Since 2018, IBSS academic staff have received 5 International-level grants, 23 National-level grants, 10 Provincial and Municipal-level and 103 University-level grants. A full breakdown of the projects awarded funding over the past 5 years (2018-2022) can be found in the tables below:
International Research Grants
Calendar Year
Faculty Name
Project Title
Collaborative Institutions
2023
Eddy Fang
Behavioural Insights for Food Assurance Practices – a Cultural Perspective
University of Canterbury
2021
Ye Bai
Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth
UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
2020
Tony So
Food Behaviours and Preferences in China
University of Otago
2019
Chiachi
Chang
Data collection for employee-organization relationship project
London School of Economics (LSE)
2019
Eddy Fang
The upside of error: Learning from food safety
incidents
New Zealand – China Food Protection Network
2018
Eddy Fang
Biocide use in the food Industry: Trends, risks and perceptions
Massey University
(for New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre)
National Research Grants
Calendar Year
Faculty Name
Project Title
Funding Source
2023
Xuezhong He
Modelling and Data Analytics on Cross Sectional Financial Risk: Evidence on Microscopic Data from Banking, Security Industry and Real Estates
NSFC
2023
Yining Yu
Visual assimilation versus physical complementation: The role of temperature in food choice
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
2023
Bingjie Deng
The impact of emotional expressions in digital content on user behavior: an analysis of mechanism and boundary conditions
NSFC
2023
Wangshuai Wang
“Rat Race” or “Lie Flat”? How competition stress affects compensatory consumption
NSFC
2022
Jianxin Fang
Inventory control and order management policies for Assemble-To-Order systems under the coproduction effect
NSFC
2022
Mofei Jia
The impact of competition of social status on games with strategic complementarities in social networks: theoretical and experimental studies
NSFC
2022
Yifu Li
An Investigation of the Modeling and Scheduling Problem of the Coproductive Service Considering Customer Participation and Experience
NSFC
2022
Jie Zhang
The research on dynamic price limit – from the view of informed trading
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
2022
Wenting Zhou
The impacts of information overload on investment decision making
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
2021
Jie Li
Value co-creation in the context of live-streaming for poverty alleviation: A cue utilisation theory perspective
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
2021
Jia Zhai
Research on machine learning model based on option pricing theory
NSFC
2021
Jie Chu
Joint optimization of inventory control and component allocation for Assemble-to-Order systems: A scenario tree approach
NSFC
2021
Yameng Zhang
The Study on the Bilateral Driving Mechanism and Influence Path of International Friendship Cities on the Sustainable Development of China’s Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Study of Infrastructure Investment in Europe
NSFC
2020
Shan Wu
The determinants of analyst team performance: team diversity, trust and team management
NSFC
2020
Junyi Lin
Exploring System Dynamics Performance of Closed Loop Supply Chains in Consumer Electronic Sector: A Control Engineering Approach
NSFC
2020
Yue Xu
Multidimensional Decision-making Processes of Leader Voice Endorsement: An Image Theory Perspective
NSFC
2019
Gergely Horvath
The impact of discrimination on the job search behavior of disadvantaged workers: Experimental investigation and policy recommendations
NSFC
2019
Lixian Qian
Adoption and Diffusion of New Energy Vehicles: the Unified View of Electrification, Sharing and Connected-Autonomous Driving
NSFC
2019
Lujie Chen
Sustainable Reporting and Firms’ financial Performance : A Supply Chain Perspective
NSFC
2019
Li Pan
Evolutionary-psychology-based marketing of Negative Service: Fear Intervention Perspective
NSFC
2019
Yameng Zhang
The Study on the Mechanism and the Dynamic Relationships between international friendship cities and outward FDI
NSFC
2019
Xiao Wang
Research on the formation mechanism and mode of breakthrough innovations in high-tech industry
NSFC
2018
Ruizhi Yuan
Collaborative Consumption in Hospitality and Tourism in China: From Customer Engagement Perspective
NSFC
2018
Kun Tian
Price rigidity: micro evidence from China e-commerce platform and macro implication for monetary policy
Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
Provincial and Municipal Research Grants
Calendar Year
Faculty Name
Project Title
Funding Source
2023
Xuanwei Cao
The integration of education, sci&tech, talents on developing high-level sci&tech innovation in Suzhou
Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau
2023
Jie Li
Cultivation Path and Countermeasures for Hard Technology Enterprises in Key Fields of Suzhou
Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau
2022
Li Xie
Research on the relationship between innovation clusters and digital transformation under the perspective of plural governance
Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau
2021
Ying Feng
The digital transformation of incumbent firms: From a strategic innovation perspective
Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau
2021
Xingzhi Yao
Left Tail of Volatility-of-Volatility: evidence from international option markets
Jiangsu Education Department
2020
Jie Li
