Ye-Sho Chen
Professor,
Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems
Professor,
Energy Program
Contact
qmchen@lsu.edu
225-578-2510
2200 Business Education Complex East
Distinctions
Francis M. Dud Coates MBA Professorship
Education
PhD Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1985
MS Science / Applied Mathematics, National Tsing Hua University, 1979

Dr. Ye-Sho Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Operations Research from Purdue University in 1985. He is a Professor of Management Information Systems in the Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University. He is the Director of Emerging Markets Initiative and the John W. Duruy Endowed Professorship in the College. He received The Tiger Athletic Foundation Tenured Faculty Teaching Award in 2011, Tenured Faculty Teaching Award in 2007, and The Erich Sternberg Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award in 1992. Dr. Chen has published more than 100 papers in journals and conference proceedings.
Chen, Y. S. (2021). Sustainability Innovation Enabled by Digital Entrepreneurship in Franchise Organizations. International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 11(1), 71-85.
Chen, Y. S. (2019). E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Franchising. International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 9.1(2019), 1-12.
Chen, Y. S. (2019). Virtual Communities and Social Networking in Franchising. International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking, 10(2018), 33-44.
Chen, Y. S. (2018). An Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains. International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies, 8(2), 56-73.
Chen, Y. S. (2018). Utilizing Information Technology in Senior Care Franchises. International
Journal of Computers in Clinical Practice, 3(2), 48-62.
Chen, Y. S. (2016). Franchise Innovation via Netchising in the Digital Economy. International
Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, 7(3), 53-64.
Chang, L., Chen, Y. S., and Liu, H. (2015). Explaining Innovation in Tourism-Retailing Contexts by Appling Simon's Sciences of the Artificial. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology.
Chen, Y. S., Watson, E., Cornacchione, E., and Azevedo, R. (2013). Flying High, Landing Soft : An Innovative Entrepreneurial Curriculum for Chinese SMEs Going Abroad. Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship.
Teng, C., Tseng, F., Chen, Y. S., and Wu, S. (2012). Online Gamer Misbehaviors and Their Adverse Impacts on Other Gamers. Online Information Review, 36(3).
Chen, Y. S., Watson, E., and Azevedo, R. Ferreira Leitao (2011). Soft Landings Curriculum of U.S.-China Entrepreneurship. China Currents, 10(2).
Teaching Interests: Emerging Markets and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Research Interests: Emerging Markets and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Chen, Y. S. (2021). Virtual Communities and Social Networking in Franchising Research Anthology on Strategies for Using Social Media as a Service and Tool in Business (pp. 251-264).
Chen, Y. S. (2020). Innovative Perspectives on an Interactive Platform for Sustainable Supply Chains Innovative Perspectives on Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (pp. 1-22).
Chen, Y. S. (2020). International Soft Landings of Wetland Entrepreneurship in Asia Disruptive Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 461-476).
Chen, Y. S. (2020). Sustainable Development Through Franchise Innovation in the Digital Economy Improving Business Performance Through Innovation in the Digital Economy (pp. 39-57).
Chen, Y. S., Liu, C., Zeng, Q., and Azevedo, R. (2017). E-Business and Analytics Strategy in Franchising Strategic Information Systems and Technologies in Modern Organizations (pp. 187-204). Hershey PA: IGI Global.
Chen, Y. S. (2016). E-Commerce in International Franchising Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management (pp. 587-599).
Chen, Y. S., Davutyan, N., and Ersoy, I. (2016). A "Flying High, Landing Soft" Platform for Supplier Diversity Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management (pp. 72-84).
Chen, Y. S. and Polat, I. Hakki (2016). Cultivating Global Entrepreneurs in the Food Supply Chain Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management (pp. 292-312).
Chen, Y. S., Lu, B., and Zeng, C. (2014). Business Analytics in Franchising In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 3rd Edition
Chen, Y. S. (2020, November). Virtual International Business Etiquette Workshop. Presented at LSU International Week sponsored by LSU International Programs, LSU.
Chen, Y. S. (2019, August). Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Emerging Markets. Presented at sponsored by UNITEC University and CEUTEC University, Honduras.
Chen, Y. S. (2018, June). The Incubation, Growth and Internationalization of Agribusinesses. Presented at sponsored by Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Chen, Y. S. (2018, June). College Students' Ecological Entrepreneurship. Presented at sponsored by Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Chen, Y. S. (2018, January). Environmental Finance and Entrepreneurship. Presented at iaelyon International Seminars sponsored by iaelyon University, Lyon, France.
Chen, Y. S. (2018, January). Value Chains, Emerging Markets, and Entrepreneurship. Presented at iaelyon International Seminars sponsored by iaelyon University, Lyon, France.
Chen, Y. S. (2014, June). Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Global Supply Chains. Presented at Association of Silivri Industrialists and Business Man sponsored by Kadir Has University, Silivri, Turkey.
Chen, Y. S. (2014, June). Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Global Supply Chains. Presented at Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation sponsored by Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Chen, Y. S., Watson, E., Cornacchione, E., and Azevedo, R. (2012, July). Flying High, Landing Soft : An Innovative Entrepreneurial Curriculum for Chinese SMEs Going Abroad. Presented at Inaugural International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Relevant to China sponsored by , Wuhan University, China.
Personnel: Chen, Ye-Sho (role: Principal) Liu, Chuanlan (role: Co-Principal) D'Agostino,
Charles (role: Co-Principal) Lang, Chunmin (role: Co-Principal)Title: Enhancing and
Expanding Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries Using the Fully Automated Knitting
Production System,
Sponsoring Organization: Board of Regents Enhancement Grant
Year: 2021
Personnel: Chen, Ye-Sho (role: Supporting) Allen, Austin (role: Co-Principal) Ford,
Marlin (role: Co-Principal)Title: The Baker Canal Corridor Project
Sponsoring Organization: LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio
Year: 2016
- James E. Curtis, Jr. Professor in Entrepreneurial Management, Ourso College of Business
- Faculty of Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute
- Director of International Experience , Ourso College of Business, 2021
- James C. & Cherie H. Flores Professor of MBA Studies #2, Ourso College of Business, 2021
- Francis M. Dud Coates MBA Professorship, Ourso College of Business, 2020
- Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, College, 2020
- Director of Globalization, Ourso College of Business, 2017
- Majory B. Ourso Excellence in Teaching Professorship #5, College, 2014
- Robert J. Peltier Professorship in MBA Studies, College, 2014
- John W. Dupuy Endowed Professorship, College, 2011