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Professor Pi-Shen Seet

Pi-Shen is the Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the School of Business and Law.

Key Research

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • International business
  • Human resource management

Biography

Pi-Shen joined the School of Business and Law (SBL) in 2016. He is currently co-leading the ECU SBL Marketing, Innovation, Sport and Entrepreneurship (MISE) research cluster and sits on the school's Research and Research Training Committee. In 2018-2020, he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Work and Organisational Performance (CWOP). He was also SBL Director of Accreditation, a member of the SBL executive and a member of the ECU Innovation Steering Committee. Pi-Shen teaches in the ECU postgraduate business units of the Master of Marketing and Innovation and the MBA.

Pi-Shen has published widely in aspects of entrepreneurship, innovation and management in the Asia-Pacific in major peer-reviewed journals. He has led Australian Category 1, 2, 3 and 4 research grants plus international research funding.  He has also been successful in New Colombo Plan funding for international student exchanges / internships. His research has appeared in government inquiries and in the media (e.g. ABC News, SBS News, The Australian) and in industry publications (e.g. CPA Australia’s In The Black magazine).

He has also led university collaborations stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. In 2018, the ECU-Jugglr collaboration was selected by Universities Australia as one of 36 case studies its “Clever Collaborations” publication. He was also mentor to ‘Team iSafe’, which made it to the finals of The Big Idea Social Innovation competition.

Previously as Associate Professor at Flinders Business School, Flinders University, he was Program Director of the Bachelor of Business degree and also Research Higher Degrees and Honours coordinator.  He began his academic career in Australia as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at University of Adelaide's Business School and taught MBA/MCommerce courses on Entrepreneurship, Organisation Behaviour and Leadership.

A PPE (Philosophy, Politics & Economics) graduate from Oxford University, he has been a WA Rhodes Scholarship Network Advisor. He completed his PhD at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He has been a visiting scholar at the Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Before academia, Pi-Shen served more than 13 years as an Army officer in the Singapore Armed Forces, he was lead Project Officer in the NTU Business Process Review and consulted on UK HEIF projects and is still active in his family's business.

SBL Research Centres or Cluster/s

Marketing, Innovation, Sport, Entrepreneurship (MISE) research cluster

Research Areas and Interests
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • Family business
  • Entrepreneurial marketing
  • International business
  • Human resource management
  • Asia-Pacific region
  • Emerging Economies

Awards and recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2023 - Nominee, Australian Council of Graduate Research Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision award
  • 2021 - Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference Best Paper, Entrepreneurship and SME stream
  • 2021 - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings
  • 2019 - “Australia’s top thinkers” The Conversation’s Yearbook 2019. Top 50 article of the year award
  • 2017 - Outstanding Reviewer Award, International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) Global Conference in Taiwan.
  • 2012 - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings
  • 2012 - Best Paper Prize at the International Conference on Management, Hospitality & Tourism, and Accounting, Jakarta, Indonesia 18-19 May 2012
  • 2010/2011 - Australian Private Equity And Venture Capital Association Limited (AVCAL) Private Equity Research Prize
  • 2010 - The International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), Annual Conference Best Research Paper Award

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2022 - ECU Vice Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award - Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision
  • 2022 - ECU Media Awards Honour Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Media
  • 2014 - Flinders University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Teaching and Learning Excellence Award
  • 2013 - Flinders University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

National and International Research Positions

  • 2012 - 2019 Visiting scholar, Sino-Foreign Family Business Research Centre, School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
  • 2011 - Visiting scholar, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)

Other

  • 2021 - Excellence in Research Award, School of Business and Law, ECU
  • 2020 - Mentorship in Research Award, School of Business and Law, ECU
  • 2020 - ECU Staff and Students Honour Roll
  • 2017 - ECU School of Business and Law Engagement, Innovation and Impact Award
  • 2010 - 2011 - Flinders University Representative on the South Australian Government’s Manufacturing Thinker in Residence Program
  • 2011 - Chinese Academy of Social Science-Flinders University exchange scholar

Professional associations
  • Member, Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Member, Academy of Management
  • Certified Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile (EMP) Practitioner
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