Chen Dan
Title: Professor
Tel: (86) (531) 88365867
Email: chendan@sdu.edu.cn
Research Areas: Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategy of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Strategy and Management of Cooperation among Enterprises

Education Background
2004.01-2007.01 Ph.D. in Strategic Management in SMEs, University of Bangor (UK)
1985.09-1988.07 Master of Plan and Management of National Economy, Shandong University Liaoning University
1981.09-1985.07 Bachelor of Economic Management, Shandong University

Honors & Awards
1. Second Prize, Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements (Humanities and Social Sciences) of Colleges and Universities in Shandong Province, 2011, for An Empirical Study on the Motivation and Mode of Technological Cooperation among High-tech SMEs
2. Third Prize, Shandong University, 2000, for On the Expansion of Development Space of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China
3. Third Prize, National Bureau of Statistics, 1998, for Analysis of the Current Situation of Regional Economic Level Difference in Shandong Province
4. First Prize, National Bureau of Statistics, for Industrial Structure Must Combine Urban-rural Integration with Dynamic Optimization,1998

Social Services
Director of the Comparative Management Research Society of Shandong Province

Undergraduate: Entrepreneurship Management (bilingual), Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Management, Principles of Management
Master/Ph.D.: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management; Business English

Publications
1. How Executives’ Environmental Awareness Improves Enterprise Performance Amid Uncertainty of the Shift from New Growth Drivers to Old Ones ---- The Mediating Role of Green Innovation. Science of Science and Management of S.& T, 2019, (10): 113-128.
2. Managing Strategic Inter-Firm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of High-tech Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China. Economic Science Press, 2010.
3. What Influences the Propensity of a Firm to Cooperate?. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2011, 13(3): 350-365.
4. Does Inter-Firm Technological Cooperation Enhance Innovation Performance? An Empirical Study of High-Tech SMEs in China. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2010, 8(2): 149-169.
5. Critical Success Factors for Inter-Firm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of High-Tech SMEs in China. International Journal of Technology Management, 2010, 51(2-4): 282-299.
6. Motives For and Modes of InterFirm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of China's High-Technology SMEs. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2008, 3(6): 624-636.
7. Strategic Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development of Family Business ---- A Grounded Theory Study of Wei Qiao Pioneering Group. Dongyue Tribune, (07):164-168.
8. Determinants of University Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions. Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2012(06):113-119.
9. Research on the Relationship between Entrepreneurs’ Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Firm Performance. Dongyue Tribune, 2011(11):153-158.
10. An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Technological Innovation Capability and Growth in SMES. Finance and Trade Research, 2011(01):104-109.
11. Research on the Correlation between Ownership Concentration, Executive Incentive and Corporate Performance of SMEs. Dongyue Tribune, 2010(11):44-49.
12. Research on the Motivation and Obstacles of Cooperative Innovation of Technology-based SMEs. Shandong Social Sciences, 2010(11):111-114.
13. An Empirical Study on the Determinants of Cooperative Innovation in SMEs. Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2010(05):96-102.
14. On the Cooperation Strategy among Enterprises: Based on Competitiveness Theory, Transaction Cost Theory and the Resource-based View. Dongyue Tribune, 2010(01):124-128.


Conference Papers
1. Internal and External Environment, Institutional Logic and Social Enterprise Business Model: A Case Study Based on Gufeng Health, Paying Tribute to 70 Years: China Enterprise Management Development Forum, Jinan, Shandong, July 6-7, 2019. (first author)
2. A Study on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Performance, the 4th National Comparative Management Seminar, Jinan, Shandong, September 17-18, 2011. (first author)
3. Entrepreneurs’ Social Capital and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Study on the Listed Companies in ChiNext, 2011 International Conference on Strategic Management (2011ICSM), Chengdu, China, September 23-27, 2011. (first author)

1. Social Entrepreneurship Based on Dual Mission: Construction of Social Enterprises’ Business Model (Project funded by the Social Science Department of Shandong Provincial Government, China, organizer,.2017-2018)
2. Entrepreneurs' Social Capital and Business Growth Strategy (Project funded by Social Science Department of Shandong Provincial Government, China, organizer, 2011-2012)
3. Strategic Alliance Between Multinational Companies and Their Chinese OEM Companies: A Prospective of Knowledge Transfer (Project funded by Science and Technology Department of Shandong Provincial Government, China, organizer, 2011-2012)
4. Managing Strategic Inter-Firm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of High-tech Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China (Project sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, China, organizer, 2010-2011)
5. Managing Strategic Inter-Firm Technological Cooperation: An Empirical Study of High-tech Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China (Project sponsored by the Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University, China, organizer, 2009-2010)
6. Empirical Study on Cooperative Innovation in Technology-based SMEs of Shandong, Project funded by Social Science Department of Shandong Provincial Government, China, organizer,.2008-2009)
7. Case Writing and Application of Science and Technology Management (Project funded by the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Provincial Government, China, organizer, 2008-2009)