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Hao Tan


Hao Tan

Formal Name: Hao Tan

Personal Title: Dr

Position: Adjunct Lecturer

Organisational Unit: Department of Business

Qualifications: B.Sc., M.B.A., DBA (Macquarie)

Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-

Fax: (+61-2) 9850-

Email: hao.tan@efs.mq.edu.au

Profile

Dr. Hao Tan has a Doctor of Business Administration awarded from Macquarie University with a Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. He is an author of several award-winning papers, and has published in leading academic journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change and the Journal of Business Research.

Dr. Tan currently works as a Research Associate at Macquarie Graduate School of Management and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Business. During the past three years he had worked with Prof. John Mathews on an Australian Research Council Large Discovery Project ‘cyclical industrial dynamics and strategy’. He has also heavily engaged in research on development of renewable energies, industrial ecology and sustainability. Recently Dr. Tan has worked as a Supervisor on a global research project initiated by McKinsey & Company and London School of Economics evaluating management practices across countries.

Prior to studying and working in Australia, Dr. Tan had worked in China as a management consultant, and as a project management specialist & lecturer at Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese telecommunication equipment manufacturer.

Publications

  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. In Press. Cyclical Industrial Dynamics: The case of the global semiconductor industry. Technological Forecasting & Social Change. (Impact Factor: 1.761)
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2009. Identification and analysis of industry cycles. Journal of Business Research (In Press)
  • Mathews, J. and Tan, H. 2009. Biofuels and indirect land use change effects: The debate continues. Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining. Volume 3 Issue 3, Pages 305 – 317. (a Wiley journal published by the Society of Chemical Industry)
  • Mathews, J. A. & Tan, H. 2008. Strategic Dimensions of Cyclical Industrial Dynamics: A Study of the Semiconductor Industry. Paper presented at the DRUID 25th Celebration Conference, Copenhagen, CBS, Denmark
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2008. Strategic Capital Investment in a Highly Cyclical Industry: An Empirical Study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2007. Identification of Industry Cycles. Paper presented on Chinese Society for Management of Technology Annual Conference, Taiwan. (Best Paper Award)
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2007. Cyclical Dynamics in Three Industries, DRUIR Working Paper No. 07-07: 1-48.
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2007. The Co-evolution of the US ICT Industries: A Development Bloc Approach. Paper accepted by the DRUID Summer Conference 2007, Copenhagen
  • Tan, H., & Mathews, J. A. 2007. Semiconductor Industry Cycle, Paper presented at the DRUID-DIME (co-hosted by Danish Research Unit in Industrial Dynamics and Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe) Academy Winter Conference. Denmark. (Best Paper Award)
  • Tan, H., Weston, R. and Tang, Y. 2006. Applying the Miles and Snow's Business Strategy Typology to China's Real Estate Development Industry. Paper presented at the 12th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference (Refereed Section). New Zealand.