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.

Houwen LI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Bailout of Distressed Enterprises by Local Asset Management Companies

Committee Members
Professor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Jing LIU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Jiangong BAI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
A Research on the Innovative Performance of Clustering Enterprises in Industrial Parks: Evidence from Shenzhen, China

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Jing LI
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Jianxin ZHANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
A Study on Constructing the Fourth Financial Statement for the Performance Prediction and Value Assessment of Internet Enterprises in the Food Industry

Committee Members
Associate Professor Rong WANG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Qian TANG
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Professor Ouyang HUI
-Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Kanyaporn SKUTALAKUL

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Committee Members
Professor Philips Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor)
- SMU-affiliated Doctoral Dissertation Committee Faculty
Patrick THNG, Senior Lecturer
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Ke CHEN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Practical Studies of Brand Management Based on the Factor of Consumer Values

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Professor Rui ZHU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Lai Kuan Kim WONG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration (Innovation), 2022

Dissertation
The Impact of Global Crisis on Innovation and Succession on Family Businesses from a Socioemotional Wealth Perspective

Committee Members
Professor Toru YOSHIKAWA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Jungho LEE
- School of Economics, SMU
Assistant Professor Daniel MACK
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Lian LIU

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
The Effects of Recommender System on Sales Promotion of High-value Products: Evidence from A Field Experiment in The Real Estate Industry

Committee Members
Associate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Qian TANG
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Associate Professor Ming JIANG
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Liujiang FENG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Critical Success Factors Research Based on the Whole Process Practice of Guangxi Laibin B Electricity Power Plant BOT Project

Committee Members
Professor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Sock Yong PHANG
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Jing LIU
-Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Matthew Louis DEARTH

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022

Dissertation
The Industry Expertise of Sell-Side Equity Analysts

Committee Members
Associate Professor Roger LOH (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Peter JOOS
- INSEAD
Nanjing LI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Building a Supply Chain for Emergency: A Case Study of Kingfa's Mask Supply Chain

Committee Members
Associate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hai WANG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Guohua WAN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Nimisha KERSARWANI

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022

Dissertation
Organizational Factors that Facilitate Collective Social Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Samuel TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Obuchettiar Krishnaraj ARUL

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Committee Members
Assistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Jack Jia Jun HONG, Adjunct Faculty
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor David LO
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Ser Kang ANG, Principal Lecturer
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Rahul BANERJEE

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
The Role of Trust in Advice Acceptance from Non-human Actors

Committee Members
Professor Gerry GEORGE (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Jared NAI
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Paul GRIFFIN
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Rui WANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Social New Retailing Business Model and Its Applicable Regulatory Pattern

Committee Members
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Fali HUANG
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Jing LIU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Thian Kiang TAN

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
The Impact of Digitalization on International Expansion: A Study on Market Entry Strategy Based on the Integration-Responsiveness Framework

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Sarah Lai Yin CHEAH
- NUS Business School, National University of Singapore
Tianni XIE

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022

Dissertation
Dual Agenda Innovation: How Firms Pursue Economic and Environmental Goals Simultaneously

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Gerry GEORGE
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Tiejiong FAN

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Denis Heng Yan LEUNG
- School of Economics, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Xinmin TIAN
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Ting HUANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Under What Circumstances are Chinese Entrepreneurs Reluctant to go Public

Committee Members
Associate Professor Jun TU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jiwei WANG, SOA, SMU
Professor Wei LI
- CKGSB
Victor Hock Keong ONG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Impact of Geographical Diversification and Limited Attention on Private Equity Fund Returns

Committee Members
Professor Melvyn Song Wee TEO (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Hao LIANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Jimmy LEE
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Weifeng ZHENG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Tipping Point from a Holistic View: An Integrated Theory of Innovation Management and Evolution in AI-based Robots Companies

Committee Members
Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA
- School of Computing and Information Systems, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

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