Annie Ruan Yi
Assistant Professor
Department of International Business and Management (IBM)
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr. Ruan is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Nottingham University Business School China. Previously she worked as a Senior Manager of Technology Transfer at the Public Utilities Board (PUB) in Singapore and an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before that, she worked as a senior research fellow at the Division of Engineering & Technology Management and Institute of Engineering Leadership in NUS. Her research covers topics on the technology transfer between public and private sectors, technology commercialisation and entrepreneurship. She has published book chapter, case studies, and academic papers on the topics of Disruptive Innovation, Innovations in Emerging Economies, Technology Transfer in reputable journals. Her current research interests include entrepreneurial decision making process, family business transition and succession, academic entrepreneurship, business ecosystem in China, etc.
Research Interest
Management of Technology (MOT), Innovation Strategy, Entrepreneurial Decision Making, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Family Business Transition and Succession
Publications
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Hang, C.C., Garnsey, E., Ruan, Y., 2015. Opportunities for disruption. Technovation, Vol 39–40: 83–93.
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Ruan Y., Hang C. C., Wang Y.M., 2014. Government's role in disruptive innovation and industry emergence: the case of the electric bike in China. Technovation, Vol 34 (12): 785–796.
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Ho, Y.P., Ruan Y., Hang, C.C., Wong, P.K., 2016. Technology Upgrading of Small-and-Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) through a Manpower Secondment Strategy - A Mixed-Methods Study of Singapore's T-Up Program. Technovation, in press.
