School of Business Administration has ten provincial-level research platforms and four provincial-level laboratories. In 2003, the School was approved by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province to establish one of the first batch of provincial key research bases for philosophy and social science. In 2005, the base was selected by the Ministryof Education (MOE) as the national innovative research base for philosophy andsocial science supported by the second phase of the “985 project”, and successfully received validation from MOE in 2009. In the same year of 2009, the Liberal Education Center of Experiment & Practice was selected as the national demonstration center for experimental teaching, and the Economics and Management Experimental Teaching Center was selected as the provincial demonstration center for experimental teaching. In 2011, the Laboratory for Innovation Methodology & Decision Management System of Guangdong Provincewas officially recognized as a provincial key laboratory which is the firstprovincial key laboratory in liberal arts.    

SBAcurrently has 36 Research Centers, which are:

• Research Center for Chinese Corporate Strategic Management, South China University of  Technology

  Director: Prof. Hailin LAN

  
  

• Research and Consultancy Center for Guangdong Small and Medium-Sized Firms

  Director: Prof. Hailin LAN

  
  

• Technology Innovation Assessment Center, South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Guilong ZHU

   

• Guangdong Provincial Soft Science Research Base

  Director: Prof. Zhengang ZHANG

   

• Greater Bay Intelligent Finance and Risk Management Research Base

  Director: Prof. Weijun XU

   

• Science and Technology Revolution and Technology Foresight Think Tank

  Director: Prof. Zhengang ZHANG

   

• Third-party Assessment Think Tank for Implementation Effects of Major Science and Technology Project and Platform

  Director: Prof. Guilong ZHU

   

• Guangzhou Digital Innovation Research Center

  Director: Prof. Zhengang ZHANG

  
  

• Guangdong Intelligent Cognition and Behavioral DecisionEngineering Technology Research Center

  Director: Prof. Zhi XU

  
  

• Energy Economics Research Center, South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Guilong ZHU

  
  

• Collaborative Innovation Research Center, South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Guilong ZHU

  
  

• Business Technology Research Center, South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Siyuan LIU

  
  

• Research Center for Intelligent Supply Chain and Service Operation

  Director: Prof. Wenhui ZHOU

  
  

• Research Center for Industry Analysis and Decision-making

  Director: Prof. Jianmei YANG

  
  

• South China Management Case Study Center

  Director: Prof. Ming CHEN

  
  

• Research Center for Enterprise Information and Knowledge Management

  Director: Prof. Zhihong LI

  
  

• Research Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management

  Director: Prof. Aihu WANG

  
  

• Research Center for Contemporary Manufacturing Information System

  Director: Prof. Yanming SUN

  
  

• China Marketing Management Research Center

  Director: Prof. Zhenquan SHA

  
  

• Venture Capital Research Center, South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Yi CUI

  
  

• Research Center for Decision Sciences and Risk Management

  Director: Prof. Weiguo ZHANG

  
  

• Research Center for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

  Director: Prof. Tongying LIANG

  
  

• Research Center for Human Resources Management

  Director: Prof. Shanshi LIU

  
  

• Research Center for Labor Relationship

  Director: Prof. Min LI

  
  

• Research Center for Science of Forecasting

  Director: Prof. Jianhui YANG

   

• Green Supply Chain Research Center

  Director: Prof. Yongwu ZHOU

  
  

• Research Center for Branding Strategy Development

  Director: Prof. Ming CHEN

  
  

• Research Center for Big Data Analytics

  Director: Prof. Yongwu ZHOU

  
  

• Research Center for Smart City Management

  Director: Prof. Weijun XU

  
  

• Research Center for Accounting Development

  Director: Prof. Liangyong WAN

  
  

• Research Center for Corporate Social Responsibility

  Director: Prof. Gang CHAO

  
  

• SCUT-LU Management and Decision Science Research Center

  Director: Prof. Zhengang ZHANG

  
  

• Xinpayroll Technology Gig Economy Institute (of School of Business Administration, SCUT)

  Director: Prof. Shanshi LIU

  
  

• Cross-border Supply Chain Resilience and Intelligent Decision-making Research Center

  Director: Prof. Baozhuang NIU

  
  

• Human-Machine Symbiotic Intelligence Research Center

  Director: Prof. Siyuan LIU

  
  

• Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Computational Behavior

  Director: Prof. Hongli WANG

  
  

  
  

SBA currentlyhas 5 Laboratories:

• Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Innovative Methodology& Decision-making Management System

  Director: Prof. Guilong ZHU

   

• Internet Behavior Science Laboratory, South ChinaUniversity of Technology

  Director: Prof. Shanshi LIU

  
  

• Digital Supply Chain Management and Decision-making Laboratory,South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Yuanguang ZHONG

  
  

• Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Healthcare Service and Management

  Director: Prof. Wenhui ZHOU

  
  

• The Intelligent Vehicle and Contextual Decision-Making Laboratory at South China University of Technology

  Director: Prof. Siyuan LIU