National Institute for Innovation Management (NIIM), Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Xiaobo WU is currently serving
as the dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, the director of National Institute for
Innovation Management (NIIM), the director of the Zhejiang University—Cambridge University
Joint Research Center for Global Manufacturing and Innovation Management and Ruihua
Institute for Innovation Management. He also serves as Board member and the
vice-president of the Central, East European and Middle Asian Network on Management Development
Association (CEEMAN),and the member of Global Future
Council. He has published over 300 academic
papers and over 30 books, and serves on the editorial boards of scholarly journals,
including IEEE-Transaction on Engineering Management, Asian Journal of Technological
Innovation, Journal of Engineering Management and etc. His service to education communities
includes the Supervisory Committee of Management Sciences and Engineering Management
Education, the Ministry of Education of China. He was the Member of the Assessment
Committee of the National Academic Degree Committee, State Council of China;
and the National MBA Education Steering Committee of China. He was also the Smiths Chair
Professor of International Management at Leeds University, UK (2013-2016). Professor WU has been actively
involved in management consulting and was the advisor and board member of leading
companies including Geely, Siemens China, Hikvision, Hangyang, Hengtong, XIZI UHC and
etc. He is the Executive Vice President of International Council for Small Business (ICSB)
China, and he had been elected the Senior Vice President of ICSB from 2011 to 2012.
He also serves as the president of Zhejiang Provincial Technological Innovation Association
and Hangzhou Enterprises Technological Innovation Association.