introduction to our lab

1. N r at i ve and Ent r epr eneur i ng
ar
Lab
(NEL)
Department of Business Management,
Collage of Management,
National Sun Yat-sen University,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2. OUR UNIVERSITY
National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)
•Established in 1980
•Top tier research-intensive university in Taiwan
•Six colleges including Liberal
Arts, Science, Engineering, Management, Marine
Sciences, and Social Sciences
• 20 Bachelor’s, 37 Master’s and 27 Doctoral Programs
•Over 9,400 students and 459 full-time faculty
members

3. OUR COLLAGE
Collage of Management
• The first collage accredited by AACSB (The Association to
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in Taiwan
• Departments:
– Department of Business Management
– Department of Information Management
– Department of Finance
– Institute of Public Affairs Management
– Institute of Human Resource Management
– Institute of Communication Management
– Institute of Health Care Management
– International Business MBA

4. OUR DEPARTMENT
Department of Business Management
• The earliest department and graduate school in NSYSU
• Faculty structure: 13 professors, 10 associate
professors, 2 assistant professor
• Offer BBA, MBA and PhD programs
• Four majors in PhD program:
– Strategy and Management
– Law, Finance and Accounting
– Innovation and Technology Management
– Communication Management

5. N r at i ve and Ent r epr eneur i ng
ar
Lab
Make a revolution
in academy of Taiwan!
OUR MISSION
• To introduce new methodology and
perspective in entrepreneurship to Taiwan
• To innovate management knowledge with
post-modern paradigm

6. Why Narrative?
• To elevate
– Plural voices in organization
and individuals
– Critical reflections on
conventional management
– The importance of lived
experience
Why Entrepreneuring?
• To accentuate
– Dynamics and complexity in
entrepreneurship
– Process orientation in
entrepreneurship research

7. Recent
Research Interests
of NEL

8. Host of NEL
Stephen, Dun-Hou Tsai
• Professor, Department of Business
Management, NSYSU
• Director of Management Studies Research
Center, NSYSU
• Research Fields
– Strategic Management
– Knowledge Management
– Entrepreneurial Management
– Complexity Adaptive system and
Management
– Narrative Inquiry
Please visit personal webpage for more information:
http://service.o-pa.com.tw/tsai_web2008/English%20Version/index.asp

9. Journal Paper
of Professor Tsai
12 Chinese journal papers and 5 English journal papers (revised 2010)
– Stephen D.H. Tsai, Li, Shang-Jen, Mansour, Amjadi (2007), " Continuous Entrepreneurial
Mechanism in the Modern Conglomerate- Through the Perspective of Complex Adaptive
System", The Journal of Global Business Management, Vol. 3, Num. 2, October, 2007.
– Hsiao, R.L., Tsai, Stephen D.H. and Lee, C.F. (2006). “The Problem of Embeddedness:
Knowledge Transfer, Coordination and Reuse in Information Systems.” Organization
Studies, 27(9): 1289–1317【SSCI, Impact factor:0.88 for 2004】
– Tsai, Stephen D.H., C.F. Lee, C.C. Lee,（2005）, Knowledge Management meshing with
work Practices: A Case Study Exploring ASE's Knowledge Communities., Industrial
Management & Data Systems,【SCI, Impact factor: 1.5 for 2004】
– Tsai, Stephen D., Pan, Chung Yu, and Chiang, Hong Quei, (2004), “Shifting the Mental
Model and Emerging Innovative Behavior: Action Research of a Quality Management
System”, Emergence：Complexity and Organization, 6(4), pp.28-39.
– Tsai, Stephen D., Chiang, H-Q, and Scott Valentine,(2003) “Integrated Model for Strategic
Management in Dynamic Industries: Qualitative Research from Taiwan's Passive-
Component Industry”, Emergence: Complexity and Organization,5(4), pp.34-56.

10. Consultants of NEL
Anders W. Johansson
Professor, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Ted, Yu-Chung Liu
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, National Ping-Tung
University of Education
Ching-Fang Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of International Trade, Shih-Chien University

11. Members of NEL
PhD Researchers
(according to surname)
Mansour Amjadi
Hui-Yin Lin
Ko-Chieh Chen
Shao-Yi Lin
Jung-Chih Hung
Chin-Chung Shih
Shang-Jen Li
Chih-Hao Tsai
Chih-Ming Lin
Meng-Chen Wu

12. Thanks for
your attention!