Nathalia Tjandra
Nathalia Tjandra

Dr Nathalia Tjandra

Associate Professor

Biography

Nathalia is the Head of International and an Associate Professor in Marketing at Edinburgh Napier University Business School. She oversees the implementation of the University’s Internationalisation Strategy in the Business School, and develops an International and Global Online strategic direction for the School. She liaises with internal and external stakeholders and manages 25 TNE and Global Online programmes delivered globally.

She is a member of the Marketing subject group leadership team. The subject comprises of over 20 Marketing academics who are responsible for teaching, research and commercial activities in the UK, overseas and online. She is leading and involved in the development of the Marketing curriculum in the Business School for the UK, overseas and online deliveries. She successfully leads the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) accreditation excercise for all marketing programmes.

Nathalia is very passionate about teaching and learning in the higher education. She has been teaching Marketing since 2011. She became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2019. She is currently teaching Brand Management subject at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the UK, overseas and online. She supervises undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students.

She is an active researcher. Her areas of expertise are branding, business-to-business marketing, marketing ethics and sustainability. She has been publishing in international peer-reviewed journals and presenting at international conferences. She has won a number of research awards including Academy of Marketing Best Paper in Marketing Ethics track (2015), Best Paper in Events and Sports Marketing track (2015) and Best Paper in Brand, Identity and Corporate Reputation track (2014). She has gained both internal and external funding to conduct international research in the UK, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

News

Events

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Invited Member of Medinge Group
  • Chair of Marketing Professional Advisory Group
  • Member of the Business School Accreditation Commitee
  • Leader of The Indonesian Society Scotland (TISS) for Edinburgh and Fife
  • Member of the Business School Provision Committee
  • Chair of International Operations Group (The Business School)
  • Member of Collaborative Partnership Committee
  • Advisory Group Member and Mentor Marketing Society Scotland (Student Marketing Society stream)
  • Member of Research and Innovation Committee
  • Founder and co-ordinator of Early Career Researcher Network
  • Deputy Leader for Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Research Cluster
  • Academic Conduct Officer

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Chair of 17th Global Brand Conference (22 - 24 April 2024)

 

Editorial Activity

  • Journal of Brand Management (2*) on special issue Conscientious Brands: Making Sustainability and Responsibility Work
  • Transnational Marketing Journal

 

External Examining/Validations

  • Hong Kong Baptist University School of Continuing Education
  • University of Hertfordshire for INTI Malaysia
  • University of Staffordshire for programes in Asia Pacific Institution of Information Technology (APIIT) in Malaysia and Sri Lanka

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy

 

Invited Speaker

  • Branding Masterclass (Edinburgh Napier University International Partners Conference, Bentota, Sri Lanka)
  • Invited speaker: Beyond sustainability: An introduction to conscientious brands (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
  • Invited speaker: Conscientious brands in higher education (Medinge Group Internal Meeting, Oslo, Norway)
  • Invited speaker: Beyond sustainability: An introduction to conscientious brands (THM Giessen, Germany)
  • Invited speaker: Navigating Asia: Using data and market intelligence for prioritation in the Asian Tiger Economies (CASE Europe Annual Conference 2023, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
  • Invited speaker: Beyond sustainability: An introduction to brands with a conscience (Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya, Indonesia)
  • Invited expert: Digital Tobacco Marketing Control: The global perspective (Aliansi Jurnalis Independen [Alliance of Independent Journalist], Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Building brand resilience in the digital era (BINUS University, Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Conscientious brands – Insight from the marketing agencies (Medinge Group, Online)
  • Invited panellist: International student mobility in a changing world (Chartered Association of Business Schools Conference, London, United Kingdom)
  • Invited expert: Digital branding in 2021 (IGB Media, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Digital Branding (INTI College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • Invited speaker: Brand strategy for startups (BINUS University, Indonesia)
  • Public lecture on World’s Free Tobacco Day: Tobacco marketing ethics (University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Brand failure, damage and resurrection (Universitas Widya Mandala Surabaya, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Brand failure, damage and resurrection (University of Ciputra, Surabaya, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: Branding for start-up businesses (University of Ciputra, Surabaya, Indonesia)
  • Invited speaker: On the road to brand leadership: Co-creating brand value with customers and other stakeholders (Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Surabaya, Indonesia)

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Certified Manager of Business Educator
  • Alumnae of Aurora Leadership Foundation

 

Public/Community Engagement

  • Social Media and Body Image: A Social Marketing Training Workshop

 

Reviewing

  • Business Strategy and the Environment
  • European Business Review
  • Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal
  • Journal of Business to Business Marketing
  • Journal Brand Management
  • International Journal of Emerging Markets
  • Journal of Product and Brand Management
  • Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
  • Transnational Marketing Journal

 

Visiting Positions

  • Visiting Professor Changchun Guanghua University China
  • Visiting Professor at Ciputra University Indonesia

 

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The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Employers in Hong Kong: A Study of the Service Sector

Report
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N., Chen, T. & Raeside, R. (2017)
The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Employers in Hong Kong: A Study of the Service Sector. Edinburgh: Lawrence Ho Research Fund 2016-2017
No abstract available.

