Dr. Chuan-Kai
Lee (Kay)
·
Associate
Professor, Institute of Technology Management
·
Director
of MBA Program, College of Technology Management
·
National
Tsing Hua University
Research
Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Emerging Market Strategies
- High-tech Industries
- Technology Management
Bio
Kay joined the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in 2007. She received her
PhD from the University of California at Berkeley where she focused on
industrial cluster and high-tech development. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she
studied physical chemistry at National Tsing Hua University (MSc Photochemistry
Research) and regional planning at National Taiwan University (MSc Regional
Comprehensive Planning Research). She also holds a BSc in Chemistry from
National Tsing Hua University.
Kay's research explores a variety of topics, including entrepreneurship,
emerging market strategies, high-tech industries, and technology management.
Kay also has some experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
She was a board director of the Commerce Development Research Institute from
2016-2019. Prior to joining NTHU, she founded an NGO and a consulting firm in
Taipei, aiming to introduce best practices from abroad to local governments,
particularly in areas of regional economic development. She also previously
worked as a journalist for prestigious magazines in Taiwan, including Common
Wealth Magazine (business) and Newton Magazine (science).
Professional
Training
- Teaching Entrepreneurial Thought &
Action, Babson College, 2013
Academic
Administration
- Director of MBA Program, College of
Technology Management, NTHU, 2017-
- Chair, Institute of Technology Management,
NTHU, 2019
- Chair, Institute of Technology Management,
NTHU, 2017
Academic
Appointments
- Associate Professor, Institute of Technology
Management, NTHU, 2010-
- Visiting Scholar, Research Institute for
Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan, 2018
- Research Grants Committee, Management I
Discipline, Ministry of Science & Technology, 2012-2014
- Visiting Scholar, School of Economics and
Management, Tsinghua University, China, 2011-2012
- Visiting Scholar, National Institute for
Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, China, 2011
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology
Management, NTHU, 2007-2010
- Assistant Professor, Department of Urban
Planning, NCKU, 2006-2007
Other
Positions
- Founder, Tsinghua Entrepreneurship Lab,
NTHU, 2010-
- Board Director, Commerce Development
Research Center, Taiwan, 2016-2019
- Director of Public Policy Group, Archlife Research Foundation, Taipei, 2000-2010
- Founder & CEO, Zhong-Yu
Planning Consulting Company, Taipei, 1999-2000
- Founder & CEO, Taipei Urban Planning
Foundation, Taipei, 1997-1999
- Planner, Institute of Building &
Planning, National Taiwan University, 1993-1997
- Journalist, Newton Magazine & Common
Wealth Magazine, 1988-1992
Awards
and Honors
- Outstanding Mentor Award, College of
Technology Management, NTHU, 2017
- Academic Excellence Award, NTHU, 2008, 2009,
2014
- Young Scholar Fellowship, Ministry of
Science & Technology, Taiwan, 2008-2011
- Best Paper Award, International Conference
on Sustainable Building, 2007
- Dr. & Mrs. James C. Y. Soong Fellowship,
UC Berkeley, 2005
Teaching
- Introduction to Technology Management
(Undergraduate)
- Analysis of Technology Industries (Postgraduate)
- Research Methods (Postgraduate)
- Entrepreneurship (Postgraduate)
- Biotechnology Commercialization
(Postgraduate)
- Business in Emerging Markets (Postgraduate,
offered in English)
- Research Methods (MBA)
- Science, Technology & Society (MBA)
- Humanities & Social Practices (Executive
MBA)
Publication
Journal
Articles
- Lee, C.K., Yu, L.M. A multi-level perspective on 5G
transition: The China case, Technological
Forecasting & Social Change (SSCI, ABS:3)(accepted)
- Lee, C.K., Hung, S.C. (2014). Institutional
entrepreneurship in the informal economy: China's Shan-Zhai
mobile phones, Strategic
Entrepreneurship Journal, 8: 16-36 (SSCI, ABS:3)
- Lee, C.K. (2009). How does a cluster relocate across the border? The case of
information technology cluster in the Taiwan–Suzhou region, Technological Forecasting and Social
Change, 76(3): 371-381 (SSCI,
ABS:3)
- Lee, C.K., Saxenian, A.
(2008) Coevolution and coordination: a systemic analysis of the Taiwanese
information technology industry”, Journal
of Economic Geography, 8(2):
157-180 (SSCI, ABS:4)
- Wang, J.H., Lee, C.K.
