Egypt

Dr. Nahed Azab is an IT consultant, mentor, and professor. She plays an active role in planning and updating the curriculum, compiling and editing the material and coursework, and teaching several IT undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the American University in Cairo. In particular, Dr. Azab focuses on Electronic Commerce, Electronic Marketing, Management Information Systems, and Business Intelligence. She obtained her PhD from the School of Engineering and Information Sciences - Middlesex University, London (July 2010). Dr. Azab obtained her MSc. In Business Information Technology, School of Computing Sciences - Middlesex University, London (July 2002). Her career path encompassed software programming, analysis and design, computer center management, software instruction, and general IT consultancy with public and private entities such as the Ministry of State for Administrative Development and McKinsey & Company. Dr. Azab is a committee member in several journals, books, and conferences. She also presented a number of academic papers in journals, books, and conferences.

nazab@aucegypt.edu

Publications:

Refereed Journals

• Ali, M., Gomes, L., Azab, N., Souza, J., Sorour, K. and Kimura, H. (2023). “Panic Buying and Fake News in Urban vs. Rural UK: A Case Study of Twitter During COVID-19”. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, special issue: Social Customer Journey — Behavioural and Social Implications of Digitally Disruptive Environment
• Ali, M. Azab, N., and Sorour, K. (2019). “Integration v. Polarization Amongst Social Media Users: Perspectives through Social Capital Theory on The Recent Egyptian Political Landscape”. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, special issue: Acculturation in the Social Media: a myth or reality? Analysing social media led integration and polarisation.
• Themist, M., Azab, N., Kamal, M. Ali, M., and Morabito, V. (2012). “Location-Based Services for Public Policy Making: The Direct and Indirect Way to e-Participation”. Information Systems Management, 29(4): 269-283.
• Azab, N. (2012). “Challenges and Opportunities of Using the Internet to Realize Democracy in Egypt“. Journal of North African Research in Business, 2012 (547105).
• Azab, N. (2012). “The Role of the Internet in Shaping the Political Process in Egypt”. The International Journal of ePolitics (IJEP), 3(2), 30-49.
• Azab, N. (2009). “Assessing E-Government Readiness of Public Organizations”. Communications of the IBIMA, 8(13).
• Azab, N., Kamel, S., Dafoulas, G. (2009). “A Suggested Framework for Assessing E-Government Readiness in Egypt (Case of a Public Organization)”. Electronic Journal of E-Government (EJEG), 7(1):11-28. 

Books

• Azab, N. (2013) Ed.. “Cases on Web 2.0 in Developing Countries: Studies on Implementation, Application and Use”. IGI Global, PA, USA.
• Azab, N. (2013). "Assessing E-Government Readiness of Egyptian Public Organisations”.  LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-8465-8836-9.

Book Chapters

• Azab, N., Farzali, E. Zaher, O., and Sayed, H. (2014). “Government 2.0:  A Change Towards Citizen Participation in Arab Countries”. Chapter in “Case Studies in E-Government 2.0: Changing the Citizen Relationship”. Springer  NY, 2014.
• Azab, N. and AbdelSalam, H., and Gamal, S. (2013). “Use of Web 2.0 Collaboration Technologies in Egyptian Public Universities: An Exploratory Study”. Chapter in “E-Government Implementation and Practice in Developing Countries”. IGI Global, PA, USA. 
• Azab, N. and Khalifa, N. (2013).  “Web 2.0 and Opportunities for Entrepreneurs: How Egyptian Entrepreneurs Perceive and Exploit Web 2.0 Technologies”. Chapter in “Cases on Web 2.0 in Developing Countries: Studies on Implementation, Application and Use”. IGI Global, PA, USA.
• Azab, N. (2010). “Assessing E-Government Readiness in Egypt - Comparison between Two Public Organizations”. Chapter in “E-Strategies for Technological Diffusion and Adoption: National ICT Approaches for Socioeconomic Development”. IGI Global, PA, USA. 
• Azab, N. (June 2005). “Assessing Job Seekers’ Acceptance of On-Line Recruitment in Egypt”. Chapter in a book entitled “E-Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges", Idea Group Publishing, PA, USA.
• Azab, N. and Wahba, K. (2003). “A Framework for Knowledge Management Adoption in an Egyptian Steel Company”. Chapter in a book entitled “Information Technology and Organizations: Trends, Issues, Challenges and Solutions”. Idea Group Inc., PA, USA.

