- Executive Director, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science
- Chief Sustainability Officer, College of Technology Management
- Director, Division of Global Academic Collaboration, Office of Global Affairs
- Director, International MBA
- Director, MBA
Research Interests
- Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
- Business Ecosystem
- Human Resource Management
Bio
Ali joined the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in 2013. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge where he focused on human resource management in entrepreneurial firms. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he studied management at the University of Oxford (MSc Management Research) and human resource management at the London School of Economics (MSc International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management). He also holds a BSc in Agricultural Economics (Minor in Economics) from National Taiwan University.
Ali's research explores a variety of topics, including social entrepreneurship and social innovation, organizational studies and ecosystem research on social enterprises, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and human resource management.
Ali also has some experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining NTHU, he worked for the WI Harper Group (a venture capital firm) in San Francisco and Beijing. Currently, he is the founding member and a board director of the Sinyi Charity Foundation, and a board director of the Chinese Business Ethics Education Association. He has also previously served as an independent board director for The White Rabbit Entertainment (a leading stereoscopic R&D lab and 3D conversion studio), and an advisor to the WI Harper Group.
Professional Training
- Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Advance HE, 2020-2021
- Case Writing Workshop, Harvard Business School, 2020
- Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School, 2019
Academic Appointments
- Visiting Scholar, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo, 2020
- Professor, Institute of Technology Management, NTHU, 2023-
- Associate Professor, Institute of Technology Management, NTHU, 2018-2023
- Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology Management, NTHU, 2013-2018
Academic Administration
- Acting Chair, Institute of Technology Management, NTHU, 2024-
- Director, Master of Business Administration (MBA), NTHU, 2024-
- Director, Division of Global Academic Collaboration, Office of Global Affairs, NTHU, 2024-
- Chief Sustainability Officer, College of Technology Management, NTHU, 2022-
- Executive Director, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE), NTHU, 2020-
- Director, International MBA (IMBA), NTHU, 2019-
- Director, Overseas Executive MBA (Overseas EMBA), NTHU, 2019-2022
Other Positions
- President, Cambridge Society of Taiwan, 2024-
- Board Director, Chinese Society for Management of Technology, 2024-
- Chairman, International Cooperation Committee & Cross-Strait Cooperation Committee, Chinese Society for Management of Technology, 2022-
- Board Director, Sinyi Culture Foundation, 2022-
- Vice President, Parent Teacher Association, Taipei Ren-Ai Elementary School, 2020-2022, 2023-
- Board Director, Oxford University Society Taiwan, 2020-
- Board Director, Chinese Business Ethics Education Association, 2016-
- Board Director, Sinyi Charity Foundation, 2015-
- President, Parent Teacher Association, Taipei Ren-Ai Elementary School, 2022-2023
- Secretary-General, Cambridge Society of Taiwan, 2018-2024
- Director, Tsinghua Entrepreneurship Lab, 2016-2022
- Independent Board Director, The White Rabbit Entertainment Inc., 2016-2019
- Advisor, WI Harper Group, 2013-2019
Awards and Honors
- Mr. Lu Feng-Zhang Memorial Award, Chinese Management Association, 2024
- Corporate Environmental Ethics Research Award, DELTA, 2020
- Outstanding Faculty and Research Staff Award, NTHU, 2017-2025
- Outstanding Teaching Award (University Level Award), NTHU, 2017
- Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Technology Management, NTHU, 2017, 2022
- Outstanding Mentor Award, College of Technology Management, NTHU, 2016
- Good Teaching Award, College of Technology Management, NTHU, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2016
- Newly Appointed Assistant Professor Award, NTHU, 2013-16
- Recruitment of Outstanding Faculties and Scholars, Ministry of Science & Technology, 2013-14
- Cambridge Overseas Trust, University of Cambridge, 2006-09
Teaching
- Management (Undergraduate, offered in English)
- Project Management (Postgraduate, offered in English)
- Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (Postgraduate, offered in English)
- Research Methods and Data Analysis (Postgraduate, offered in English)
- Corporate Social Responsibility (MBA)
Publications
Journal Articles
- Choong, M.S., Hsieh, Y.C., Wong, C.Y. (2024). The art of state-societal reconfiguration in a time of pandemic crisis: A health system resilience typology and comparative analysis between transcending nations (the US, UK, and India) and coping nations (South Korea and Taiwan). East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/18752160.2024.2404325 (SSCI).
- Choong, M.S., Hsieh, Y.C., Wong, C.Y. (2023). Resilient or resistant: Pandemic crisis and early observations of different preventive capabilities from cumulativeness of scientific research points of view. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01567-4 (SSCI, Q1).
- Wang, D., Liu, Y., Hsieh, Y.C., Zhang, Z. (2022). Top-down and bottom-up: Examining reciprocal relationships between leader humility and team helping behavior. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(7), 1240-1250 (SSCI, ABS:4).
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Pham, N.T., Yi, L.H. (2022). What drives employees to participate in corporate social responsibility? A personal characteristics-CSR capacity-organizational reinforcing model of employees’ motivation for voluntary CSR activities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(18), 3703-3735 (SSCI, ABS:3).
- Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Muhammad, Z.A., Yi, L.H. (2020). The motivation for Muslim customers' participation in the sharing economy. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 155, 104554 (SCI Q1).
- Hsieh, Y.C., Molina, V.M.J., Weng, J. (2019). The road to entrepreneurship with impairments: A Challenges-Adaptive mechanisms-Results model for disabled entrepreneurs. International Small Business Journal, 37(8), 761-779 (SSCI, ABS:3).
- Wong, C.Y., Hsieh, Y.C., Wu, C.Y., Hu, M.C. (2019). Academic entrepreneurship for social innovation in Taiwan: The cases of the OurCityLove platform and the Forest app. Science, Technology and Society, 24(3), 446-464 (SSCI, ABS:2).
- Hsieh, H.C., Hsieh, Y.C., Vu, T.H.C. (2019). How social movements influence crowdfunding success. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 53, 308-320 (SSCI, ABS:2).
- Lee, Y.H., Hsieh, Y.C., Hsiao, C., Lin, C.H. (2018). From virtual worlds to reality: Moderating and mediating mechanisms between online and offline leadership. Information Technology and People, 31(2), 557-577 (SSCI, ABS:3).
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Lin, T. (2018). How social enterprises manage their organizational identification: A theoretical framework of identity management approach through attraction, selection, and socialization. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(20), 2880-2904 (SSCI, ABS:3).
- Lu, C., Liu, H., Tao, J., Rong, K., Hsieh, Y.C. (2017). A key stakeholder-based financial subsidy stimulation for Chinese EV industrialization: A system dynamics simulation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 118, 1-14 (SSCI, ABS:3).
Journal Articles (Mandarin)
- Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Huang, C. (2024). Cognitive Shift and Resource Recombination in the Traditional Craft Industry: The Case of Guang Xing Paper Mill. Industry and Management Forum, 26(1), 56-87 (Taiwan SSCI).
- Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C. (2019). The blind spot of performance-related pay reform: An institutional logic perspective. Sun Yat-Sen Management Review, 27(1), 139-178 (Taiwan SSCI).
- Hsieh, Y.C., Chang, Y.C., Wang, J.H., Li, M.C. (2018). The orphan drug development of Myozyme®: The managerial practices of the China Synthetic Rubber Corporation. Sun Yat-Sen Management Review, 26(4), 719-744 (Taiwan SSCI).
Book Chapters
- Hsieh, Y.C., Lim, S.S., Weng, J. (2018). Managerial, HRM ideology for small high technology firms. In Check-Teck Foo (Ed.), Diversity of Managerial Ideology (pp.65-93), Springer, Singapore.
- Huang, W., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C. (2016). The hybrid channel of employees' voice in China in a changing context of employment relations. In Amanda Pyman, Paul J. Gollan, Adrian Wilkinson, Cathy Xu, Senia Kalfa (Eds.), Employee Voice in Emerging Economies (Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, Volume 23, pp.19-43), Emerald Group Publishing Limited (ABS:1).
Conference Presentations
- Hsieh, Y.C., Chang, T.Y., Weng, J., Yi, L.H. (2024). From waste to treasure: The sustainability transition pathways from agricultural waste to bio-energy. Strategic Management Society (SMS) 44th Annual Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, October 19-22, 2024.
- Tsai, W.J., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C. (2024). Unpacking public-private partnerships in communities: An institutional logics perspective. 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Milan, Italy, July 4-6, 2024.
