Dr Imran Ali

Assistant Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Dr. Imran Ali joined Newcastle Business School (NBS), Northumbria University as a Senior Lecturer in January 2021. Dr. Ali is teaching modules related to strategy at the NBS. He previously served as Associate Professor at the King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include; knowledge management, corporate social responsibility, business ethics, and entrepreneurship.

Dr. Ali has extensive experience in teaching, training, and research in Asia and the Middle East. His studies published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, International Journal of Project Management.

Dr. Ali worked on numerous funded research projects as PI and Co-PI. He is a member Academy of Management USA, and the British Academy of Management, UK. Dr. Ali believes in doing innovative and evidence-based research for the benefit of the scholarly and practice communities.

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Key Publications

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Communication as a Catalyst for Intellectual Capital: Examining Trust and Leadership Effectiveness in Virtual Team Management, Aziz, M., Ali, I., Alshaghdali, N., Galgotia, D., d'Amore, R., Sasso, P. 8 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Intellectual Capital
How does the adoption of digital technologies in supply chain management enhance supply chain performance? A mediated and moderated model, Jam, F., Ali, I., Albishri, N., Mammadov, A., Mohapatra, A. 1 Oct 2025, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
The role of artificial intelligence as an amplifier of intellectual capital in improving entrepreneurial decision-making: A systematic exploration, Aziz, M., Ali, I., Alshaghdali, N., Galgotia, D., Dell’Aversano, R., Grimaldi, M. 28 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Intellectual Capital
Financial education is more precious than money – examining the role of financial literacy in enhancing financial wellbeing among Saudi women, Soomro, Y., Ali, M., Yaqub, M., Ali, I., Badghish, S. 1 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Business Performance Management
Fostering innovation speed and quality in ICT firms: The role of knowledge governance mechanisms, absorptive capacity and environmental dynamism, Aslam, M., Qammar, A., Ali, I., Yaqub, M., Ahmed, F., Mohapatra, A. 1 Aug 2024, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
How important is a high-performance work system to improve branch-level performance?, Riaz, A., Mahmood, Z., Qammar, A., Ali, I. 11 Nov 2024, In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis
Improving dynamic capabilities through knowledge acquisition in international strategic alliances: moderating role of knowledge integration, Qammar, A., Aslam, M., Yaqub, M., Ahmed, F., Ali, I., Ali, M. 30 Sep 2024, In: European Journal of International Management
Integrating and extending the SOR model, TAM and the UTAUT to assess M-commerce adoption during COVID times, Yaqub, M., Badghish, S., Yaqub, R., Ali, I., Ali, N. 16 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences
The instrumentality of teaching pedagogies in maturing entrepreneurial intentions among women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, Badghish, S., Yaqub, M., Ali, I., Ali, M., Malik, A. 1 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Business Performance Management
How socio-cultural transition helps to improve entrepreneurial intentions among women?, Badghish, S., Ali, I., Ali, M., Yaqub, M., Dhir, A. 30 May 2023, In: Journal of Intellectual Capital

Professional Activity

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Membership of network: Academy of Management (External organisation) 2015
Membership of network: British Academy of Management (External organisation) 2015