University of Vaasa, Finland Tenured Assistant Professor Department of Marketing Marketing & International Business

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1 Dr. Saba Khalid Assistant Professor Department of Management, University of Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Tel: PRESENT AND FORMER POSITIONS 2012-Present University of Sharjah, UAE Assistant Professor University of Vaasa, Finland Tenured Assistant Professor Department of Marketing Marketing & International University of Vaasa, Finland Lecturer Department of Marketing Marketing and International Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Finland Visiting Lecturer, International EDUCATION 2009 University of Vaasa, Finland PhD in Economics and Administration 2005 University of Vaasa, Finland Licentiate (MRes/MPhil in Administration) 1996 Hamdard University, Institute of Leadership and Management, Lahore, Pakistan MBA - Master s in Administration 1994 University of the Punjab, Pakistan BA - Bachelors in Arts - Journalism and Mass Communications PhD THESIS (2009) Specialising in International Strategy Title of Dissertation: Linking market knowledge competence to the speed and success of exports: A mixed methodology study from the software industry Supervisor: Professor Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa 1

2 Internal Examiner: Professor Leila-Hurmerinta Peltomäki, Turku School of Economics and Administration, Finland External Examiner & Opponent: Professor Bent Peterson, Copenhagen School, Denmark Distinction/Honour: Magna cum laude approbatur. (Approved with great praise) PUBLICATIONS - Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals 1. Khalid Saba, Tipu Syed, & Sarker Abu Elias. (Forthcoming). Impact of international strategic alliance capabilities and entrepreneurship on the relationship between public goals and value creation: some reflections on the UAE. International Journal of Excellence, Vol Khalid Saba & Bhatti Khalid. Entrepreneurial competence in managing partnership knowledge: impact on performance difference in internationalization stages. Journal of World Vol. 50, issue 3, Khalid Saba. & Larimo, Jorma. (2012). Firm specific advantage in developed markets: dynamic capability perspective. Management International Review Vol. 52, issue 2, Khalid Saba. & Larimo, Jorma. (2012 ). Affects of alliance entrepreneurship on common vision, capability and alliance performance. International Review Vol 21: issue 5, Khalid Saba (2006). Organizing cooperative institutional forms in knowledge transfer across borders a transaction cost approach to comparative firm performance. International Journal of Governance and Ethics., Vol. 2, Nos. ½, Khalid Saba (2005).The notion of complementarities: inter-firm learning and internationalization process. The ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. III, No. 2,

3 BOOK CHAPTER 1. Khalid S. & Larimo J. (2011). The Relation between Alliance Entrepreneurship, Alliance Capability and Foreign Market Performance An Empirical Investigation. In Hutson, E.; Sinkovics, R. & Berrill, J. (eds.) Firm level Internationalization, Regionalism and Globalization, Palgrave, United Kingdom. ACTA WASAENSIA DISSERTATION PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VAASA 2. Khalid, Saba Exploring firm level market knowledge competence and its BOOK implications for the speed and success of export expansion a mixed methodology study from the software industry. Acta Wasaensia No 210. The University of Vaasa, Finland. 3. Khalid Saba (2015). Market knowledge competence and the speed and success of export. A knowledge based view of internationalisation. Lambert Academic Publishing. WORK-IN-PROGRESS PUBLICATIONS 1. Khalid Saba & Ali Tahir. An integrated perspective of social exchange theory and transaction cost theory on the antecedents of trust in international joint ventures. Submitted to International Review. 2. Ali Tahir & Saba Khalid. Trust-performance relationship in international joint ventures: The moderating roles of structural characteristics. Submitted to Journal of Research. 3. Khalid Saba & Sarker Abu Elias. Social Accountability in South Asia: A Contextual Analysis. 3

4 4. Khalid Saba & Bhatti Khalid. Examining the nature of mutual dependence in vertical and horizontal alliances and governance structures: The cases of ST-Nokia, ST-Ericsson and ST-IBM Alliances. 5. Khalid Saba. Value creation in foreign markets: the impact of knowledge exploration and exploitation in export performance of small and medium size firms. 6. Sarker Abu Elias & Khalid Saba. An exploratory analysis of regulatory implications of governance and state dynamics: reflections on developing countries. 7. Bhatti Khalid & Khalid Saba. Factors effecting knowledge sharing as control behavior among multinational enterprise partner firms and implications for innovation management CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - CD-ROM PUBLICATIONS th International Research Society for Public Management Conference. Birmingham, The United kingdom. 30 th March-01 April. Titled: An Exploratory analysis of regulatory implications of governance and state dynamics: reflections on developing countries th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference. Titled: Impact of international strategic alliance capabilities and strategic entrepreneurship on the relationship between public goals and value creation: some reflections on the UAE Middle East Marketing Academia Meets Practice. Dubai, UAE, University of Strathclyde School (Dubai campus) 18 th May 2010 Academy of International UK and Ireland chapter, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 8-10th April. Titled: Investigating the relationship between alliance entrepreneurship, alliance capability and foreign market strategic goals empirical evidence EIBA Annual conference, University of Valencia, December, Spain. Titled: Export marketing capability and firm performance in the context of Market orientation Consortium of International Marketing Research (CIMaR), Annual Conference, Manchester School, th May, United Kingdom. Titled: Exploring the 4

