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.
Xin ZHAN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Proactive personality, Empowering leadership, Leader-member exchange, Political skills, Humble leadership
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Denis Heng Yan LEUNG, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Xinxin LI, Organizational Management, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xinyong LIU
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Cashback Affiliate, Merchant Reputation, Merchant Cashbacks, Product Return, Coupon
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Zhiling GUO (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Rong WANG, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Department of Information, Technology and Innovation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yah Ling LIEW
SMU PhD in Business, 2023
Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Strategic Decision-Making and Actions, Emerging Economies, International Business
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Ilya CUYPERS (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Gui Deng SAY, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Alvaro CUERVO-CAZURRA, D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Yang SHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
High-net-worth Wealth Owners, Wealth Advisors, Wealth Management, Competency Model
Dissertation
Family wealth advisory services in China – What kind of advisors can be more competent and successful?
Committee MembersProfessor Annie KOH (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Mandy THAM, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Hang Wu TANG, YPHSL, SMU
Professor Ningyu TANG, Organization Management, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yanjie WU
Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Yi QIANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Professor Wei LI, Economics, CKGSB
Yijun XU
SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rong WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB (Finance), SMU
Lee Kong Chian Professor Xia CHEN, SOA, SMU
Dean Jiang WEI, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Ying XIA Data Scientist Manager, American Express, Singapore
SMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Econometric Theories, Nonparametric Econometrics
Committee MembersProfessor Liangjun SU (Chair/Supervisor), Tsinghua University
Associate Professor Yichong ZHANG (Co-Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C. B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Xun LU, Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yiren WANG Institution/Company: College of Finance and Statistics, Hunan University
Designation held: Assistant Professor
Country: ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2023
Research Interests
Econometrics, Panel Data Models, High-dimensional Econometrics
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Yichong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Jia LI, SOE, SMU
Professor Peter C. B. PHILLIPS, SOE, SMU
Professor Liangjun SU, Economics, Tsinghua University
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
Yongchang CHEN
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Jin Kyung HAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Shantanu BHATTACHARYA, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Marcus LEE, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Yongdong DONG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
IT, software engineering management
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Zhiling GUO, SCIS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Economics and Human Resource Management, CKGSB
Yongliang ZHANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Joe Zhe ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Long CHEN, CKGSB
Youwei ZHU
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Transformational Leadership, Team Mental Model, Team Improvisation, Team Performance, Team Creativity, Team Task Variety, External Environmental Complexity
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Kim Song TAN, SOE, SMU
Professor Jingqiu CHEN, Organization Management, ACEM, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yu CHEN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Pao-Li CHANG, SOE, SMU
Professor Long CHEN, Practice in Finance, CKGSB
Yuehua SHEN
SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
CEO Humility, Firm Resilience, Stakeholder Relationship Capability, Competitive Uncertainty, Market Complexity, Work Experience Variety
Dissertation
CEO humility and firm resilience
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Xuesong GENG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Luqun XIE, Strategic Management, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Yuqing WEN
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Research Interests
Marketing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Fangjian FU (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Dan MA, SCIS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Economics and Human Resource Management, CKGSB
Zeyong ZHUANG
SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023
Committee MembersProfessor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU
Professor Yijiang WANG, Economics and Human Resource Management, CKGSB
Zhihao WEN
SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023
Research Interests
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Text Mining
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Yuan FANG (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU
Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW, SCIS, SMU
Professor Jing JIANG, SCIS, SMU
Professor Bingsheng HE, School of Computing, NUS
Alan Jiun Haw TEA
SMU PhD in Business (General Management), 2022
Committee MembersAssociate 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