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Dr Irina Heim

Lecturer in Apprenticeship Programmes and the Army Higher Education Pathway

Deputy Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies
Programme Director for the Apprenticeship Levy in Management
Fellow, UK HEA

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Specialisms

  • Economic Policy and Organisations, 
  • Company Strategy and Environment, 
  • Business Digital Transformation

Location

Edith Morley building room 270, Whiteknights campus

Dr Irina Heim is a Lecturer in Apprenticeship Programmes and the Army Higher Education Pathway at Henley Business School. She is also Deputy Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Irina has a PhD in Management from Henley Business School, funded by the University of Reading. Her dissertation explored the effects of economic policy on organisations in resource-rich countries, analysing the implications for contemporary business theory. In her book, Kazakhstan's Diversification From the Natural Resources Sector: Strategic and Economic Opportunities (Palgrave, 2020), Irina uses aspects of her PhD to broaden the scope of her research.

Her research interests include business digital transformation and company strategies in response to changes in their environment. She has researched organisations from both developed and emerging countries, covering Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and China.

She was the recipient of the Best Reviewer Award at the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2019. She also secured Woman in International Business and AIB travel grants.

Irina has 10 years' experience in various top management positions with German global ICT companies and integrates industry knowledge in her teaching and research. She has worked for University College London (UCL) Consultants and the UCL department of Economics to develop a course for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and also taught Kazakhstani entrepreneurs on a course organised by the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs, contributing to the development of the policy recommendations for Kazakhstan's government.

Reference: Richert, M. , Heim, I. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2025) A systematic literature review of Chinese investment in natural resource-rich and technology-intensive locations. Management and Organization Review, 21 (1). pp. 131-177. ISSN 1740-8784
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. , Ribberink, N., Richert, M. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2024) Expected levels of sectoral economic integration: implications of the BRI project for resource-rich countries. European Journal of International Management, 23 (2-3). pp. 290-321. ISSN 1751-6765 doi: 10.1504/EJIM.2024.138662
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. and Mergaliyeva, L. (2024) Organizational wrongdoing within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: an integrative review. Journal of Business Ethics. ISSN 1573-0697 doi: 10.1007/s10551-024-05806-9
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. , (2024) The barriers facing female entrepreneurs - written evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee. Report. UK Parliament, Westminster.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. (2023) Intellectual property management: interdisciplinary knowledge for business decision-making. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN 9783031267420 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-26743-7
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. , Crowley Vigneau, A. and Kalyuzhnova, Y. (2023) Environmental and socio-economic policies in oil and gas regions: triple bottom line approach. Regional Studies, 57 (1). pp. 181-195. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2056589
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Ghobadian, A. (2023) Win-win strategies for firms operating in resource-abundant countries: technological spillovers and a collaborative diversification policy. Resources Policy, 83. 103578. ISSN 0301-4207 doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103578
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Abby Ghobadian
Reference: Heim, I. and Sardar-Drenda, N. (2021) Assessment of employees attitudes toward ongoing organizational transformations. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 34 (2). pp. 327-349. ISSN 0953-4814 doi: 10.1108/JOCM-04-2019-0119
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. and Ribberink, N. (2021) Between growth and national security in host countries: FDI regulation and Chinese outward investments in Australia’s critical infrastructure. AIB Insights, 21 (1). ISSN 1938-9590 doi: 10.46697/001c.19506
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. (2020) Kazakhstan’s diversification from the natural resource sector: strategic and economic opportunities. Euro-Asian studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN 9783030373887 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-37389-4
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Ambalov, V. and Heim, I. (2020) Investments in the digital silk road. In: Heim, I. (ed.) Kazakhstan’s Diversification from the Natural Resource Sector: Strategic and Economic Opportunities. Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 111-149. ISBN 9783030373887 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-37389-4
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. (2019) Local content policy and value co-creation: adopting information technologies in the oil and gas industry. PhD thesis, University of Reading. doi: 10.48683/1926.00083507
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. , Li, W. and Liu, K. (2019) Value co‐creation between foreign firms and indigenous small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kazakhstan's oil and gas industry: the role of information technology spillovers. Thunderbird International Business Review, 61 (6). pp. 911-927. ISSN 1520-6874 doi: 10.1002/tie.22067
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Weizi (Vicky) Li - Professor Kecheng Liu
Reference: Heim, I. (2018) Local content policies. In: Munoz, J. M. (ed.) Globalization Alternatives: Strategies for the New International Economy. Business Expert Press, Dallas, USA, pp. 73-84. ISBN 9781631577789
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. (2018) Value co-creation and local content development: the role of collaboration between foreign and indigenous firms. In: BAM 2018 32nd Annual Conference, 4-6 September 2018, Bristol Business School.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Ambalov, V. and Heim, I. (2018) Cluster nodes as a unit for value co-creation: the role of information technologies in competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry. In: Liu, K. , Nakata, K. , Li, W. (V.) and Baranauskas, C. (eds.) Digitalisation, Innovation and Transformation: 18th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2018, Reading, UK, July 16-18, 2018, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (527). Springer International Publishing, pp. 155-163. ISBN 9783319945408 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94541-5_16
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim
Reference: Heim, I. , Han, T. and Ghobadian, A. (2018) Value co-creation in ICT services company: a case study of a cross-border acquisition. Journal of East-West Business, 24 (4). pp. 319-338. ISSN 1528-6959 doi: 10.1080/10669868.2018.1467841
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Abby Ghobadian
Reference: Heim, I. , Kalyuzhnova, Y. and Liu, K. (2017) Business value of IT in competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s energy sector: the role of international oil and gas companies in sustainable development of the local industry. In: British Academy of Management Proceedings (BAM2017), 5 - 7 Sep 2017, Warwick Business School.
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim - Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova - Professor Kecheng Liu
Reference: Delevic, U. and Heim, I. (2017) Institutions in transition: is the EU integration process relevant for inward FDI in transition European economies? Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 5 (1). pp. 16-32. ISSN 2148-0192 doi: 10.15604/ejef.2017.05.01.002
Henley faculty authors:
Dr Irina Heim

Business and Management Project

The module aims at providing students with an opportunity to define and execute independent research in Management on an approved topic of their choice in collaboration with an organisation/company. To...

Module code: MMM177

Social Responsibility in Action

Students are expected to draw on knowledge and experience gained during the course, and to apply it to a contemporary management problem or issue related to social purpose of the...

Module code: MM298

European International Business Association (EIBA) 2022 (December 8-11, 2022, Oslo, Norway). Panel presentation: 'Can MNEs contribute toward sustainability and the achievement of the SDGs in the absence of official governmental actions?'

Regional Studies Association (RSA) Winter Conference 2022 (November 10-11, 2022, London, UK). Panel chair: 'Drivers of Regional Innovation Capacity'

Academy of Management (2021) - Leading Digital Change in a VUCA Environment: a Case Study of Nokia's Services Transformation

Academy of International Business (2021) - FDI in Critical Infrastructure: Implications of the BRI Project for Resource-Rich Countries. Triple Bottom Line: Lessons on Environmental and Socio-Economic Value of Foreign Investments in the Russian Oil and Gas Regions