PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles

Abd Hamid, H. & Teng, H. (2025). Small differences still matter: survivability of ventures owned and operated by transnational migrants through the lens of cultural arbitrage. Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. Accepted paper (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI Q1, ABS **, Scopus and ABDC B)
Ayob, A. H., Izuan Shahiri, H., Abd Hamid, H., & Kamal Mujani, W. (2024). Personality and motives for self-employment. European Journal of Psychology Open. (Indexed in SSCI Q2 and Scopus)
Abd Hamid, H., & Bouhalleb, A. (2024). The influence of entrepreneurs’ multi-country resources and mobility on transnational entrepreneurship survivability. Journal of Management & Organization, 1-21. (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI Q4, ABS **, Scopus and ABDC B)
Abd Hamid, H., Pidduck, R. J., Newman, A., Ayob, A. H., & Sidek, F. (2023). Intercultural resource arbitrageurs: a review and extension of the literature on transnational entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Research, 165, 114007. (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI Q1, ABS ***, Scopus and ABDC A)
Zanky, M. N., Abd Hamid, H., Abdullah, N. L., & Hizam-Hanafiah, M. (2023). Poverty Alleviation Through Entrepreneurial Activities: A Systematic Literature Review. MOJEM: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Management, 11(1), 1-22.
Hizam-Hanafiah, M., Abdul Ghani, M. F., Mat Isa, R., & Abd Hamid, H. (2022). Critical Success Factors of Franchising Firms: A Study on Franchisors and Franchisees. Administrative Sciences, 13(1), 8.
Abdul Ghani, M. F., Hizam-Hanafiah, M., Mat Isa, R., & Abd Hamid, H. (2022). A Preliminary Study: Exploring Franchising Growth Factors of Franchisor and Franchisee. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(3), 138.
Abd Hamid, H., & Everett, A. M. (2022). Migration contexts in shaping community ethnic resources: a Forms of Capital approach on ethnic migrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, (Indexed in Scopus and ABDC).
Ayob, A.H., Abd Hamid, H. and Sidek, F., (2022). Individual values and career choice: Does cultural context condition the relationship?. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. 22, 560–581. (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI, Scopus and ABDC)
Abd Hamid, H., Ayob, A. H. & Sidek, F. (2021). Capturing transnational entrepreneurial opportunities through dual identification: Immigrant entrepreneurs and transnational activities. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 14 (1), 255-281 (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI Q3, Scopus and ABDC)
Abd Hamid, H.. & Everett, A. (2021). Migrant entrepreneurs from an advanced economy in a developing country: The case of Korean entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 14(4), 595-615 (Indexed in Scopus, ISI/WOS/ESCI and ABDC)
Abd Hamid, H., & Che Senik, Z. (2020). Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs, resources and opportunities: An integrated framework. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 41(2): 241-266. doi: 10.1504/IJESB.2020.109934 (Indexed in Scopus and ABDC)
Abd Hamid, H. (2020). Challenges experienced by immigrant entrepreneurs in a developing, non-Western country: Experiences in Malaysia. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review. doi: 10.15678/EBER.2020.080301 (Indexed in ISI/WOS/ESCI, Scopus and ABDC)
Yanai, Laila, Zizah Che Senik, Nur Sa’adah Muhamad, Abd Hamid, H., and Atasha Jamaludin. (2020). "Push and pull factors influencing thai immigrant entrepreneurs conducting business in Malaysia." Journal of Nusantara Studies 5 (2):19-47. doi: 10.24200/jonus.vol5iss2pp19-47. (Indexed in Scopus and ISI/WOS/ESCI)
Abd Aziz, N. A., Hanafiah, M. H., Isa, R. M., & Abd Hamid, H. (2019). Factors of Malaysian Home-Grown Franchise Expansion into International Market: A Case of Education and Learning Centre. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(9), 1077-1084. (Indexed in ERA)
Aziz, N. A. A., Hanafiah, M. H., Abd Hamid, H., & Isa, R. M. (2019). Survival of Laundry Franchisor Franchising Firm: A Study of Self-Service. International Journal of Entrepreneurship 23 (3). (Indexed in Scopus and ABDC)
Abd Hamid, H., O’Kane, C. & Everett, A. M. (2019). Conforming to the Host Country Versus Being Distinct to Our Home Countries: Ethnic Migrant Entrepreneurs’ Identity Work in Cross-Cultural Settings. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25(5): 919-935. (Indexed in ISI/WOS/SSCI Q3, ABS **, Scopus and ABDC B)
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M. & O'Kane, C. (2018). Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs’ opportunity exploitation and cultural distance: A classification through a matrix of opportunities. Asian Academy of Management Journal, 23(1), 151-169. (Indexed in ISI/WOS, Scopus and ABDC)