(2007) Global production networks and local institution building: the
development of the information-technology industry in Suzhou, China, Environment and Planning A, 39(8): 1873-1888 (SSCI,
ABS:4)
Journal
Articles (Mandarin)
- Lee, C.K., Yu, L.M., Zheng, Y.H. Strategic framing of
policy flip-flop: How traditional scooter incumbents influence the policy
making of electric scooters, Organization
and Management (Taiwan SSCI) (accepted)
- Lee, C.K., Ma, Y.H. A Conceptual framework for
institutionalization of radical technological innovation, Sun Yat-Sen
Management Review (Taiwan SSCI) (accepted)
- Chang, S.C., Lee, C.K.,
Hung, S.C. (2020). Must be framed to legitimize: A new venture in the
Chinese peer-to-peer lending industry, Journal
of Management and Business Research, 37(1): 69-99 (Taiwan SSCI)
- Chien, W.L., Lee, C.K.
(2017). Framing contest of innovation and entrepreneurship in the internet
of things, Management Review,
36(4): 17-37 (Taiwan SSCI)
Book
Chapters
- Hung, S.C., Lee,
C.K. (2011). Science and technology development: From Mr.
Science to Silicon Valley of the East. In F.S. Wang (Eds.), ROC 100 Year
Development History, volume 6, Linking Books, Taipei.
Invited
Articles
- Lee,
C.K. (2021). Digital transformation of technology
management, Humanity and Social Sciences Newsletter Quarterly, 23(1):
41-46 (Mandarin)
- Lee, C.K., Hu, M.C. (2020). The return of technocrats
in the US-China divide and their relation to the coronavirus pandemic,
Taiwan Insight, 27 May 2020
- Lee, C.K. (2016). Transformation of informal economies
in China from the perspective of social movements, Humanity and Social
Sciences Newsletter Quarterly, 17(2): 49-54 (Mandarin)
- Lee, C.K. (2008). Industrial clusters of Taiwanese firms
in globalization, Humanity and Social Sciences Newsletter Quarterly, 9(2):
13-20 (Mandarin)
Conference
Presentations
- Lee, C.K., Yu, L.M. (2021). How do ICT
incumbent firms embed IoT to 5G: The Huawei case. 2021 4th International Conference on
Information Management and Management Science (IMMS 2021), on-line.
- Chang, S.C., Lee, C.K., Hung, S.C. (2020).
Fighting for eyeballs: Framing and the construction of organizational
celebrity in the Chinese e-commerce market. 36th EGOS Colloquium, on-line.
- Shen, J., Lee, C.K. (2019). Comparison of
Entrepreneurial Activities of 31 Provincial Regions in China: Clustering
Analysis of Multi-Indicator Cross-section Data. IEEE TEMS-ISIE 2019,
Hangzhou, China.
- Lee, C.K., Chang, S.C., Hung, S.C. (2018). A
discursive perspective on legitimacy building in Chinese emerging
peer-to-peer lending industry: The case of CreditEase . 34th EGOS
Colloquium, Tallinn, Estonia.
- Lee, C.K., Ma, Y.H. (2018). Legitimating
strategies for differentiation in the red ocean of nutraceuticals. IEEE TEMSCON
2018, Evanston, USA.
- Lee, C.K., Chang, S.C. (2017). Serving the
underclass: Moral framing in China’s informal finance, The 2017 Joint
Conference of Asia Academy of Management and Taiwan Academy of Management,
Fukuoka, Japan.
- Lee, C.K., Yu, L.M. (2017).
Internationalization under vertical disintegration: when Chinese firms
meet the U.S. market, 5th CSTM conference, Guangzhou, China.
- Yu, L.M., Lee, C.K., Chen, P.L. (2016).
Dance with Suspicion: When Chinese Technology Firms Meet the U.S. Market.
2016 SMS Special Conference, Hong Kong.
- Hung, S.C., Lee, C.K., Chang, S.C. (2016).
Institutional entrepreneurs as charismatic leaders: The role of framing in
the rise of China’s mobile ecommerce market. 32nd EGOS Colloquium, Naples,
Italy.
- Chien, W.L., Lee, C.K. (2016). Who has the final
say? The framing contest in Internet of Things, 10th ICBM Conference,
Taipei, Taiwan.
- Chen, P.L., Lee, C.K. (2014).
Learning-by-Hiring: International Employee Mobility and the Growth of
Emerging Market Firms at Home. Strategic Management Society Conference,
Madrid, Spain.
