Profile

Research interests

Corporate innovation strategy, New product development, Supply chain management, Sustainable operations management

Academic work experience

Associate Professor, RIEM, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Sep 2019 - Present. 

Associate Research Fellow, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Sep 2015 - Aug 2019. 

Research/Teaching Assistant, Clemson University School of Business, Aug 2010 - Aug 2015. 

Research Assistant, Office of Business and Economics Research, College of Business, Tennessee State University, Aug 2008 - May 2010

Business work experience

Internship in Direct Import Department, Walmart Bentonville Headquarters, Supply Chain Management Department, May 2010 - Aug 2010. 

Regional Contracting Internship, Hospital Corporation of America, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, May 2009 - Jun 2009

Educational experience

PhD: Clemson University, USA, PhD in Business Administration, Aug 2010 - Aug 2015 

MBA: Tennessee State University, USA, Aug 2008 - May 2010 

Bachelor: Tianjin University of Technology, International Economics and Trade, Sep 2004 - Jul 2008

Research achievements (partly)

Publications

1. Chen, Q., G. F. Özkan-Seely, S. Wang, A. V. Roth. (2022) “Knowledge-Based View of the Use of an Intermediary in New Product Manufacturing Outsourcing”. Decision Sciences 53(5): 856-895. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12496

2. Chen, Q., G. F. Özkan-Seely, A. V. Roth. (2017). “The Role of Direct Outsourcing in New Product Manufacturing Strategy”. Journal of Enterprise Transformation 7(3-4): 168-187. DOI: 10.1080/19488289.2017.1409299

3. Deng, P., H. Lu, J. Hong, Q. Chen, Y.Yang. (2019). “Government R&D Subsidies, Intellectual Property Right Protection and Innovation”. Chinese Management Studies 13(2): 363-378. DOI: 10.1108/CMS-02-2018-0422

4. Lu, H., J. Hong, Q. Chen, P. Deng. (2019). “Impact of overseas M&As on Chinese service enterprises’ market value”. The Service Industries Journal 42(15-16): 1256-1276. DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2019.1608189

5. Hou, B.*, J. Hong, Q. Chen*, X. Shi, Y. Zhou. (2019). “Do Academia-Industry R&D Collaborations Necessarily Facilitate Industrial Innovation in China? – The Role of Technology Transfer Institutions”. European Journal of Innovation Management 22(5): 717-746. DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-09-2018-0195

*Equal Contribution

Research grants and their status

1. Principal Investigator, An Empirical Study on the Choice of Outsourcing Intermediaries for Innovative Products, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), Project No.: 71804173, 2019-2021

2. Principal Investigator, Research Start-up Funding Project for Introduced Talents of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2019

3. Principal Investigator, Research Business Expenses of the Central Universities Fund of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 2019

4. Principal Investigator, Research Business Expenses Fund of the Ministry of Education Youth Innovation Fund Project, 2018-2019

5. Principal Investigator, Research Start-up Fund of University of Science and Technology of China, 2015-2018