Dr Md Khaled Shukran

Dr Md Khaled Shukran

  • Lecturer
Department of Management
  • 红杏视频 Business School
SDGs Focus

Biography

Dr Khaled specializes in International Business, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, knowledge transfer between subsidiaries and headquarters, industry-academic knowledge transfer, digitalization, and economic development. Beyond academia, he has worked with several foreign subsidiaries in Malaysia, translating research into actionable strategies. He earned the AIB CIBER Doctoral Certificate (2023-2025) from the Academy of International Business. He also serves as a QS Reimagine Education judge (2022, 2023, 2025) and has been an Elsevier Advisory Panel Member (2020-2025). His work has been recognized with multiple AIB Best Paper recognitions and travel grants (2022-2024), alongside a competitive University of Malaya research grant. He is a scholarship recipient in both Malaysia and Australia, and he trains regional educators as a 鈥淲aste Hero: Reduced to Zero鈥 Master Teacher Trainer for Southeast Asia.鈥 Across his projects, he bridges scholarship and industry practice to advance innovation, sustainability, and inclusive growth in emerging economies-showing how digitalization and knowledge flows shape firm performance and policy-relevant outcomes. 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD, Management & Administration, UM, Malaysia, 2023
  • MSc, Management (Information Management), UM, Malaysia, 2011
  • BA (Hons), English Language & Literature, Northern University, Bangladesh, 2006

Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation
  • Subsidiary-Headquarters Relationships
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Digitalization, FDI, and Firm Performance

Teaching Areas

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Technology Management
  • Supply Chain management
  • Strategic Management
  • International Business

Courses Taught

  • Entrepreneurship/ Project Management/International Business
  • Principle of Management
  • Strategic Management/Technology Management/Supply Chain Management
  • Business Research Methods

Notable Publications

  1. Uzir Hossain & Khaled Shukran et. al (2025): The Dual and reciprocal effects of House-owner and Tenant in Household Products: Set and Soar Approach. International Journal of Consumer Studies. ABCD A, Q1, and Web of Science.
  2. Khaled Shukran, Abu Wahid & Farhana Rahman, (2025). The Role of Knowledge Development and Flow of Knowledge on the Performance of Foreign Subsidiaries Companies. Journal of Economics Studies. ABDC B, ABS-2, and Web of Science.
  3. Khaled Shukran (2025), 鈥淩ethinking Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises (EMNEs): Implication for Management and Policy鈥. AIB Insight
  4. Khaled Shukran., Mohammad Nazri & Norizah Mustamil. (2023) Role of Subsidiary Autonomy and Embeddedness in Subsidiary Knowledge Development: Emerging Economy Perspective. Journal of Developing Areas, ABDC B, ABS 1.
  5. Khaled Shukran., Mohammad Nazri & Norizah Mustamil. (2023). How Smart Firms Power Global Knowledge Acquisitions through Socialization Mechanisms: Evidence from Malaysian Subsidiaries. The International Journal of Business and Social Science Research, Volume 4(7), EBSCOhost.
  6. Mohammad Nazri & Khaled Shukran (2018). Investigating Reverse Knowledge in KIBS: A Study of Foreign Subsidiaries in Australia, Academy of Management Proceedings,.
  7. Ali, I., & Shukran, K. (2016).Managing Supply Chain Risks and Vulnerabilities through Collaboration: Present and Future Scope. The Journal of Developing Areas, 50(5), 335-342.(E.R.A.) and ABDC B. 

Achievements & Accolades

  1. Gold Medalist and Best Paper Award Nominee at AIB 2024(Emerging Scholars award)  
  2. AIB Research Fellow Travel Grant to attend the Academy of International Business Conference (2-8 July 2024) in Seoul (Korea)
  3. AIB Doctoral Student Travel Stipend Award Winner, Academy of International Business (AIB.) Doctoral Travel Stipend Program to attend the 2023 AIB Annual Conference (5-9 July) in Warshaw (Poland).
  4. AIB CIBER Doctoral Certificate Program Full Scholarship Recipient to study at Michigan State University and Northeastern University (Centre for Emerging Economy) in 2022-2025.
  5. AIB Doctoral Student Travel Stipend Award Winner, Academy of International Business (AIB.) Doctoral Travel Stipend Program, to attend the 2022 AIB Annual Conference in Miami, Florida (USA) (https://www.aib.world/events/2022).
  6. Postgraduate Research Grant (PPP Research) 鈥擳itled "Investigating Reverse Knowledge Transfer in Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS): An Empirical Study of Foreign Subsidiaries in Malaysia "awarded on 17/02/2015 and completed 17/02/2018, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  7. Awarded a full scholarship for the International Master's program at the Asia Europe Institute (University of Malaya) In September 2009-August 2010; the award was supported with full tuition, living, medical, internship allowances, and a return air ticket.
  8. Awarded the University President Scholarship (UPS) and School of Management Ph.D. scholarship at the University of South Australia in February 2013.
  9. Awarded the British Council Scholarship " Intermediate CELTA Extra: Course Scholarship" under the British Council Malaysia in 2017.
  10. Elsevier Advisory Panel Member Since 2020- Playing a role in improving Elsevier Products & Services/Discovery & Innovation.
  11. Acting as a Judge at QS Reimagine Education Titled 鈥淛udging Reimagine Education 2022, 2024, and 2025鈥 

Professional Associations

  1. Research Methods Education for the Global Classroom (CARMA PhD Representative 2023-2024) for the University of Malaya.
  2. Academy of International Business (AIB)
  3. Academy of Management (USA)
  4. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
  5. Australian Institute of Management Continuous Innovation Network
  6. Asian Academy of Management American Association for Science and Technology (AASCIT)
  7. Malaysian National Computer Society
  8. One Sustainability Ph.D. Community  
  9. Australia New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA)
  10. Impact Scholar Community (ISC)  
  11. SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation)