The Centre has nominated several SFU faculty members whose research and teaching focuses on business issues in the Asia Pacific region as faculty fellows:

	Leslie Armijo Dr. Leslie Armijo is a term associate professor at the School for International Studies, SFU. Her research focuses on democracy and economic reform and emerging powers in international relations.
	Carolyn Egri Dr. Carolyn Egri is Professor of Management and Organization Studies and the William J.A. Rowe EMBA Alumni Professor as well as the Associate Dean, Research and International, at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research focuses on corporate environmental and social responsibility.
	Eric Gedajlovic Dr. Eric Gedajlovic is the Beedie Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and holds the Beedie Professorship in Innovation at SFU Beedie School of Business. His research focuses on the context for strategic and entrepreneurial processes.
	Rajiv Krishnan Kozhikode Dr. Rajiv Krishnan Kozhikode is Associate Professor, International Business / Management and Organization Studies at SFU Beedie School of Business. His research focuses on business-government relations and in particular the antecedents and consequences of various forms of corporate political activity.
	Rekha Krishnan Dr. Rekha Krishnan is Professor, International Business at SFU Beedie School of Business. His research focuses on focuses on the nature and consequences of interorganizational network dynamics and on the unintended consequences of status based stratification of markets.
	Mila Lazarova Dr. Mila Lazarova is Professor in International Business and Director of the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research interests include expatriate management; work/life balance issues related to assignments; global careers and the role of organizational career development and mobility practices in organizations; the changing role of the HR department; and comparative human resource management.
	Nilesh Saraf Dr. Saraf is the Academic Director of the Management of Technology (MOT) MBA program and Professor of Management Information Systems at SFU Beedie School of Business. He focuses his research on the diffusion of enterprise information technology and its role in creating business value. He also conducts research on open source software development, strategic behavior of IT product and service vendors and on the emergence of technology standards.
	Pek Soh Pek Hooi Soh is the Associate Dean, Faculty and Professor of Strategy/Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research interests are in strategy, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship, especially how collaboration networks affect technological transition, technology standard development, innovation performance, entrepreneurial and diversification strategy.
	Victor Song Dr. Victor Song is an assistant professor jointly in Finance and Innovation & Entrepreneurship areas at the Beedie School of Business of Simon Fraser University after working for two years as a research associate in the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary where he earned his dual Ph.D. degree in Economics and Finance as a distinguished doctoral graduate. His research focuses on Corporate Finance, Industrial Organization, and Innovation and his teaching interests include Corporate Finance, International Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Managerial Economics.
	Rosalie Tung Dr. Rosalie L. Tung is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Academy of Management, and the Academy of International Business and the Ming and Stella Wong Professor of International Business at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research focuses on international management and organizational theory.
	Anastasia Ufimtseva Dr. Anastasia Ufimtseva is an Adjunct Professor and a faculty fellow at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University. She holds a Ph.D. in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University), an MA in Political Science (University of Waterloo), and a BA in Political Science with International Relations (The University of British Columbia). She specializes in International/Comparative Political Economy. Her current research focuses on regulations adopted by host states to govern foreign direct investment (FDI) made by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) around the world, with a particular focus on Chinese SOEs. She also examines China’s state-led innovation model and compares it with the innovation policies of other countries.
	Eric Werker Dr. Eric Werker holds the William Saywell Professorship in International Business and is a Professor of Strategy / International Business at SFU Beedie School of Business. He is also the academic director of the Part-time MBA program. His research focuses on how less developed countries can build more thriving and inclusive private sectors, particularly when they are rich in natural resources, and how international actors can play a positive role in creating successful societies.
	Peng Zhang Dr. Peng Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Strategy/Business and Society at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research focuses on Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Labour Economics.
	Ray Zhang Dr. Ray Zhang is Assistant Professor of Accounting at SFU Beedie School of Business and a Finning Research Fellow. His research focuses on SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Auditing; Regulation; Financial Reporting; Foreign Listings
	Natalie Bin Zhao Dr. Natalie Zhao is Associate Professor, Management and Organization Studies at SFU Beedie School of Business. Her research interests include error reporting, learning from errors, and employee compensation and motivation.

Past

William X. Wei Dr. William X. Wei is Professor of International Business at MacEwan University Business School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Wei is also Associate Editor of two emerald journals: Emerging Markets Case Studies Journal and Chinese Management Studies (SCCI indexed). William is PhD co-supervisor at China University of Petroleum, visiting professor at Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Yunshan Scholar (2016-2019) at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and a founding member of the International Case Research Association, which is affiliated to North American Case Research Association. William has published 20 Ivey cases and his research has been published in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Project Management Journal, Chinese Management Studies and Sustainability. William was recognized as a distinguished scholar by the Academy for Global Business Advancement in 2012. Dr. Wei is currently on administrative leave from his Associate Dean role and is affiliated as a visiting scholar at Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University.

Kab Lae Kim Kab Lae Kim is a Research Fellow and Head of Financial Consumer Protection Research Center at Korea Capital Market Institute. He acquired his LL.M. and SJD (Doctor of Juridical Science) from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. He is an attorney-at-law licensed in New York. His research has focused on securities regulation, corporation, and financial taxation. He has been advising the Korean government on the issues relating to capital market, social finance, and financial taxation. Currently, he is researching on SIBs (Social Impact Bonds) and CGT (capital gains tax) on stock trading.

The Centre actively supports the recruitment of doctoral students, including doctoral students from academic institutions in the Asia Pacific region.

Current

Mitsu Feng Mitsu Feng is a PhD student in Marketing Strategy at Simon Fraser University, where she also get an MBA degree. Since Mitsu graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with a Bachelor of Management, she had been worked in the tourism industry in China for 8 years specializing in tour group operation and department management. Mitsu’s research interests include sustainability, experience design and other marketing strategies in hospitality and art&culture industries.

Past

Hristina Dzharova Hristina Dzharova holds a BA degree in Business Administration and a graduate degree from the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, specializing in Strategy and Innovation. Her graduate thesis work focused on top management team composition and venture capital investments across different territories. Hristina completed a three-month internship with Infosys Limited, Bangalore, India working on the Base of the Pyramid project, conducting interviews with founders and CEOs of major social enterprises, start-up companies and NGOs worldwide. Her internship work ultimately culminated in several important findings that pertain to base of the pyramid segment and facilitate enterprises in their attempt to sustainably approach the poor in emerging markets. Hristina’s research interests vary, ranging from social innovation and technology to venture capital and M&A practices.

Victor Chen Victor is a SSHRC-funded PhD Candidate in Strategic Management and International Business at Simon Fraser University (SFU), where he also teaches general business administration. His researches focus on the rise of emerging-market multinational enterprises investing in advanced economies, with works published in Asia Pacific Journal of Management amongst others.

