Dr. Cao is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability Management at International Business School at Suzhou (IBSS), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). Dr. Cao’s research interest, at the intersection of strategy and sustainability, include corporate environmental strategy, corporate sustainability, sustainable entrepreneurship and sustainable innovation. Since 2008, he has conducted one NSFC research project and over ten contracted consulting research projects for Suzhou government as principal investigator. He has supervised and co-supervised three students achieving their Ph.D degrees successfully. Dr. Cao is the honorary Middle-Aged Academic Leadership awarded by Qing-Lan Project of the Education Department of Jiangsu Province. In the past years, Dr. Cao pioneered many innovative teaching practices in XJTLU. He has developed broad international collaborations on research and teaching. Dr. Cao is the visiting researcher at Institute of China Business and Economy of University of Würzburg and Centre for Sustainable Management of University of Lüneburg, Germany. Dr. Cao dedicated himself in promoting IBSS's internationalization, accreditation, and sustainability education. He led IBSS PRME (Principles of Responsible Management Education) working group and contributed to the AACSB, EQUIS accreditations. Dr. Cao initiated PRME China Signatories Sustainability Management Education Roundtable Forum, contributed to promoting sustainability management education among business schools in China. Dr. Cao is also the founder of RCE Suzhou (Regional Centre of Expertise of Education for Sustainable Development), an affiliated global netwrok branch of UNESCO initiated EfSD movement. The first branch of the Switzerland-based international student organization Oikos in China was also introduced by Dr. Cao in 2017 to bridge international exchange and broaden IBSS students' global perspectives on sustainability management education. Beyond IBSS, Dr. Cao keeps close engagement with businesses in Suzhou and Shanghai. In March 2022, Dr. Cao was nominated and selected as a member of the PRME i5 Project Pedagogy Expert Group. In December 2023, Dr. Cao was nominated and selected as Expert Member of China Sociology Society CSR Professional Committee. In Augutst, Dr. Cao was nominated and selected as a board member of Management Thoughts and Business Ethics Committee of Chinese Academy of Management. 

Strategic Management Organization Theory CSR, Sustainability and Innovation Entrepreneurship amp; Leadership

Associate Professor, Business School, XJTLU - 2017 to Present

Lecturer, Business School, XJTLU - 2009 to 2017

Post Doctor and TA, Department of Business, Economics and Management, XJTLU - 2008 to 2009

RA, Management School, Xiapos;an Jiaotong University - 2004 to 2006

Lecturer, Shanxi University - 1999 to 2004

SMO417 Sustainability Management

SMO901 Business Simulation

MAN001 Business Essentials

MAN104 Doing Business in China

MAN201 Corporate Social Responsibility

MAN303 Final Year Project

MAN314 Strategic Management and Business Policy

MAN413 Dissertation (MSc MAN)

MAN433 Business and Management as a Social Science

MAN441 Contemporary Issues in the Ethics of Business Analytics

MAN455 Global Sustainability and Social Responsibility

MAN601 PhD Supervision

2023.11 Second Award from from the Sixth Suzhou Social Sciences Excellent Research Project. Integration of “Education-Sci&Tech-Talent” to Build up World-Class High-Tech Industry Innovation Plateau in Suzhou

2023.6 UN PRME i5 Projekt Award of Excellence.

2021 IBSS ERS Award

2019.11 The Third Prize of the SIP Social Science Excellent Research Outcome

2016.11 The Third Prize of Suzhou Social Science Association Excellent Research.

2015 Jiangsu Government Scholarship for Overseas Studies, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education

2014 Middle-Aged Academic Leadershipquot; selected and awarded by apos;Qing-Lan Projectapos; of the Education Department of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education

2013 Young Excellent Teacher, the Education Department of Jiangsu Province under the support of Qing-Lan Project of Jiangsu Province

2013 Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy (HEA, UK).

2013 Certificate of Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (CPS), University of Liverpool

2009 Best Paper, China Academy of Sci. amp; Tech. Policy and Management Science

2006 Ph.D Scholarship, China Scholarship Council

2006 Ph.D Scholarship, HSS, Germany

2003 Scholarship from The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Mannheim, Germany)