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.
Jing TIAN
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, Employee identity, Organizational change in digital transformation
Committee MembersProfessor Heng YUE (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Xiaobo WU, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Kevin Han Boon LIM
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Effective Leadership, Organization Strategy, Organizational Design
Dissertation
Leadership through effective communication
Committee MembersProfessor Timothy CLARK (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Mark CHONG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Kok Fong BEH
SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Helen Yangfang ZHOU, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jacob RICKS, SOSS, SMU
Kuo-Chang FU
International Association for Agriculture Sustainability, Founder from 2017, Singapore
Chinese Institute of Business Education Development, Founder from 2014, TaiwanSMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Research Interests
Agriculture Sustainability, Family Business Succession, Education Innovation
Dissertation
Exploring the development of an agribusiness ecosystem for Singapore: Lessons from Taiwan
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hao LIANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Annie KOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Tzong Ru LEE, Marketing, National Chung Hsing University
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.
Committee MembersAssociate 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
Committee MembersVice 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
Committee MembersAssociate 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 MembersProfessor 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
Committee MembersJanice 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 MembersAssociate 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 MembersAssociate 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 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
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
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 MembersSenior 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.
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
