PhD in Management, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain (2018)

Master of Research in Management, IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain (2013), MSc in International Trade, Finance, and Development, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, University Pompeu Fabra (2010) and MSc in Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom (2007)

R&D strategy, catch-up process, innovation management, productivity, collaborative and open innovation, entrepreneurship in the informal economy, and critical factors in developing countries.

Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School, 2018-2022

Lecturer, International University of Catalonia UIC, 2017-2018

Lecturer, La Salle, Ramon Llull University, 2015

Assistant Manager, Deloitte & Touche, 2002-2009

Liao, Ching. T; Colovic, A: “The impact of open search, foreign ownership, and market information on SME exporters’ productivity”, Management International, forthcoming, 2022.

Assefa, Dawit Z; Liao, Ching T; Misganaw, Bisrat A: “Unpacking the negative impact of initial informality on innovation: The mediating roles of investments in R&D and employee training”, Technovation, 114, Art. 102455, 2022.

Liao, Ching T: “Skill improvement by product imitation”, Small Business Economics, 58(3), 1567-1577, 2022.

Liao, Ching T: “Laggards imitate, leaders innovate: The heterogeneous productivity effect of imitation versus innovation”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 29(2), 375-394, 2020.