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Ihsen Ketata

Lecturer, Management

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Dr. Ihsen Ketata is a Lecturer in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, where she also serves as Co-Director of the International Business Minor Program. In that role, she provides academic leadership and guidance to students pursuing the minor, helping them connect coursework with global experiences and professional opportunities. Her research focuses on multinational company strategies and sustainable development.

Dr. Ketata is a co-founder of two signature Leavey School initiatives: the International Business Case Challenge Competition and International Business Week, both of which engage students with Silicon Valley professionals and foster global awareness through experiential learning. Her scholarship has been presented at international conferences including the Academy of Management and AIMS, and published in journals such as the Journal of International Business Education and R&D Management.

Before joining Santa Clara, Dr. Ketata taught in France, Tunisia, and the United States, including at Baruch College (CUNY), Georgia State University, and Georgia Tech. She also co-founded the Southeast U.S. Higher Education Consortium for International Business.

Dr. Ketata has served as Chair of the Board of the Alif Institute, on the Advisory Board of the Arab American National Museum, and is an active member of Tunisian American Young Professionals. Fluent in French and Arabic, she brings a global perspective shaped by academic and professional experience across three continents.

She holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management and a Master's in Economic Analysis, Modeling, and Quantitative Analysis from the University of Montpellier, France.

Publications

Dakhli, M. Ketata, I., Wang, L. & Szabo White, M. (2019). Tesco in China: How Could Things Go So Wrong? Journal of International Business Education, 14: 355-372. Dakhli M. and Ketata, I. (2016), Middle Class and Higher Education in the MENA Region. Edited by Leslie

Dakhli M. and Ketata, I. (2016), Middle Class and Higher Education in the MENA Region. Edited by Leslie L Marsh and Hongmei Li,in, The Middle Class in Emerging Societies: Consumers, Lifestyles and Markets (184-199). Florence, Kentucky: Routledge.

Dakhli M. and Ketata, I. (2015). Comparing Students ‘Performance in an International Business Class Across Two Nations: An exploratory Study. Journal of International Business Education, 10: 95-116.

Ketata, I., Grimpe, C., & Sofka, W. (2015). The role of internal capabilities and firms' environment for sustainable innovation: evidence for Germany, R&D Management 45 (1), 60- 75.

Ketata I. and McIntyre, J., (2008), Corporate social responsibility as a new orientation in response to the crisis management. Edited by Dr Phil Gabriele G.S. Suder, International Business Under Adversity, London, UK. Edward Elgar Publ.

Hilmi N., Ketata I. and Safa, A. (2007), Multinational firms’ foreign direct investment, The Business Review, Cambridge, 7(2), 242-250.

KETATA I. (2006), L’influence du contexte sur le choix de la stratégie d’implantation, Revue Française de Gestion, 32 (166), 159-171.