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Profile

College / Department
Teaching areas
Entrepreneurship, Research Methods, Project Management, Innovation
Research areas
Crowdfunding, FinTech, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Technology Adoption, and Digitalization.
Education
PhD, Management Studies, Woosong University, South Korea, 2022
Master, Public Administration, Indra Gandhi National Open University, India, 2017
MBA, Finance & Marketing, Central University of Kashmir, India, 2012
Bachelor, Computer Applications, University of Kashmir, India, 2009
Professional experience
Assistant Professor, Abu Dhabi School Management, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2022 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Endicott College of International Studies, Daejeon, South Korea, 2018 - 2022
Contact
+971 6 515 4775
Dr. Hasnan Baber
Assistant Professor
PhD, Woosong University, South Korea
Hasnan Baber has a PhD in Management Studies from Woosong University, South Korea. He was awarded as an exemplary meritorious student during his doctoral program. He has two master’s Degrees - Business administration and public administration. He has published more than 70 research articles indexed and listed in Scopus, SSCI, and ABDC. He has consistently been recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists by Stanford University for three consecutive years (2022-2024). His areas of research are crowdfunding, FinTech, entrepreneurship, sustainability, technology adoption, and digitalization.
Publications
Hasnan Baber, Sarango-lalangui, Pa\'ul, Jamal Maalouf, Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Haywantee Ramkissoon. Cover Letterdear Editori Am Submitting My Paper, Available At Ssrn 5205356
Hasnan Baber, Muneer Shaik And Himani Gupta. AN ANALYSIS OF THE INDIAN ECONOMY DURING THE THREE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WAVES, Technological And Economic Development Of Economy, 22 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Hasnan Baber And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Crowdfunding for a Cause: Revolutionizing Online Political Engagement, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Hasnan Baber And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Introduction to Sustainable Finance: Green Finance, Crowdfunding and Digital Currencies, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. Medical Crowdfunding- “We Make a Living by What We Get but We Make a Life by What We Give”, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Hasnan Baber, Islam Salem And Marius Pana. What do you value based on who you are? Big five personality traits, destination value and electronic word-of-mouth intentions, Tourism And Hospitality Research, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Marius Pana And Alina Manole. Do price consciousness, anti-socializing behavior and content add fuel to consuming online video streaming? A multigroup analysis and moderating role of gender and marital status, Online Information Review, 26 November 2024
Ritika Chopra, Seema Bhardwaj, Hasnan Baber And Olajide Idris Sanusi. Navigating global horizons: a review of export promotion and foreign market entry strategies for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Journal Of Business And Industrial Marketing, 14 November 2024
Jyoti Chahal And Hasnan Baber. University or Personal Sustainability— What Shapes Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intentions of Students?, Journal Of Entrepreneurship And Innovation In Emerging Economies, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Hasnan Baber, Kiran Nair, Ruchi Gupta And Kuldeep Gurjar. The beginning of ChatGPT – a systematic and bibliometric review of the literature, Information And Learning Science, 5 June 2024
Kuldeep Gurjar, Anshika Jangra, Hasnan Baber, Maidul Islam And Shabnam Sheikh. An Analytical Review on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Business Industry: Applications, Trends, and Challenges, Ieee Engineering Management Review, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Hasnan Baber, Marius Pană And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Predicting Romanian tourism e-WOM intentions using value and personality theories, European Journal Of Innovation Management, 25 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Paul Sarango-lalangui. The influence of sustainability education on students’ entrepreneurial intentions, International Journal Of Sustainability In Higher Education, 23 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. Alternative Finance: A Framework for Innovative and Sustainable Business Models, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. Introduction to Alternative Finance, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Kuldeep Gurjar, Anshika Jangra, Hasnan Baber, Maidul Islam And Shabnam Sheikh. An Analytical Review on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Business Industry: Applications, Trends, and Challenges, Ieee Engineering Management Review, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Hasnan Baber, Marius Pană And Alina Manole. Consumption of Cinema and Substitutes—At the Crossroads during the Pandemic, Quarterly Review Of Film And Video, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Umer Zaman, Murat Aktan, Hasnan Baber And Shahid Nawaz. Does forced-shift to online learning affect university brand image in South Korea? Role of perceived harm and international students’ learning engagement, Journal Of Marketing For Higher Education, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Hasnan Baber And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Fifteen