Members & Partnerships

Kok Wei Khong

Dean of Nottingham University Business School China

Chair of UNNC Environmental Sustainability Committee

Initiator of Centre for Responsible Business and Innovation

Professor of Marketing Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Marketing Analytics; Digital Marketing; Machine Learning; Sustainable Consumption 

 

Jing Dai

Director of Centre for Responsible Business and Innovation

Co-Programme Director of MIT SCALE Nottingham Ningbo Masters in Supply Chain Management

Professor in Operations Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Environmental Innovation; Emerging Digital Technologies 

 

Steven Zhou

Deputy Director of Centre for Responsible Business and Innovation

Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Green Innovation; Innovation Adoption and Diffusion; Construction Industry

 

Xiaogang Bi

Director of Knowledge Exchange, Nottingham University Business School China

Director of MSc in Finance & Investment

Associate Professor in Finance, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Corporate Finance; Capital Markets

 

Xuan Feng

Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Ethically-oriented Leadership; Employee Wellbeing and Health; Employability and Career Development; Talent Management Policies and Practices; Experiential Learning Design

 

Chandra Ade Irawan

Associate Professor in Operations Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization; Offshore Wind Energy; Combinatorial Optimization

 

Youzong Xu

Assistant Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomic Theory; Firm Strategy; Political Economy; Behavior Economics

 

Eric Evans Osei Opoku

Assistant Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Economics of Environmental Sustainability (Environmental Economics); Energy (Access, Poverty and Transition); Sustainable Development and Finance; Development Finance 

 

Jin’an Shao

Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Green Innovation; Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility

 

Lei Liu

Assistant Professor in Management Science and Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization; Healthcare Operations Management; Production Scheduling 

 

Weiping Liu

Assistant Professor in International Business and Strategy, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Corporate Social Responsibility; Green Innovation

 

Bingjian Liu

Assistant Professor in Product Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Research Interests: Sustainability Product Design; Design Education; Multimodal Interactive Product Design; Cultural Creative Product Design

Fengfeng Xie

Assistant Professor in Management Science and Analytics, Nottingham University Business School China

Research Interests: Sustainable Operations Management; Global Supply Chain Management; Co-opetition Game Theoretic Models; Carbon Tariff

 

Judy Zhang

Assistant Research Fellow

Olympus Hedge Fund Investments Co., Ltd. (OHFI) was established in 2014 with a paid-up registered capital of RMB 125 million. Currently OHFI is headquarted in Hangzhou, with offices in Xianghu, Shanghai, Beijing and Sanya, where more than 80 employees work.

In February 2019, OHFI was registered as one of the first three private asset allocation fund managers at the Asset Management Association of China and issued the first private asset allocation fund in China.

Ningbo Energy Conservation Association is a comprehensive energy conservation industry association in Ningbo, which is directly guided by Ningbo Energy Conservation Office and Ningbo Energy Bureau. It was established in January 1985. Its members are energy conservation administrative departments at all levels, key energy-consuming enterprises and relevant energy-saving product production and operation enterprises, intermediary organizations promoting energy-saving products (technologies), scientific research institutes and relevant personnel engaged in energy conservation research. The purpose of the association is to serve the society, the market and enterprises, and to provide energy conservation and consumption reduction services for enterprises.

Ningbo Intelligent Manufacturing Association (NIMA), initiated by the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, is China's first association with a purpose centered on intelligent manufacturing, aiming to advance the construction of the country's first pilot demonstration city for a strong manufacturing nation strategy. 

Since the inception in 2011, Ningbo Zhedong Environment and Energy Exchange Co., Ltd. has been at the forefront of environmental rights trading in China. With over a decade of dedicated service in the carbon market, they have embraced the strategic positioning of "Based in Ningbo, serving Zhejiang, and facing the nation," which has allowed us to play a pivotal role in lawful trading activities related to energy conservation, emission reduction, environmental protection, and energy rights.

Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables Co. Ltd., also known as Orient Cable (NBO), is a public company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603606) and indexed by the FTSE Global Equity Indices.

It is a leading Chinese land & subsea cable solutions provider, particularly in terms of its innovation, quality control, and key technological breakthroughs. It is one of the most competitive companies in the global subsea cable market and have been designated and named within the “Shanghai Mainboard Top 100 Valued Companies”.

Since the birth of the brand in the 90s, smart has always maintained the vision of exploring the best solutions for future urban mobility.

smart Automobile was officially established in 2019 with a forward-looking "China-Europe, dual home" global development strategy, and is committed to becoming a world-leading, new-premium, intelligent and all-electric auto brand.

B Corps (B Corporations) is a concept proposed by B Lab. It selects a group of for-profit enterprises that meet high standards in social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability through the B Impact Assessment (BIA). Currently, there are more than 9,000 B Corps worldwide, spanning over 160 industries, and they are committed to using the power of business to address social and environmental issues.

Hangzhou City University (HZCU) is a full-time public university approved by China's Ministry of Education and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. Since its establishment in 1999, HZCU has been dedicated to providing high-quality higher education that caters to the evolving needs of our students and contributes to the advancement of the economy and society. In June 2020, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government and Zhejiang University signed a cooperation agreement to exceptionally support its leap-forward development so that HZCU would make it to be China’s top application-oriented university.

The UNNC Health and Wellbeing Centre (HWC) is committed to promoting an inclusive university experience that encourages a proactive, accessible, holistic approach to health and wellbeing. It provides an array of professional services tailored to support our staff and students' physical, emotional, mental health and wellbeing needs during their time at UNNC. It houses the main bases for the Clinic, University Counselling Service, Mental Health Advisory Service, Disability Support Service and Health Promotion.