Research on the way to improve the basic capability and industrial chain level of biomedicine industry in Suzhou
Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau
2019
Xuanwei Cao
Innovation Ecosystem in Suzhou: Status and Suggestions
Suzhou Federation of Social Science Associations
2018
Xuanwei Cao
Research on Building up Green, Low-Carbon, and Circular Economy System in Suzhou
Suzhou Federation of Social Science Associations
2018
Hao Lan
Big data analysis on Suzhou house price
Suzhou Federation of Social Science Associations
2018
Kun Tian
Firm price-setting behavior analysis in the background of consumption upgrade: Based on big data from E-commerce
Suzhou Association for Science and Technology
University/IBSS Research Grants
Calendar Year
Faculty Name
Project Title
Programme
2023
Cheng Xu
Covid 19, social norm compliance and sustainable consumption
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Zhe Lin
Investigating the Impact of Social Media Influencers in the Digital Economy
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xueji Liang
Failure Tolerance of Corporate Venture Capital and Corporate Innovation: The Contingency Role of CVC Managers
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Junyi Lin
Win-win or trade-off? Explore system dynamics and resilience performance in consumer electronic closed loop supply chains
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2023
Xingzhi Yao
Decomposition of option-implied beta and the cross-section of stock returns
RResearch Enhancement Fund (REF)
2023
Ou Liu
A commodity recommendation model based on sentiment analysis of user-generated content
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yitian Xie
Improving the knowledge retention in embedded anti-phishing training: A comparison study based on memory theories
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xiaoyan Liang
Algorithmic HRM: A comparative study of the experiences of low skilled versus high skilled platform workers
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Shan Wu
Influence of milestone age on people’s professional behavior—Evidence from CEOs, employees, analysts, judges, and households
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xiaomeng Shi
CEO air pollution exposure and financial activities
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Chen Hu
Personalization and Privacy Policy in E-commerce Platform Operations
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Qin Su
Production Teams and Films Success: The Impacts of Diversity, Faultlines, and Social Networks
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yaxiong Li
Exploring Gender’s Role in Leadership: A New Perspective on Narrowing the Gap
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Zhenyu Su
Research on Economic Implications of Energy Efficiency in Chinese Urban Housing buildings
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Zhe Lin
Investigating the Impact of Social Media Influencers in the Digital Economy
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xun Lei
A study of the microstructure of the Chinese stock market: application of limit order book and deep learning techniques
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Edwin Ruan
Comparative theoretical study and empirical analysis of realized volatility and skewness
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Haosi Chen
Relationship management and information asymmetry
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Zihua Liu
Firm AI Exposure and Market Valuation
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Jui-chuan Hsu
Legitimacy of Common Corporate Language Policy in Chinese Multinational Companies
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Jiexiang Huang
Heaping of Executive Compensation and Cybersecurity Risk
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Chiachi Chang
Why and when can idiosyncratic deals shape employee complaining behavior
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Linhan Zhang
Risk or Responsibility: How does religion affect the corporate decision about environmental protection/emission control
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Nuno Camara
Investigating Corporate Reputation with Employees in the International Higher Education Sector
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Gengyang Tu
The impact of energy efficient policies on the energy efficient technology adoption behaviours in households -under the context of the Pandemic
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Mengyuan Wang
Do leaders make the place? Investigating the critical role of leader in affecting the consequences of employees’ presenteeism behaviors
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xinyi Zhou
Taking a new look at employee ethics training with a daily diary approach: How and when it helps and hurts
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Dan Yang
Pro-Environmental Pressure at the Workplace: Concept, Measurement, and Consequences
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Xingnong Zhu
Salience Theory, Limited Attention and Stock Prices
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yi Yang
Differential Private Decision-Making Models for Medical Diagnosis
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Ying Guo
Innovation oriented HRM practices and firm performance: An open innovation perspective
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Vi Cao
Can Public Reporting Discourage Overtreatment?
