Ke Cao
Assistant Professor
Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Management
Waterloo, Ontario
kcao@wlu.ca
Office:
(548) 889-4450
Expert In
Languages
Basic Cantonese
Basic Farsi
English
Français de base
Southwest Shandong Dialect of Chinese
Standard Mandarin Chinese
Very Limited Español
Very Limited Gaeilge
Basic Farsi
English
Français de base
Southwest Shandong Dialect of Chinese
Standard Mandarin Chinese
Very Limited Español
Very Limited Gaeilge
Bio/Research
I joined the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in July 2020. I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Alberta in Strategic Management & Organization and a Master of Environmental Management degree at Yale University. Prior to becoming an academic, I worked with The Forest Trust (now Earthworm F...
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Bio/Research
I joined the faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in July 2020. I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Alberta in Strategic Management & Organization and a Master of Environmental Management degree at Yale University. Prior to becoming an academic, I worked with The Forest Trust (now Earthworm Foundation), American Friends Service Committee, Heinrich Böll Foundation, and Global Environmental Institute in managerial and consultancy roles, following a student internship stint at World Resources Institute's headquarters. I have lived, studied, and worked in Cambodia, Canada, China, Laos, and the United States.
My academic portfolio centers on societal impact-oriented innovations in business practice and management theory. I teach strategy and have engaged in broader humanities and social sciences research. My scholarship on Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations (commonly known as B Corps), presented at a set of frontline entrepreneurship, management, B Corps research outlets and in public discourse, has added to scholarly and public understanding and can be considered trailblazing and internationally leading. In a separate line of research, armed with hubris, I have been trying to break new ground in enhancing the capacity and salience of management theory, a tall order primarily undertaken by eminently established and retired academic colleagues.
Formal brief biography:
Ke Cao, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business & Economics. He studies and teaches contemporary administrative sciences and has received awards and honours from the University of Alberta, Wilfrid Laurier University, Yale University, Lazaridis Institute, China Scholarship Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada, Responsible Research in Business & Management (RRBM) network, Academy of Management, International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), and Academy of International Business.
Here are the slides for a brief introduction about myself and my academic portfolio at the January 2023 Lazaridis Business Faculty Council.
My research program centers on advancing contemporary administrative sciences and modernizing management theory. To this end, I pursue scholarship that is more contextual, integrative, robust, and responsive to societal needs. My broad research interests include: How do organizations work? How can businesses contribute to societal welfare? How can management scholarship help build a better society?
In other words, sitting on the well-decorated business school floor of the academic ivory tower, I work to alleviate and prevent human suffering through my scholarship, as a champagne socialist (referencing Canadian rock band Arkells).
Below are some ongoing projects. Good work takes time. I am energized by the inquiry and optimistic about the output in the coming years and decades before I retire at old age like His Majesty King Charles of Canada and Their Excellencies the Honourable Presidents of the United States Trump and Biden.
Cao, Ke, Li Tong & Yongzhi Du. On management theory.
Cao, Ke. On sustainability certification in the B Corp setting.
Cao, Ke. On advancing theory.
Cao, Ke. On sustainability-related issues in the palm oil industry.
Cao, Ke. Some writings about management research and social good.
On Chinese multinational businesses. With Pál Nyiri, VU Amsterdam.
Cao, Ke. On culture in technology firms.
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My academic portfolio centers on societal impact-oriented innovations in business practice and management theory. I teach strategy and have engaged in broader humanities and social sciences research. My scholarship on Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations (commonly known as B Corps), presented at a set of frontline entrepreneurship, management, B Corps research outlets and in public discourse, has added to scholarly and public understanding and can be considered trailblazing and internationally leading. In a separate line of research, armed with hubris, I have been trying to break new ground in enhancing the capacity and salience of management theory, a tall order primarily undertaken by eminently established and retired academic colleagues.
Formal brief biography:
Ke Cao, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business & Economics. He studies and teaches contemporary administrative sciences and has received awards and honours from the University of Alberta, Wilfrid Laurier University, Yale University, Lazaridis Institute, China Scholarship Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada, Responsible Research in Business & Management (RRBM) network, Academy of Management, International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), and Academy of International Business.
Here are the slides for a brief introduction about myself and my academic portfolio at the January 2023 Lazaridis Business Faculty Council.
My research program centers on advancing contemporary administrative sciences and modernizing management theory. To this end, I pursue scholarship that is more contextual, integrative, robust, and responsive to societal needs. My broad research interests include: How do organizations work? How can businesses contribute to societal welfare? How can management scholarship help build a better society?
In other words, sitting on the well-decorated business school floor of the academic ivory tower, I work to alleviate and prevent human suffering through my scholarship, as a champagne socialist (referencing Canadian rock band Arkells).
Below are some ongoing projects. Good work takes time. I am energized by the inquiry and optimistic about the output in the coming years and decades before I retire at old age like His Majesty King Charles of Canada and Their Excellencies the Honourable Presidents of the United States Trump and Biden.
Cao, Ke, Li Tong & Yongzhi Du. On management theory.
Cao, Ke. On sustainability certification in the B Corp setting.
Cao, Ke. On advancing theory.
Cao, Ke. On sustainability-related issues in the palm oil industry.
Cao, Ke. Some writings about management research and social good.
On Chinese multinational businesses. With Pál Nyiri, VU Amsterdam.
Cao, Ke. On culture in technology firms.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3067
Deirdre Healey
Director: Communications & Issues Management
dhealey@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3070
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Associate Director: Communications & Public Affairs
bgurney@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 5753
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3684
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3067
Deirdre Healey
Director: Communications & Issues Management
dhealey@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 3070
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Associate Director: Communications & Public Affairs
bgurney@wlu.ca
(519) 884-0710 ext. 5753
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