Undergraduate teaching:
Postgraduate teaching:
MBA and Executive MBA teaching (AACSB accredited):
Prospective PhD students
Lutao welcomes prospective doctoral students, with strong quantitative research training (econometrics or survey analysis) or professional experience, and a strong desire to choose an academic career. Students with excellent writing skills, or a background in economics, statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering or geography are particularly welcome to apply.
You will have the opportunity to participate in Lutao's research projects and learn how to publish in top academic journals.
Please send your CV and research proposal, outlining your research questions, motivations, methods, and possible data sources to: L.Ning@qmul.ac.uk
PhD supervision areas
Postgraduate teaching:
MBA and Executive MBA teaching (AACSB accredited):
- Strategic Management
- Global Strategy
- Global Strategic Management
Prospective PhD students
Lutao welcomes prospective doctoral students, with strong quantitative research training (econometrics or survey analysis) or professional experience, and a strong desire to choose an academic career. Students with excellent writing skills, or a background in economics, statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering or geography are particularly welcome to apply.
You will have the opportunity to participate in Lutao's research projects and learn how to publish in top academic journals.
Please send your CV and research proposal, outlining your research questions, motivations, methods, and possible data sources to: L.Ning@qmul.ac.uk
PhD supervision areas
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Corporate governance and financial analysis
- International mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
- Inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI)
Outstanding UK/EU students: Funding to cover 3 years of tuition fees and living expenses is available.
Top Ten Tips for doing your PhD [Click here]
Information for PhD applicants
Queen Mary Application process [Click here]
How to write a strong proposal [Click here]
Current Queen Mary Doctoral Students:
Rui Guo, "The Role of Regional Technological Collaboration and Thresholds" (Full Queen Mary scholarship, Previous institution: School of Economics, Renmin University of China)
Tiancheng Hu, "The Institutional Effects on the Ownership-Performance Relationship of State-Owned Enterprises in Foreign Host Countries" (Full Queen Mary scholarship, Previous institution: School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Oscar Poon, "The impact of board cultural diversity on strategic change", (Full scholarship, Previous institution: Warwick Business School, Warwick University)
Xuhong Xu, “Public Sector Outside Directors and the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in China”
Past Queen Mary Doctoral Students:
Dr Bayan Al-Sedais -“Zero leverage and its impact on firm performance and operational variables, policies and structure” ( Full Saudi Arabia Scholarship)
Dr Wang Fan - "Open Innovation in China: the Role of Inward and Outward FDI" (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: School of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Dr Xin Pan- “Chinese Firm’s Technological Capacity Enhancement Approach” (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: Sichuan University (985))
Dr Jian Li - “Regional Innovation, inward FDI and Industrial Structure ” (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: Hunan University (985), now Assistant Professor at Hunan University )
Dr Dennis De Widt- “The intergovernmental dimension of local government financial stress: a comparative analysis of three European state systems” (Full Scholarship) now Reseach Fellow, Exeter University, UK
Past PhD supervision topics
Top Ten Tips for doing your PhD [Click here]
Information for PhD applicants
Queen Mary Application process [Click here]
How to write a strong proposal [Click here]
Current Queen Mary Doctoral Students:
Rui Guo, "The Role of Regional Technological Collaboration and Thresholds" (Full Queen Mary scholarship, Previous institution: School of Economics, Renmin University of China)
Tiancheng Hu, "The Institutional Effects on the Ownership-Performance Relationship of State-Owned Enterprises in Foreign Host Countries" (Full Queen Mary scholarship, Previous institution: School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics)
Oscar Poon, "The impact of board cultural diversity on strategic change", (Full scholarship, Previous institution: Warwick Business School, Warwick University)
Xuhong Xu, “Public Sector Outside Directors and the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises in China”
Past Queen Mary Doctoral Students:
Dr Bayan Al-Sedais -“Zero leverage and its impact on firm performance and operational variables, policies and structure” ( Full Saudi Arabia Scholarship)
Dr Wang Fan - "Open Innovation in China: the Role of Inward and Outward FDI" (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: School of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Dr Xin Pan- “Chinese Firm’s Technological Capacity Enhancement Approach” (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: Sichuan University (985))
Dr Jian Li - “Regional Innovation, inward FDI and Industrial Structure ” (Full scholarship, the CSC Scholarship, Previous institution: Hunan University (985), now Assistant Professor at Hunan University )
Dr Dennis De Widt- “The intergovernmental dimension of local government financial stress: a comparative analysis of three European state systems” (Full Scholarship) now Reseach Fellow, Exeter University, UK
Past PhD supervision topics
- Corporate Governance and Internationalisation in China
- China’s Outward FDI in the world renewable energy sector: a survey approach
- Corporate governance and firms’ decisions to Internationalise: evidence for China
- The Liability of Foreignness: Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment in the USA