Mahdieh Sarbazvatan

Mahdieh Sarbazvatan

PhD.

Positions

PhD Student

Haskayne School of Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation [ENTI]

Teacher Assistant

Haskayne School of Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation [ENTI]

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Location

Office: SH480 A-J

Background

Educational Background

Master's Degree Industrial Engineering , Iran university of Science & Technology, 2019

BSc. Engineering Physics , University of Tehran , 2017

Biography

Mahdieh is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the guidance of Mohammad Keyhani. Her primary research interest lies in the concept of generativity, with a keen focus on its application in generative products, marketplaces, and the incentives that drive generativity in research papers and book chapters. In addition to this, Mahdieh is delving into the realm of generative agent-based modeling and multiple large language model (LLM) agents , finding a profound interest that holds the potential to pave new avenues for future research endeavors.

Research

Areas of Research

Innovation Management, Product & Market Generativity, Generative Agent-based Modeling, Large Language Model Agents, Corporate governance

Awards

  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International , 2024
  • Bertram Scholarship, Canadian Foundation for Governance Research. 2024

Publications

  • From Matchmakers to Innovation Machines: A Study of Market Generativity in the Bubble.io Ecosystem. Mahdieh Sarbazvatan and Mohammad Keyhani. Academy of Management Proceedings. (2024)
  • Geographic tradability and political ideology in crowdfunding. Rezaei, M., Keyhani, M., Jamshidi, Z., & Sarbazvatan, M.. 2023 annual conference of the Administrative Science Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (2023)
  • Enhancing Venture Capital Decision-Making: The Integration of Multi-Agent LLMs. Mahdieh Sarbazvatan, Mohammad Keyhani. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE)-Calgary, AB, Alberta, Nov2024. (2024)

More Information

Supervisor: Mohammad Keyhani