Professional Doctorate Graduates | College of Graduate Research Studies

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

CHEN Jianzhong

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
private domain strategy, private domain degree, sales performance, store grade, brand category

Dissertation
Effect Evaluation and Optimization Strategy of Retail Private Domain Transformation

Committee Members

Associate Professor TAN Hwee Hoon (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor TSAI Ming-Hong, SOSS, SMU

Professor WANG Yijiang, CKGSB

CHEN Yang

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Development model of cultural industry, Cultural industry innovation

Dissertation
Research on the Industrial Chain Network-Driven Innovation Model of China's Audio-Visual Industry Park

Committee Members

Associate Professor Man Cyndi ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU

Professor Eric ZHAO, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Professor Jing LIU, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

CHEN, Jen-Tsung

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
My interests in the research field including Star talent management, Corporate Strategic Development and Marketing Strategy Development.

Dissertation
How Does the Captain Guide the Brightest Stars? The Effect of Leadership Styles on Star’s Work Performance

Committee Members

Doctor Wee Liang TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Kim Song TAN, SOE, SMU

Assistant Professor Can OUYANG, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

CHEN, Ruoqing

SMU Master of Philosophy in Economics, 2023

Research Interests
Assessing the Impacts of the US-China Trade War on Asian Economies

Dissertation
Assessing the Impacts of the US-China Trade War on Asian Economies

Committee Members

Associate Professor Pao-Li CHANG Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU

Assistant Professor Lin MA, SOE, SMU

Assistant Professor Jianhuan XU SOE, SMU

CHENG Yu

SMU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
How does advertising salience impact conversion rates? The mediating role of consumer engagement

Committee Members

Associate 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 Members

Associate 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

CHEUNG Pan

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
N/A

Dissertation
The Impact of VR-based Service Innovation on Brand Equity

Committee Members

Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Professor Angela LEUNG, SOSS, SMU

Professor Yijiang WANG, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

CHIA Chong Cher

SMU PhD in Computer Science, 2023

Research Interests
Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Large Language Models

Dissertation
Effective and Efficient Semantic Representations and Their Applications

Committee Members

Associate Professor Hady Wirawan LAUW (Chair/Supervisor), SCIS, SMU

Professor David LO, SCIS, SMU

Assistant Professor Daniel LIN, SCIS, SMU

Professor Gillian DOBBIE, University of Auckland

Chih-wei TSAI

SMU-SJTU Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Research Interests
Consumer decision making, Marketing

Dissertation
Impacts of information channels on consumer decision journey: Evidence from an experience durable goods industry

Committee Members

Professor Chin Tiong TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Qian TANG, SCIS, SMU

Associate Professor Jifeng LUO, Information, Technology and Innovation, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ching Lau HUI

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Research on the Drivers of the Second Startup of Traditional Food Enterprises from the Perspective of Strategic Transformation ——Taking Q Food Group Co., Ltd. as an Example

Committee Members

Professor Heli WANG (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU

Professor Jianwen LIAO, CKGSB

Chunlin WU

SMU-CKGSB Doctor of Business Administration, 2023

Dissertation
Research on the Impact of Psychological Resilience on Job Performance Under Cross-cultural Conflict: Evidence from Chinese Multinational Corporations

Committee Members

Associate Professor Hwee Hoon TAN (Chair/Supervisor), LKCSB, SMU

Associate Professor Ming-Hong TSAI, SOSS, SMU

Professor Jing LIU, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

Dandan WANG

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Research Interests
Strategic management, Capital markets

Dissertation
How Digitalization affects performance: evidence from the manufacturing industry

Committee Members

Lee Kong Chian Professor Liandong ZHANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU

Assistant Professor Weikai LI, LKCSB, SMU

Professor Aiqi WU, Department of Business Administration, Zhejiang University

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

DENG Jianlin

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Research Interests
Digital technology, Organizational resilience, Strategies of service enterprises

Dissertation
The effect of artificial intelligence adoption on service enterprises' organizational resilience

Committee Members

Associate Professor Jiwei WANG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU

Lee Kong Chian Professor Yun Fong LIM, LKCSB, SMU

Professor Ai Qi WU, School of Management, Zhejiang University

Donglai ZHAO

SMU-ZJU Doctor of Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), 2023

Research Interests
Application and industrialization of 3D printing technology; Digital twin technology; Technologies to achieve the reversal of human liver,l lung and kidney fibrosis; Natural extraction technology to treat growth-related diseases.

Dissertation
Research on the relationship between service-oriented manufacturing platforms and customer enterprise innovation — Evidence from the 3D printing industry

Committee Members

Professor Qiang CHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SOA, SMU

Associate Professor Xuesong GENG, LKCSB, SMU

Professor Jiang WEI, School of Management, Zhe Jiang University