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Liang Fu
Central Bank Communication under China’s Evolving Monetary Policy Framework
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Lili Jiu
Tracing Business Digital Footprints: The Effect of Digital Transaction on Tax Avoidance
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Oupin Tang
Fund manager cognitive flexibility, investment decisions and performance – evidence based on textual analysis
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Fan Liu
An exploratory study using data science methods to predict households’ risk tolerance and financial behaviours
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Miaomiao Liu
Strategic Advertising in Anticipation of Word-of-Mouth
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yingchan Luo
The Spillover Effect within and cross Sectors in Chinese Manufacturing Industry — A Study from Productivity Perspective
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Qianyao Huang
The impacts of gig entities on gig workers: The gig platforms, gig supervisors, service-requesters, and gig workers themselves
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Zhaoran Gong
Acquirer mid-level management human capital and M&A
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yi Luo
Bank Loan Loss Provision Estimates: A Hybrid Data-driven Approach
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Lei Zhang
The Impact of Climate Disasters on Corporate Transparency
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Jie Chu
Managing inventory for periodic-review Assemble-To-Order (ATO) systems with stochastic product returns: Model development and algorithm design
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
King Yoong Lim
The Economics of Chinese Patenting Strategy: A Multiple Perspective Analysis
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Shuyang Si
The education of nutrition label on consumer healthy diet choices
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Daniel Hampson
Mitigating Time of Day Biases in Self-Report Consumer Research
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yameng Zhang
Open Strategy and Organizational Legitimacy during Different Stages of Internationalization
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Ashkan Mirzay Fashami
The impact of audit committee effectiveness on audit fees and non-audit fees: Recent evidence from Australia
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Jie Li
Development and spillover of newcomers’ extra-role behaviors
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yining Yu
Visual assimilation versus physical complementation: The role of temperature in food choice
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Bingjie Deng
Visual-aesthetics Design and Robot-aided Decisions
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yoonjeoung Heo
The Concept of Socioemotional Wealth and Organization Theory: A Review, Dialogue, and New Findings
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Liang Wen
Temporal Boundaries and Subsidiary Staffing in Multinational Enterprises: Effects of Parent–Subsidiary Work-Time Overlap
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Yao Fu
Intellectual property management in the e-commerce: From the innovator and imitator perspectives
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Jiatao Liu
Cybercrime Risk Impact on Financial Markets
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Qian Luo
Sustainable Supply and Capacity Management in Urban Water Operations Under Climate Change
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2023
Tianshu Li
Water Markets and Regional Sustainability: Empirical Evaluations and Mechanism Analyses
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Chun-Hou Chang
Exploring the mechanisms underlying employee’s help-seeking behaviour in the multicultural work context
The Development of CPA Profession in China – The Rise and Fall of Multinational Audit Firms
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2022
Rhonwyn Vaudrey
Influence and scandal: Chinese consumers’ responses to scandal in online influencer spaces
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Fangfang Hou
Promoting prosocial behavior in charitable crowdfunding: visual data analysis using deep learning technique
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Xuezhong He
History Matters: A New Paradigm of Non-Markovian Asset Pricing
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Bo Jiang
Financial Technology Adoption in the Banking Sector
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Yingying Wu
Intraday Dynamic Relationship Between Commodity Futures and Stock Returns of Companies Along the Supply Chain
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Rui Ye
Accounting standard changes and financial analysts’ use of accounting information: Evidence based on textual analysis and interviews
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2022
Linjia Zhang
Research on the tourism eco-efficiency and its driving forces in China: A Nonparametric Approach
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2022
Jianxin Fang
Exploring the near-optimal policies and efficient computational algorithms for large-scale general-structure Assemble-To-Order (ATO) systems
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Xiaobo Xu
The moderating effect of societal individualism-collectivism and uncertainty avoidance on the relationship between antecedents and sustainable consumption of car sharing
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Syed Abbas
Commodity price pass-through: inflation and trade regimes
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Mofei Jia
Peer Effects and Network Formation
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2021
Yue Xu
Voice for oneself: An Examination of the Nature, Antecedents, and Consequences of Self-interested Voice
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Yang Lu
Communication in public health crisis: Exploring the communication effects of social media messages and signals
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Shimeng Shi
ESG and credit risk analysis
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Jin Jiang
The impact of Chinese market liberalization on cross-border merger and acquisition activities: evidence based on textual analysis
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Chenwei LI
Investigation into Consumers’ Privacy Concern in the Emerging Digital Market
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Jia Zhai
