Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon

Teresa Shuk-Ching Poon is Assistant Professor of Business and Administration at the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK). She receives her undergraduate and postgraduate education in Hong Kong, the U.K. and Australia. Prior to her joining the OUHK, Teresa has taught in Australia before. In 1999, Teresa received an external collaboration contract offered by the International Labor Office to deliver a paper for the International Conference on 'Responding to the Challenges of Globalization: Local and Regional Initiatives to Promote Quality Employment through Social Cohesion' held in Bologna, Italy. In 1998 and 2001, Teresa received two awards respectively in the Regional Case Writing Competitions organized by the American Chamber of Commerce and the Management Development Center of Hong Kong. Her current research interest focuses on firm networks and industrial development, particularly in the East Asian countries including the People's Republic of China. Teresa has recently published a book Competition and Cooperation in Taiwan's Information Technology Industry (Quorum Books, 2002), examining how inter-firm networks contributed to the upgrading of the information technology industry in Taiwan, using the global commodity chains perspective.