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Lee Kong Chian School of Business Dissertations and Theses

Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Essays on influences of ESG regulations, Lingling XIE

Valuing biodiversity impact, Han Wei KOH

Antecedents and consequences of cognitive and affective trust in wealth management: Impacts on wealth manager selection and asset under management (AUM) growth, Ting Hsi CHEN

CEO construal level and firm decision-making, Xuehui DING

Dyadic trust congruence and asymmetry: The mediating role of psychological needs on trust and performance, Hongyin CAI

Enterprise digital transformation: An analysis of value creation from an operational perspective, Weiguo LING

Gen Z employees’ characteristics and their impacts on work motivation and outcomes: a comparative study of private firms and state-owned enterprises in China, Yanfang ZHENG

Governance-by-support: Non-financial incentive, agency costs, and performance in overseas projects, Jixiang LYU

Guilds of tempered radicals: Entrepreneurial learning and transgenerational entrepreneurship in identity-forming organizations of the Singapore public service, David Zhi Wei BEY

Network ambidexterity and the scale-up/scale-out paradox: Internationalization strategies of small and medium enterprises in the age of digitalization, David CHIA

Organizational characteristics and business transformation: an investigation on corporate transformation in the construction industry, Wei CHEN

The impact of service model innovation of woodworking machinery equipment suppliers on downstream furniture industry enterprises' competitiveness, Wenquan JING

The role of negotiable and non negotiable dimensions in brand revitalization: The case of whisky packaging design, Liang WANG

When work and family collide: The dynamics of caregiving delegation decisions among employed adult children, Sing Yong LEE

The impact of innovation belief on strategic product R&D, Yan ZHOU

The impact of corporate mergers and acquisitions on performance from the perspective of growth pressure, Jiandong WANG

The impact of executives’ social networks and digital capabilities on firm performance in dynamic environments, Lijun MEN

The impact of interactivity of AI streamers on consumer purchase behavior in online hotel sales, Maohua SUN

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Striking a balance between personal data protection and transactional efficiency in the context of data-driven mergers, Jun HU

The impact of top management team heterogeneity on corporate green innovation, Xueyan LUO

The influence of culture + technology on night-time economy, Jianping XU

Interpersonal capacity for trustworthiness: a reflective framework for navigating entrustment, Roberto Angelo Moreira VALE

Research on building sustainable competitive advantage of mutual fund management companies in the era of pan-asset management, Li REN

Research on the impact of strategic orientation, employees’ environmental identity, and use of artificial intelligence on corporate green innovation, Hao YANG

Research on the influencing factors of BIM technology adoption in construction enterprises, Meng ZHAO

Design-led leadership: a mixed methods study on understanding how design thinking capabilities impact leadership effectiveness, Tareq Waleed MUHMOOD

Investigating organisational ethical transgressions: A middle management perspective, Belinda Kit Wah BOEY

Is doing-good-enough (DGE) related to quitting or thriving: organizational support moderates the link between DGE and employee well-being, job satisfaction and job crafting, Yun ZHUO

The role of employee engagement in predicting risk management outcome, Jenny TAN

Impact of AIGC application on e-commerce: A study in the scenario of product display and recommendation, Ya SHEN

The dual impact of ICT use on work autonomy, workload, work engagement, and work-family conflict: moderating effects of perceived organizational support and conscientiousness, Shenghui HAN

The moderating role of digital multi-sided platform on the firm value of traditional value-chain firms, Chee Pheng LIM

Managing innovation in private banking through business model innovation and technological change, Norman BUERZLE

Mindfulness and entrepreneurship: looking back and moving forward, Eva Katharina PETERS

Acquisition strategy for innovation under competence-destroying change: Empirical study—Pharmaceutical company's biotechnology company acquisition, Joo Tae SUNG

Essays on empirical asset pricing, Ruxue GONG

Exploring how the high or low of firm transparency and speed of adjustment in its capital structure relates to the implied cost of capital of a firm, Yung Chee LEONG

How “green” are green acquisitions really?, Sri V SRINIVASAN

Using multiculturalism to combat the negative creativity effect of cultural tightness: How it is done matters, Jung Kiu CHOI

Determinants of trading prices in state-owned asset and equity transactions: An empirical analysis from China, Lixiao CHEN

Empirical program evaluation in operations management, Kai TIAN

Felt obligation, knowledge sharing and innovation performance: The role of team performance goal orientation, Zenan WEN

Formation and impact of informal interest groups: The role of clan culture, Bin WANG

Optimizing fulfillment operations for online retailing, Yujie SUN

The dynamics of power transfer in organizations: Examining downward deference and its workplace consequences, Hoang Bao My NGUYEN

Analysis of the implementation path of zero-carbon parks in the context of “carbon peak and carbon neutrality”, Jun LI

Corporate environmental (ir)responsibility of Chinese construction companies, Bin ZHANG

Culture and sustainability: Understanding the roles of values, norms, and cultural tightness in sustainable consumption behaviour, Sook Sum AU

Entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: The role of intergenerational dynamics, firm size, and external working experience, Wai Sam KONG

