Dr. Dong Bian is an assistant professor of Strategy & Organization UPR at EM Lyon. He is also affiliated to EML Shanghai and teaching in China. He obtained his PhD from IESE Business School in 2006. His research mainly focuses on competitive advantage sustainability, time-related strategy formulation and implementation, international entrepreneurship, international business between China and Europe, and social network.
Education
2006 PhD in Strategic Management, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
1998 MSc. in International Business, Northeastern University of Finance & Economics, Liaoning, P. R. China
Experiences
2007— Assistant Professor, EM Lyon Business School
2006—2007 Postdoc Research Fellow, IESE Business School (based in CEIBS, Shanghai, China)
2001—2002 Business Development Manager, Intracom S. A.
1997—2002 Marketing & Sales Manager, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Publications & Research
Selected working papers:
International Entrepreneurship from Emerging Economies to Developed Economies: Do we need another kind of capabilities? Dong Bian and Hongling Jiang, 2008
Entrepreneurial Characteristics, EO and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study in China, Hongling Jiang and Dong Bian, 2008
The intermediate state of social network: Do we need to think about it? Dong Bian, 2008
Organizational Forms and Strategy Formulation and Implementation: Shall We Rethink about Them in a Fast-paced Business Environment? Dong Bian, 2007
Cases (in preparation):
SANY: Will it be sunny in Europe? (A) and (B), Dong Bian and Shengjun Liu
Lenov A breakthrough or another trap? Dong Bian and Shengjun Liu
Tianma Style of Leadership: A Competitive Advantage in Europe? Shengjun Liu and Dong Bian
4D-Johnson: A Quick Access to the Global Market, Shengjun Liu and Dong Bian
Courses taught
Prof. Bian is currently teaching MSc. program in both Lyon and Shanghai. Main courses include business policy, international strategy of firms and methodology course on literature review.