Dr. Susan Wei
Assistant Professor

susan.wei@okstate.edu
Personal Website

North Hall, OSU-Tulsa

918-594-8183 (office)
918-594-8281 (fax)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor in Marketing, July 1 2005
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Instructor, August 20 2004 - December 20 2004
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Assistant, August 3 2000 - August 20 2004
Stephen Liu & Company, Hong Kong, Auditor, April 10 1995 - January 10 1997
Desay Chemical-light Corporation, Guangdong, China, Acting General Manager and Chief Accountant, April 10 1993 - April 10 1995
Gold Peak (China) Electronic Ltd, Guangdong, China, Assistant Accountant, February 1 1992 - April 10 1993
Railway Ministry of China, Beijing, China, Assistant Accountant, July 15 1990 - February 1 1992

Awards and Honors

Listed in 2007 Marquis Who’sWho in America (2006)
Winner of ISBM Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition (2005)
Winner of 2004-2005 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship (2004)
AMA (Sheth) Foundation Visiting Scholars Travel Grant (2004)
Winner of Humorous Speech Contest (2003)
Scholarship (2000)
Scholarship (1999)
Scholarship (1997)
Audit, Finance Management, passed by National Examination (1994)
Ranked First in City of Huizhou in National Accountant Examination (1993)

Education

Ph D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marketing, 2006
Mphil.City University of Hong Kong, Marketing, 1999
BA, East-China Jiaotong University, Accounting, 1990

Courses Taught

MKTG 3213
- Marketing (Spring 2010)
MKTG 3213
- Marketing (Spring 2008)

Publications

Kwaku Atuahene-gima, Susan Wei, 2011, "The Vital Role of Problem-Solving Competence in New Product Success," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28 (1)

Susan Wei, Kwaku Atuahene-gima, 2009, "Reward Systems, Market Orientation and New Product Program Performance?," International Journal of Research in Marketing, 26 (2)

Binh Hoa Nguyen, Susan Wei, Gary Frankwick, 2007, "The Missing Link Between Reward Systems and Innovation: The Role of Market Orientation," Product Development and Management Association

Susan Wei, Hugh O'neil, Kwahu Atuahene-gima, Nan Zhou, 2005, "How do Executives' Entrepreneurial Beliefs Matter to a Firm's Marketing Information Processing and Performance?," Proceedings of the 2005 UIC Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Susan Wei, Kwaku Atuahene-gima, 2005, "Project Team's Market Knowledge Competence and New Product Performance: The Mediating Roles of Problem Solving Competency and Position Advantage," Proceedings of the American Marketing Association 2005 Summer Conference

Susan Wei, Neil Morgan, 2004, "The Supportiveness of Organizational Climate, Market Orientation, and New Product Performance in Chinese Firms," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 21, 375-388.

Susan Wei, Hugh O'neil, Neil Morgan, Nan Zhou, 2004, "How Does Market Orientation Work? Three-way Interaction of Market Orientation, Leadership Quality and Innovative Culture," Proceedings of the American Marketing Association 2004 Winter Conference

Presentations Given

The Roles of Strategic Actions and Strategic Resources in Achieving Competitive Marketing Positions and Superior Financial Performance
2008 Marketing Science Conference
INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS)
Vancouver, Canada - July 13 2008

The Missing Link Between Reward Systems and New Product Innovation: The Role of Market Orientation
2007 Research Forum
PDMA
Orlando, FL - 2007

From Inertia to Innovation
Invited Speaker for 2nd Ph.D. Student Camp for Research in Business-to-Business Markets
Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) at Penn State and Georgetown University, with the support of the AMA, the MSI, and Georgia State’s Center for Business and Industrial Marketing.
Washington D.C. - August 3 2007

Competency traps, willingness to cannibalize and new product creativity: The Moderating Role of Organizational Learning
2007 Winter AMA conference
AMA
San Diego - February 18 2007

Market Orientation and New Product Innovation: The Role of Competency Traps
2006 Winter AMA Conference
AMA
St. Petersburg, Florida - February 2006

Project Team's Market Knowledge Competence and New Product Performance: The Mediating Roles of Problem Solving Competency and Position Advantage
2005 Summer AMA Conference
AMA
San Francisco, California - August 2005

Proximal and Distal Search Behavior and New Product Performance in Chinese New Technology Ventures
2005 Summer AOM conference
AOM
Hawaii - August 2005

How do Executives' Entrepreneurial Beliefs Matter to a Firm's Marketing Information Processing and Performance?"
2005 UIC Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
University of Illinois at Chicago
San Francisco, California - August 2005

How Does Market Orientation Work? Three-way Interaction of Market Orientation, Leadership Quality and Innovative Culture
2004 Winter AMA Conference
AMA
Scottdales, Arozina - February 2004

The Role of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Companies in a Transitional Economy: A Multi-Level Analysis of How Firms Become Market Oriented
2003 Summer AOM Conference
Academy of Management Association
Seattle, Washington - August 2003

The Mediating Role of Supportiveness of Organizational Climate in the Relationship between Market Orientation and New Product Performance in Chinese Firms
2002 Summer AMA Conference
AMA
San Diego - August 2002

An Exploratory Investigation of the Moderating Role of Compensation Strategy between Market Orientation and New Product Performance in China
2000 AMA Winter Conference
AMA
San Antonio - February 2000

Market Orientation and New Product Performance: The Moderating Role of Compensation Strategy
The 12th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management International Conference (1998)
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Association
Australian - December 1998