School of Business Administration has nine provincial-level research platforms and one provincial-level laboratory. 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 Ministry of Education (MOE) as the national innovative research base for philosophy and social 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 Province was officially recognized as a provincial key laboratory which is the first provincial key laboratory in liberal arts.    

SBA currently has 33 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

• Research Center for Intelligent Supply Chain and Service Operation

Director: Prof. Dr. Wenhui ZHOU

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

Director: Prof. Dr. Shanshi LIU

• 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

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

Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU

• Guangzhou Digital Innovation Research Center

Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG

• 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

• SCUT-LU Management and Decision Science Research Center

Director: Prof. Dr. Zhengang ZHANG

SBA currently has 3 Laboratories:

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

Director: Prof. Dr. Guilong ZHU

• Internet Behavior Science Laboratory

Director: Prof. Dr. Shanshi LIU

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

Director: Prof. Dr. Yuanguang ZHONG