Date: October 24, 2014

Time:2:00 pm-4:30 pm

Venue: Room 902, Administration Building, Zijingang Campus

Speaker:

P Tommy Tsung-Ying Shih, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Lund University;

Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park, Dr. Professor, Institute of Service Management;

Ju Liu, Researcher, Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy, CIRCLE, Lund University.

Host: Prof. WU Aiqi, Department of Business Administration, ZJUSOM

Abstract and speaker's bio:

University entrepreneurship and their roles in regional development

Tommy Tsung-Ying Shih, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Lund University

Tommy Tsung-Ying Shih’s current research divides into two main areas related to entrepreneurship and innovation. The first research project relates to the study of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), how it is used in a Chinese context. In particular Tommy Tsung-Ying Shih is interested in how institutional frameworks create, inhibit and co-produce particular uses of technology. In this project the interest also lies on the impact, which co-production of use has on institutional structures. The main actors of interest are firms and their role in the ICT sector. The second research theme associates with university spin-off firms and their role in networks. This research takes a closer look at how spin-off firms embed in business networks. It is generally understood that newly founded firms often lack the connections to established actors, such as customers, and resources. In this project Tommy Tsung-Ying Shih looks at how spin off firms interact in business networks in order to gain resources, and commercialize their ideas. The integration of the two research project leads to research on how university entrepreneurship is being promoted in various regional contexts in China and Sweden, and specifically with regards to the ICT sector.

From Quality of Product to Quality of Experience

Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park, Dr. Professor, Institute of Service Management

Professor Su Mi Dahlgaard-Park from Institute for Service Management, Lund University will in this presentation discuss how Quality Management has evolved from focusing on product quality only to quality of services and further to quality of experience parallel with the emerging service and experience economy. The presentation will also include a case study where a framework to consider and measure various dimensions of experience have been applied.

Global innovation network and emerging economies

Ju Liu, Researcher, Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy, CIRCLE, Lund University

Ju Liu’s research interests have been globalization of innovation, innovation network, innovation system and innovation policy with a focus on emerging economies and the comparison with advanced economies. Her research projects are: 1) an international comparison of regional institution and its impact on firms’ innovation networks, 2) the impact of networks, globalization, and their interaction with EU strategy, 3) the technology-driven FDI of emerging companies in Europe, 4) Global innovation networks, regional variety and their impact on the innovativeness of firms and regions, 5) linking foreign human capital to global innovation community. Ju Liu’s research mainly focuses on ICT, automobile, clean tech industry, and manufacturing industry in general. Theoretically, her main anchor is innovation studies, particularly innovation systems approach and innovation networks, but recently also economic geography and international business. Methodologically, she has been extensively working with social network analysis using firm-level primary data. She has been the special issue editor, scientific committee member, and book review editor of international journals.