- Lee, C.K., Hung, S.C. (2013). Endogenous
Social Movements and Market Creation: The Rise of Chinese Mobile Phones.
Suzhou-Silicon Valley-Beijing 2013 International Innovation Conference,
Suzhou, China.
- Chang, S.C., Lee, C.K. (2013).
Entrepreneurship and Financial Innovation in China- A Case Study of the
First P2P Lending Platform in China. 35th DRUID Celebration Conference,
Barcelona, Spain.
- Lee, C.K., Hung, S.C. (2011). Against the
state: the rise of Chinese mobile phones, 2011 AOM Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, USA, August 12-16
- Lee, C.K., Hung, S.C. (2009). Creating an
industry in an emerging market: institutional entrepreneurship of Chinese
vendors and Taiwanese makers in the Chinese mobile phone industry, 25th
EGOS Colloquium, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, July 2-4
- Lee, C. K. (2008). The coevolution of organizations
and technologies: how collective diversification (re)shapes firm and
sectoral boundaries?” DRUID 25th Celebration
Conference 2008, Copenhagen, CBS, Denmark, June 17-20
- Li, C.J., Lee, C. K., Liu, D.C., Chen, T.A.
(2007) Expectable evaluation of applying symbiosis to current sustainable
development indicators of Taiwan, International Conference on Sustainable
Building 2007 Taipei, Taipei, November 9-11 (the Best Paper Award)
- Lee, C.K., Saxenian,
A. (2007). Coordination in the regional world: an industrial system
analysis of the Taiwanese information technology cluster, DRUID Summer
Conference 2007, Copenhagen, CBS, Denmark, June 18-20 (Finalist, the Best
Paper Award)
- Lee, C.K. (2006). The formation of
cross-border high-tech regions: industrial-system building and
institutional innovation, High-tech Regions 2.0: Reinvention and
Sustainability, SPRIE, Stanford University, Stanford, USA, November 13-14
- Lee, C.K. (2006). The Taiwan-Suzhou region:
industrial system and cross-border regionalization, International
Conference on Branding with Innovation, Tung-Hai University, Tai-chung, Taiwan, June 16-17
- Lee, Chuan-Kai;
Chun-Ju Li; Tai-An
Chen; Ding-Chyu Liu (2005). Exploration of key
factors that influence indicators for sub-tropical sustainable buildings
from an experiment of open-space apartment building, 2005 World
Sustainable Building Conference, Tokyo September 27-29
- Lee, Chuan-Kai
(2005). The co-evolution of cross-border industrial systems: the case
study of Taiwan's handset industry, 4th EWC International Graduate Student
Conference, Honolulu, February 17-19
Research
Grants
Principal
investigators
- 5G Paradigmatic shift and firm technology
strategies (2020-2021), Ministry of Science & Technology
- Social construction and strategic responses
of indigenous innovation (2019-2020), Ministry of Science & Technology
- What does Internet+ mean to China? Framing
contest of BAT (2018-2019), Ministry of Science & Technology
- Strategic responses to institutional
pressure: When Chinese technology firms meet the US market (2017-2018),
Ministry of Science & Technology
- The construction of a S&T community:
Supporting the implementation of the conclusions of the National Science
and Technology Conference (2017), Ministry of Science & Technology
- Charismatic framing and new market creation
in Chinese mobile internet (2015-2017), Ministry of Science &
Technology
- Endogenous social movements and new market
creation: The rise of Chinese new markets (2012-2015), National Science
Foundation
- Market creation as social movement: The rise
of Chinese mobile phones (2011-2012), National Science Foundation
- Organizations, technologies and territories:
diversification strategies of the Taiwanese ICT industry (2008-2011),
National Science Foundation
- Transplantation or regeneration? the
cross-border governance of Taiwanese information technology industry
(2007-2008), National Science Foundation
- From relocation to regionalization: regional
division of labor of Taiwanese IT industry in China (2006-2007), National
Science Foundation
Co-principal
investigators
- Intelligent manufacturing research center
(2018-2021), Ministry of Science & Technology
- Innovative business models for emerging
technologies - Innovative business model research center of Asia’s Silicon
Valley: Innovative applications of IoT and the
connection to emerging markets in Southeast Asia (2017-2021), Ministry of
Science & Technology
- The age of the IoT
and networked society: Major industrial, behavioral and legal issues
facing Taiwan (2017-2021), Ministry of Science & Technology
- Measurement index and development mechanisms
in the systems of science, technology and innovation: Analyses &
suggestions (2011-2013), National Science Foundation