Dr Rose Quan

Associate Professor

School: Newcastle Business School

Dr Rose Quan is an Associate Professor in International Business, Entreprenership and Strategy at Newcastle Business School at Univerity of Northumbria at Newcastle. Rose is also an Affiliate Professor at several universities in China. Prior to joining the business school in 2005, Rose worked in various industries in China, the US and the UK, holding positions such as Marketing Manager and Purchasing Manager for over 15 years. She has collaborated with key clients, including Ann Summer, Woolworth, H Samuel and Claire's in the UK. Since joining the business school, Rose has played a pivotal role in developing and fostering partnerships with numerous universities, representing the business school in various international development projects in China. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK and has been nominated for student-led teaching awards multiple times.

As a qualitative researcher, Rose has successfully supervised numerous PhD and DBA students, leading the supervision team. Her scholarly work has been published in respected journals such as the International Business Review, Teaching in Higher Education, the European Journal of International Business Management, and International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation among others. Additionaly, Rose serves as a co-project leader (the Package - 6) for the Global Entrepreneruial Talent Management research project, which received funding exceeding 1 million Euros from the EU's Horizon 2020 and the Korean Research Foundation in 2016. This project invovles collaboration with nine universities in five countries across the UK, Europe and Asia. Additionally, Rose is a co-researcher for the IAU (Innovation for Afrian Universities) YEAP research project (Young Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme(, funded by the British Council in 2022.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My primary reserch interest is the area of internationalisation of organisations and individuals, encompassing market entry strategy and location choices for both MNEs and SMEs, migrant entreprenership, international students and staff mobilities, entreprenership education.

Key Publications

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A Case Study of Experiential Entrepreneurial Learning Through LEGO® Play, Ball, S., Quan, R., Clegg, S. 19 Sep 2025, Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Academic Conferences & Publishing International Ltd.
Towards Physical and Mental Well-Being in a Disrupted World via Entrepreneurial Action Underpinned by Responsible Digital Innovation: A Research Approach, Pearce, A., Oredo, J., Bailey, M., Dziewanowska, K., Godfrey, A., Tawiah, V., Petrylaite, E., Doyle, P., Quan, R., Valencia, A., Clegg, S., Ko, I. 10 May 2025, Humanizing the Digital Workspace, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
Internal R&D or external asset growth? A closer look at CEO narcissism and entrepreneurial orientation, Yang, L., Lin, Z., Quan, R., Cunningham, J., Huang, W. 3 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
The Design, Development and Implementation of a Digital Platform to Enhance Value Co-Creation within an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in SubSaharan Africa, Oredo, J., Pearce, A., Quan, R., Elly, D., Bailey, M., Ndede, F. 22 Dec 2024, Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in SubSaharan Africa, Singapore, World Scientific
Why Am I (Not) Struggling? Career Prospects of Migrant Academics at British and Finnish Higher Education Institutions, Quan, R., Arte, P., Dowie, C. 16 Dec 2023, Sustainable International Business, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
why am I (not) struggling? Exploring career prospects of migrant academics at British and Finnish higher education institutions, Quan, R., Arte, P., Dowie, C., Johnson, J. Sep 2023, BAM conference 2023, London, British Academy of Management
Combining Korean Confucianism with European Values to Build Successful Business Relationships, Pearce, A., Dziewanowska, K., Quan, R., Ko, I. 4 Feb 2022, In: European Journal of International Management
Lundgren Tours: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire. A young entrepreneur survives and thrives after the ‘double-whammy’ of Brexit and Coronavirus. A Teaching Case Study, Pearce, A., Quan, R., Dziewanowska, K. 1 May 2022, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Professional Activity

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Visiting an external academic institution: Beijing University of Chemical Technology 2023
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Business and Law Conference 2023
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: The Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management On-line Conference 2020
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: GETM3 Sandpit Dublin 2020 2020
Other: Tianjin University Science and Technology articulation cooperation plan: Cross faculties. 2019
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: GETM3 Sandpit Northumbria 2019 2019
Hosting an academic visitor: Paul Doyle 2019
Hosting an academic visitor: Prof Ui Wook Hwang 2019
Hosting an academic visitor: Ilsang Ko 2019
Hosting an academic visitor: Katarzyna Dziewanowska 2019

PGR Supervision

Dounia Kharbouch The Impact of Decarbonisation on Innovation & Export Intensity Start Date: 25/04/2024
Dounia Kharbouch The Impact of Decarbonisation on Export Intensity: A Study of Moroccan SMEs Start Date: 25/04/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025

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