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.

Richard Raymond Smith

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Human Capital in the Human Resources Function: The Positioning and Impact of the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Committee Members
Professor Toru YOSHIKAWA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Heli WANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Distinguished Professor Howard THOMAS
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKOHFF
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Stephen Richard Wyatt

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Dynamic Advantage

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Li YAN
- Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Bernie JAWORSKI
- Peter F. Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts,
Professor of Management, Drucker School of Management,
Claremont Graduate University, USA
Tejpavan Singh Gandhok

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
Essays on Managing Intuition for Strategic Option Generation

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Joseph PORAC
- Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Management & Organisation), New York University
Professor Dan LOVALLO
- The University of Sydney
Vikram BANSAL

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2016

Dissertation
How Much is Enough? Determining the Optimal Frequency Levels in Internet Display Advertising

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Marcus LEE (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Seh-Woong CHUNG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Kyong Jin SHIM (Practice)
- School of Information Systems, SMU
Josephine TAN Huiping

SMU Doctor of Business Administration,

Dissertation
The Impact of Camaderie on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in the Hotel Industry

Committee Members
Professor Philip ZERRILLO (Chair/ Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Assistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Dr. Bipin Sewakram BHOLA
- Executive Advisor for Innovation Access Program, NUS Enterprise (Industry Liaison Office)