Rabii Ben Amara

Doctor in Management Sciences

IHEC Carthage / CNAM PARIS

BIOGRAPHY

Rabii BEN AMARA holds a PhD in Management Sciences, jointly supervised by CNAM Paris (France) and IHEC Carthage (Tunisia).

He is an associate researcher in the Security & Defense - Intelligence, Criminology, Crises, Cyberthreats (SDRT-I3C) laboratory at Cnam Paris and also a member of the Business Economics and Strategies Laboratory (ECSTRA) at IHEC Carthage.

His work focuses on (1) coopetition strategies, (2) the informal economy, (3) informal networks, (4) security and defense issues (economic intelligence, new financial crimes, applied research methods, game theory and linear programming, etc.).

Dr. Ben Amara runs various seminars, such as applied data analysis, network analysis, game theory and linear programming, for Cnam Paris Security and Defense PhD students. He also gives occasional lectures at other seminars and scientific events.

• BEN AMARA, R. and LAKHOUA, C. (2017), Coopetition: choices and modes of cooperation for innovation. AIMS, Lyon, June 7-9, 2017.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2020), Networks of informal sector entrepreneurs: coopetition networks? Conference “Current developments in competitive dynamics”, September 10, 2020, University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2023), Perspectives on the use of the network approach in the study of sensitive areas. Study day “dealing with sensitive areas: When access to the field poses difficulties for young researchers”, June 28, 2023, Cnam Paris.

• BEN AMARA, R. & BAHRI, C. (2024), The Antecedents of Coopetition Strategy: A Conceptual Framework. Open Journal of Business and Management, 12, 1335-1346. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2024.122071.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2025), Smuggling and drug trafficking in Tunisia: What are the challenges for law enforcement?, March, 2025, Drug Policy Review #8.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2024), The relational chain, a technique for collecting data on informal currency networks in Tunisia. Chapter in a collective work “dealing with sensitive terrain”, L’Harmattan edition.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2024), Managing the Coopetition paradox. 30th international federative conference of the CEDIMES Institute: “International order or disorder: Marginal adjustments or refoundation with the Global South”, November 2024, Hammamet, Tunisia.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2024), Game theory and linear programming in the domain of war: modeling the Russo-Ukrainian war (submission envisaged in 2024, polemology review, Observatory of conflicts, Military School of Paris).

• BEN AMARA, R. (2025), Analysis of criminal organizations using network theory in management science. Study day "Deviant organizations, criminal organizations?", April 1, 2025, Cnam Paris.

• BEN AMARA, R. (2025). Beyond Coopetition : Strategic Choices in the Post-Coopetition Phase (submission in progress)