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Faculty Profile

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Daphne YIU

Full-time Faculty
Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB

Professor Daphne W. Yiu is the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. Before joining SMU, she held the Rath Chair in Strategic Management at the University of Oklahoma and was Professor of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her scholarly pursuit focuses on how organizations navigate institutionalization and internationalization processes, with current inquiry centering on socio-cognitive and affective institutions, strategic entrepreneurship, and global grand challenges, with a strong emphasis on Asia. Her work has been widely published in leading outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, among others. Her research has received best paper awards, top download recognitions, wide citation and diverse impact.

Professor Yiu has made significant service contributions to the scholarly community. She was elected Fellow and President of the Asia Academy of Management and Representative-at-Large at the Global Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society. She is an incoming Area Editor at the Journal of International Business Studies, , and has previously served as Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal, Senior Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Editor of Corporate Governance: An International Review, and Senior Editor at the Journal of World Business. She is also a recipient of the AMJ Outstanding Reviewer Award.

Professor Yiu is deeply committed to mentorship and institution-building. She has chaired department, directed research centers, organized major international conferences, and is appointed as a member of Hong Kong Research Grants Council.  Her academic family reaches across continents, with footprint and legacy enduring as a source of inspirations for generations ahead.

With enduring intellectual excellence, expansive global engagement, and an earnest commitment to advancing knowledge, Professor Yiu continues to contribute to generative scholarship at the intersection of strategy, entrepreneurship, and international business.

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Management
University of Oklahoma

Master of Philosophy in Management
Chinese University of Hong Kong

B.B.A. (Management of Organizations)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Strategies in global and digital economy
  • Institutions, informal institutions, affective institutions
  • Corporate governance, CSR, and social entrepreneurship in Asia
  • Corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, and co-creation

 

TEACHING AREAS
  • International business
  • Strategic management
  • Management theory

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
2023 - 

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship (with tenure)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore
2020 - 2023

Professor of Management & International Business (with tenure)
Rath Chair in Strategic Management 
Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, U.S.A
2016 - 2020

Professor of Management (with tenure)
Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

EDITORSHIP AND EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
  • Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal (2020-2023)
  • Senior Editor, Journal of World Business (2015-2019, 2023 - )
  • Senior Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2009-2019)
  • Editor, Corporate Governance: An International Review (2019-2020)
  • Editorial Board Membership of: 
    • Academy of Management Journal
    • Academy of Management Review
    • Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management
    • Journal of International Business Studies
    • Journal of Management Studies
    • Journal of World Business
    • Organization Science

 

ELECTED/INVITED POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • Nominated for the Representative at Large, Academy of Management Board of Governors
  • Fellows, Asia Academy of Management
  • Outgoing President, Asia Academy of Management
  • President, Asia Academy of Management 
  • Treasurer, Asia Academy of Management 
  • Board member, Asia Academy of Management Corp. Ltd.
  • Representative at Large, Strategic Management Society Global Strategy Interest Group
  • Business Studies Panel, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR Government 
  • UGC Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme Selection: Humanities and Business Panel

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES
  • Strategy Implementation Expert, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
  • Department Chairperson, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
  • Founding Associate Director, Center for Business Sustainability, CUHK
  • Chairman of Management Committee, Center for Entrepreneurship, CUHK
  • Chairman of Management Committee, Center for Family Business, CUHK
  • Chairman of Management Committee, Center for International Business Studies, CUHK

 

Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
  • David CHIA Tan Wee (XIE Chenwei) (davidchia.2022@dba.smu.edu.sg), DBA
 


 

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