years of crowdfunding–a bibliometric analysis, Technology Analysis And Strategic Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Hasnan Baber. Gender differences among university students towards sustainable entrepreneurship, Small Enterprise Research, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Jyoti Chahal And Hasnan Baber. University or Personal Sustainability— What Shapes Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intentions of Students?, Journal Of Entrepreneurship And Innovation In Emerging Economies, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Seema Bhardwaj, Navin Kumar, Ruchi Gupta, Hasnan Baber And Amita Venkatesh. How Social Media Influencers Impact Consumer Behaviour? Systematic Literature Review, Vision, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Hasnan Baber And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Motivations behind backers’ contributions in reward-based crowdfunding for movies and web series, International Journal Of Emerging Markets, 3 March 2023
Hasan Tinmaz, Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. A snapshot of digital literacy, Library Hi Tech News, 25 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Hasnan Baber. Gender differences among university students towards sustainable entrepreneurship, Small Enterprise Research, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Hasnan Baber, Kiran Nair, Ruchi Gupta And Kuldeep Gurjar. The beginning of ChatGPT – a systematic and bibliometric review of the literature, Information And Learning Science, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Hasnan Baber, Islam Salem And Marius Pana. What do you value based on who you are? Big five personality traits, destination value and electronic word-of-mouth intentions, Tourism And Hospitality Research, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Hasan Tinmaz, Yoo Lee, Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. A systematic review on digital literacy, Smart Learning Environments, 1 December 2022
Hasnan Baber, Haywantee Ramkissoon, Islam Salem, Vahid Ghasemi And Ziaul Munim. Hospitality enterprises’ revival through crowdfunding: a cross-country study, Consumer Behavior In Tourism And Hospitality, 17 November 2022
Islam Salem, Zakaria Elkhwesky, Hasnan Baber And Maha Radwan. Hotel resuscitation by reward-based crowdfunding: A critical review and moderated mediation model, Tourism Management Perspectives, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2022
Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Yoo Lee And Hasan Tinmaz. A bibliometric analysis of digital literacy research and emerging themes pre-during COVID-19 pandemic, Information And Learning Science, 10 March 2022
Mina Fanea-ivanovici, Hasnan Baber, Marius Pană And Alina Manole. Consumption of Cinema and Substitutes—At the Crossroads during the Pandemic, Quarterly Review Of Film And Video, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Hasnan Baber And Mina Fanea-ivanovici. Fifteen years of crowdfunding–a bibliometric analysis, Technology Analysis And Strategic Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. Sustainability at Universities as a Determinant of Entrepreneurship for Sustainability, Sustainability (switzerland), 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Hasnan Baber. Modelling the acceptance of e-learning during the pandemic of COVID-19-A study of South Korea, International Journal Of Management Education, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
Mina Fanea-ivanovici And Hasnan Baber. Crowdfunding model for financing movies and web series, International Journal Of Innovation Studies, 1 June 2021
Umer Zaman, Murat Aktan, Hasnan Baber And Shahid Nawaz. Does forced-shift to online learning affect university brand image in South Korea? Role of perceived harm and international students’ learning engagement, Journal Of Marketing For Higher Education, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021
Hasnan Baber. Intentions to participate in political crowdfunding- from the perspective of civic voluntarism model and theory of planned behavior, Technology In Society, 1 November 2020
Hasnan Baber. Financial inclusion and FinTech: A comparative study of countries following Islamic finance and conventional finance, Qualitative Research In Financial Markets, 21 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Hasnan Baber. Subjective norms and intention- A study of crowdfunding in India, Research In World Economy, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Hasnan Baber. How crisis-proof is Islamic finance? : A comparative study of Islamic finance and conventional finance during and post financial crisis, Qualitative Research In Financial Markets, 2 November 2018
Conference Presentations
Like It, Share It”- social media and Sustainable Consumer Behavior of Gen Z In UAE, 7th International Conference Of Entrepreneurship For Sustainability & Impact (esi), 23 November 2024
Belief in Action: Exploring the Influence of Religiosity on Crowdfunding Intentions through the Theory of Planned Behavior and Donation Behavior, Emac 2024 Regional Conference, 25 September 2024
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Eschew Brain drain and nurture brain bank in UAE - Lessons from US and European Countries, Ministry of Education, UAE Government, 2023 - 2025
Grant, Let the Young Take Over! A study of sustainable behaviour among Generation Z in UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2025
Grant, Metaverse in Education, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Korean Government, 2021 - 2022
Awards and Honors
Exemplary Meritorious Student Award in the Doctoral program, Woosong University, 10 February 2022