Professional Doctorate Graduates’ Profiles

SMU's first Professional Doctorate Programme was launched in 2012 and we had our first graduate in 2015.

You can view details of SMU's Professional Doctorate graduates.

Ajjaree LIMPAMONT

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Predicting success and failure factors of Thai Start-ups. An Empirical study of start-up success and its determinants in Thailand

Committee Members
Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor), SMU-affiliated

Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB (OM), SMU

Senior Lecturer Patrick THNG, SCIS, SMU
Amit BAKSHI

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Industrial marketing, strategy, value pricing, and innovation.

Dissertation
Internet of things solutions (IOTS) adoption for capital goods in the business to-business (B2B) market

Committee Members
Professor Jin Kyung HAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Professor Kapil R. TULI, LKCSB, SMU

Assistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL, SCIS, SMU
Andrew Cheng Ghee HENG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Creativity and Culture

Dissertation
The impact of working from home on employee creativity: A cross cultural comparison of Germany and China

Committee Members
Associate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Kenneth TAI, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Zou XI, College of Business (Nanyang Business School) - Division of Leadership, Management & Organization, NTU
BIAN, Sheng

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Dissertation
The relationship between medical equipment management outsourcing and performance

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB (Finance), SMU
Assistant Professor Yin WANG, SOA, SMU
Professor Jiang WEI, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Bing RUAN

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Dissertation
The impact of equity incentive executive compensation on corporate performance

Committee Members
Associate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Heng YUE, SOA, SMU
Vice-President of SOM, Junsheng DOU, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Bing SUN

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Big data analysis, Blockchain technology, Supply Chain Operations Optimization

Dissertation
Reading between the lines of the second-hand e-commerce business in China: A study of consumer behaviour Xianyu second-hand platform

Committee Members
Associate Professor Tin Seong KAM (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU

Associate Professor Zhiling GUO, SCIS, SMU

Professor Wei JIANG, Management Science, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Professor Zhiqiang ZHENG, Information Systems, Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
Bo ZHANG Chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group, Chairman and CEO of China Hongqiao Group

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Business Management

Dissertation
Employees’ job positions, psychological ownership, and commitment to change

Committee Members
Professor Lily KONG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU

Associate Professor Roy CHUA, LKCSB, SMU

Professor Yijiang WANG, Economics and Human Resource Management, CKGSB
CAI, Ying

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Study on the Relationship Between REITs Industry Characteristics and Project Performance: The Moderating Role of Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jun TU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB (Finance), SMU
Assistant Professor Jing LI, SOE, SMU
Professor Chunyan HUANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Caleb Chun Kwan CHU

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Culture, Power, Innovation

Dissertation
How resources affect cultural tightness-looseness and creativity in large and small organizations

Committee Members
Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hannah CHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Charlie Nhuc Hiang LAY

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics, Geopolitical Trends, Digital Currencies, and the Financial Markets.

Dissertation
CBDC: Context, challenges, and conditions for a successful adoption

Committee Members
Professor Kian Guan LIM (Chair/ Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Mandy THAM, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Kee Yang LOW, YPHSL, SMU

Henry Hing Lee CHAN, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace
CHEN Yang

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Development model of cultural industry, Cultural industry innovation

Dissertation
Research on the Industrial Chain Network-Driven Innovation Model of China's Audio-Visual Industry Park

Committee Members
Associate Professor Man Cyndi ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Eric ZHAO, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Professor Jing LIU, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
CHEN, Jen-Tsung

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
My interests in the research field including Star talent management, Corporate Strategic Development and Marketing Strategy Development.

Dissertation
How Does the Captain Guide the Brightest Stars? The Effect of Leadership Styles on Star’s Work Performance

Committee Members
Doctor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kim Song TAN, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Can OUYANG, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chengshuang ZHANG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Sustainable Finance: ESG measurement, Impact Investing, Machine learning in ESG investing & ESG measurement, ESG factors and Asset pricing anomalies, stakeholder behavior in sustainable finance. Challenges and obstacles of sustainable finance in S E Asia.

Dissertation
ESG ratings rewriting or recalibration?

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU

Assistant Professor, Emirhan ILHAN, Finance, NUS
CHEUNG Pan

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
N/A

Dissertation
The Impact of VR-based Service Innovation on Brand Equity

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Chih-wei TSAI

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Consumer decision making, Marketing

Dissertation
Impacts of information channels on consumer decision journey: Evidence from an experience durable goods industry

Committee Members
Professor Chin Tiong TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Qian TANG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Information, Technology and Innovation, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ching Lau HUI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Research on the Drivers of the Second Startup of Traditional Food Enterprises from the Perspective of Strategic Transformation ——Taking Q Food Group Co., Ltd. as an Example

Committee Members
Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU

Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB
Chunlin WU

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Research on the Impact of Psychological Resilience on Job Performance Under Cross-cultural Conflict: Evidence from Chinese Multinational Corporations

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI, SOSS, SMU
Professor Jing LIU, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Dandan WANG

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Research Interests
Strategic management, Capital markets

Dissertation
How Digitalization affects performance: evidence from the manufacturing industry

Committee Members
Lee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Aiqi WU, Department of Business Administration, Zhejiang University
Deddi TEDJAKUMARA

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Dynamic Capability of the Firm, Innovation Capability Development, Leadership for Transformational Changes.

Dissertation
Exploring diversity and depth of knowledge, metacognition, and individual ambidexterity

Committee Members
Professor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU

Assistant Professor Michael Daniels, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, UBS Sauder School of Business
DENG Jianlin

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Research Interests
Digital technology, Organizational resilience, Strategies of service enterprises

Dissertation
The effect of artificial intelligence adoption on service enterprises' organizational resilience

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jiwei WANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Yun Fong LIM, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Ai Qi WU, School of Management, Zhejiang University

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