business School 4.27a
Tel: + 64 3 479 4873
Email: mitra.etemaddar@otago.ac.nz

Dr Mitra joined the Department of Marketing in 2014 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. She has been involved in a Marsden-funded projects working on Entrepreneurial Networking and Foreign Market Entry Decision Making. Her research interests include entrepreneurial opportunities, the internationalisation of firms and business networks. She is also interested in mobility and travel. Dr Mitra has completed a PhD on 'Mobility and Diaspora Tourism' in 2014.

Teaching responsibilities

Mitra's teaching responsibilities are:

MART212 (Understanding Markets) and ENTR411 (Introduction to Entrepreneurship)

Office Hours

Mitra's Office Hours are:

Wednesday 10.00am to 11.00 or by appointment

Journal articles

• Etemaddar, M., Tucker, H., & Duncan, T. (2016). Anchoring to Identity Through Exploring Another Land: The Iranian Diaspora in New Zealand. Tourism Culture & Communication, 15(3), 195-204.

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

• Chetty., S. and Etemaddar., M. (2015). Networking and a tandem approach to foreign market entry decision making. Academy of International Business (AIB) conference, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. Peer reviewed full paper presented in a competitive session.
• Chetty., S.; Weerawardena., J.; Freeman., S,.& Etemaddar, M. (2015). Entrepreneurial networking and foreign market entry decision making. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE) conference, Adelaide, Australia. Peer reviewed full paper presented in the competitive session.
• Chetty., S.; Etemaddar, M.; Weerawardena., J.; & Freeman., S,. (2015). Networking and foreign market entry decision making. Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) conference in Melbourne, Australia. Peer reviewed full paper presented in the competitive session.
• Sarmento, J. and Etemaddar, F. (2009). Nomad tribal women and tourism development: the Khamseh Tribes, Iran. In Traditions and Transformations: Tourism, Heritage and Cultural Change in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Conference Proceedings, 4-7 April 2009, ISBN: 978-1-907240-01-0.

Other Conference presentations

• Etemaddar, M. Leading and performing a workshop on 'Women and Governance.' 31st International Conference of Federation of Graduate Women, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
• Etemaddar, M. Taste of home through a family reunion in Diaspora. 10th Biennial ANZALS Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2011.
• Etemaddar, M. Domestic trips in Diaspora; a coping strategy for home making in another land. SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Conference on Travelling Towards Home: Motilities and Homemaking, London, 2011.
• Etemaddar, M. New lens towards looking at diaspora tourism. Fourth International Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) Conference on Tourism Futures: Creative and Critical Action, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, 2011.