PhD, Marketing
Senior Lecturer
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- huda.khan@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Office: 719 (7th floor) MacRobert Building
Business School, 51cg
United Kingdom
- School/Department
- Business School



Biography
Huda Khan is Senior Lecturer in Marketing (on a teaching and research position), Director of Research Excellence Framework (REF), and Associate Director of Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability. She has served as a Program Director for MSC Marketing at the Business School from January 2021 till December 2025, at the 51cg. She led the design and development of Online MSc Marketing program at the 51cg that has been effectively launched. She is a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts. She is an endorser of Responsible Research in Business & Management ().
Prior to joining Aberdeen, She worked as a Marketing academic with the University of South Australia in Australia. She worked on a range of market research projects with Ehrenberg-Bass Institute of Marketing Science in Australia. The research projects involved international brands such as Unilever and SC Johnsons. These projects (worth > $100,000) involving research in a number of markets including United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany & France. Working on a wide range of projects for a number of countries has enriched her background in marketing research.
Her work has appeared in Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of Marketing, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of World Business, Long Range Planning, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Product Innovation & Management, British Journal of Management, Annals of Tourism Research, International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, among others.
Associate Editor: Rutgers Business Review
Review Board:
- Industrial Marketing Management
- Journal of Business Research
- International Marketing Review
- Management International Review
- Multinational Business Review
Huda is External Examiner at the University of Sussex (for the MSC International Marketing) & University of Kent (for the BSC Marketing; International Business; and Management programs).
Media Commentary
Importance of transformative marketing approaches for international businesses in
Qualifications
- Graduate Certificate Digital Learning2020 - University of South Australia
- PhD Marketing2016 - University of South Australia
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Huda is Associate Director for Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability Research at the 51cg.
- External Memberships
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In United Kingdom, Huda is an Affiliate Professional at the . Huda was recognised as a Certified Practising Marketer (CPM) by in Australia. AMI is the largest professional body of Marketing Managers in Australia (with over 30,000 managers in its network).
Huda Khan is a member of British Academy of Management (BAM) Peer Review College (March 2024-March 2027)
Latest Publications
How Non-Market Collaboration Shapes Stakeholders’ Wellbeing through Climate-risk management Strategies in Emerging Market B2B Firms?
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 138, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Multinational Enterprises and their Role in Mitigating Climate Change: Comparative Perspectives
Management International ReviewContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Network Competence for the Bottom of Pyramid Markets: Evidence from Cross-border Networking between Exporters and Intermediaries
International Business Review, vol. 35, no. 4, 102591Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Consumer Cultural Renaissance: Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and Validation
Psychology & MarketingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Understanding Disruption Through the Marketing Lens: Foundations, Frameworks, and Future Directions
European Journal of MarketingContributions to Journals: Editorials
- Research
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Research Overview
Guest Editing Special Issues:
Leading Guest Editor for Special issue in : Global decarbonisation of sunset industries.
Guest Editor for Special issue in : Reinventing marketing in a disruptive economy.
Guest Editor for Special issue in : Multinational enterprises and their role in mitigating climate change: comparative perspective
Guest Editor for Special issue in : Building cross-sector partnership for sustainable value
Past special issues:
Business Failures in Industrial B2B networks in a post pandemic era, Industrial Marketing Management
The impact of digitalization and virtualization on technology transfer in strategic collaborative partnerships, Technology Transfer
Periphery–core relations and the knowledge domain of international management: New contingencies, characterizations and theories, European Management Journal
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Business Management.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Marketing
- International Marketing
- International Business
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.
Knowledge Exchange
Doctoral Colloquium Panelist at the 48th AIB UK&I chapter conference, University of Greenwich, 14th April 2021 (Conference 14th-16th April 2021).
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Business Management.
Specifically, I am interested in supervising topics in the international marketing/international business fields, digital marketing, and sustainability related proposals are also welcome.
Funding and Grants
Society for Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) (£ 8150)
To organise networking event for early career researchers on supply-chain resilience.
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Research Awards 2021 (£4670)
To conduct research on the ‘Role of business incubators and accelerators in scaling up of women start-ups: the case study of Pakistan’.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
Teaching Responsibilities
Program Director, MSC Marketing Management
Teaching: Marketing Management, Consumer Behaviour, International Marketing
- Publications
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How Non-Market Collaboration Shapes Stakeholders’ Wellbeing through Climate-risk management Strategies in Emerging Market B2B Firms?
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 138, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
- [OPEN ACCESS]
Multinational Enterprises and their Role in Mitigating Climate Change: Comparative Perspectives
Management International ReviewContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Network Competence for the Bottom of Pyramid Markets: Evidence from Cross-border Networking between Exporters and Intermediaries
International Business Review, vol. 35, no. 4, 102591Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
- [OPEN ACCESS]
Consumer Cultural Renaissance: Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and Validation
Psychology & MarketingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Understanding Disruption Through the Marketing Lens: Foundations, Frameworks, and Future Directions
European Journal of MarketingContributions to Journals: EditorialsFoundations of Business Transformation during VUCA Times: The Role of Organizational Learning
Journal of Business Research, vol. 215, 116343Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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When Should Your Team Override AI?: A Trust Calibration Routine
Academy of Management PerspectivesContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Strategic Responses of Platform Multinational Enterprises: Rethinking Competition Policy through a Comparative Institutional Perspective
Long Range Planning, vol. 59, no. 3, 102636Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Building social legitimacy through NGOs partnerships: Evidence from Micro-multinationals
Journal of Business Research, vol. 209, 116097Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Risk, Generative AI, Disinformation Control, Global Supply Chains, and Social Impacts
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 226, 124609Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Twenty-Five Years of Corporate Political Activity Research in Asia: A Literature Review and Research Agenda
Asia Pacific Journal of ManagementContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Impact of AI Strategies on Climate-Change Performance: Responsible AI and Crisis Management Perspectives
Technovation, vol. 150, 103390Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Opening the black box: how managers’ political ideologies drive CSR decision-making through information processing
Journal of Business Research, vol. 205, 115900Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The Influence of Western Consumerism on Eastern Culture: A Consumer Behaviour Perspective
Routledge, Abingdon, England. 130 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Do social engagement and transnational boards matter in home market environmental engagement and internationalization of BRICS MNEs to the advanced market economies?