5 Antecedents to Market Knowledge Competence: Implications for Speed and the Success of Exports McMaster World Congress on Evaluation, Intellectual Capital and Corporate Governance. University of McMaster, th January, Canada. Titled: Learning to Unlearn: Empirical Evidence of Organizing Internationalization Knowledge for Speed and the Success of SME s internationalization 2006 The European International Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference University of Fribourg, 7-9 th December, Switzerland. Titled: Learning to Unlearn: Implications of Internationalization Knowledge for Speed and the Success of internationalization 2005 The European International Academy (EIBA) Conference, BI Norwegian School of Management, th December, Norway. Titled: On the Foreign market entry as a Cognitive Perspective: An integrated Approach to Knowledge Transfer and Foreign Market Entry 2004 The Academy of International Conference, University of Ulster, th April, United Kingdom. Titled: Governance or Competence a comparative study of choice between Governance Structures in Inter-firm Arrangements The European International Academy (EIBA) Conference, th December, Copenhagen, Denmark. Titled: Incentives for International Cooperation and Governance Mechanism of Complementary Capabilities Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP), Annual Conference, University of Lugano, 4 th -8 th, September, Switzerland. Titled: Organizational Capabilities and Innovation Activity A competence based approach to Internationalization Process 2003 Nelson and Winter DRUID Summer Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 th -14 th June Titled: The Notion of Complementarities: Inter-firm Learning and Internationalization Process 2003 Academy of International (AIB) Conference, De Montfort University, th April 2003, United Kingdom. Titled: R&D Innovation networks: A Coevolutionary View of Dynamics of Strategic Technology Alliances. 5

6 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - Reviewer for Journal Articles (2011-present) Journal of and Industrial Marketing Journal of Theory and practice International Review Journal of World PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS AIB - Academy of International EIBA - European Academy of International FIGSIB - Finnish Graduate School of Marketing & International NORD-IB - Nordic Research School in International, Uppsala University, Sweden (NORD-IB) ( PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Course Measurement Models in Marketing at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, the Netherlands. TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Sharjah (2012-present) Graduate Teaching International Undergraduate Teaching Communications Principles of Marketing Research Methods Organizational behavior Consumer behavior Strategic Management International 6

7 University of Vaasa, Finland ( ) Master s Degree Program in Marketing and International Graduate Teaching MARK Export Marketing (Fall term) MARK Cross-Cultural Marketing Communications (Spring term) MARK International Negotiations (Spring term) INTB3002 Research Methodologies (Spring and Summer term) MARK Master s thesis evaluations - Master s degree program in international Undergraduate Teaching MARK Export Marketing MARK Bachelors thesis group supervision Previous years courses MARK Global Marketing Management ( ) MARK Project Work groups in Marketing ( ) Teaching coordination with visiting faculty MARK International negotiations with Professor Pervez Ghauri, King s College, London MARK Marketing Strategies in Central Eastern European Countries with Dr. Arnold Schuh, Director of the Competence Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna University of Economics and Administration The Vaasa University of Applied Sciences- ( ) Bachelors of Administration in International and Tourism International Marketing Management to Marketing Knowledge Management 7.5 ECTs 4.5 ECTs 4.5 ECTs Master s Thesis Supervision ( ): 15 theses Bachelor Thesis Supervision ( ): 18 theses 7

8 RESPONSIBILITIES Teaching Responsibilities Lecturing to graduate and undergraduate students in International degree program Mentoring individual students on study related matters following HOPS (study curriculum) guidelines Developing course curriculum, course assessment, examinations, practical projects and visiting firms with students Organizing and implementing for company professionals to for guest lecturing in the courses Updating, revising and creating new course curriculum of own courses and of the overall degree program with other team members. For the overall updating the objective is to minimize overlapping between the course contents. Supervising and evaluating Bachelor and the Master s thesis Research Responsibilities Publishing in academic journals Commenting the PhD work-in-progress proposals of research colleagues at PhD Research seminars of the department of marketing and international business Acting as ad-hoc reviewer to International Review and Journal of World Reviewing academic journal and conference articles Developing project plans to retrieve external funding CORPORATE EXPERIENCE Account Manager McCann Erickson, Pakistan (Private) Limited. Joint venture of McCann Erickson worldwide group, (A Marketing Communication Solutions Company) 8

9 LANGUAGE SKILLS English - Fluent/medium of instruction during studies from grade 1 to PhD Urdu - Mother tongue Swedish - Intermediate level language proficiency certificate Hindi - Fluent verbal skills Arabic - Basic level reading & writing comprehension COMMUNITY SERVICE - Delivered a 4-day seminar as a part of a course organized by the Public Awareness Research Centre UOS, and Department of Economic Development Dubai - Delivered a lecture in an event organized by the reading club, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management on How to start your in the UAE. - Organized a seminar on Stress Management during Exams with Student Association. - Organized a workshop UOS alumni Entrepreneurship Day Article published in the University Forum. Titled: Performance of GCC countries in Global Economy: Reflections on Global Competitiveness Index College Committees o Student Association Faculty coordinator for students o Member Scientific Research and Seminar Committee 9

10 TRAINING COURSES STUDIED FOR MPhil AND PhD COURSE NAME ORGANIZING BODY YEAR Eden Doctoral Seminar on Measurement Models in Marketing International Strategy (2) International Strategy (1) Organizing the International Firm (2) Organizing the International Firm - Managing the Network MNC (1) Introduction to International Research Internationalisation and Economic Theories Internationalisation and Behavioural Theories International Marketing Strategies Managing Marketing Channels Management in Networks International Doctoral Seminar on software Packages Theories and Research in International EIASM European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management Copenhagen School, Denmark Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Uppsala University, Sweden 2003 Uppsala University, Sweden Uppsala University, Sweden Norwegian School of Management Oslo, Norway Uppsala University, Sweden FIGSIB - Finnish Graduate School in International FIGSIB - - Finnish Graduate school in International FIGSIB - Finnish Graduate School in International FIGSIB -- Finnish Graduate School in International FIGSIB - Finnish Graduate School in International 10

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