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	ANASTASIA UFIMTSEVA SEPTEMBER 2019 – 2022 Dr. Anastasia Ufimtseva is an Adjunct Professor and a faculty fellow at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, and a program manager of International trade and investment pillar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She holds a PhD in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs (Wilfrid Laurier University), an MA in Political Science (University of Waterloo), and a BA in Political Science with International Relations (The University of British Columbia). She specializes in International/Comparative Political Economy. Her current research focuses on regulations adopted by host states to govern foreign direct investment (FDI) made by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) around the world, with a particular focus on Chinese SOEs. She also examines China’s state-led innovation model and compares it with the innovation policies of other countries.
	JIYOUNG SHIN SEPTEMBER 2016 – 2019 Dr. Jiyoung Shin is a post-doctoral fellow at Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University. She received her MS and PhD in International Business from Korea University Business School, Korea University (South Korea). Prior to joining Beedie school of Business, she was a research fellow in Asian Business Research Center at Korea University. Dr. Shin also taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at Korea University and Hanyang University (South Korea). She received grants from the Korean government as a research assistant. Her research interests include corporate social responsibility of multinational companies (MNEs), non-market strategy, and sustainable development strategy of MNEs.
	MATTHEW FOX AUGUST 2015 – DECEMBER 2015 Matthew’s research interests include how people make ethical judgements and how organizational contexts promote or hinder ethical decision making. He recently completed his PhD in Business Administration at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, earned his B.A. in International Political Economy at Colorado College, and his MBA at the University of Nevada Reno. His dissertation examined the role of the legacy motive in guiding the actions of entrepreneurs. At Beedie, he worked on Social entrepreneurship in emerging economies.
	KURT NORDER SEPTEMBER 2013 – AUGUST 2014 Kurt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on business models for the Base of the Pyramid. His work explores the interaction of the internal configurations with the external contexts as it applies to strategy, organization, and innovation. Kurt recently completed his PhD in International Business from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. His dissertation work was an exploration of cross-border business model adaptation in response to the many pressures typical of the multinational environment. Prior to school, Kurt worked as a Finance Manager for General Electric. He is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified and also holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University.
	COLIN HAWES (柯霖) JUNE 2011 – MAY 2012 Colin Hawes is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in the intersection between business, law and culture: how cultures impact on the way business is done in different societies, and what happens to business laws when they are imported into a new cultural context. Colin grew up in the UK and gained a B.A. degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Durham. He then lived in China for three years (in Beijing and Wuhan), and moved to Canada to complete a Ph.D. in Asian Studies at UBC. Colin began researching Chinese and East Asian law while teaching Chinese language and culture at the University of Alberta. He subsequently completed his law degree and practised law in Vancouver focusing on Asia-related cases before joining the Law Faculty at University of Technology Sydney in 2005. He is currently on leave from UTS.
	DANIEL KIM 2010 – 2012 Hyeong-Deug Kim (Daniel) has completed PhD study in IIT Madras in India and joined SFU business as a Post-Doctoral research fellow. Prior to completing his PhD, he spent 11 years in India as a MBA student, expatriate as a Korean company director (Sodiff India Materials), and an entrepreneur (Daibeck India Materials). With extensive international experience and cross-cultural studies, he helps other Korean expatriates to deal with different cultures. And this turns into his research interest.

The members of the Distinguished International Faculty Council help guide the Centre in disseminating research related to Asia Pacific business studies through public events, dialogue with students and faculty and commentary. 

