Business Management

Biography:

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professor (July 2007-Current)
Associate Professor (July 2006-July 2007)
Ted Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson University, Toronto
Courses taught: International Business & Marketing (Undergraduate and MBA)

Assistant-Associate Professor (2001-July 2006; Tenured 2003)
University of Windsor, Windsor
Courses taught: International Business & Marketing (Undergraduate and MBA)
 
Assistant Professor (Fall 1997- Spring 2001)
Penn State University, School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern
Courses taught: International Business, Global Marketing, Business-to-Business Marketing, New Product Management, Marketing Management (Professional MBA)

Lecturer (1994-95)
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Courses taught: International Marketing (Undergraduate)

Instructor & Coordinator (1991-96)
Center for International Trade Development, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Courses taught: International Trade Management, Cross-cultural Negotiation (Executive Training)

Assistant Professor (1982-83)
Central Nationality University, Beijing
Courses taught: Introductory Economics, Comparative Economic Systems (Undergraduate)

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Director, International Business Assistance (1995-Fall 1997)
Coordinator, International Trade & Finance (1990-1995)
Center for International Trade Development, Stillwater 
(CITD is established by USDA as a regional center for international business.)

Economist (1988-90)
Bank of China, Beijing         
(BOC is a world top-50 bank with presence in all five continents.)

Assistant Manager (1986-88)
Bank of China, International Business Department
(Assignments across London, Scandinavia and Hong Kong.)

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Business Administration (1996)
Major: Marketing; Specialty Area: International Business
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater            

M.S. in Economics (1986)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing           

B.A. in Philosophy/Political Science (1982)
Central Nationality University, Beijing

HONORS AND AWARDS

Top Researcher of the Year (2006)

Commerce Society, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

Awards for Excellence in Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity (2005)

University of Windsor

Recognition for Contributions to Employment Equity (2002-04)

University of Windsor

Research Excellence Award (2003)

Odette School of Business, University of Windsor

Honorable Professor (2000-2002)

Chinese Enterprise Confederation, China

Ph.D. Thesis Examiner (2000)

Victoria University of Technology, Australia

Diversity Recognition Award (2000)

Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Doctoral Symposium Fellow (1996)

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Exceptional Leadership Award (1991)

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

International Banking Fellow (1988)

Barclays International Banking Group, London

Research Interest:

International joint ventures, foreign direct investment, emerging markets, cross-cultural & comparative management, transnational & immigrant entrepreneurship, innovation & commercialization.

Current Courses:

2006 - Present

MB8401 – Marketing Management
MB8107 – Advanced International Marketing
GMS724 – Management of International Enterprise
GMS691 – The Asian Business Environment

Professional Affiliations:

Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Vice President (2008-Current)

Canadian Entrepreneurship & Innovation Platform
Chairman (2008-Current)

Contemporary Management Review
Editorial Board (05-Current)

Academy for International Business
Canada Chapter Chair (2006-08)

Centre for the Study of Nascent Entrepreneurship and eXploitation of Technology, WLU
Research Associate (2006-Current)

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
IB Division Chair (2004-05)

Academy of Management
IM Communication Committee (2008)