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.
LIM Ming Soon Tristan
SMU Doctor of Engineering, 2023
Dissertation
Diversification, policy shock and firm performance, evidence from the game industry in China
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Swapna GOTTIPATI (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU
Professor Michelle Lee Fong CHEONG, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Soujanya PORIA, Information Systems Technology and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Lu JIANG
Head of Sales and Marketing, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan, TK Elevator: Aug 2021 till now
Director, China Sales and Channel Management, OTIS: April 2021 to Aug 2021
Director, Sales and Marketing, Southeast Asia, OTIS: July 2019 to April 2021
General Manager, Otis Macau: May 2016 to July 2019
Director, Asia, Elevator & Escalator Product Marketing, United Technologies Company: Sep 2015 to May 2016
General Manager, China, ASSA ABLOY Entrance System: May 2013 to May 2015
Managing Director, China, GEZE GmbH: March 2011 to May 2013SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Organizational trust, Personal value, Confucian value, Chinese culture measurements, Trust in supervisors, Work effort, Performance
Dissertation
How do values matter in the relation between organizational trust and performance? The case of China
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Gilbert Yip Wei TAN, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI, SOSS, SMU
LUAN Chengpeng
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Research interest on culture conflicts and talent retention.
Dissertation
The effects of perceived cultural conflicts on employee retention after mergers and acquisition
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Zihan HU, SOE, SMU
Professor Lin LU, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Manli LIU
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
My research interests include firm innovation and the upper echelons perspective .
Dissertation
CEO Emotional Stability and Firm Innovation
Committee MembersAdjunct Lecturer Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Luqun XIE, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Mei XU
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Committee MembersLee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Dean Junsheng DOU, School of Management, Zhengjiang University
Moo Kung KIM
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
CSR (ESG), Corporate governance, Corporate Finance and International Business.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jimmy LEE, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Johan SULAEMAN, Finance, NUS
Nanyan ZHENG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Exploring a suitable youth football training model for China: From the perspective of customer engagement
Committee MembersProfessor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor David OCON, SOSS, SMU
Professor Rui ZHU, Marketing, CKGSB
Nurul Asyikeen Binte AZHAR
SMU Doctor of Engineering, 2023
Research Interests
Environmental economics, production scheduling, operations research, artificial intelligence, machine learning
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Aldy GUNAWAN (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Principal Data Engineer Erwin LEONARDI, Rio Tinto Ltd
Pingan LUO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Study on visibility promotion for regional high-end hotels based on the value co-creation theory
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Yang LI, Marketing, CKGSB
Qian ZENG
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Using nudge to drive WeChat Mini Program traffic: Evidence from randomized field experiment
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Linyi LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qianliang XIA
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Upper echelons
Dissertation
CEO polychronicity and firm resilience
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Liang CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rencheng WANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Luqun XIE, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Seema CHOKSHI
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Seema's research is related to factors that build trust in Artificial Intelligence and the role of AI Ethics in AI adoption in Management.
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB (Strategic Management), SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jiwei WANG, SOA, SMU
Shancheng CHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
IPO underpricing ratio; underwriters’ reputation
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Sterling HUANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor, Songtao WANG, ACEM (Finance), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shaoying LUO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB
Professor Hoe Chin GOI, NUCB Business School, Graduate School of Management
Shengxi LIU
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
This article selects the hot coil industry as the research object to explore whether hedging strategies based on the profits of the hot coil futures industry chain can better serve physical enterprises. 1) Can hot rolled physical enterprises utilize the v
Committee MembersLee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Dean Jiang WEI, School of Management, Zhejiang University
SHI Haifeng
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Recyclable packaging, corporate social responsibility, environmental attitude, consumer behavior
Committee MembersProfessor Angela LEUNG (Chair/Supervisor), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Liangyan WANG, Shanghai Jiao Tong
Shunyi YAO
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, CKGSB
Srikant VINAKOTA
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Bhavani Shanker UPPARI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yaozhong WU, Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, NUS
Srishti BANERJEE
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, Culture, Diversity
Dissertation
Why and how leaders differentiate?
Committee MembersProfessor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Christian Tröster, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Kühne Logistics University
SUN Yiping
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
