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.

Ashish BHARDWAJ

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
Exploring the operationalization of market sensing in a higher education organization

Committee Members
Professor Philip Charles ZERRILLO (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB, SMU
Principal Lecturer of Information Systems Patrick THNG, SCIS, SMU
Director Havovi JOSHI, Centre for Management Practice, SMU
Leon QIU Tianci

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
The cost of Cheap Talk: How campaign promises and default contributions affect donation-based crowd funding success.

Committee Members
Principal Lecturer of Finance ANG Ser Kang (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor LIANG Hao, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor LIM Jamus, ESSEC Business School
Caleb Chun Kwan CHU

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Culture, Power, Innovation

Dissertation
How resources affect cultural tightness-looseness and creativity in large and small organizations

Committee Members
Professor Roy CHUA (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hannah CHANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Charlie Nhuc Hiang LAY

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Monetary Policy, Macroeconomics, Geopolitical Trends, Digital Currencies, and the Financial Markets.

Dissertation
CBDC: Context, challenges, and conditions for a successful adoption

Committee Members
Professor Kian Guan LIM (Chair/ Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Mandy THAM, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kee Yang LOW, YPHSL, SMU
Henry Hing Lee CHAN, Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace
Deddi TEDJAKUMARA

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Dynamic Capability of the Firm, Innovation Capability Development, Leadership for Transformational Changes.

Dissertation
Exploring diversity and depth of knowledge, metacognition, and individual ambidexterity

Committee Members
Professor Gary GREGURAS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Michael Ramsay BASHSHUR, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Michael Daniels, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, UBS Sauder School of Business
Kuo-Chang FU
International Association for Agriculture Sustainability, Founder from 2017, Singapore
Chinese Institute of Business Education Development, Founder from 2014, Taiwan

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Agriculture Sustainability, Family Business Succession, Education Innovation

Dissertation
Exploring the development of an agribusiness ecosystem for Singapore: Lessons from Taiwan

Committee Members
Associate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Hao LIANG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Annie KOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Tzong Ru LEE, Marketing, National Chung Hsing University
Lai Hing TAN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence,Chatbots,Financial services distribution models (including customer experience, distributor experience and employee experience),Board effectiveness,Leadership,Technology investments in financial services, particularly in insurance.

Dissertation
Consumer reaction to the use of artificial intelligence chatbot on distribution of general insurance in Singapore

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hannah Hanwen CHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Shih-Fen CHENG, SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Ai Ching LIM, Division of Marketing, NTU
Lenz Koon Bin TAN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
The effects of prior trading performance have on risk-taking of subsequent trading - The House Money Effect.

Committee Members
Professor Melvyn TEO (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Jimmy LEE, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Jianfeng HU, LKCSB, SMU
Moo Kung KIM

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Research Interests
CSR (ESG), Corporate governance, Corporate Finance and International Business.

Dissertation
Redefining the boundaries of firms: Insights from the corporate social responsibility of the digital platform-based firms and stock returns

Committee Members
Associate Professor Hao LIANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jimmy LEE, SOA, SMU
Associate Professor Johan SULAEMAN, Finance, NUS
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
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
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
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
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
Yongchang CHEN

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023

Dissertation
Two studies exploring the effects of ageing cohorts and channel usage on the antecedents and consequence of customer satisfaction

Committee Members
Professor Jin Kyung HAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Marcus LEE, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Alan Jiun Haw TEA

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022

Dissertation
Microfoundations of Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: A Personality Perspective

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 Howard THOMAS
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Deepika Anniruddha DESHPANDE

SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022

Dissertation
Geographical Diversification Revisited: Examining Context to Date and Moderating Effects of Crisis

Committee Members
Associate Professor David GOMULYA (Chair/Supervisor)
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
Professor Denis Heng Yan LEUNG
- School of Economics, SMU
Professor Wee Liang TAN
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU
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
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
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

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