British Journal of Management, vol. 37, no. 1, e70033Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Socio-Political Legitimacy: An Integrative and Interdisciplinary Review and Agenda for Theory Development in Unit and Programmatic Approaches
Journal of World Business, vol. 61, no. 1, 101691Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The impact of host and home country democratization on multinational enterprises' performance
Journal of Business Research, vol. 201, 115730Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Nature: The Silent Architect of Firm Performance Through Biodiversity Management Strategies
Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 8742-8758Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Value Creating Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies of Family and Non-Family Firms: An Interventionist Perspective
Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 202, no. 1, pp. 161-201Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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B2B Digital platform capabilities and sustainable positioning: do knowledge depth, knowledge breadth and agility matter?
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 130, pp. 46-59Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Do Environmental Laws Matter for Corporate Ethics and Green Process Innovation in Environment Performance? The Moderating Role of Institutional Support
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 72, pp. 3678-3687Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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How Can Value-Added Intermediary Service Providers and Exporting Firms Co-Create Value in Bottom of the Pyramid Markets?
Management International Review, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 513–537Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Dark and bright repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on International Business: A systematic literature review and future research agenda
Multinational Business Review, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 341-365Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A systematic review of applications, manipulations and manipulation checks of construal level theory in advertising
Communication Theory, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 63-95Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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International Marketing Agility and Cost Leadership Strategies of Frontier Emerging Market Exporters in Advanced Economy Markets
International Business Review, vol. 34, no. 3, 102422Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The impact of digitalization and virtualization on technology transfer in strategic collaborative partnerships
Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. 50, pp. 399-416Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Between rock and a hard place: The impact of home country demand on exclusive international strategic alliances forged by new technology ventures
Journal of International Management, vol. 31, no. 2, 101233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Integration of outside-in and inside-out entrepreneurial marketing capabilities, marketing agility, and resources for entrepreneurial firms performance
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 31, no. 2/3, pp. 609-630Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A typology of born global firms’ attributes and future directions
Multinational Business Review, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 1-18Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Managing the VUCA Environment: The Dynamic Role of Organizational Learning and Strategic Agility in B2B versus B2C Firms
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 125, pp. 12-28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Winners and Losers in Africa: A Longitudinal Examination of Market-Share Gains by Advanced and Emerging Market Multinationals vs. Local Firms
Critical Perspectives on International Business, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 173-195Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Eliciting consumer engagement, experience, and value co-creation to foster consumer based-brand-equity in service context: Moderation of perceived-health-beliefs
Service Industries Journal, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 277-302Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The Effects and Mechanism of Discounting Unit Price
European Journal of Marketing, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1941-1967Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A Longitudinal Perspective of the Determinants of B2B Service Firms’ Internationalisation Performance
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 123, pp. 173-187Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Exploring Periphery–Core dynamics in international management: A review, characterizations, and future research agenda
European Management Journal, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 653-657Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Construal level theory in advertising research: A systematic review and directions for future research
Journal of Business Research, vol. 183, 114870Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Responsible Innovation in Asia: A systematic review and an agenda for future research
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 1085–1127Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Responsible Innovation in Emerging Markets’ SMEs: The Role of Alliance Learning and Absorptive Capacity
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 1175–1209Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A look into the future – The impact of Metaverse on traditional theories and thinking in international business
Management International Review, vol. 64, pp. 597–632Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Breaking Barriers: How Do the Marketing Capabilities of Emerging-Market Micro-Multinationals Drive Social Innovation?
Management International Review, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 701–726Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Grand Challenges and Emerging Market SMEs: The Role of Strategic Agility and Gender Diversity
Journal of Product Innovation Management, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 473-500Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Born global firms
Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 14-17, 4 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Critical perspective on consumer animosity amid Russia-Ukraine war
Critical Perspectives on International Business, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 49-70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Business failure in post-pandemic era: New challenges for industrial networks, emerging insights and market opportunities
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 117, pp. A3-A9Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE]
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Redefining the Organizational Resilience Construct using a Frame Based Methodology: A New Perspective from the Ecology Based Approach
Journal of Business Research, vol. 172, 114397Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Unveiling the dynamics between consumer brand engagement, experience, and relationship quality towards luxury hotel brands: Moderating investigation of brand reputation
International Journal of Hospitality Management, vol. 116, 103572Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Examining the Microfoundations for Digital Business Model Innovation of Developing Markets International New Ventures (2023)
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 71, pp. 12854 - 12867Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Composite collaboration and the differentiation strategies adopted by emerging market firms in advanced markets during the COVID-19 pandemic
International Marketing Review, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1035-1053Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Managing Climate Change Risks and Creating Stakeholders’ Value via Sustainability-Focused B2B Brand Strategies
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 115, pp. 198-213Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Post-COVID-19-based customer engagement creation and contributions in tourism and hospitality social media: An integrative framework and future research directions
Handbook of Customer Engagement in Tourism Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 312-329, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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