Dr. Shirley Tang
Biography:
Dr. Shirley Tang holds a PhD in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (CHINA 2004), a Master of Business Management from Lanzhou University (CHINA 1999). She participated EU innovation research program at Hull University (UK 2012) and was an academic visitor to UA (University of Alberta) in 2014.
She joined UCW in 2018 and she teaches graduate research methods, economics, and statistics in the MBA program.
Experience and Expertise
Before moving to Canada, Dr. Tang worked as a professor in the business school at East China University of Political Science and Law (Shanghai) where she taught international economics, international business and finance in both graduate and postgraduate programs for domestic students and international students from France and Kazakhstan. She has more than 15 years of professional work experience in research and teaching. Her research focuses on international technology transfer, innovation in SMEs and innovation policy.
Dr. Tang enjoys working with international students. She believes that every student’s unique contribution makes a difference to the diversity of her classes.
Publications and Scholarly Activity
She has published several academic papers in international journals and presented at academic conferences in the UK and North America in recent years.
- 2020. Jia Caiyan, Shirley Tang, Kan, Zhehan. "Does the Nation Innovation System Support the Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Innovation?" Sustainability ,12(6).
- 2020. Helen (Huifen) Cai, David Sarpongb, Shirley Tang, Guiqin Zhao. Foreign patents surge and technology spillovers: Evidence from the patent and trade markets. Technological Forecasting & Social Change,151(2)
- 2016. Kaouther Kooli, Huifen Cai, Shirley Tang, Cornelia Beer, Len Tiu Wright. Better together? A hospitality case for umbrella branding. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 31(8)
- 2019. Is Internationalization of Technology Innovation Coming or Not? Test on the Patent- Based Indicators. Atlanta Conference in Science and Innovation Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology in USA
- 2018. Foreign patents surge prompted technology spillovers? 2018, AOM USA
- 2016. Innovation activity in SMEs, beyond the NIS in China? BAM Cardiff University UK
Awards & Certificates
3-levels in Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
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