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.
Ajjaree LIMPAMONT
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersPhilip Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor), SMU-affiliated
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB (OM), SMU
Senior Lecturer Patrick THNG, SCIS, SMU
Amit BAKSHI
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Industrial marketing, strategy, value pricing, and innovation.
Dissertation
Internet of things solutions (IOTS) adoption for capital goods in the business to-business (B2B) market
Committee MembersProfessor Jin Kyung HAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kapil R. TULI, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Alan MEGARGEL, SCIS, SMU
Andrew Cheng Ghee HENG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Creativity and Culture
Dissertation
The impact of working from home on employee creativity: A cross cultural comparison of Germany and China
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kenneth TAI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zou XI, College of Business (Nanyang Business School) - Division of Leadership, Management & Organization, NTU
Angelique Nicole THANG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Joe ZHANG Zhe (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Gloria YU, LKCSB, SMU
CHEN Jianzhong
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
private domain strategy, private domain degree, sales performance, store grade, brand category
Committee MembersAssociate Professor TAN Hwee Hoon (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor TSAI Ming-Hong, SOSS, SMU
Professor WANG Yijiang, CKGSB
CHENG Yu
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
How does advertising salience impact conversion rates? The mediating role of consumer engagement
Committee MembersAssociate Professor TAN Hwee Hoon (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Hannah CHANG Hanwen, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Zhu RUI, CKGSB
Chengshuang ZHANG
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Sustainable Finance: ESG measurement, Impact Investing, Machine learning in ESG investing & ESG measurement, ESG factors and Asset pricing anomalies, stakeholder behavior in sustainable finance. Challenges and obstacles of sustainable finance in S E Asia.
Dissertation
ESG ratings rewriting or recalibration?
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yun LOU, SOA, SMU
Assistant Professor, Emirhan ILHAN, Finance, NUS
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
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
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
Prashant SARAN
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Cyber risks
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Lieven DEMEESTER (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Winston CHOW, CIS, SMU
Associate Professor Onur BOYABATLI, LKCSB, SMU
Srikant VINAKOTA
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Pascale CRAMA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Bhavani Shanker UPPARI, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Yaozhong WU, Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, NUS
Tarmo RAUDSEPP
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Leadership, organizational cognition, talent management, mindfulness, decision making, motivation, high performing teams
Committee MembersAssociate 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
Yong Keong TAY
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Dissertation
Innovation Culture Assessment: An exploratory Diagnosis of a Taiwanese Manufacturing Company
Committee MembersProfessor Thomas MENKHOFF (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Benjamin Kok Siew GAN, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jochen REB, LKCSB, SMU
ZHENG Bingxu
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
mining enterprises, outsourcing, etc
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Adam TATRYNOWICZ (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Denis LEUNG Heng Yan, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor YAN Aimin, CKGSB
Chaik Ming KOH
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Dissertation
Optimizing Cold Chain Asset Location with Real Estate Considerations: A China Perspective
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yun Fong LIM (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Marcus Teck Meng ANG
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Assistant Professor Xiaobo LI
- National University of Singapore
Gopalakrishnan SURIANARAYANAN
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersProfessor Thomas MENKHOFF (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Jochen REB
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Associate Professor Shaohui FOONG
- Singapore University of Technology and Design
Kanyaporn SKUTALAKUL
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Committee MembersProfessor 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
Obuchettiar Krishnaraj ARUL
SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2022
Dissertation
Human-centered artificial intelligence: Creating a better customer experience In the banking sector
Committee MembersAssistant 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
Committee MembersProfessor 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
