Hien Tran
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Biography
Dr. Hien Tran is Associate Professor at the Telfer School of Management in the area of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. She has published widely in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Management and Industrial Economics in high-impact academic journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Industrial and Corporate Change, Small Business Economics, etc. In her previous capacity, as a lecturer at RMIT University (Australia) and a senior lecturer at Edge Hill University (UK), she taught and coordinated various courses across the management and entrepreneurship discipline. As a researcher, two years of experience as a post-doctoral research fellow at Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy and four years of PhD research at School of Social Science, University of Trento, Italy enabled her to possess a solid theoretical background in economics and management and master empirical analyses of strategies, markets and industrial sectors. As a practitioner, she was involved in several international projects (sponsored by NUFFIC, JICA) on training women entrepreneurs and managers of SMEs, and building research capacity for universities in Vietnam.
Her current research is concerned with innovation and entrepreneurship in transition countries, and how entrepreneurial knowledge spillover can facilitate trading activities between developed markets and emerging markets.
Publications during the last 7 years
Chapters in Books
- Santarelli, E. and Tran, H.T. The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structure in Vietnam. In Rand, J. and Tarp, F.. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Papers in Refereed Journals
- Carbonara, E., Tran, H.T. and Santarelli, E. 2020. Determinants of novice, portfolio, and serial entrepreneurship: an occupational choice approach. Small Business Economics, 55: 123-151.
- Tran, H.T. and Santarelli, E. 2020. Successful transition to a market economy: an interpretation from organizational ecology theory and institutional theory. Industrial and Corporate Change.
- Tran, H.T., Santarelli, E. and Wei, W. 2020. Open innovation knowledge management in transition to market economy: integrating dynamic capability and institutional theory. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
- Tran, H.T. 2019. Institutional Quality and Market Selection in the Transition to Market Economy. Journal of Business Venturing, 34(5): 105890.
- Carbonara, E., Santarelli, E., Tran, H.T., Obschonka, M. and Gosling, S.D. 2018. Agency culture, constitutional provisions and entrepreneurship: a cross-country analysis. Industrial and Corporate Change, 27(3): 507-524.
- Tran, H.T. and Santarelli, E. 2017. Spatial Heterogeneity, Industry Heterogeneity, and Entrepreneurship. Annals of Regional Science, 59(1): 69-100.
- Santarelli, E. and Tran, H.T. 2017. Young innovative companies: Are they high performers in transition economies? Evidence for Vietnam. Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(5): 1052-1076.
- Santarelli, E. and Tran, H.T. 2016. Diversification Strategies and Firm Performance: A Sample Selection Approach. Economics of Transition, 24(1): 31-68.
- Carbonara, E., Santarelli, E. and Tran, H.T. 2016. De Jure Determinants of New Firm Formation: How the Pillars of Constitutions Influence Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 47(1): 139-162.
- Tran, H.T., Santarelli, E. and Zaninotto, E. 2015. Efficiency or bounded rationality? Drivers of firm diversification strategies in Vietnam. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 25(5): 983-1010.
- Tran, H.T. and Santarelli, E. 2014. Capital Constraints and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms in Vietnam. Industrial and Corporate Change, 23(3): 827-864.
Funded Research during the last 7 years
| From-To | Source | Title | * | ** | Role | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2023 | SSHRC | Understanding the consequences of entrepreneurship as an episodic phenomenon | R | C | PI | $ 86,667 |
| 2021 | Institute for Human Studies at George Mason University | Reform policy and economic growth in transition economies | R | O | PI | $ 4,000 |
| 2020-2021 | Telfer School of Management | Research grant | R | I | PI | $ 10,000 |
| 2018-2019 | Telfer School of Management | Start-up grant | O | I | PI | $ 10,000 |
| 2017-2018 | United Nations University | Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth in Viet Nam | R | O | Co-PI | $ 10,583 |
| 2016 | University of Trento | Determinants of Serial and Portfolio Entrepreneurship: Theory and Application | R | O | PI | $ 7,559 |
| 2013-2014 | University of Bologna | Institution, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Performance of Transition Countries | R | O | Co-PI | $ 54,426 |
LEGEND:
*Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown
**Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown
Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator
