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Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Programme Director UG Business and Management (Entrepreneurship and HR&OB)
Exams Officer for Pre-Experience Postgraduate Programmes, Business and Management
Fellow, UK HEA

Fabio Goncalves De Oliveira Photo

Specialisms

  • Sales and Business Development, 
  • Governance of Digital Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing, 
  • Web3 and Metaverse Technologies, 
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 
  • Management and Leadership

Location

Edith Morley building room 272b, Whiteknights campus

Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Henley Business School. Fabio has 18 years of academic experience in higher education.

I built in extensive industry experience acquired by working in Sales and Marketing directorship and managerial positions in multinational companies and supporting start-ups in Brazil and Latin America. I have designed and implemented sales and marketing strategies, teambuilding, marketing campaigns, trade marketing management, training programmes, go-to-market strategies and remuneration schemes. I'm an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of hypersellers.ai.

I combine professional and academic experience to engage students at all levels to experiment AI techniques, learn and apply modern concepts of business and management.

My research interests are in studies of Generative AI, Agentic AI, Conversational AI impacts in Sales Management, Salespeople, Sales processes, higher education and Entrepreneurship. AI tools, no code, low code, vibe coding as vectors of innovation and firms' performance.

My theoretical lens is on the socio-techno, dynamic capabilities, absorptive capacity and strategic angles to AI technologies (from AI-digital human avatars in different forms of anthropomorphism to Agentic AI systems) adoption, how it impacts people, education, administrative workflows, meaning of work, work mobility and changes in ways of completing tasks, governance, productivity, skills development, productivity and firm's performance (profitability).

My preferred methods of analysis are qualitative methods (conversation analysis, thematic analysis, content analysis, Corpus Linguistic) using machine learning and GenAI mixed with quantitative methods such as PLS-SEM and Panel Data modelling with machine learning.

Reference: Oliveira, F. G. D. , Belitski, M. , Kakabadse, N. and Theodorakopoulos, N. (2025) Unveiling the potential of digital human avatars in modern marketing strategies. International Marketing Review, 42 (4). pp. 527-555. ISSN 0265-1335 doi: 10.1108/IMR-12-2023-0339
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira - Professor Maksim Belitski - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Oliveira, F. , Belitski, M. and Perez-Vega, R. (2025) Sales digitization and sales process optimisation for firm performance: evidence from European firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 217. 124172. ISSN 0040-1625 doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124172
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira - Professor Maksim Belitski - Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega
Reference: Oliveira, F. (2025) Supercharging teaching and learning practical skills within AI-enabled interactive technologies. In: Thomason, J., Baturay, M. H., Jain, R. and Çelik, F. (eds.) Metaverse, MetaIntelligence and Infinite Worlds with AI. IntechOpen, London. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1012964
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira
Reference: Oliveira, F. , Khan, N. and Korac-Kakabadse, N. (2023) Innovative application of digital technologies in rapid change phenomena in boards. In: Cucari, N., Yamak, S., Esposito De Falco, S. and Lee, B. (eds.) Handbook of Research Methods for Corporate Governance. Handbooks of Research Methods in Management. Edward Elgar, pp. 245-267. ISBN 9781802202885 doi: 10.4337/9781802202892.00020
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira - Dr Nadeem Khan - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse
Reference: Oliveira, F. , Kakabadse, N. and Khan, N. (2022) Board engagement with digital technologies: a resource dependence framework. Journal of Business Research, 139. pp. 804-818. ISSN 0148-2963 doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.010
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Fabio Goncalves de Oliveira - Professor Nada Korac Kakabadse - Dr Nadeem Khan

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1. BodySwaps and Meta: Learning in Virtual Reality with Digital Human Avatas 2023-24

2. TLEP project Virtual Reality Skills Based Seminars, which ran during the 2023-24

3. KTP: University of Reading and Hawkins Brown Architecture: A LLM (Large Language Model) and RAG (Retrieval-augmented generation) agent in the ideation process in architectural practices. 2024-26