	Ilan Alon Ilan Alon is Professor and Dean of the School of Economics, College of Management Academic Studies. He was also Professor of Strategy and International Marketing at the University of Agder (UiA, Norway), Visiting Otto Mønsted Professor for International Business at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS, Denmark), and Leading Research Fellow at Higher School of Economics (HSE, Russia).He is also Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Emerging Markets and the European Journal of International Management. Ilan Alon’s research has appeared in prestigious academic journals, such as the Harvard Business Review, Journal of International Marketing, International Marketing Review, Management International Review, Corporate Governance: An International Journal, and others.  Ilan Alon’s research books on China include Huawei: Made in China for the World (Palgrave, forthcoming 2020) and Belt and Road Initiative (Palgrave, 2018).
	Paul Beamish Paul Beamish is a professor of International Business and General Management at Ivey Business School, Western University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, Director of the International Business Institute and Research Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Dr. Beamish has authored over 60 books and 141 journal articles in the areas of International Management, Strategic Management, and Joint Ventures and Alliances. He is the founder of the 39 Country Initiative which provide teaching and research materials to business schools in least developed countries free of charge.
	Bo Chen Bo CHEN is the Chutian Professor of Economics in Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Director of Optical Valley Institute on Free Trade Zone (FTZ). He is also a research associate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Since June 2013, Chen has participated in consultations for the Shanghai, Guangdong, and Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) and frequently lectures senior government officials in China on economic policy issues. His advice has been used in reports to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau. His opinions appear in various mainstream media such as CCTV, Xinhua Media, Lianhe Zaobao, BBC, The Economist, and the Wall Street Journal.
	Charles Dhanaraj Charles Dhanaraj is the Academic Director of the Doctor of Business Administration Program at Georgia State University. He was also the H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Professor of Strategy at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, the Founding Executive Director of Fox’s Center for Translational Research in Business, and Executive Director of the Fox School’s Executive Doctorate in Business Administration program. His research focus is on strategic partnerships, global innovation, and emerging markets. In 2017, he was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB). He serves as vice president for the AIB and deputy editor of Cross Cultural and Strategy Management, as well as a member on the editorial boards of six major journals.
	Haiyang Li Haiyang Li is Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University.  Dr. Li’s research interests focus on technology entrepreneurship and innovation (particularly in China’s transition economy), strategic alliances and multinational firms’ innovation in emerging markets, as well as the growth of China's technology clusters. His articles have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, Organization Science, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Management and Organization Review, Journal of High Technology Management Research, Journal of International Marketing, and others. Dr. Li has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals.
	Mike Peng Mike W. Peng is the Jindal Chair of Global Strategy and Executive Director, Center for Global Business at the Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a National Science Foundation Career Award winner and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and the Asia Academy of Management.  He is best known for his development of the institution-based view of strategy and his insights about the rise of emerging economies such as China in global business. With over 40,000 Google citations (among the top 1% most cited researchers worldwide), he is widely regarded as one of the most prolific and most influential scholars in global strategy. Dr. Peng's consulting clients include multinationals, educational and funding organizations, and national and international organizations. He is a regular commentator in a wide variety of publications.
	Chang Hoon Oh Chang Hoon Oh is the William and Judy Docking Professor of Strategy at the University of Kansas School of Business. He previously was the William Saywell Professor in Asia Pacific Business at the Beedie School of Business in Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Oh was a distinguished visiting scholar at KAIST Graduate School of Business during summer 2023; the inaugural Alan Rugman Visiting Fellow in the Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom for the 2015–16 academic year; and a visiting professor in Korea University Business School for the 2015-16 academic year. He also worked for Brock University as an associate professor, and for the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington, as an associate instructor. He received his doctoral degree from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington. Oh worked for Samsung Electronics and Samsung Corp. in various capacities. He served his military service as an instructor, first lieutenant ROTC, in South Korea.
	Rajneesh Narula Rajneesh Narula is the John H. Dunning Chair of International Business Regulation at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. His research and consulting have focused on the role of multinational firms in development, innovation and industrial policy, R&D alliances and outsourcing. He is currently an editor of Journal of International Business Studies. In 2017, he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (FRSA) in 2015. He is a regular commentator on business and economics issues on TV and radio, as well as a variety of print and online publications. He regularly acts as a consultant and advisor to the European Commission, UNIDO, UNCTAD and the OECD, World Bank among others. He holds honorary appointments at United Nations University-MERIT, Norwegian School of Business, Oxford University and the University of Urbino.
	Ravi Ramamurti Ravi Ramamurti is the University Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director of the Center for Emerging Markets at the D’amore-McKim School of Business, Northeaster University and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB). He received his B.Sc. (Physics) from Delhi University, his MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad and his DBA from Harvard Business School. He has been a visiting professor at HBS, MIT-Sloan, CEIBS-Shanghai, IMD-Lausanne, and the Wharton School.  His research focuses on strategy and innovation in emerging economies as well as business-government relations in emerging economies. He has published several articles and books on multinationals from emerging markets and on the topic of “reverse innovation.” He teaches courses on the global business environment and global strategy, and electives on Competing in Emerging Markets.
	Peter Williamson Peter Williamson is Professor of International Management at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Management, Jesus College. Professor Williamson has wide experience in research, consulting and executive education as well as serving as a non-executive director and chairman of both publicly listed companies and new ventures in industries as diverse as whisky, textiles, hedge fund management and software. He has been working with Chinese companies for over 35 years. He serves on the editorial boards of European Management Journal, Business Strategy Review, and Academy of Management Learning and Education. His research interests include: Globalisation and its implications for corporate strategy; strategies for success in China and the internationalisation of Chinese companies and their global impact, mergers and acquisition; business ecosystems and the management of networks of strategic alliances; strategies for a carbon-constrained world. He is the author over nine books and over 60 journal articles and a winner of the  Sloan-PwC Award honouring those articles that have contributed most to the enhancement of management practice.