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Christopher Hazlehurst is a Lecturer in Innovation Management & Strategy Education at King's Business School.
Christopher Hazlehurst is a Lecturer in Innovation Management & Strategy Education at King's Business School.

Dr Christopher Hazlehurst

Lecturer in Innovation Management & Strategy Education

Research interests

  • Strategy, International Management and Entrepreneurship

Biography

Christopher Hazlehurst joined King’s Business School in 2021 as a Teaching Fellow in Innovation Management and Strategy and became a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in 2022. His research interests include the adoption and use of digital communication technologies in strategic management and internationalisation of businesses. Through his research Christopher explores how modern technologies can change the way in which firms engage in strategic planning and how it can impact their business performance. He is also currently an investigator in the ESRC-funded project ‘Automation, Skills and Institutions in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services’.

Christopher completed his PhD in Strategic Management at King’s in 2022. Christopher teaches Strategic Management in the undergraduate and KBS+ programmes. He is also the leader of the Business Project module for Business Management BSc and International Management BSc. Since 2018 he has also been teaching on the Business Programmes Summer Courses at both undergraduate and pre-university level.

Christopher’s areas of expertise include:
• Strategic Management
• Innovation Process
• Technology Adoption
• Quantitative Research Methods

He completed an MSc in International Fashion Management with distinction at the London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) in 2016. He achieved Associate Fellowship at the HEA in 2020. Christopher also obtained a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership from the Charted Management Institute.

Previously Christopher worked as an Associate Lecturer for Research Methods and MA Dissertation Supervisor at London College of Fashion. His previous industry experience includes roles at House of Fraser, Boxpark and van Laack.

Are you currently accepting new PhD students?

No

    Research

    International Management
    Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship

    The Department of Strategy, International Management and Entrepreneurship has a very strong research reputation in developing theory, methods, and knowledge to advance our understanding of business, innovation, and entrepreneurial activity in an international institutional context.

    Digital economy
    Automation, skills and institutions in knowledge-intensive business services

    This project will gather qualitative data on new automation technologies and how they affect workers’ productivity, employment and skills.

    Project status: Ongoing

      Research

      International Management
      Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship

      The Department of Strategy, International Management and Entrepreneurship has a very strong research reputation in developing theory, methods, and knowledge to advance our understanding of business, innovation, and entrepreneurial activity in an international institutional context.

      Digital economy
      Automation, skills and institutions in knowledge-intensive business services

      This project will gather qualitative data on new automation technologies and how they affect workers’ productivity, employment and skills.

      Project status: Ongoing