Personal statement

Lu Liu joined Bath Spa University in October 2010. She is a senior lecturer in business and management. She is the pathway leader of BABM (International Business) and MABM (International Business) and the associate director of the Research Centre for Leadership, Ethics and Professional Practice. She also supervises PhD students.

Lu's research interest includes integrating knowledge management activities into the management information systems for the SMEs and non-profit organisations; international new ventures and their post-entry performance; regional economic development in the ethnic minority and less-developed areas; and business ethics. As a member of the teaching staff, she is also interested in knowledge exchange in online teaching and the comparative studies on the pedagogical design and delivery of business modules in different countries.

She has previously worked at the University of Bolton, University of Sheffield-Sheffield International College, Harbin Engineering University, and a Chinese state-owned textiles trading company.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD, Knowledge and Information Management, University of Bolton, UK
  • PG Certificate, Professional Learning in Higher Education, Bath Spa University
  • MSc, International business (E-business), Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
  • BA, International Economics and Business, Østfold University College, Norway
  • BEng, Engineering Economics, Harbin Engineering University, China

Professional qualifications

  • RINCE2® Foundation certificate in Project Management
  • Qualification Certificate of Lecturer, the Minister of Education, China
  • Qualification Certificate of Economist, the Minister of Education, China

Professional memberships

  • Fellow - Higher Education Academy
  • Membership, American Economic Association, the US
  • Membership, The Foundation of CUAES Research Committee on Ethnic Minorities with a Relatively Small Population, China

Other external roles

  • Consultant - the Institute of Hei Jhin Culture, Jiamusi University, China

Areas of expertise

  • International business
  • Inter-cultural communication
  • Interactive teaching and training
  • Online teaching
  • Research methods

Teaching subjects

  • International Business (UG)
  • International Business Environment (PG)
  • International Business Practice (PG)

PhD research supervision

Lu is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

  • International small and medium sized enterprises’ (SMEs) behaviour and performance
  • Knowledge and information management in the SMEs and non-profit organisations
  • Business ethics in emerging markets.

Current PhD supervision includes:

  • Cultural impact on internal auditors’ ethical decision making-A comparative study of India and United Kingdom (first supervisor)
  • The Application of Knowledge Management and Supply China Practice: UK food Industry (first supervisor)
  • Assessing the level and impact of financial literacy: the comparison of UK and Turkey (second supervisor)
  • Humour Generation through Creative Computing (second supervisor)

Preferred methods

Qualitative:

  • Case studies
  • Grounded theory
  • Action research.

Quantitative:

  • Experiment
  • Survey
  • Cross-sectional studies
  • Longitudinal studies.

Mixed methods.

Research and academic outputs

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