Dr. Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai received his Ph.D. from National Cheng-chi University Taiwan and is currently a full professor at National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) in the Business Administration Department. He is in charge in the Training and educational Center which is sponsored by Minister of Economy and offers on-job training courses for Taiwanese S.M.E. companies. He has dedicated his efforts in studying Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management and Organizational Change and has made quite a few publications in Chinese and English. These works has been published in Organization Studies, Industrial Management & Data Systems , Emergence：Complexity and Organization,Journal of Management (In Chinese), Journal of entrepreneurship research (In Chinese) etc.

Professor Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai is very experienced in university administration as well as in academy. He has been the director of Business Administration Dep., the director of the Institute of Communication Management, the Dean of Management College and the Secretary General to the President of NSYSU. For academic experience, he has invited as a visiting scholar by the Stanford University and the University of Cambridge. Recently received honor as the NSYSU's Faculty Award for outstanding teaching and academic services. 

Currently, Dr. Stephen Dun-Hou Tsai has tried to develop research from distinct mode of thinking and invite narrative think way to proceed. By focusing on discourse, story as well as life-story he tries to contribute more fruitful, insightful implications regarding his major research topics (which are: Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management and Organizational Change) to the academic society. And recently he dedicates more efforts on Entrepreneurial research by looking at Entrepreneur’s life-story to explore topics regarding entrepreneur’s identity and entrepreneurial learning.

AREA of EXPERTISE

1. Entrepreneurial Research
2. Strategic Management
3. Qualitative Research Method
4. Complexity Science Theory
5. Knowledge Management

WORK HISTORY

• 1985~ present            Professor, Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University
• 2009                            Visiting Scholar, College of Management & Economics, Vaxjo University
• 2003/08~ 2006/07    Secretary General to the President of NSYSU
• 2000/09 ~ 2003/07   Dean of the College of Management, NSYSU
• 2000/08 ~ 2001/07   Director of the Institute of Communication Management, NSYSU
• 1992/08 ~ 1997/07   Director of the Department of Business Management, NSYSU
• 1988 ~ 1989               Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
• 1998                            Visiting Scholar, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge

EDUCATION

• 1985        Ph.D. in Business Administration, Cheng-chi University Taiwan
  
• 1979        MBA, National Cheng-chi University Taiwan
• 1977        BS in Agriculture Engineering, National Taiwan University

PROJECTS

• 2010.08-2013.07     Learning in the Entrepreneuring the narration of Chinese entrepreneurs
• 2011.01-2012.12     Local entrepreneurial action the integration of local capital in the development of creative cites/towns: the narration and practice of local entrepreneurs
• 2011.11-2012.10     The construction of R&D knowledge management system

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-2009

• Doctoral    SEMINAR IN ADVANCED MANAGEMENT THEORY. RESEARCH IN ADVANCED ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT. SEMINAR IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (III). KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT II. ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH & NARRATIVE INQUIRY. ADVANCED STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT THEORY.
• MBA          BUSINESS POLICY AND STRATEGY. NARRATIVE INQUIRY. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGEMENT.