Reza Toorajipour

Bio

Reza Toorajipour is a PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School and an affiliated researcher at Stanford University. Reza has an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the intersection of business and technology. His research interests include data ecosystems and business ecosystem theories, business model innovation, and the impacts and applications of digital technologies on businesses and how they create and capture value. Mainly, he studies artificial intelligence, IoT, and blockchain in the context of business model innovation and data ecosystems.

His PhD primarily focuses on developing business models for “Artificial intelligence of things” (AIoT). This PhD is linked to the “Embedded AI” project funded by the Digital Research Centre Denmark (DIREC) and CBS. This project will lead to the design of technical and socio-commercial elements of a potential AIoT ecosystem. Reza, together with other CBS team members will focus on developing new AIoT-powered business models.

His works have been published in journals such as the Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Information Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, and conferences such as HICSS, EurOMA, and SPS, among others.
In addition to academic experience, Reza worked in the industry for several years. He has been involved in entrepreneurship activities and worked in the Startup ecosystem for several years, where he studied and analyzed startups’ business models, challenges, and growth strategies.