Prof. Wang, Eric Chao-Hung, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Taiwan, for almost 30 years. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the Chair Professor of the Department of Economics as well as the Director of the Graduate Institute of International Economics of CCU.
In 2004-05, Dr. Wang was awarded with the title of Fulbright International Scholar along with Research Grant from the U.S. Department of State. He was also a Visiting Professor/Scholar at the Western Michigan University, USA, University of Washington, USA, and University of Liverpool, UK.
Dr. Wang’s academic interests focus on Development Economics, Public Economics, Production Efficiency, National Economic Development of Asia-Pacific area, etc. He has been funded over 20 public grants which support his research and get almost 100 publications in the form of Referred International Journal articles, Conference Papers, and Technical Reports, etc. He is the author of Gerontonomics (written in Chinese, first circulation in 2012) which is a newly developed research field regarding the economic issues of an ageing society.
Speech Title：A Hypothesis of Education Causing Age Structure of Population to Change in the Process of Economic Development
Abstract: In the process of Economic Development, besides political and social transformations as well as international relations, strong productivity is the key to promote growth. Labor, capital and entrepreneurship are fundamental factors in production. Two facets of labor are commonly discussed: one is the labor quantity and the other is labor quality. Population size is a proxy of labor quantity and education level is an indicator of quality. Raising labor quality, or human capital as another term, is resulted from investing in education.
Population and education are usually discussed separately in Economic literature. Sugimoto and Nakagawa (2010) develop a sophisticated model to explore the relation between investing in public education and change in population structure.
Upon observing the changes in the number of students of tertiary education and in fertility rate in the past decades in Taiwan, this paper intends to propose a hypothesis to argue that expeditious expansion of higher education since mid-1990s is the major reason that causes a rapid decline in fertility, which eventually changes the age structure of population and labor.
It first describes a household theory of fertility to build up the framework regarding human capital investment and fertility. It then reviews the facts of fertility decline and higher education expansion in Taiwan in the past twenty years. Causality tests and other statistical tests are performed to provide evidence to the hypothesis proposed in this paper.
Dr. Azilah Binti Kasim, Univesiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Azilah Binti Kasim received her Ph.D. degree in Tourism & Environment at the University of East Anglia, UK in 2004. She is now a Professor at School of Tourism, Hospitality and Environmental Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia. And she is one of the member of Accreditation Panel for Malaysian Accreditation Agency (MQA).
Dr. Azilah Binti Kasim conducted, as a leader, Modelling the Antecedents of Ecotourists Loyalty to Malaysian Ecotourism Destinations and the Interplay among them. (RM105,40, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme Grant) in 2014. In 2013, Towards Economic Sustainability: A Study on the Interface between Strategic Orientations, Organizational Learning, Market Conditions, Firm Strategy and Growth of Small And Medium Size Hotels (RM66,000, Universiti Utara Malaysia High Impact Grant).
Dr. Azilah Binti Kasim is part of the Tourism Educators Association Malaysia (TEAM) as well as the International Association of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality (IACTH). She published many excellent articles in different journals or Magazine and has many experiences on attending related international conference.
Speech Title: Towards Economic Sustainability: The Interface of Strategic Orientations, Organizational Learning, Market Conditions, Firm Strategy and Growth of Small and Medium Size Hotels
Abtract: Businesses are a crucial component of any economy. To be sustainable, they need to strategize carefully to ensure growth. A business’s strategic orientation provides a business with a clear direction and helps it to recognize the needs and wants of its customers in a proactive manner. It allows a business to be ahead of the competitors in providing new products and services and in establishing new standards for the industry. This study focuses on the relationships between strategic orientations, organizational learning, market conditions, firm strategy and firm growth. It uses small and medium size hotels in Malaysia as the study context. Using a mixed method approach, the qualitative data from trade representatives help provide background information that is useful for developing the quantitative data instrument. The findings from 254 completed assisted survey interviews revealed several key findings. Firstly, all strategic orientations (market, entrepreneurial, technological) have positive influence on SME hotels’ growth. Secondly, Organisational learning is found to play a significant moderating role in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and SME hotels growth. Thirdly, market condition is found to only play a significant moderating role in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and SME Hotels. This means that market condition has little to do with the relationship between market orientation and technology orientation with SME hotel growth. Lastly, the moderating effect of Firm strategy (FS) was evident on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and SME Hotels Growth. Several theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed at the end of the paper.
Dr. Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology, US
Dr. Patricia J. Holahan received her Ph.D. degree in Org’l Behavior and Theory from Purdue University - West Lafayette in 1992. She is the area coordinator, management and marketing in the School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ from 2013 to present. And since 1998, she has been being the Associate Professor of this school as well. From 1994 to present, she is the Senior Research Associate. Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ and direct evaluation and research activities for major NSF funded demonstration projects. Now her research fields involve Adoption, Implementation, and Diffusion of Technological Innovations; Corporate Entreprenuership, New Product Development; Team Processes and Performance. Her teching experience concentrate on Innovation Management and the Diffusion of Innovations (Ph.D.); Organization Theory and Design (Ph.D. and Masters); Leadership (Masters); Social Psychology and Organizational Behavior (Bachelors and Masters).
Dr. Patricia J. Holahan serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, advising them on issues related to the implementation of technological innovations, technology acceptance, cross-functional team effectiveness, and team reward and recognition systems. She is the recipient of research grants from funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), Veterans Affairs (VA), General Electric Foundation, and Stevens School of Business to study technology adoption/implementation, team leadership, team effectiveness, and technology management issues. And she has published in several leading management journals including the Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology. She uesd to be the Research Director, Product Development Management Association Research Foundation. What' more, she received Alexander H. Crombie Distinguished Associate Professor Teaching Award.
In 2016, Dr. Patricia J. Holahan was awarded with provost Letter of Commendation for Exemplary Teaching, Spring 2015. In 2014, she was named as School of Business “Exceptional Teacher”. And she was rated Alexander H. Crombie Distinguished Associate Professor Teaching Award in 2004. She acquired Letter of Commendation, Exemplary Teaching Performance, Stevens Institute of Technology, in 2003, 2002, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994. And she was awarded Merit Award, Outstanding Teaching Performance, Stevens Institute of Technology, Executive Masters of Technology Management Program, in 1993.
Speech Title: Diffusing Locally Developed Software Across an Enterprise: A Multi-Level Perspective
Abstract: Prior literature suggests that an effective process to diffuse a locally developed software application enterprise-wide is dependent on collective action across stakeholders with disparate interests and perspectives. Thus, a key dilemma for multi-divisional organizations is what management practices will help ensure that key corporate and local stakeholders will engage in collective action in support of this type of enterprise software acquisition. Given the scarcity of research on this topic, we take a process approach to analyzing the data we collected from a longitudinal case study of a corporate-sponsored project to diffuse a local innovation that became derailed, despite being aligned with a strategic dispersed corporate entrepreneurship (DCE) initiative and a recently centralized IT governance structure. By applying prior research on DCE, IT governance, and collective action to interpret our qualitative research findings, we develop a set of propositions on management practices likely to be associated with an effective DCE process to diffuse a locally developed IT innovation enterprise-wide. Our theoretical contribution highlights the need to take a multi-level view to understand the impacts of corporate-local relationships and IT governance contexts on the diffusion process for this type of internal software acquisition project.
Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship, IT governance, local innovation diffusion, collective action
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