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.

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

Dissertation
Human-centered artificial intelligence: Creating a better customer experience In the banking sector

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
Xiu Shun SUN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Trust Building Within and Across Cultures: A Study of Guinea

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG
-Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Ya ZHANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Innovating in Traditional Real Estate Development Businesses Based on Value Co-creation

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
Professor Jianwen LIAO
-Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Yajiang XING

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Research on the Impact of Social Responsibility of Chinese Real Estate Enterprises on their Competitiveness

Committee Members
Associate Professor Terence Ping-Ching FAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Heli WANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Thi Thu Huong HA
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
Professor Bingsheng TENG
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Zhenzhu LAI

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Managerial, Cultural, Intelligence, Marketing Agility, and Firm Innovation

Committee Members
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Assistant Professor Luqin XIE
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Zhixiong LIU

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
How to Build an Innovation Ecosystem in Enterprises -- Taking 3nod as an Example

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor David GOMULYA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kim Song TAN, SOE, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO
- CKGSB
Ziwen WANG

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2022

Dissertation
Effect of Gamification Narrative Quality on Users’ Value Co-creation Behavior in Context of B2C Sharing Economy

Committee Members
Professor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor)
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Assistant Professor Guiyun FENG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Jing LIU
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Professor Baohong SUN
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Ajay MAKHIJA

SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2021

Dissertation
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/310/

Committee Members
Associate Professor Reddi KOTHA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU Professor Kung-Chung LIU
- SMU School of Law

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