Zhijian Cui

Dr. Zhijian Cui is currently a tenured full Professor of Business Administration and Director of MBA Program at School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China. Zhijian is also the current President of INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section. Being a Chinese citizen and a permanent resident of Spain, Zhijian studied, worked and lived in China, France, U.S.A., Spain, Hong Kong and Kazakhstan.

Zhijian's research interests mainly concern innovation management, in particular, the management of knowledge-intensive processes, innovation strategy and the unique contexts of emerging market economies. Zhijian teaches courses including operations & supply chain management, project management, service management, new product development and business model innovation from undergraduate to master, doctoral and executive education levels.

Award and Honors

• Principal Investigator of Nazarbayev University Faculty Development Competitive Research Grant (Grant No. 17007), 75,000 USD, January 2018
• Co-PI of the research project supported by the "State Key Program" of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71731010), 2,450,000 RMB (365,000 USD) , September 2017
  
• National "Sexenio de Investigación" Accreditation (recognition of outstanding research performance), honored by CNEAI (Commission Nacional de Evaluación de la Actividad Investigadora), Spanish National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity, July 2017
• "Best Ten Lecturers" Award, voted by all undergraduate students at HKUST, honored by VERTEX, House II Students' Association, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, November 2016
• Dean's Letter for Excellent Teaching Performance at HKUST Business School, 2016, 2017
• “HKUST Great Minds” Award, top-ten professors university-wide voted by all students, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, May 2016
• Finalist of the Knut Holt Best Paper Award, International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), 2016
• Dean’s Letter for Acknowledging Excellent Teaching at IE Business School, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Best Professor of Master of International Management Program, IE Business School, 2015
• Best Professor of the Year, Shanghai International Studies University MBA Program, 2013.
• Best Dissertation Award, honored by Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Technology Management Section, 2012.
• Best Paper Award, honored by London Business School Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, 2011.
• Finalist Award of Best Student Paper Competition, honored by Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Supply Chain Management College, 2011.
• Chinese National Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, honored by Chinese Government, 2010. One of two award winners at the research area of “technology and innovation management”.
• Best Paper Award (3rd place), honored by Columbia Business School Chazen Institute and Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE), 2010
• Harry Boer Best Student Paper Award, honored by European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), 2009
• Selected as Fellow of INFORMS Future Academia Consortium, Marketing Science Society Doctoral Consortium, and AOM Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium, 2010; Decision Science Institute New Faculty Development Consortium, 2011
• INSEAD Ph.D Fellowship, France, 2006-2011
• Faculty Fellowship for Outstanding Full-Time M.B.A Students (free of tuition), Graziadio School of Business, Pepperdine University, U.S., 2002-2003
• Eiffel Scholarship for Outstanding Foreign Students, honored by French Government, 2001-2002
• First Class Scholarship for Social Work, Tsinghua University, China, 1999
• First Class Scholarship for Scientific Innovation, Tsinghua University, China, 1998
• Golden Award for Social Practice, Tsinghua University, China, 1997