Mind the gap: building your emergency fund before the next Covid-19 pandemic – Open banking data and machine learning optimization method
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Shuijing Jie
The typology and configuration of early international firms’ capabilities: Implications for international performance
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Sheng Zhao
The impact of local policy intervention on real estate market: a city-by-city study
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Jianghang Chen
Lot-sizing and scheduling problem with continuous demand in automobile powertrain shops
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Eunkyung Lee
Consumer Responses to AI in the Retail Sector: Experimental Evidence
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2021
Shili Chen
Minority in minority: A study of gender difference in the speed of career advancement
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Junyi Lin
Exploring System Dynamics Performance of the Consumer Electronics Closed-loop Supply Chains in Suzhou
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Bin Ding
The influence of performance-driving leader-behavior and the social context on employee performance
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Lujie Chen
The role of Emerging Technology in Achieving Circular Economy: Innovation Diffusion and Dynamic capability perspective
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Anton Bondarev
The role of technological spillovers in environmental degradation
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Xiangyun Lu
Efficient portfolio management and performance predication: incorporating AI into the Chinese stock market
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Jianyu Xu
Risk-aversion in reinforcement learning
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Gergely Horvath
Competition for social status in a networked society
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2020
Wenting Zhou
Consumer Behaviour in the Context of Mobile Payment: Experimental Evidence
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2020
Mofei Jia
Credit card debt puzzle: empirical analysis and behavioral intervention
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2020
Xiao Wang
The dual effects of entrepreneurs’ and their teams’ social capital on the new ventures’ development in the emerging industries of Suzhou Industrial Park: A study from the perspective of social nerwork efficiency
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2020
Xiangyun Lu
Efficient credit risk management of Chinese high-tech SMEs: using the deep learning methods
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2020
Anton Bondarev
Multiplicity of regimes in dynamics of renewable energy development: Horizons for applications to China energy policy
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2020
Jianghang Chen
Intelligent automobile production and scheduling system for pressing shops: effective algorithms and new methods
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2019
Stephen Gong
When Do Auditors Respond to Media Coverage of Clients?
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Ye Bai
CDS, Information and Rumours in Experimental Asset Markets – The Influence of Information and Personality Traits in Asset Markets
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Yumiao Tian
Institutional capability and SME internationalisation: Empirical evidence from China
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Lixian Qian
Consumer Adoption of Connected-Automated Vehicles in China: A Preliminary Study
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2019
Huiwen Liu
Managing the boundaries of big Information System projects: A knowledge hole perspective
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Ying Feng
Venture Boards in China: Board Dynamics and Venture Success
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Nimesh Salike
Production Networks and Innovation Capability: A case of East Asia Value Chain
Research Enhancement Fund (REF)
2019
Linjia Zhang
Tailored Benchmarking Tools for Tourism Industry in China
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Hao Lan
Investigating Promotional Pricing in Online Food Retailing in China
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Ahmet Goncu
Machine Learning in Stock and Futures Markets
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2019
Yumiao Tian
Institutional Capability of Chinese SMEs
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2019
Chiachi Chang
Psychotherapeutic intervention in empathetic leadership
Country-of-Origin and Cross-border Firm Ownership in the Food Industry: A Study on Consumer Valuation
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2019
Shilei Niu
Regulate Dirty and Clean Energy: Competition in Electricity Markets with Environmental Policy Spillovers
Key Programme Special Fund (KSF)
2018
Xingzhi Yao
Trading Activity, Jump, Return and Volatility Analysis for High-Frequency Financial Data
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Shilei Niu
Hydrothermal Electricity Competition under Demand Uncertainty
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Wenting Zhou
Motivating workers: Mechanism Design and Experiments
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Xuanwei Cao
An Institutional Work Analysis of Entrepreneurship Innovation towards Sustainability: A Longitudinal Study of Solar PV Industry in China (2002-2017)
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Li Pan
Consumers’ Adoption on Learning Mindfulness: An Exploratory Study
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Yumiao Tian
The Impact of Adopting Big Data Technology on Supply Chain Resilience: Take Belt and Road Initiative into Consideration
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Xiao Wang
Research on Social Network Efficiency for Entrepreneurial Performance in China
Research Development Fund (RDF)
2018
Fangrong Li
Does government protection at home spoil or nourish firms? Government subsidies, Local government protectionism, and internationalization by Chinese firms
Research Grant Overview
Since 2018, IBSS academic staff have received 5 International-level grants, 23 National-level grants, 10 Provincial and Municipal-level and 103 University-level grants. A full breakdown of the projects awarded funding over the past 5 years (2018-2022) can be found in the tables below:
International Research Grants
Year
Name
Chang
incidents
(for New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre)
National Research Grants
Year
Name
Provincial and Municipal Research Grants
University/IBSS Research Grants
Year
Name