Essays on empirical asset pricing, Qi FAN

Exploring the impact of entrepreneurship coaching and mentoring models on founder capabilities and business performance, Zhixiang WU

Flow experience in immersive tourism performance: Antecedents and tourists’ satisfaction, Xiaoli ZHU

Impact of supervisor support and organisational support on individual employee engagement in environmental organisational citizenship tasks, Yuen Mei Susan CHONG

Research on the impact investment evaluation system for photovoltaic power generation projects, Shumeng TONG

Risk management for semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers within rapid changing international environment: An empirical study, Youbing CAO

The charm of chaos: How disordered displays of cute objects enhance perceived cuteness and boost purchase intention, Ting HE

The effects of financial vulnerability on the prosocial behavior of medical staff at pet hospitals, Guoxing XU

The impact of EVA performance evaluation system on market value management of state-owned listed companies, Xiaohua CAI

Who’s more likely to do science philanthropy? Research on the factors influencing Chinese private entrepreneurs’ willingness to do science philanthropy, Tsz Ho Tony LAU

Analysis on factors for the success of China's industrial parks -- "Crown model" and its empirical research, Ming QIU

An analysis of unstructured marketing data to aid online platforms, Qingli ZENG

An empirical analysis of pricing and payments in the pharmaceutical industry, Rahul NARNINDI

A study of the impact of brand management strategies on brand rejuvenation - Evidence based on Chinese baijiu brands, Hao CHEN

A study on paths and effectiveness of internationalization of Chinese apparel enterprises, Xiaohong GAO

Competitive advantage of short food supply chains for organic vegetables in India: A multi-stakeholder, mixed method study of farmers, consumers and intermediaries, Bhoovarahan THIRUMALAI NAMBAKKAM

Designing pull-based energy system rules for public buildings: An application of modularity, Lei WANG

Digital twin dynamics: Employee’s willingness to adopt AI digital-twin in a craftsmanship environment, Seow Hoon TEE

Entrepreneurial spirit and firm performance: An empirical study based on data from the star market, Zhige ZHANG

Exploring business' and consumers' engagement on e-commerce platforms, Yichen WANG

Exploring intelligent manufacturing: How artificial intelligence affects productivity and labor demand at the enterprise level, Jie GU

Family succession and corporate investment policy, Weiting LIN

How do firms respond to reduced private equity buyout activity?, Yi-Hsin LO

Knowledge judgment, managerial decision-making, and firm performance: From the perspective of entrepreneurial spirit reconfiguration in second-generation family businesses, Xinhua LI

Research on inheritance and innovation of Chinese time - honored brands on brand attachment, Jiangbo YIN

Research on motivations for corporate voluntary environmental transformation: An analysis based on WWF, Lunyan LU

Research on the economic performance and process optimization strategies in Chinese agricultural enterprises, Zili XU

Research on the influence of the quantity and quality of young talents on regional economic development, Jinzhao LIU

Research on the mechanism of China's stock market and the efficiency of factor-based stock selection strategies, Huaixiang XING

Research on the technology and economy of intelligent transformation of textile enterprises, Hongxia ZHANG

Rome was not built in a day — Impact of market agility and external awareness on iterative innovation in online gaming industry, Li Ming GU

Study on sustainable development of energy innovation, Maoli GUO

The impact of marriage status on career aspiration and performance, Qiang YI

The influence of venture capitalists’ value-added service on capital financing outcome: A research on Chinese biotech startups, Hao-Yu HUANG

The one generates all things: Founder competencies and firm performance in Chinese semiconductor enterprises, Aiyang WANG

The relationship between industry regulation and the quality of micro-dramas, Shuoyu YAO

Trade war and the reshaping of global supply chain in the automotive industry, Feng WANG

Exploring the trust paradox: Adoption dynamics of family trusts among Chinese high-net-worth individuals, Janet Jing Di ZHANG

Research on the implementation path of digital transformation in manufacturing enterprises: A case study of an aluminum deep processing company, Yanhong ZHANG

Venture capital, marketization, and corporate innovation performance, Jia DONG

How can Chinese culture go abroad? Evidence from successful establishment of Chinese academic foreign translation projects, Tian LAN

Older people's consumption decisions on technological products from a time perspective, Xiaowei HUANG

Partner performance evaluation, disclosure of key audit matters, and audit quality, Shenghua CHEN

Technology as the sovereign: A dual-path model of managers’ prioritization of technical tasks, Hesheng HUANG

The effect of human resource business partners' power on business managers' work outcomes: The mediating role of voice, Wei LIU

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Political embeddedness and organizational resilience: Empirical investigation and theorisation of institutional translation mechanisms in Chinese private enterprises, Shuai SHAO

The double-edged effect of CEO maximizing values and corporate litigation risk, Qing XU

Unravel the university-enterprise research collaboration: Evidence from multiple cases, Lihua LUO

AI and creativity: Effects of culture and task emotiveness in human-AI collaboration, Choon Ngee TAN

Beyond borders, beyond boundaries: How globalization affects real estate prices, Ritu MEHLAWAT

Does the monitoring effectiveness improve after busy independent directors become less busy? — A quasi-experiment from China, Hui GAO