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Lim Tai Wei

Lim Tai Wei

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Faculty of Business Administration Department of Business Administration

Graduate School of Graduate School of Economics Economics Major

Specialized Field	Business/industrial history Area Studies (Northeast Asian Political Economy, Business Management (Jpn), Creative Industries, Energy Studies) East Asian Studies (Regionalism, International Political Economy, International Relations, Industry 4.0)
Research theme	-Business/Industrial/Political Economic History of Northeast Asian Coal and Oil Industries -Creative Clusters in Northeast Asia -Industrial Revolutions (Versions 1.0 to 4.0) in the world political economic historical context -Regionalism in East Asia: CPTPP, RCEP, BRI, AEC, APT, CJK, The Quad, Indo-Pac Strategy, etc. -Area Studies perspectives: Sino-Japanese political-economic relations
research summary	-Business/Industrial/Political Economic History of Northeast Asian Coal and Oil Industries -Creative Clusters in Northeast Asia -Industrial Revolutions (Versions 1.0 to 4.0) in the world political economic historical context -Regionalism in East Asia: CPTPP, RCEP, BRI, AEC, APT, CJK, The Quad, Indo-Pac Strategy, etc. -Area Studies perspectives: Sino-Japanese political-economic relations
Subjects in charge	Sustainable Business and Management International Context in Business Global Program Foundations Global Program Review Humanistic Management Workshop Multicultural Management Seminar I & II First Year Seminar
Main career, work history, and academic background	EDUCATION PhD and MA, Cornell University, 2002 – 2007; MA, National University of Singapore, 2000 – 2001; BA (First class Honours), National University of Singapore, 1995 – 1999; LLB (Honours), University of London, 1993-1997
Affiliated academic societies and organizations	N.A.
Main Papers and Publications	Lim, Tai Wei, Energy Transitions in Japan and China Mine Closures, Rail Developments, and Energy Narratives (UK: Palgrave Macmillan), 2017 Lim Tai Wei, Fired Clay in Four Porcelain Clusters. Maryland, USA: University Press of America (Imprint of Rowman and Littlefield), 2014 Lim, Tai Wei (coauthored), Coal Mining Communities and Gentrification in Japan (Singapore, UK, NY: Palgrave MacMillan), 2019. Lim, Tai Wei (edited volume), "Oil from the Center for the Margin" in China on the Margins (Ithaca: Cornell University Press East Asia Series), 2010, pp. 117-134.
Message	"I am looking forward to learning from our interactions. Knowledge acquisition is a lifelong journey for all of us."

Specialized Field	Japanese studies, Area Studies (East Asia), History (East Asia), World History, Political Economy (Area Studies), International Relations (East Asian Area Studies)
Research theme	Industrial/Business History of contemporary Japanese and Chinese enterprises Political Economy of Contemporary Northeast Asia (area studies perspective) Social Impact of Industry 4.0 and other industrial revolutions in World History Japanese business management Economic Regionalism (East Asia area studies perspective) History of Postwar Japanese and Contemporary China Economic Development Diaspora studies: political economic history of overseas ethnic Chinese in East Asia Political Economic History of Northeast Asian Energy Industries
Main career, work history, and academic background	Ph.D in History/East Asian Studies, Cornell University LLB (Hons), University of London

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