Yen Tran

Dr. Yen Tran is an Associate Professor of Innovation, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Business School, with additional affiliations as a Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. Her academic background includes a PhD from Copenhagen Business School and Stanford University, an MSc and MBA from Ohio University, and previous positions at Copenhagen Business School and FPT University.

Her research explores:

• Innovation capability development and business model innovation for decarbonization and digital transformation
• Knowledge mobility and recontextualization in international entrepreneurship
• Dynamic capabilities and organizational learning in emerging markets

Her publications focus on sustainable business models, entrepreneurial mobility, and innovation in emerging economies, with consistent themes of knowledge transfer and capability development.

Awards include:

• Best Paper Award from Academy of Management
• BPS Outstanding Dissertation Award finalist
• Tuborg Foundation's Business Economics Prize

She leads significant research grants including a £157K UN-funded cold chain project and £46M transport decarbonization initiative. She mentors 14+ PhD students working on innovation frameworks and capability development.

Dr. Tran collaborates internationally through WISE-Mekong Business Initiative and Vietnam Network Scotland, facilitating UK-Vietnam educational partnerships and industry consulting for startups and MNCs.