Curriculum Vitae

CAO Yong Sunshine Scholar Distinguished Professor

PhD supervisor, Head, Department of Business Administration

Director, Research Centre for Textile Policy of Hubei Province

School of Management, Wuhan Textile University (WTU)

E-mail: 1371636483@qq.com

★ Research Interests

Business Administration; Strategic Management; Logistics Innovation & Engineering

Management; Knowledge Management; Innovation Management; IP Management, etc.

Prof CAO has supervised more than 15 international graduate students from such as

Bangladesh, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Ghana &

India, all of them have successfully graduated and become excellent students.

★Teaching Courses

Business Management; Logistics Innovation Management; Knowledge Management;

Theories & Methods of Modern Management; Corporate Management; IP Management, etc.

★ Academic and Industrial Experiences

Executive Chairman, Overseas-educated Association of WTU, China

Executive Board Member, Chinese Society of Technological Economics

Executive Board Member, China soft Science Society

Director, Research Center for Textile Policy & Management, Hubei Province, China

Director, Chinese-Japan Institute for MOT, Management School of HUST

Guest Professor, Tohoku University & Kyushu University, JAPAN

Reviewer Expert, China Scholarship Council (CSC), NSFC, MOE, SIPO, HBIPO, etc.

★ Overseas Visiting and Training

Post Doctor & PhD in Business Management, Tohoku University, JAPAN, 1998-2003

Associate Professor in Business Management, Tohoku University, JAPAN, 2004-2007

Visiting Professor, RitsumeikanUniversity, JAPAN, May-Sept 2007

Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo, Panasonic Co., Ltd. etc., JAPAN, July-Dec. 2008

Visiting Professor, Portland State University, USA, July-Sept. 2009

Guest Professor, Kyushu University Business School, JAPAN, 2016-2017

★Education

Post Doctor in Business Administration, Tohoku University, JAPAN, 2002-2004

Ph.D. in International Business Administration, Tohoku University, JAPAN, 1998-2002.

M.E. Majored in Business Administration, HUST, 1993-1995.

B.E. Majored in Mechanical Engineering, HUST, 1983-1987.

★ Representative International Journal & Conference Papers (Recent years)

1). Yong CAO and Zhao Li, Analysis of Patent Management Effects on Technological Innovation Performance, Baltic Journal of Management, 8(3):286-305, 2013（SSCI）

2). Yong CAO and Yang XIANG, The Impact of Knowledge Governance on Knowledge Sharing, Management Decision, 50(4):591-610, 2012（SSCI）

3). Yong CAO and Li ZHAO. Management, Patents and Innovation: Empirical Analyses of 118 High-tech Enterprises across China, Chinese Management Studies, accepted, 2014（SSCI）

4). Yong CAO, Technology Licensing and University Research in Japan. International Journal of Intellectual Property (ISSN1349-421x), 1(2), 31-42, 2002 Japan（SSCI）

5). Yong CAO, Xuanzhen CAO, Helin SUN, Zhenyu JIANG, Linkage between Patent Management and You are Welcome.Technological Innovation Performance: New Evidence from Chinese High-tech Enterprises, Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering (2014ICMSE), 1692-1697, Aug 2014, Finland（EI, CPCI-SSH）

6). Yong CAO, Xuanzhen CAO, Helin SUN, Zhenyu JIANG, Influence Mechanisms of Knowledge Governance on Knowledge Transfer: Evidence from Chinese Strategic emerging Firms, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM2014), 42-47, Dec 2014, Finland（CPCI-SSH）

7). Yong CAO, Akio NAGAHIRA & Shuo SHE. An Empirical Study on the Impact of KIBS Innovation in Japanese Manufacturing Corporations, International Journal of Technology and Innovation Management, 8 (4):1-20, 2012（ABI & EI）

8). Yong CAO, Li ZHAO & Akio NAGAHIRA. The Impact of Front End Innovation in New Product Development in Japanese Manufacturing Companies. Nankai Business Review International，2(1):98-113, 2011（ABI）

9). Yong CAO and Li ZHAO, Intellectual Property Management Model in Enterprises: A Technology Life Cycle Perspective, International Journal of Technology and Innovation Management, 8(2):253-272, 2011（ABI & EI）

10). CAO Yong and Zhao Li, Chen Rensong, Institutional Structure and Incentives of Technology Transfer: Some New Evidence from Chinese Universities, Journal of Technology Management in China, 4 (1):67-84, 2009（ABI & EI）

11). CAO Yong and Li Yang, NAGAHIRA Akio, Exploring the Impact of Innovation between Japanese KIBS and Clients, Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS2011), 57-61（EI）

12). CAO Yong, Zhao Li, Xiang Yang, FFE Innovation and NPD Performance: Some New Evidence from Innovating Chinese Companies, Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS2010), 805-809（EI）

13). CAO Yong, SHE Shuo, NAGAHIRA Akio, The Relationship between Japanese Manufacturing Corporations and KIBS from the Client-side Point of View, Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS2010), 221-226（EI）