The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector

Presentation / Conference
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N., & Chen, T. (2017, July)
The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017, Swansea, UK
The aim of this research is to explore the impact of the ageing population on employers in the Hong Kong service sector.

The future of Indonesian tobacco children: The future of Indonesian tobacco children: Implications for tobacco control policy

Presentation / Conference
Tjandra, N. C., Aroean, L., & Prabandari, Y. S. (2017, May)
The future of Indonesian tobacco children: The future of Indonesian tobacco children: Implications for tobacco control policy. Paper presented at 5th World Social Marketing Conference
This study aims to explore the Indonesian public perception towards the ethics of tobacco marketing activities, and their implications on young people. Six focus groups and th...

Beer brand characteristics as motivational drivers for Colombian consumers to engage in word-of-mouth

Conference Proceeding
Stahl, P., Tjandra, N. C., & Marshall, K. (2016)
Beer brand characteristics as motivational drivers for Colombian consumers to engage in word-of-mouth. In Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Conference 2016
No abstract available.

An investigation of key market growth factors that influence the “luxurisation” of golf industry in China

Journal Article
Zhang, C., Omar, M., & Tjandra, N. C. (2016)
An investigation of key market growth factors that influence the “luxurisation” of golf industry in China. Journal of Business, 1(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.18533/job.v1i2.23
This study aims to investigate the key market growth factors for golf development in China as a luxury product. After nearly 30 years of development, China now has the largest...

Evaluating the role and the contribution of intermediaries in developing a successful financial services brand.

Conference Proceeding
Tjandra, N. C., Ensor, J., Omar, M., & Thomson, J. R. (2015)
Evaluating the role and the contribution of intermediaries in developing a successful financial services brand
This study aims to evaluate intermediaries’ role in developing a successful brand. It specifically focuses on the role and contribution of independent financial advisers (IFAs...

Sex Sells: A comparative study of two-generational perspectives of the sexual stereotyping of women in advertising: Boomers v. Millennials

Presentation / Conference
Hogg, K., Rezai Namaghi, K., & Tjandra, N. C. (2015, November)
Sex Sells: A comparative study of two-generational perspectives of the sexual stereotyping of women in advertising: Boomers v. Millennials. Paper presented at Popular Culture and World Politics (8) conference
Various studies on gender stereotyping in advertising and on inter-generational differences can be found the academic literature. Nevertheless, little studies can be found on ...

Advanced and emerging economies Generation Ys' perception towards country-of-origin.

Journal Article
Tjandra, N. C., Omar, M., & Ensor, J. (2015)
Advanced and emerging economies Generation Ys' perception towards country-of-origin. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 10, 858-874. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-11-2012-0146
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of Generation Y from advanced and emerging economies towards the country-of-origin (COO) of fashion products. ...

To revel in someone else's misfortune? An exploration of the perception of Indonesian smokers towards tobacco marketing - A virtue ethics perspective

Conference Proceeding
Tjandra, N. C., Aroean, L., & Prabandari, Y. S. (2015)
To revel in someone else's misfortune? An exploration of the perception of Indonesian smokers towards tobacco marketing - A virtue ethics perspective
For a number of years tobacco companies have had a significant political and financial influence in Indonesia. The tobacco industry is one of the Indonesian government’s large...

Radical and Incremental Innovation Effectiveness in Relation to Market Orientation in the Retail Industry: Triggers, Drivers, and Supporters

Book Chapter
Lewrick, M., Omar, M., Williams Jr., R., Tjandra, N. C., & Lee, Z. (2015)
Radical and Incremental Innovation Effectiveness in Relation to Market Orientation in the Retail Industry: Triggers, Drivers, and Supporters. In E. Pantano (Ed.), Successful Technological Integration for Competitive Advantage in Retail Settings, 239-268. IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8297-9.ch011
The retail industry market environment is very competitive; thus, in order to maintain their competitive advantage retailers are required to continuously come up with innovati...

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