Chen Han
Graduate Teaching AssistantCurrent Teaching
I contribute to undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and MBA teaching in strategy at Lancaster University Management School. My teaching experience includes Principles of Strategic Management, Strategic Management Simulation, Building Competitive Advantage, Strategic Management, Managing Strategic Change, and MBA Strategic Management. My responsibilities have included small-group tutoring, simulation coaching, assessment and moderation, developmental feedback, student-group coordination, and module administration. I have also independently designed and delivered an MBA guest lecture on AI and Strategy, translating my research on AI-enabled firm capabilities, innovation, and strategic adaptation into contemporary strategy teaching.
Research Interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing. I am particularly interested in strategic orientations, organisational capabilities, product innovation, strategic adaptation, and competitive advantage. An emerging stream of my research examines AI-enabled capabilities and digital transformation, including how generative and agentic AI reshape firm innovation, marketing strategy, competitive responses, and international business.
Current Research
My doctoral research examines how AI embeddedness influences firm innovation and competitive advantage. The dissertation investigates different forms of AI-enabled organisational capability and their implications for firm innovation and performance outcomes. The research focuses particularly on manufacturing firms and combines strategy, innovation, and marketing perspectives to understand how organisations translate emerging AI technologies into substantive strategic and innovation outcomes.
European Journal of Marketing (Journal)
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Chinese Management Studies (Journal)
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Industrial Marketing Management (Journal)
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Thinking Skills and Creativity (Journal)
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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Journal)
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Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing (Journal)
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European Research on Management and Business Economics (Journal)
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International Business Review (Journal)
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Knowledge Management Research and Practice (Journal)
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AMA Marketing Strategy SIG Doctoral Student Research Award
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Research and Development Management Association (RADMA) Postgraduate Student Research Support
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Best Paper Award of Technology, Innovation, and Supply Chain Management Stream, 33rd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Annual Conference
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2026 PDMA Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition Third Place
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Research and Development Management Association (RADMA) Postgraduate Student Research Support
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Lancaster University Management School PhD Scholarship
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