School of Business Administration has nine provincial-levelresearch platforms and one provincial-level laboratory. In 2003, theSchool was approved by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province toestablish one of the first batch of provincial key research bases forphilosophy 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”, andsuccessfully received validation from MOE in 2009. In the same year of 2009,the Liberal Education Center of Experiment & Practice was selected as thenational demonstration center for experimental teaching, and the Economics andManagement Experimental Teaching Center was selected as the provincialdemonstration center for experimental teaching. In 2011, the Laboratory forInnovation 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 34 Research Centers, which are:
Research Center of Chinese Corporate Strategic Management, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Hailin LAN
Research and Consultancy Center for Guangdong Small and Medium-Sized Firms
Director: Prof. Dr. Hailin LAN
Technology Innovation Assessment Center, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU
Guangdong Provincial Soft Science Research Base
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG
Greater Bay Intelligent Finance and Risk Management Research Base
Director: Prof. Dr. Weijun XU
Science and Technology Revolution and Technology Foresight Think Tank
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG
Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU
Guangzhou Digital Innovation Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG
Guangdong Intelligent Cognition and Behavioral DecisionEngineering Technology Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhi XU
Energy Economics Research Center, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU
Collaborative Innovation Research Center, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU
Business Technology Research Center, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Siyuan LIU
Research Center for Intelligent Supply Chain and Service Operation
Director: Prof. Dr. Wenhui ZHOU
Research Center for Industry Analysis and Decision-making
Director: Prof. Dr. Jianmei YANG
South China Management Case Study Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Ming CHEN
Research Center for Enterprise Information and Knowledge Management
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhihong LI
Research Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Director: Prof. Dr. Aihu WANG
Research Center for Contemporary Manufacturing Information System
Director: Prof. Dr. Yanming SUN
China Marketing Management Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhenquan SHA
Venture Capital Research Center, South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Yi CUI
Research Center for Decision Sciences and Risk Management
Director: Prof. Dr. Weiguo ZHANG
Research Center for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
Director: Prof. Dr. Tongying LIANG
Research Center for Human Resources Management
Director: Prof. Dr. Shanshi LIU
Research Center for Labor Relationship
Director: Prof. Dr. Min LI
Research Center for Science of Forecasting
Director: Prof. Dr. Jianhui YANG
Green Supply Chain Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Yongwu ZHOU
Research Center for Branding Strategy Development
Director: Prof. Dr. Ming CHEN
Research Center for Big Data Analytics
Director: Prof. Dr. Yongwu ZHOU
Research Center for Smart City Management
Director: Prof. Dr. Weijun XU
Research Center for Accounting Development
Director: Prof. Dr. Liangyong WAN
Research Center for Corporate Social Responsibility
Director: Prof. Dr. Gang CHAO
SCUT-LU Management and Decision Science Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG
Xinpayroll Technology Gig Economy Institute (of School of Business Administration, SCUT)
Director: Prof. Dr. Shanshi LIU
Cross-border Supply Chain Resilience and Intelligent Decision-making Research Center
Director: Prof. Dr. Baozhuang NIU
SBA currentlyhas 3 Laboratories:
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Innovative Methodology& Decision-making Management System
Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU
Internet Behavior Science Laboratory, South ChinaUniversity of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Shanshi LIU
Digital Supply Chain Management and Decision-making Laboratory,South China University of Technology
Director: Prof. Dr. Yuanguang ZHONG