PhD, Marketing
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- huda.khan@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Office: 719 (7th floor) MacRobert Building
Business School, University of Aberdeen
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), Associate Director of Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability, and MSc Marketing Program Director at the Business School, University of Aberdeen. Huda is also a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts. Huda is an endorser of Responsible Research in Business & Management (RRBM).
Prior to joining Aberdeen, Huda worked as a Marketing academic with the University of South Australia in Australia. She also 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 these CABS 4 journals: Journal of World Business, Journal of Product innovation & Management, British Journal of Management, and Annals of Tourism Research.
Associate Editor: Rutgers Business Review
Review Board:
- Industrial Marketing Management (ABS 3, ABDC A*)
- Journal of Business Research (ABS 3, ABDC A)
- International Marketing Review (ABS 3, ABDC A)
- Management International Review (ABS 3, ABDC A)
- Multinational Business Review (ABS 3, ABDC A)
- Journal of Knowledge Management (ABS 2, ABDC B)
- Critical Perspectives on International Business (ABS 2, ABDC B)
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 Forbes.
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 University of Aberdeen.
- External Memberships
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In United Kingdom, Huda is an Affiliate Professional at the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Huda was recognised as a Certified Practising Marketer (CPM) by Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) 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 2023-March 2026)
Latest Publications
Opening the black box: how managers’ political ideologies drive CSR decision-making through information processing
Journal of Business Research, vol. 205, 115900Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDo 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, e70033Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.70033
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: ArticlesNature: 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: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70044
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Impact of AI Strategies on Climate-Change Performance: Responsible AI and Crisis Management Perspectives
Technovation, vol. 150, 103390Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103390
- Research
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Research Overview
Guest Editing Special Issues:
Leading Guest Editor for Special issue in Long Range Planning : Global decarbonisation of sunset industries.
Guest Editor for Special issue in European Journal of Marketing: Reinventing marketing in a disruptive economy.
Guest Editor for Special issue in Management International Review : Multinational enterprises and their role in mitigating climate change: comparative perspective
Guest Editor for Special issue in Industrial Marketing Management: 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
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Export Marketing
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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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: ArticlesEliciting 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: ArticlesThe Effects and Mechanism of Discounting Unit Price
European Journal of Marketing, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1941-1967Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Longitudinal Perspective of the Determinants of B2B Service Firms’ Internationalisation Performance
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 123, pp. 173-187Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring 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: EditorialsConstrual level theory in advertising research: A systematic review and directions for future research
Journal of Business Research, vol. 183, 114870Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResponsible 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: ArticlesResponsible 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: ArticlesA 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: ArticlesBreaking 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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-024-00538-4
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- [ONLINE] Correction to: Breaking Barriers: How Do the Marketing Capabilities of Emerging-Market Micro-Multinationals Drive Social Innovation? (Management International Review, (2024), 10.1007/s11575-024-00538-4)
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