Refereed Proceedings

• Azab, N. and ElSherif, M. (2024). “A Framework for the Adoption and Use of Information and Communication Technology for Empowering Women Entrepreneurs”. To be submitted to the 2024 International Conference on Information Resources Management (CONF-IRM2024), May 26-28, 2024.
• Azab, N. and ElSherif, M. (2023). “Measuring Trust in Government Amid COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine War”. 8th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2023), February 20-23, 2023.
• ElSherif, M. and Azab, N. (2019). “A Framework to Measure E-Participation Level of Government Social Media Accounts”. 9th International Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (ICIST'2019), March 24-26, 2019.
• Azab, N. and ElSherif, M. (2018). “A Framework for Using Data Analytics to Measure Trust in Government through the Social Capital Generated over Governmental Social Media Platforms”.  The 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dgo.2018), May 30th - June 1st, 2018.
• Rateb, D., Hosni, H. Heikal, F., and Azab, N. (2018). “Using Immersive Virtual Reality in Ancient Egypt’s Giza Plateau”. Middle East and North Africa Conference for Information Systems (Menacis2018), March 22d and 23d, 2018.
• Azab, N., Farzali, E. Zaher, O., and Sayed, H. (2013). “Web 2.0 Technology applications for E-Participation in Arab Countries”. The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS2013), Pre-ECIS Workshop: E-Government 2.0: Case studies and Experience Reports, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Azab, N. (2012). “Use of the Internet in Egypt – A Tool to Reach or to Alter Democracy?”. The International Business Information Management Conference (18th IBIMA): Conference on Innovation and Sustainable Economic Competitive Advantage - From Regional Development to World Economies, May 9-10, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Azab, N. (2012). "Business Opportunities Created by the Internet: A Study of Internet Entrepreneurs in Egypt". 2012 AUC Research Conference: Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt, April 17-19, 2012, Cairo, Egypt.
• Khalifa, N., Khalifa, N., AbdelGhani, M., and Azab, N. (2012). “Vendor- Managed Inventory in Developing Countries: Implications and Complications”. 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM) & 9th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS), July 14-17, 2012, Xi’an, China.
• Khalifa, N. and Azab, N. (2012). “ERP in Developing Countries: Real or Hollow Systems?”. IADIS International Conference 2012, Berlin, Germany, 10-12 March 2012.
• Azab, N. (2012). "Role of processes in Electronic Government (Case of Egypt)”. The 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2012, Orlando, Florida, 25-28 March 2012.
• Azab, N. (2011). “Use of Information Systems and Electronic Commerce Success Models to Assess Electronic Government Projects”. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS 2011), Orlando, Florida, USA, 27-30 March 2011. 
• Azab, N. (2009). “Assessing eGovernment Readiness of Public Organizations”. Proceedings of the 11th International Business Information Management Association Conference (IBIMA 2009), Cairo, Egypt, 4-6 January 2009. 
• Azab, N., Ali, M., Dafoulas, G. (December, 2006). “Incorporating CRM in E-Government: Case of Egypt”. IADIS International Conference, E-Commerce 2006, Barcelona, Spain.
• Azab, N. (2005), “Investigating IT-Business Alignment in an Egyptian Medium-Sized Enterprise”. European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2005), Cairo, Egypt.
• Azab, N. (2004). “Assessing E-Government Readiness in Egypt: Comparative Analysis with United Kingdom (UK), and United Arab Emirates (UAE)”. Conference of Information Science, Technology and Management (CISTM2004), Alexandria, Egypt.
• Azab, N. & Wahba, K. (May 2003). “A Framework for Knowledge Management Adoption in an Egyptian Steel Company”. Information Resources Management Association International Conference (IRMA 2003), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Case Studies

• Azab, N., Mekkawy, A. (2016). “Ariika: A Successful Implementation of Information and Communication Technology by Egyptian Entrepreneurs”. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 6(3): 1-27. 
• Azab, N., ElSheikh, Y., Moharram, A., Ibrahim, B., and Yehia, N. (2016). “A Strategic Use of Technology: Case of Vodafone Egypt”. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 6(3): 1-16.
• Azab, N. (2012). “The Egyptian Tax Authority – Transforming Relationship with Taxpayers through Electronic Government”. Case study in “Management Information Systems: Arab World Edition”, Laudon & Laudon. Pearson.