Hello, this is
Grace Yi
Assistant Professor,
Institute of International Management (IMBA)
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Grace Yi
Assistant Professor,
Institute of International Management (IMBA),
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Biography
GRACE'S BACKGROUND
Dr. Grace Li-Hsiang Yi is an assistant professor at the Institute of International Management at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Grace received her doctoral degree from the Institute of Technology Management at National Tsing Hua University in 2024 and was awarded Honorary Membership in the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society.
Grace was a visiting scholar at Waseda University in Japan (School of Commerce, 2023) and conducted a remote research visit to the University of Cambridge in the UK (Institute for Manufacturing, 2020) through a grant from the National Science and Technology Council.
Grace's research interests include social innovation and entrepreneurship, sustainable business transformation, human resource management, and creativity and Innovation.
Education
WHERE I’VE STUDIED
Experience
WHERE I’VE WORKED
2018–2024
National Tsing Hua University – Hsinchu, Taiwan
Ph.D. in Institute of Technology Management
Honorary Member of Phi Tau Phi (斐陶斐)
Scholastic Honor Society
GPA: 4.1/4.3
2016–2018
National Tsing Hua University – Hsinchu, Taiwan
Master in Institute of Technology Management
Master thesis: How innovation contributes to the sustainable business ecosystem: A lesson from the Taiwanese local comic industry
2012–2016
National Cheng Kung University – Tainan, Taiwan
Bachelor in the department of Accountancy
April 2023–July 2023
Visiting Research Fellow at School of Commerce, Waseda University (早稲田大学), Tokyo, Japan
Oct. 2020–Feb. 2023
Visiting Research Student at Institute of Manufacturing, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (virtual)
July 2020–July 2022
Consultant of Spring Pool, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sep. 2020–June 2024
Adjunct Lecturer at College of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University,
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Research Interest
WHAT I AM DEDICATED IN
Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
Sustainability Transformation
Creativity & Craft
Human Resource Management
Entrepreneurship
Qualitative Research
Proficiciency
WHAT I SPEAK
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Native in Mandarin
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Fluent in English ( TOFEL: 100/120 )
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Fluent in Japanese ( JLPT: N1)
Facts
OUT OF OFFICE
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Otaku & Manga Artist
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Fancy in Chinese ancient poetry and Chinese history
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A senior K-pop fan
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Lover of Japanese culture
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NOT a coffee person AT ALL
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Married
Awards
WHERE I SHINE
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2023 CTM Overseas Engagement Scholarship in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2023
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2023 Sustainable Development Goals Academic Paper Awards from Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE), and CTCI Education Foundation (CTCI EF), Taiwan, 2023
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2023 Doctoral Dissertation Grant for Ph.D. Candidates in Humanities and Social Sciences from National Science and Technology Council (112-2424-H-007 -001 -DR), Taiwan, 2023
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2023 CTM Travel Grant for Ph.D. Students Overseas Visiting in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2023
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President Scholarship of PhD. Students’ in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2018-2021
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2021 CTM Doctoral Student Research Award in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2021
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2020 CTM Doctoral Student Research Award in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2020
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2020 Postgraduate Research Abroad Program Scholarship from National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2020
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2019 Subsidy for Domestic Graduate Students to Attend International Academic Conferences from National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2019
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Best Paper Reward at SOItmC (Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market & Complexity) & DEMI of the UNINA 2018
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Outstanding Conference Proceeding Paper Award in NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2018
Courses
WHAT I TEACH
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Organizational Behavior and Social Innovation (graduate, 2025, NCKU)
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Human Resource Management (graduate, 2024, NCKU)
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Human Resource Management (undergraduate, 2023, NTHU)
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ESG and Social Innovation (undergraduate, 2023, NTHU)
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Management (undergraduate, 2021, 2023, NTHU)
Speech
Navigating the Social Innovation Expansion in Taiwan
CUHK International Summer School in NTHU, Aug. 2024
NTHU Summer Program, Aug. 2024
Unlocking Academic Research: A Freshman’s Roadmap to Discovering Intriguing Papers
Research Method and Data Analysis, Internation MBA program, NTHU, Sep. 2024
TBD
TBD
Research Grants
National Science and Technology Council Research Grant
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Harmonious Hybridity: An Identity Theory Study for Transformative Social Entrepreneurship, 114-2410-H-006 -003 - (2025-2026)