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Sana Akbar Khan

Associate Professor at UCLy

8. Sustainable Business and Organisations

skhan@univ-catholyon.fr

Campus Lyon - Saint Paul
10 Place des archives 69002 Lyon

Function

  • Member of Sustainable Business and Organizations research group, UR CONFLUENCE : Sciences et Humanité (EA 1598) Lyon Catholic University
  • Teacher-researcher, ESDES - Marketing and Digital Business Lyon Catholic University

Further information

Research areas

Corporate Social Responsibility Business model innovation Innovation adoption Frugal Innovation Corporate Governance

Teaching areas

Services Marketing Account-based Marketing Consumer Behavior B2B Sales & Marketing Research Methodology Frugal Innovation Sustainable Business Models

Presentation

Sana Akbar Khan is a full-time faculty member at ESDES Business School of UCLy and a member of the research unit CONFLUENCE: Sciences and Humanities (EA 1598). Her research interests include sustainable innovation adoption, frugal innovation, business model innovation, corporate social responsibility, greenwashing, and corporate governance. She teaches various bachelor's and master's courses at ESDES related to innovation, marketing, research, and sustainability.
  • Chapters
    • Book chapters
      • LE BAS, Christian, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2021). «Chapter 18. Frugality – Frugal Innovation as Inclusive Innovation». In : Dimitri Uzunidis, Fedoua Kasmi et Laurent Adatto (dir.), Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook 1. Londres : ISTE Editions, 159-166.
      • KHAN, Sana Akbar, LE BAS, Christian (2019). «Ethics and sustainability in frugal innovation». In : Adela J. McMurray, Gerrit A. de Waal (dir.), Frugal Innovation: A Global Research Companion. Routledge, 7, 17, 275-288.  [+]
  • Articles
    • Articles in peer-reviewed journals
      • AHMAD, Mahmood, AHMED, Zahoor , ALVARADO, Rafael, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2024). «Financial development, resource richness, eco-innovation, and sustainable development: Does geopolitical risk matter?». Journal of Environmental Management, 351, 119824.  [+]
      • ALUCHNA, Maria, ROSZKOWSKA-MENKES, Maria, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2023). «Corporate Governance Perspective on Environmental Reporting: Literature Review and Future Research Agenda». Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Online Version of Record.  [+]
      • AHMAD, Mahmood, AHMED, Zahoor , KHAN, Sana Akbar, ALVARADO, Rafael (2023). «Towards environmental sustainability in E-7 countries: Assessing the roles of natural resources, economic growth, country risk, and energy transition». Resources Policy, 82, 103486.  [+]
      • SINHA, Avik, BEKIROS, Stelios, HUSSAIN, Nazim, NGUYEN, Duc Khuong, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2023). «How social imbalance and governance quality shape policy directives for energy transition in the OECD countries?». Energy Economics, 120, 106642.  [+]
      • ALI, Waris, BEKIROS, Stelios, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, NGUYEN, Duc Khuong (2023). «Determinants And Consequences Of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: A Survey Of Extant Literature». Journal of Economic Surveys, Early View, 1-30.  [+]
      • GULL, Ammar Ali, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, MUSHTAQ, Rizwan, ORIJ, René (2023). «The power of the CEO and environmental decoupling». Business Strategy and the Environment, 32, 6, 3951-3964.  [+]
      • GULL, Ammar Ali, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, NADEEM, Muhammad, ZALATA, Alaa Mansour (2022). «Walking the talk? A corporate governance perspective on corporate social responsibility decoupling». British Journal of Management, 34, 4, 2186-2211.  [+]
      • GULL, Ammar Ali, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, KHAN, Zaheer , SAEED, Asif (2022). «Governing Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling: The Effect of the Governance Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling». Journal of Business Ethics.  [+]
      • HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, BHATTI, Waheed Akbar, ARSLAN, Ahmad, TARBA, Shlomo Yedidia (2022). «Firm absorptive capacity: multidimensionality, drivers and contextual conditions». Journal of Knowledge Management.  [+]
      • GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, MARTINEZ FERRERO, Jennifer (2022). «Assurance of sustainability reports: examining the role of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms». Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29, 1.  [+]
      • HUSSAIN, Nazim, GARCÍA-SÁNCHEZ, Isabel-María, KHAN, Sana Akbar, KHAN, Zaheer, MARTÍNEZ-FERRERO, Jennifer (2021). «Connecting the dots: do financial analysts help corporate boards improve corporate social responsibility?». British Journal of Management, 34, 1, 363-389.  [+]
      • GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, MARTIN-MORENO, Julia, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2021). «Socio-emotional wealth and corporate responses to environmental hostility : are family firms more stakeholder orientated?». Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, 2, 1003-1018.  [+]
      • KHAN, Sana Akbar, GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, HUSSAIN, Nazim, MARTINEZ FERRERO, Jennifer (2020). «Managerial Entrenchment, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Earnings Management». Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 27, 4, 1818-1833.  [+]
      • KHAN, Sana Akbar, BOHNSACK, René (2020). «Influencing the Disruptive Potential of Sustainable Technologies through Value Proposition Design: The Case of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology». Journal of Cleaner Production, 254, art. 120018.  [+]
      • GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, MARTINEZ FERRERO, Jennifer (2020). «Do markets punish or reward corporate social responsibility decoupling?». Business and Society, 60, 6, 1431-1467.  [+]
      • LAZINI, Pietro, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2017). «Shedding light on the psychological and behavioral determinants of travel mode choice: A meta-analysis». Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 48, 13-27.  [+]
  • Forthcoming
    • NGUYEN, Duc Khuong, CORBET, Shaen, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, STOCCHETTI, Andrea (forthcoming). «Symbolism or Substance? Understanding the Motivations behind Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Decision-Makin». Journal of Economic Surveys.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, ORIJ, René , VU, Nhung (forthcoming). «Financial expert CEOs and Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling». International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics.
  • Communications (conferences, seminars, study days)
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, HUSSAIN, Nazim, ORIJ, René , REHMAN, Saif Ur , KHAN, Hashim (2023). «Multinational Enterprises’ (MNEs) Investment Policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Performance: Evidence from Emerging Asia». 6th EFS-2023 : Ethical Finance & Sustainability, EDC Paris Business School and CY Paris Cergy University, June 2023, Paris, France.
    • GULL, Ammar Ali, HUSSAIN, Nazim, KHAN, Sana Akbar, NADEEM, Muhammad, ZALATA, Alaa Mansour (2022). «Walking the talk? A corporate governance perspective on corporate social responsibility decoupling». The EURAM 2022 Conference, ZHAW School of Management and Law, June 2022, Zurich, Switzerland.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, HUSSAIN, Nazim, GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, MARTINEZ FERRERO, Jennifer (2020). «Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: Analysis of Complementarities and Substitutions Among Internal and External Governance Mechanisms». Gronen 2020 conference, "All Systems go!? Sustainability in the Digital Age", Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment (GRONEN), June 2020, Portugal.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, HUSSAIN, Nazim, GARCIA SANCHEZ, Isabel Maria, MARTINEZ FERRERO, Jennifer (2019). «Managerial Entrenchment and Organizational Facades: An International Evidence». Corporate Social Responsibility 2019, The third conference on CSR, the economy and financial markets, Otto Beisheim School of Management, Düsseldorf, Germany. October 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany.  [+]
    • LE BAS, Christian, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2019). «Sustainability in Frugal Innovation». 28ème conférence de l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS), AIMS, June 2019, Dakar, Senegal.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, BOHNSACK, René, WELLER, Stéphanie (2018). «Finding product-market fit through pivoting: A business model perspective». 25th IPDMC: Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Université de Porto, June 2018, Porto, Portugal.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, HUSSAIN, Nazim, STOCCHETTI, Andrea (2017). «Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility: A meta-analytic review and directions for future research». 6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business, September 2017, Berlin, Germany.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, HUSSAIN, Nazim, STOCCHETTI, Andrea (2017). «Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility: A meta-analytic review and directions for future research». Corporate Responsibility Research Conference, September 2017, Séville, Spain.
    • LAZINI, Pietro, KHAN, Sana Akbar (2016). «Investigating the determinants of travel mode choice: Measurement matters». 20th Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network, September 2016, Luneburg, Germany.
    • KHAN, Sana Akbar, BOHNSACK, René (2016). «Value proposition innovation: The case of vehicle-to-grid technology». R&D Management Conference 2016, July 2016, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Scientific collaborations
    • Associate member of research networks / laboratories
      • 2017 - 2018, Postdoctoral researcher, Catolica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Portugal
  • Educational responsibilities and professional experiences
    • Since 2018 Teacher-researcher, ESDES - Marketing and Digital Business, Lyon Catholic University, France
  • Teachings
    • 2023 - 2024 Account-based Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2023 - 2024 Frugal Innovation, ESDES, France
    • 2023 - 2024 Research Methodology, ESDES, France
    • 2023 - 2024 Services Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2023 - 2024 Sustainable Business Models, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Account-based Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Frugal Innovation, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Frugal Innovation, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Research Methodology, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Services Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2022 - 2023 Sustainable Business Models, ESDES, France
    • 2021 - 2022 Account-based Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2021 - 2022 Frugal Innovation, ESDES, France
    • 2021 - 2022 Research Methodology, ESDES, France
    • 2021 - 2022 Services Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2020 - 2021 Consumer Behavior, ESDES, France
    • 2020 - 2021 Frugal Innovation, ESDES, France
    • 2020 - 2021 Account Based Marketing, ESDES, France
    • 2020 - 2021 Research Methodology, ESDES, France
    • 2020 - 2021 Services Marketing, ESDES, France
  • Languages
    • English - Able to teach
    • Urdu - Able to teach