Book

Abd Hamid, H. (2020) Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia: Penerbit UKM

Book chapters

Abd Hamid, H. (2021). Indonesian migrant entrepreneurs: A comparison of two cohorts in Malaysia. In Entrepreneurship in Indonesia (pp. 57-77). Routledge.
Abd Hamid, H. (2018). Pengantarabangsaan usahawan imigran melalui pendekatan modal insan (Internationalisation of migrant entrepreneurs through human capital approach, in Bahasa Melayu). In Z. Mohd Makhbul, R. Arshad & R. Mat Isa (Eds.), Pembangunan Modal Insan Lestari. Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia: Penerbit UKM.
Abd Hamid, H., O’Kane, C., & Everett, A. M. (2017). Technology-based nascent entrepreneurship and ethnic migrants: Exploring the influence of cultural distance through the Forms of Capital model. In J. A. Cunningham & C. O’Kane (Eds.), Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship: Springer.

Book review

Abd Hamid, H. (2020). Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0: Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth. Book reviewed for International Journal of Institutions and Economies, Vol 12 Issue 3.

Conference papers/proceedings

Abd Hamid, H. (2024). Configurations for entrepreneurial survival in transnational markets. Paper presented at the 2024 Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference, GuangZhou, China
Abd Hamid, H., Omar Zaki, H., Junaini, S. N., Sarawak, U. M., & Teng, H. C. (2024). Agroentrepreneurship in a divided context. Paper presented at the 2024 Academy of International Business Asia Pacific Regional Conference, GuangZhou, China
Abd Hamid, H., Ayob, A.H., & (2024). Survival strategies of transnational entrepreneurs. Paper presented at the 2024 Academy of International Business Meeting, Seoul, South Korea
Abd Hamid, H. (2024). Survival strategies of transnational entrepreneurs. Paper presented at the 2024 Academy of International Business Meeting, Seoul, South Korea
Abd Hamid, H. (2023). Covid 19 impacts on transnational entrepreneurs and strategies to overcome the complexities. Paper presented at the 2023 European Academy of Management Meeting, Dublin, Ireland
Abd Hamid, H. (2022). Configurations for business survival in the context of transnational entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the 2022 Joint International Conferences on Advanced Research in Business Innovation, Management, Accounting, and Law 2022 (JIBMAL2022), Sarawak, Malaysia
Abd Hamid, H. & Bouhalleb, A. (2022). A configurational approach of transnational entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the 2022 European Academy of Management Meeting, Winterthur, Switzerland
Abd Hamid, H. (2021). 10 years of transnational entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Online
Abd Hamid, H. (2020). Korean migrant entrepreneurs’ experiences in Malaysia. Paper presented at the 17th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Online
Abd Hamid, H. & Che Senik, Z. (2019). Transnational entrepreneurship in Malaysia. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice: Present and Future, Varna, Bulgaria
Abd Hamid, H., & Everett, A. M. (2018). Co-ethnic-based resources: An investigation of the role of home country cultural contexts. Paper presented at the 78th Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Abd Hamid, H. (2018). Indonesian entrepreneurs in Malaysia: motivations and mechanisms Paper presented at The 3rd CHREST International Conference 2018 (CHREST2018), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M., & O’Kane, C. (2017). Co-ethnic linkages of ethnic migrant entrepreneurs: An investigation of three migrant communities in Malaysia, The 22nd New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference 2017. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M., & O’Kane, C. (2017). Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs’ opportunity exploitation and cultural distance: A classification through a matrix of opportunities. Paper presented at the The12th Asian Academy of Management International Conference 2017, Batu Ferringhi, Penang Island, Malaysia. Best paper recipient
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M., & O’Kane, C. (2016). Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs: Evidence from three sending countries in a host country. Paper presented at the 11th Global and Cross Cultural Organizational Research Ph.D. and Post-Doc Seminar and Conference, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M., & O’Kane, C. (2015). Ethnic migrant entrepreneurs: Different countries of origin, different challenges? Paper presented at the 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Queenstown, New Zealand.
Abd Hamid, H., Everett, A. M., & O’Kane, C. (2015). The role of education in entrepreneurship: The case of migrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Paper presented at the Asia and Education Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Publications: Case Studies