Tourism and Hospitality Management: A Global Gateway to Career Opportunities
May 28, 2025
Dr. Nazir Yosufi Faculty
April 30, 2026
Dr. Leul Girma Haylemariam
Faculty
Dr. Leul Girma Haylemariam is an academic and researcher in the areas of international business strategy, innovation management, and sustainable development. His Doctorate focused on the role of digital and entrepreneurial transformation on the success of organizations in variegated international ecosystems awarded by the University of International Studies of Rome (UNINT) in Intercultural Relations and International Management. This addition to his other Interdisciplinary academic qualifications such as a Business Management MSc awarded by Sapienza University of Rome and an MA awarded by the Rome Business School in Marketing and Communications, adds a versatile academic depth to his Scholarship.
He has been a dedicated scholar and has contributed a lot of peer-reviewed works to some of the highest ranked global journal publications such as Business Strategy and the Environment, Management Research Review, and Sustainability Accounting, and Management and Policy. In his works, he conducted researches to advance on the role of Big Data, CSR, and Environmental Sustainability, with a major focus on Social Enterprises and Small-T medium Enterprises. Dr. Haylemariam has a Doctorate thesis on Women Entrepreneurship, with focus on Business Models for Frugal innovation in an Emerging Economy. This provides him with the academic thoroughness for a balanced and sustainable economic focus on the peripheral Youth.
His vast global research and teaching competence at EAAS help in creating a robust interface involving innovative business solutions to complex real-world problems. His teaching assistant roles involved having a hands-on structural and content-based role in mentoring students in International Sales and Marketing Management courses as well as Luxury and Fashion Management, thus guaranteeing EAAS students a globally informed and contemporary curricula.
With experience in public-sector research and advocacy, as well as over a decade in European higher education, Dr. Haylemariam, through EAAS, is bringing his knowledge and skills to strengthen and develop interdisciplinary research to teach and train the new generation of leaders and prepare them to direct the digital and sustainable economic transformation worldwide.
Email: leul.haylemariam@eaas.mt
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles:
- Haylemariam, L. G., Umar, R. M., & Oduro, S. (2025). Modeling the role of big data analytics capabilities in impacting corporate environmental performance: A serial mediation analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment. Publisher: WILEY. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.4373
- Girma, L., Oduro, S., Cucari, N., & Cristofaro, M. (2025). Venturing green: the impact of sustainable business model innovation on corporate environmental performance in social enterprises. Management Research Review, 48(13), 20-44. Publisher: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-07-2024-0534
- Haylemariam, L. G., Oduro, S., & Tegegne, Z. L. (2024). Entrepreneurial agility and organizational performance of IT firms: A mediated moderation model. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management & Innovation, 20(2). Publisher: Cognitione Foundation. https://doi.org/10.7341/20242024
- Haylemariam, L. G., Oduro, S., Mainolfi, G., & De Nisco, A. (2024). Women entrepreneurial orientation: A systematic literature review. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 12(2), 19-42. Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie. https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2024.120202
- Oduro, S., & Haylemariam, L. G. (2019). Market orientation, CSR, and financial and marketing performance in manufacturing firms in Ghana and Ethiopia. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 10(3), 398-426. Publisher: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-11-2018-0309
- Oduro, S., & Haylemariam, L. G. (2025). Effect of social and environmental sustainability on SME competitiveness: a meta-analytic review. Management Review Quarterly, 1-32. Publisher: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-025-00519-3
- Oduro, S., Haylemariam, L. G., & Umar, R. M. (2025). Influence of corporate digital responsibility on financial performance: the mediating role of firm reputation. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 34(4), 2259-2273. Publisher: WILEY. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12766
- Oduro, S., Umar, R. M., De Massis, A., & Haylemariam, L. G. (2025). Corporate social responsibility and family firm performance: A meta-analytic review. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32(2), 1412-1443. Publisher: WILEY. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.3004
- Cristofaro, M., Cucari, N., Zannoni, A., Laviola, F., Monda, A., Liberato Lo Conte, D., ... & Mare, S. M. (2025). Micro-municipal administration: a review and network-based framework. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 38(4), 448-481. Publisher: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-02-2024-0041
- Montera, R., Haylemariam, L. G., & Cucari, N. (2024). Continuous Improvement and Organizational Resilience: The Role of Digital Maturity in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. In International Conference of the Digital Transformation Society (pp. 487-501). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/9
Conference & Book Chapter:
- Haylemariam, L. G. (2024). Women Entrepreneurship: Business Models for Frugal Innovation in an Emerging Economy. Ph.D Thesis. Publisher: University of International Studies of Rome - UNINT. https://iris.unint.eu/handle/20.500.14090/7321
- Digital transformation for environmental sustainability in SMEs: The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation and strategic agility. 8th International Scientific Conference on Economics & Management: EMAN 2024, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome, Italy. Page 20. https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Leul-girma-Haylemariam-Lab
- Haylemariam, L. G., Cucari, N., Cristofaro, M., Laviola, F., LO CONTE, D. L., Monda, A., ... & Mare, S. M. (2024). Good Governance for Smart Villages: A Bibliometric Review. Management of Sustainability and Well-being for Individuals and Society, 1151-1159. https://iris.uniroma1.it/handle/11573/1737464
- Cristofaro, M., Cucari, N., Mare, S., Haylemariam, L. G., Schilleci, P., Laviola, F., ... & Monda, A. (2024). Governing Small Villages: Review and A Multi-Level Perspective. https://iris.uniroma1.it/handle/11573/1714852
- Break Out of the Shell 444 Perspective. In EURAM Conference. The book demonstrates how a small, well-organized group can have a profound impact on institutions and society. https://www.amazon.com/Break-Out-Shell-Leul-Girma/dp/1532701845