Mehdi Kiaee
Positions
Sessional Instructor
Haskayne School of Business, Business Technology Management [BTM]
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Haskayne School of Business, Business Technology Management [BTM]
Affiliations
PhD Candidate
Haskayne School of Business, Business Technology Management [BTM]
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Location
Office: SH488
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Background
Educational Background
MSc. IT Management, Business Intelligence, University of Tehran, 2019
BSc. Finance, University of Tehran, 2016
Biography
Mahdi Kiaee is a PhD Candidate in Business Technology Management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. His research examines competition and welfare in digital platforms, with particular focus on interoperability vs. data portability, data sharing under information asymmetry, and the broader effects of technological change on innovation and R&D labor. His work utilizes analytical modeling and empirical/causal inference approaches.
Mahdi also teaches in BTMA, contributing to lecture and assessment development and delivering instruction that bridges hands-on analytics—including Power BI, data modeling, DAX, and API-enabled workflows—with managerial technology topics through case studies and in-class workshops. Before starting his PhD, he worked in industry across business analytics, ERP implementation (SAP CO), and financial modeling in the telecommunications sector. He holds an MSc in IT Management (Business Intelligence) and a BSc in Financial Management from the University of Tehran, and has a peer-reviewed publication on predictive analytics for ERP performance.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| BTMA 317 | Introduction to Business Technology Management | Winter 2026 |
Projects
Working paper—analytical model of the distinct and interaction effects of data portability and interoperability on competition and welfare.
Work in progress—studies data sharing under information asymmetry, highlighting the tradeoff between scale advantage and rent erosion.
Dissertation proposal—empirical project estimating the causal effects of CAIT adoption on firm innovation trajectories and R&D labor outcomes.
Awards
- Financial Educational Reward, Iran's National Elites Foundation. 2012
Publications
- Designing a predictive analytics model to evaluate the quantitative performance of enterprise resource planning system.. Sohrabi, B., Raeisi Vanani, I., Kiaee, M.. Iranian Journal of Information Management. 5(2), 220-242. Doi: 10.22034/aimj.2020.11144. (2020)
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Supervisor: Hooman Hidaji
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