Research Team

Core Members

• Dr Sid Lowe
• Dr John Foster
• Dr Amelia Au-Yeung
• Dr Miao Zhang
• Dr Ki-Soon Hwang

Affiliated Members

Dr Lorraine Watkins-Mathys
Head of School, Business Strategy and Management, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe

Professor Jie Shen
Professor at Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University

Miss April Yang
KTP Research Associate, R&D Ltd

Mr Hai Wu
Science & Technology Bureau, Pudong People’s Government, The People’s Republic of China

Doctoral Researchers

Dr Raghav Punj

In October 2006, Mr Punj completed his doctoral thesis entitled: Strategic Responses of Room Air Conditioning Manufacturers to Indian Reforms. His paper The Strategic Responses of Indian Manufacturers of Air-Conditioners to Liberalisation: Developing a Conceptual Framework and Qualitative Research Design for an Emerging Market, won the Best West European Paper, Student Category, Award in the 2005 World Conference in New Delhi, India January 2005.

Ms Jianghong Cao

Ms Cao’s doctoral research focuses on the role of entrepreneurship in commercialising technology innovation in the IT industry in China.

Mr Christos Bassayanis

Mr Bassayanis’s doctoral research is a China-based project studying the impact of culture on joint venture innovation.