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.

Lai Hing TAN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence,Chatbots,Financial services distribution models (including customer experience, distributor experience and employee experience),Board effectiveness,Leadership,Technology investments in financial services, particularly in insurance.

Dissertation
Consumer reaction to the use of artificial intelligence chatbot on distribution of general insurance in Singapore

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Ai Ching LIM, Division of Marketing, NTU
LEE Hui Shan

SMU Doctor of Engineering, 2023

Research Interests
Applied AI, Service Science, Digital Government, Generation AI, Special Education

Dissertation
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF AI-BASED CITIZEN QUESTION-ANSWER RECOMMENDER (ACQAR) TO ENHANCE CITIZEN SERVICE DELIVERY IN SINGAPORE PUBLIC SECTOR: A CASE STUDY

Committee Members
Vice Provost (Education), Venky SHANKARARAMAN (Chair/Supervisor), Office of the Provost, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Eng Lieh OUH, SCIS, SMU
Lei ZHANG

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Customer Value Creation, Product Positioning, Supply Chain Design

Dissertation
Customer value, product repositioning and supply chain strategy: A case of supply chain design for LANSEA corporation

Committee Members
Associate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/ Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Guohua WAN, Management Science, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lenz Koon Bin TAN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
The effects of prior trading performance have on risk-taking of subsequent trading - The House Money Effect.

Committee Members
Professor Melvyn TEO (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Jimmy LEE, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
LI Baozhong

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
IMPACTS OF THE E-CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT PLATFORMS ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS - BASED ON A STUDY OF HEBEI CONSTRUCTION GROUP

Committee Members
Janice Bellace Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jing LI, SOE, SMU
Professor Jing LIU, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
LI Lei

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Channel effectiveness, channel diversity, user conversion, information retrieval, online marketing, e-commerce

Dissertation
Channel of Exposure and Its Effect on Purchase Decision: Evidence from An Online Retailer

Committee Members
Associate Professor Dan MA (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Ming JIANG, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lidian ZHANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
An EST approach to entrepreneurial exit in Chinese family business: A case study of H company

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI, SOSS, SMU
Professor Rui ZHU, Marketing, CKGSB
LIM Ming Soon Tristan

SMU Doctor of Engineering, 2023

Dissertation
Diversification, policy shock and firm performance, evidence from the game industry in China

Committee Members
Associate 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 2013

SMU 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 Members
Associate 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 Members
Associate 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 Members
Adjunct 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

Dissertation
Study on the influence of Confucian culture on employee's work enthusiasm

Committee Members
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Dean Junsheng DOU, School of Management, Zhengjiang University
Mikko Samuli NIEMELAE

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Cyber risks

Dissertation
Do Hacker Groups Pose a Risk to Organizations? Study on Financial Institutions Targeted by Hacktivists

Committee Members
Senior Lecturer of Finance ANG Ser Keng (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor SAY Gui Deng, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jussi Keppo, Business School, NUS
Moo Kung KIM

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
CSR (ESG), Corporate governance, Corporate Finance and International Business.

Dissertation
Redefining the boundaries of firms: Insights from the corporate social responsibility of the digital platform-based firms and stock returns

Committee Members
Associate 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 Members
Professor 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

Dissertation
Enabling Sustainable Mining via AI-based Approaches

Committee Members
Associate 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 Members
Associate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Yang LI, Marketing, CKGSB
Prashant SARAN

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Cyber risks

Dissertation
Maintaining consistent sustainability performance through peaks in last mile logistics. What factors most influence the maintenance of consistent social and environmental sustainability performance in last mile logistics during peak periods? How do these

Committee Members
Associate Professor Lieven DEMEESTER (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Winston CHOW, CIS, SMU
Associate Professor Onur BOYABATLI, LKCSB, SMU
Qian ZENG

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Using nudge to drive WeChat Mini Program traffic: Evidence from randomized field experiment

Committee Members
Associate 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 Members
Associate Professor Liang CHEN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Rencheng WANG, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Luqun XIE, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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