Brenda C. Sun Overview Assistant Professor of Strategy, Utah State University, USA Visiting Professor, Renmin People’s) University, Beijing, China PhD, London School of Economics, London Brenda has taught courses in Strategy and Intemational Management. Prior to joining academe, she held management positions at Citicorp-Citibank, American Express, and The Boston Consulting Group. She has a diverse,intemational background given (j) the cities she has both worked and lived in (New York, Hong Kong, London, and Beijing), (i) her corporate experience (banking and strategy consulting), and (ji) areas she has consulted in (from the energy sector to owner-managed business to sustainable city development) Her award-winning doctoral dissertation involved the development and empirical testing of an interdisciplinary model of “environmental perception and adaptive motivation” with a primary dataset of over 1,000 Chinese steel workers. It represents the strategic review of China’s ongoing employment and abor reforms, which have a profound impact (quite unknown to outsiders) on the nation’s 100 muillion- strong industrial workforce and on its economic transformation Coming from a family of owner-managers, Brenda considers herself an enterprising and risk-seeking entrepreneur in academe. Her research strategy is to explore transition economic settings that are characterized by a high level of uncertainty and risks (in terms of access, sensitivity, and quality of data) Importantly, these settings help illuminate critical issues facing global business — intensifying competition, restructuring and downsizing, M & A, technology and work intensification, and the call for adaptive flexibility and transformational leadership. Despite high start-up costs and entry barriers, Brenda feels tht her retum on investment in these research-adverse settings is equally high in the substantiation of her unique positioning as a “strategy researcher with an in-depth firsthand knowledge of China” Her postdoctoral research evolves around the themes of (1) Excellence in HR Management in the Face of Change/Turbulence and (2) Positive Psychology of Threat and the Sustainable Enterprise. In addition to an invited public lecture at LSE, she is the course developer and host of an innovative research-led workshop series on Proactive Coping Strategy for PhD Research™ at LSE for the consortium of University of London colleges including LSE, Imperial College, and King’s college, etc. to help top up on PhD completion rates ‘The project builds on and extends the theoretical and empirical results of her doctoral research on threat effects, ic, “to forewam is to forearm”Brenda C. Sun 33 Sophia Square, Sovereign Views, London SE16 SXL Tel: (44) 207 3949069 Email: B Sun@lse ac.ule Personal Details Nationality Chinese Ethnicity, Shanghainese and Indonesian Chinese Foreign Languages Putonghua, Cantonese, and Haka (fluent spoken & wntten); Spanish and Japanese (basic) Date of Birth 9-9-1962 Academic appointment Assistant Professor of Strategy, Utah State University, USA (starting end of July, 2006) Education 2005 PAD in Economics (Specialization: Strategy and Chinese Management), The London School of Economics Dissertation: “Motivation under Uncertanty and Risks” Supervisor: John Kelly, Program Director: Richard Hyman Best Dissertation Award Honorary Mention, Intemational Best Dissertation Competition Chair: Bruce E. Kaufinan 1985 Executive MBA (Distinction) in Marketing, Pace University, New York, NY 1983 BA (Cum Laude) in Communications (Minors: Spanish & Japanese), Bigham Young University, Hawaii UT Awards and Honors Best Dissertation Award Honorary Mention, Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA), Boston, 1/2006 Basil Blaclovell Fellowship, The London School of Economics (LSE), 2001 ~ 2002, Academy of Management (AOM) Scholarship, 2001 Conference Award, Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), 2001 Earhart Scholar, Intemational Society of New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), 2000. ILO Fellowship, Intemational Labor Organization, 2000 Conference Award, Society for the Advancement in Socio-Economics (SASE), 2000 Conference Award & Departmental Research Award, LSE, 1998 - 2000, 2002 - 2003 9. Graduate Scholarships, Pace University, New York, NY, 1984 - 1985 10, National Dean's Honor Lists and Scholarships, USA, 1980 — 1983 11, Full Academic Scholarships, Brigham Young University, Hawaii & Utah, 1980 - 1983 International Management Experience 1904-1907 Marketing Consultant, Asia Non-Japan Board, The B oston Consulting Group (secondment in London), 19931904 Vice President - Marketing, Citicorp-Citibank, Global Consumer Banking, Hong Kong 1991-1903 Manager ~Technology Transfer & Asia Pacific Institute of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1988-1900 Industry Manager — Hotels & Airlines, American Express Intemational, Inc, Hong Kong Regional Office 1986-1988 Key Accounts Manager, Hotels & Airlines, American Express Intemational, Inc., Hong Kong 19851986 Management Associate, Citicorp-Citibank, Institutional Banking Group, Hong Kong 1984-1985 Publications Director & Managing Editor, Asian American Perspectives, New Yori, NY. 19831984 Management Associate, Stifel, Nicholas, & Co., Wall Street, New Yori, NY 8.Sun [1 of 4]Research Interests ‘+ Excellence in HR management in times of change/turbulence (at multinational corporations, jv's and state enterprises) ‘+ Managerial and individual decision making under uncertainty and risks + Antecedents and consequences of threat Invited Public Lecture “Positive Psychology of Threat and the Sustainable Enterprise: a Cross-Cultural Exploration”, The London Schoo! of Economics (LSE), May, 2006 Course Development Experience 1, 2005-2006. Doctoral Proactive Coping Strategy for PaD Research™., consortium of University of London colleges including LSE, Imperial College, and King's college, etc. 1, 1994-1997. Diploma: Business Strategy for Working Managers, Chinese University of Hong Kong 2, 1993-1904. Executive Presentation Workshop for Senior Consultants and Managers, ‘The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Asia-Non-Japan Regional Office 3, 1992-1993. Undergraduate: Negotiation Workshops, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 4, 1990-1993, Executive Program for Senior Officials ofthe People’s Republic of China, PRC Government 5, 1990-1992. Executive Executive Program for Owner-Managers, Hong Kong Goverment Teaching Experience 2005-2006. PhD (*4 day sessions): Proactive Coping Strategy for PAD Research™., consortium of University of London colleges including LSE, Imperial College, and King’s college, ete 2005-2006. MSc (50 hours) Strategic Human Resource Management, LSE, 2001 - 2002. MSc (20 hours) Project supervision: Strategic HRM in the Hi-Tech Sector, LSE. 2000-2002. BS (150 hours) Human Resource Management, LSE 1904-1907, MBE(105 hours) Business Strategy for Working Managers, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1993— 1904. Executive (3 days)’ Presentation Workshop for Senior Consultants and Managers, BCG. 1992-1993, BS (65 hours): Negotiation Workshops, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1990-1993, Executive (20 days): Program for Senior Officials, People’s Republic of China, PRC Govemment, Teaching Evaluations ‘The London Schoo! of Economics (2000 - 2002) 4.2/5.0; 4.6/5.0 ‘The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1994 - 1997) “Excellent” Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1992 - 1993) “Excellent” United Kingdom Higher Education Academy (2001) Associate Membership awarded 8.Sun (2 of 4]