- Yi, L.H., Hsieh, Y.C. (2023). Navigating innovation mechanisms in sustainable business model: A comparative study of Japan and Taiwan. Technological Forecasting and Social Change Special Conference, Hsinchu, Taiwan, October 28-30, 2023.
- Yi, L.H., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Hsieh, H.C. (2023). Value co-creation pathways in social innovation: A sustainability business model view. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 4-8, 2023.
- Liu, L.A., Yi, L.H., Hsieh, Y.C. (2023). Ideality vs. reality? An exploration into the meaningful work of entrepreneurs. 39th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy, July 6-8, 2023.
- Weng, J., Liao, C.K., Hsieh, Y.C., Yi, L.H. (2023). The path to a cleaner future: An organizational net-zero roadmap via knowledge sharing. 39th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy, July 6-8, 2023.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Cwu, G., Yi, L.H., Tsai, W.J. (2022). How do social stigma, social support and role modeling incubate entrepreneurship? Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 5-9, 2022.
- Weng, J., Lee, Y.H., Hsieh, Y.C., Yang, M.T. (2022). How does CSR promote value co-creation and well-being? A multi-stakeholder model of ethical values. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 5-9, 2022.
- Yi, L.H., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Tsai, W.J. (2022). Exploring diversity of hybrid business models: Institutional logic perspective on social enterprises. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 5-9, 2022.
- Tsai, W.J., Yi, L.H., Chiu, H.C., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C. (2022). How do environment-oriented social enterprises develop interorganizational collaboration? 38th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Vienna, Austria, July 7-9, 2022.
- Choong, M.S., Hsieh, Y.C., Wong, C.Y. (2021). Resilience or resistance: Making sense of different preventive capabilities from bibliometrics points of view. Asia Pacific Conference 2021, Beppu, Japan, December 4-5, 2021.
- Weng, J., Tang, C.H., Yi, L.H., Hsieh, Y.C. (2021). Walking together on the way to CSR: A study on how companies select CSR partners. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, A Virtual Experience, July 30-August 1, 2021.
- Yi, L.H., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Chang, S.E. (2021). How social enterprises overcome growth barrier? A capability view on cross-sectoral partnership. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, A Virtual Experience, July 30-August 1, 2021.
- Weng, J., Giron, M.F., Yi, L.H., Hsieh, Y.C. (2021). Facilitating minority to be entrepreneurial: An investigation of LGBTQ Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial cognition. 37th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 8-10, 2021.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Cespedes Hurtado, G., Yi, L.H. (2020). The impact of socio-political crises on the early stages of entrepreneurial ecosystem formation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 7-11, 2020.
- Weng, J., Yi, L.H., Hsieh, Y.C., Chiu, H.C. (2020). How do hybrid organizations learn from collaboration? Knowledge transfer in social enterprises. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 7-11, 2020.
- Hung, H.W., Hsieh, Y.C. (2020). A pleasure or agony of sharing? The case of Uber in Taiwan. 36th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany, July 2-4, 2020.
- Yi, L.H., Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Chiu, H.C., Wu, S.H. (2020). Is B Corporation certification a key to sustainable hybrids? An investigation of organizations' motivation and journey towards becoming B Corps. 36th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany, July 2-4, 2020.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Fakoniko, M.C., Yi, L.H. (2019). Uncovering entrepreneurial capabilities through knowledge transfer in Indonesian women's enterprises. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 9-13, 2019.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Molina, V.M.J. (2019). Fostering disabled entrepreneurship: Challenges, alternatives and results. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 9-13, 2019.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Muhammad, Z.A., Hung, H.W. (2019). The motivation behind Muslim customer participation in the sharing economy in Indonesia. European Academy of Management Annual Meeting (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal, June 26-28, 2019.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Pham, N.T., Weng, J., Chou, C.H. (2018). Understanding employees' motivation to engage in CSR: A grounded analysis. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 10-14, 2018.
- Wang, D., Liu, Y., Hsieh, Y.C. (2018). Examining reciprocal relationships between leader humility and team voice. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 10-14, 2018.
- Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Quimpo, M.T., Pham, N.T. (2018). Voice and silence of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan: A grounded theory analysis. International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, July 23-27, 2018.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Yi, L.H. (2018). Investigating open social innovation in Taiwanese social enterprises. Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (SOItmC) & DEMI of the UNINA with IFKAD 2018 Conference, Naples, Italy, June 26-29, 2018 (Best Paper Award).
- Tsai, C.H., Hsieh, Y.C., Liao, P.C. (2018). The dialogue between transnational private governance and legal transplants: A case study on mandated corporate social responsibility reports under the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative in Taiwan, The National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC), Athens, Georgia, USA, June 21-22, 2018.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Salgado, A.D.G., Tsai, T.Y. (2018). Investigating platform ecosystem in the sharing economy: A PEECOC framework for Airbnb. European Academy of Management Annual Meeting (EURAM), Reykjavik, Iceland, June 19-22, 2018.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Jhang, J.Y. (2017). Mechanisms influencing institutional logic during the transformation from NPO to social enterprise. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, August 4-8, 2017.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Ken-Joof, E. (2017). Unravelling HRM research in entrepreneurial firms: A literature review. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, August 4-8, 2017.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Lin, K.Y., Lim, S.S., Hsieh, H.C., Kao, C. (2017). The determinant factors in successful rewards-based crowdfunding projects. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, August 4-8, 2017.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Yi, L.H. (2017). How innovation contributes to the sustainable business ecosystem: A lesson from the Taiwanese local comic industry. Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (SOItmC) & Riga Technical University 2017 Conference, Riga, Latvia, June 15-18, 2017.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Lin, T. (2016). Organizational identification in hybrid-identity social enterprises: An ASS model of identification. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA, August 5-9, 2016 (Best Paper, include in the Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings).
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Lin, K.Y. (2016). An empirical study of recruiting platform for extracting user experience for human resource service innovation. R&D Management Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 3-6, 2016.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Tseng, Y.C., Hu, M.C., Hung, S.C. (2016). The formation of global patent ecosystem: Evidenced and lessons from the case of the Intellectual Venture. Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (SOItmC) & Consortium of Supply Chain & Operations Management (CSCOM) 2016 Conference, San Jose, California, USA, May 31-June 3, 2016.
- Weng, J., Hsieh, Y.C., Huang, W. (2015). Motivation or demotivation? A case study of schoolteachers' performance related pay system reform in China. International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, September 7-11, 2015.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J. (2012). The development of human resource management in Chinese entrepreneurial firms. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 3-7, 2012.
Teaching Cases (Mandarin)
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Hou. C.K. (2024). Maximizing social impact: Social enterprise or non-profit organization? Harvard Business Review (Taiwan), 216, 38-45
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Hou. C.K. (2023). Focus on public welfare or starting a new business? Harvard Business Review (Taiwan), 197, 38-43.
- Hsieh, Y.C., Weng, J., Yi. L.H. (2021). To pursue profit or purpose? A dilemma of social enterprise. Harvard Business Review (Taiwan), 178, 42-47.
Other Publications (Mandarin)
- Hsieh, Y.C. (2023). Meeting multiple stakeholders' needs: Nurturing social innovation's growth to form an ecosystem. Manager Today, 223, 144-147.
- Hsieh, Y.C. (2023). A guide to social innovation and social entrepreneurship for Taiwanese readers. Harvard Business Review (Taiwan), 202, 22-23.
Research Grants
- Game-changing: The transformation pathways from social innovation to sustainable institution (2023-2026), National Science and Technology Council.
- An investigation of Taiwan’s Net Zero transition (2022), Industrial Technology Research Institute.
- Researching the implementation of environmental sustainability: A case study of transnational social innovation (2021), Delta Electronics.
- Evolve, sustain, expand: Social innovation in Taiwan and across Asia Pacific (2020-2023), Ministry of Science and Technology.
- How cross-sector social partnership fosters social innovation: A comparative study of Taiwan and Japan (2020), Ministry of Science and Technology.
- An investigation into the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Taiwan (2018-2020), Ministry of Science and Technology.
- A comparative study of human resource management in high-technology entrepreneurial firms between Hsinchu and Beijing (2017-2018), Ministry of Science and Technology.
Certificate
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF)
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Cambridge Certificate in EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) Skills
- Rockschool Graded Examination in Music Performance: Drums Grade 3 (Distinction)