14). CAO Yong, Zhao Li, Abe Atsushi, An Empirical Study on the Role of CTO in Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises, Proceedings of the 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET09), USA（EI, CPCI-SSH）

15). CAO Yong, Zhao Li, FFE Practices of NPD in Innovating Chinese Manufacturing Companies, Proc. of 2009 International Conference on Information Engineering & Electronic Commerce (IEEC2009), 523-527（EI）

16). CAO Yong, Zhao Li, Research on Management of Intellectual Property in Enterprises based on Technology Life Cycle, Proc. of International Conference on Management & Service Science (MASS2009), 11046-11049（EI）

17). CAO Yong, Li Renhui, Conflict Analysis between Tacit Knowledge Sharing and its Exclusivity Based on Meta-game Theory, Proc. of 2009 International Conference on Information Engineering & Electronic Commerce (IEEC2009), 31-35（EI）

18). CAO Yong, Zhao Li, Chen Rensong, FFE Practices of NPD in Innovating Chinese Manufacturing Companies, Proc. of the First International Conference on Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS2009), 523-527（EI, CPCI-SSH）

19). Yong CAO, Rensong CHEN, Akio NAGAHIRA, Impact analysis of FFE practices of new product development in Japanese companies, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering (08ICMSE), Sept 2008, USA（EI, CPCI-SSH）

20). Yong CAO, Renhui Li, A Quantitative Analysis of Factors Influencing the Tacit Knowledge Converting in Technology Transfer, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Management Science & Engineering (08ICMSE), Sept 2008, USA（EI, CPCI-SSH）

21). Yong CAO, Rensong CHEN, Huanhuan HU & Li ZHAO, University Tech Transfer and IP Management in China: Some New Evidence. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM08), 1572-1576, 2008（CPCI-SSH）

22). Yong CAO, Zhao Li, Rensong CHEN, Akio NAGAHIRA, An Empirical Analysis of FFE Innovation of NPD in Japanese Companies, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Product Innovation Management (08ICPIM), 17-21, Oct 2008（CPCI-SSH）

23). Yong CAO, Francis OTIENO & Masaki KUROKI, Portfolio Strategy for University Industrial Connections: A Comparative Review of Commercialization Road in USA, Japan and China. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM08), 555-561, Dec 2008, Maastricht, Netherlands（CPCI-SSH）

24). Yong CAO，Akio Nagahira，Academic Tech Transfer and IP Management in Japan: Recent Developments and Some New Evidence. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Management (ICM07), pp.1557-1564, Aug., 2007, Wuhan, China（CPCI-SSH）

25). Akio Nagahira，Yong CAO et al，The Role of Chief Technology Officer in Japanese Corporations. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Management (ICM07), pp.1549-1556, Aug., 2007, Wuhan, China（CPCI-SSH）

26). Akio Nagashima，Yong CAO et al，Standardization Forming Process of Industrial Goods. Proc of the 2007 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET07), pp.156-165, Aug, 2007, Portland, USA（EI, CPCI-SSH）

27). Yong CAO，Shuo SHE, Akio NAGAHIRA, How can reduce the uncertainty of Tech-Transfer Process in TLO? Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM07), pp.2852-2856, Dec 2007, Ube, Japan（CPCI-SSH）

28). Shuo SHE, Yong CAO，Xuezhong ZHU, Research on KIBS Based On the Theory of Transaction Costs, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation and Management (ICIM07), pp.2862-2866, Dec 2007, Ube, Japan（CPCI-SSH）

29). Yong CAO，Xuelin Liu et al，Technology Catch-up in China Compared with Japan. Proceedings of the 2006 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET06), pp.1030-1039, July, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey（EI, CPCI-SSH）

30). Akio Nagahira，Yong CAO et al，Impact Analysis of Front End Practices in Innovative New Product Development in Japanese Manufacturing Companies. Proceedings of the 2006 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET06), pp.2586-2594, July, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey（EI）

31). Yong CAO，Yasutaka Iguchi，Yuko Harayama, University-Industry Cooperation in Japan: Some New Evidence from Universities. Proceedings of the 2005 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET05), 175-183, Portland, USA, July 30-Aug. 4, 2005（EI, CPCI-SSH）

32). Kazufumi Yaji, Yong CAO and Yasutaka Iguchi, A Study on the Technology Transfer cycle in US Universities. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management, pp.33-36, Tokyo, Japan, 22-23 Oct., 2005

33). Yong CAO and Yasutaka IGUCHI, The New Japanese Tech-transfer System after incorporation of National universities. Proceedings of the 2nd Japan-China-Korea Symposium on Materials Science, Taiyuan, China, August 9-13, 2005

34). Yong CAO, Yasutaka Iguchi, University-Industry Cooperation in Japan: the roles of TLO.Proceedings of the 1st Japan-Chain-Korea International Symposium on Material Science (JCKMS’04). Sendai, Japan. June 15-June 16, 2004

35). Yong CAO, Md Shariful Islam, et al, Front-End Activities Promote Front-End Performance?—The Moderating Effect of FFE Uncertainty. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 2017, 17(2):35-47（EI）