Dr. Linjie Chou, DBA

Adjunct Professor of International Business
Director of the China Program

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Dr. Chou holds the position of Adjunct Professor of International Business at UGSM-Monarch Business School. Dr. Chou has been an active consultant in the field of SME internationalization, trust management and cross-cultural management.  Some of the clients include such notable firms as: Swedish Handels Bank, Fiat Auto and Richard Lewis Communication.

In 2009, Dr. Chou was appointed as the president of cross-cultural cooperation of the European Economic Chamber in Brussels. Dr. Chou is also a member of International Academy of Business and Economics, Guild of Independent Scholars in the United States, Institute of Business Research in Reykjavik and Build to Last Heirs’ Association in China.

Dr. Chou holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Wisconsin International University, and Executive MBA from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Stockholm University School of Business. At present, Dr. Chou is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Iceland.

Academic Positions Held
  • Director China Programs, UGSM-Monarch Business School Switzerland
  • Adjunct Professor of International Business, UGSM-Monarch Business School
  • Adjunct Professor of International Management, International University of Humanities and Social Science, Costa Rica
  • Associate Professor of Business Administration, Jiangnan University
Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., University of Iceland (in progress)
  • Doctor of Business Administration, Wisconsin International University, Ukraine
  • EMBA, Overseas Education College, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
  • BBA, Stockholm University, School of Business
Awards And Honors
  • Adjunct Fellow, Journal of Alternative Perspective in Social Science
  • Member of Review Board, International Journal of Behavioral Economics, University of Bucharest, Romania
Main Academic Interests
  • Cross-Cultural Management
  • Internationalization
  • Trust Building
  • Bio-Economics
  • SME Development in China
Memberships
  • Member, ACBSP-Accreditation Council For Business Schools & Programs, USA
  • Member, ECBE-European Council For Business Education, Switzerland
  • International Arctic Social Scientists Association
Languages
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Shanghaiese
Workshops and Seminars
  1. Mar 24th, 2009 held a Cross-cultural management seminar at Institute of Business Research, University of Iceland
  2. Aug 19th, 2010 held seminar -SMEs’ trust building in China, at Institute of Business Research, University of Iceland
  3. March 12th , 2011 held seminar on Cross-cultural Management for Shanghai Jiao tong University Overseas College “Enterprise Successors Program”
Selected and Recent Publications
  • Chou, L.J. (2009) ‘Cross-Cultural Management – A Neurolinguistic-Cultural Ecology Approach’, Journal of International Diversity, vol. 1 (1), pp. 29-43.
  • Chou, L.J. (2009) ‘Cultural Ecology in the Cross-cultural management – A procedural analysis model’, European Journal of Management, vol. 9 (3), 142-148. ISSN：155-4015
  • Chou, L.J. (2009) ‘Trust in Born Global SMEs’ Social Capital: A Cultural Ecology Perspective’, Economics and Organization of Enterprise, vol. 5 (3), pp: 78-83. ISSN: 0860-6846 (top ranked paper by Social Science Research Network)
  • Chou, L.J. Stone, L., and Cai, Y. (2011) The impact of social environment on human civilization: a paradigm of institutional and genetic factors, working paper
  • Chou, L.J. (2010) ‘Cultural ecology: An environmental factor of Born Globals’ success’ in press, Review of Business Research，Vol.10（5）, pp: 108-114.
  • Chou, L.J. and Olafsson, S. (2010) Confidence and National economic competitiveness: a cultural ecology parenthesis, Conference paper, International Conference of Applied Business Research, 2010, Dubai.
  • Petchprapunkul , C. and Chou, L.J. (2010) Applying the Structural Equation Modeling: SEM under the AMOS software to extend the Application of Buyer Behavior Theory, International Journal of Contemporary Business Studies, Vol. 2 (1), pp: 41-50. ISSN 2156-7506
  • Chou, L.J. and Olafsson, S. (2011) Confidence and National economic competitiveness: a cultural ecology perspective, Brussels Economic Review, Vol. 52 (4)
  • Chou, L., Cai, Y., (2011). Female professionals: A competition model of westernized Chinese women, work in progress
  • Brandstätter, T., Chou, L. and Wissmath, B. (2011). Wasta and Guanxi: the role of intermediary, work in progress