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.

Tiong Kiat WONG

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2020

Dissertation
Role of Financial, Human and Social Capital in Survival of Start-Ups

Committee Members
Professor Gerard GEORGE (Chair/Superviosr)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Gokhan ERTUG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Themin SUWARDY
- School of Accountancy, SMU
Yuanyuan FAN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2020

Dissertation
Performance of Cross-Border Acquisitions: Evidence from China

Committee Members
Professor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor) -School of Accountancy, SMU
Professor Jing LIU - Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Professor Xia CHEN -Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Zhituan SU

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2020

Dissertation
The Interplay between Real Estate Prices in Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou

Committee Members
Professor Jun YU (Chair/Supervisor) -Lee Kong Chian School of Business and School of Economics, SMU
Professor of Strategic Management Chunsheng ZHOU - Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Assistant Professor Jing LI -School of Economics, SMU
David NG Wai Lun

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
The Business of Accelerating the Acceleration of Startups: A Study on the Effectiveness of Business Accelerators through a Mixed-Methods Approach

Committee Members
Assistant Professor Anne-Valeria OHLSSON-CORBOZ (Chair/ Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Phillip Charles ZERRILLO
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Vicente Katigbak FABELLA
- President, Jose Rizal University, Philippines
Horacio Arruda FALCAO FILHO

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
Gender, Emotional Displays and Negotiation Outcomes

Committee Members
Professor Gary J. GREGURAS (Chair/ Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Gokhan ERTUG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Eric UHLMANN
- INSEAD
Kevin CHEONG Chuen Kong

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Do Satisfied Employees Deliver Better Service Experiences that Result in Satisfied Customers, and, What are the Factors Affecting Employee Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction?

Committee Members
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Professor Philip ZERRILLO
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Professor Rajendra K.SRIVASTAVA
- Indian School of Business, India
Kin Kah NEO

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on Team Climate and Innovation Work Behaviour in Start-Up Contexts

Committee Members
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Lieven DEMEESTER
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU Associate Professor Yue Wah CHAY
- Singapore University of Social Sciences
Krishnan Narayanan

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
Micro-Coaching as a Blend to make E-Learning more Effective

Committee Members
Professor Philip ZERRILLO (Supervisor/Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra K. SRIVASTAVA
- Dean and Novartis Professor, Indian School of Business, India
Pavuth SRIARANYAKUL

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
An Exploratory Study of How to Navigate Brand Management and Improve Sales Performance through Control Policies

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra K. SRIVASTAVA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Prakash Bagri

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
The Multidimensionality of Business Risk Implications for its Classification, Interpretation &amp; Management

Committee Members
Professor Philip ZERRILLO (Supervisor/Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Abhijeet K. VADERA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Rajendra K. SRIVASTAVA
- Dean and Novartis Professor, Indian School of Business, India
Rameshwari Rasammah RAMACHANDRA

SMU Doctor of Business Administration (Innovation), 2019

Dissertation
How Ties with Family Members Influence Professionals' Creativity in Family Businesses: The Role of Hive Effect and Trust

Committee Members
Associate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Thomas MENKHOFF
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG
- School of Social Sciences, SMU
Steven Glenn BURTON

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2019

Dissertation
An Exploratory Comparative Study of Experts and Generalists as Change Management Leaders in Non-Core Areas of Organizations

Committee Members
Professor Philip ZERRILLO (Supervisor/Chair)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Anne-Valerie OHLSSON-CORBOZ
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Vicente FABELLA
- President, Jose Rizal University, Philippines
Vinika Devasar RAO

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Regulatory Focus and Female Leadership Development: How Male Leaders Modify the Self-Regulating Focus of Mid-Career Female Followers to Motivate their Pursuit of Future Career Progress

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Gilbert TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Professor Paddy V. PADMANABHAN
- INSEAD, Singapore
Wenyong LEI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Research on Extreme Poverty Governance Based on Social Network Analysis

Committee Members
Professor Heli WANG (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Yijing WANG (Co-Supervisor)
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Assistant Professor Hao LIANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Xiaoying CHEN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Battling Counterfeiting in Massive Market: Designing and Evaluating an ID-tag Based Solution for Product Monitoring and Controlling

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Jing LIU (Co-Supervisor)
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Assistant Professor David GOMULYA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Yidan CHEN

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Towards a Holistic Approach of Evaluating Higher Education Institutes

Committee Members
University Professor Arnoud DE MEYER (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Bing XIANG (Co-Supervisor)
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Professor Gerald GEORGE
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Yufeng CHI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2019

Dissertation
Relationship between Shared Leadership and Team Innovation in Creative Industry

Committee Members
Professor Hween Hoon TAN (Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Yijing WANG (Co-Supervisor)
- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Associate Professor Gilbert TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Alan Megargel

SMU Doctor of Innovation, 2018

Dissertation
Digital Banking: Overcoming Barriers to Entry

Committee Members
Professor Venky SHANKARARAMAN (Chair/ Supervisor)
- School of Information Systems, SMU

Professor Srinivas K. REDDY
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Assistant Professor Terence FAN Ping-Ching
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Lawrence RUU-TIAN
- Senior Executive Partner, Gartner Research
Chon Phung LIM

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Purposeful Building Of Social Capital And The Adoption Of Essential Tools And Technologies In Impoverished Communities In The Philippines

Committee Members
Distinguished Professor Howard THOMAS (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Stephen Matthias HARNEY
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Nicholas HARRIGAN
- Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Sociology, Department of Sociology, Macqurie University
Eric SANDOSHAM

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2018

Dissertation
Towards an Effective Design of the Business Intelligence &amp; Analytics Function within an Organisation

Committee Members
Professor Rajendra SRIVASTAVA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Practice)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Srinivas K REDDY
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Goutam CHALLAGALLA
- Marketing and Startegy, IMD Singapore

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