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.

Ronnie NG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Effect of leader-member exchange social comparison on co-worker’s envy and work behavior moderated by perceived deservingness of star workers

Committee Members
Associate Professor TAN Hwee Hoon (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, CIS, SMU
Professor LU Lin, Antai College of Economics Management, 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.

Dissertation
Can organizational focus on Responsible AI lead to improved AI adoption by employees?

Committee Members
Associate 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

Dissertation
The impact of IPO pricing model on the issuing price: Evidence from China

Committee Members
Associate 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

Dissertation
The Impact of Innovation on the Performance of Chinese Listed Companies

Committee Members
Associate 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

Dissertation
Industry-Chain Commodity Futures, Profit Hedging, and Enterprise Price Risk Management -- Evidence from Hot-Rolled Coil Industry Chains

Committee Members
Lee 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

Dissertation
Can Recyclable Package Enhance Consumers' Willingness to Buy? The Mediating Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Perception

Committee Members
Professor 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

Dissertation
Ore Grade, Operating Cost and Investment Value of Iron Ore Enterprises: A Study Based on The Background of Two-Carbon Policy

Committee Members
Associate 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

Dissertation
Remediating system neglect in judgmental demand forecasting

Committee Members
Professor 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 Members
Professor 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

Dissertation
Construction of ESG Evaluation Index System of State-owned Listed Companies - Analysis Based on the Perspective of Comprehensive Corporate Value

Committee Members
Associate 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)
TAN Kok Yew

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
- communications - marketing - strategic management - technology

Dissertation
Learning to Outsmart a Crisis: A Strategic Management View on Managing Aviation Crises with Machine Learning

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Su Lin YEO, LKCSB ,SMU
Tao JIANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Technical maturity and network effects of XF Artificial Intelligence Open Platform

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Liu Jing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Tarmo RAUDSEPP

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Leadership, organizational cognition, talent management, mindfulness, decision making, motivation, high performing teams

Dissertation
Maximising effectiveness of talent pools through mindfulness: An empirical investigation in a multinational corporation

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jochen REB (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hiro SAITO, Global Faculty Development, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Tiecheng XU

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

Research Interests
His research interest includes the organizational behavior , human resource management, and corporate finance.

Dissertation
Buffering the Negative Impacts of Age Diversity on Company Performance and Innovation: The Roles of Knowledge Transfer and Environmental Uncertainty

Committee Members
Lee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Cyndi Man ZHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Jun Qi SHI, School of Management, Zhengjiang University
Vincent Boon Seng LIM
CFO of Asia Pacific for Datalogic S.p.A.

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Strategic Management

Dissertation
Do Chief Financial Officers need to be qualified accountants? A study of whether and when accounting qualification may not be necessary for CFOs.

Committee Members
Associate Professor David GOMULYA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
WANG, Bin

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Resource-based View, Resource Dependency Theory, Trilateral Cooperation

Dissertation
Key Success Factors of Strategic Transformation for Sino-French Cooperation in the Development of Third-party Markets in Africa

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN, SOA, SMU
Professor Shaoqing HUANG, Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Weiwei LI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

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

Committee Members
Janice Bellace Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Pengkai LIN, SOA, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
Wenqing TAN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Empirical study of ESG ratings in China’s A-share market: A focus on the CSI 800 stocks

Committee Members
Associate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Heng YUE, SOA, SMU
Professor Jie GAN, Finance, CKGSB
WU Huimin

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
Do subsidies promote the R&D Efficiency of Green Innovation? Empirical evidence from China

Committee Members
Professort LI Jia (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Associate Professor FU Fangjian, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor MA Lin, SOE, SMU
WU Yujie

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Research on the Impact of Institutional Ownership and Confucian Values on Corporate Performance

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance Haitao LI, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

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