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Position

University Lecturer
Research Director of CIM

Affiliation

Dr Yongjiang Shi

Research Areas

• Global Manufacturing Virtual Network (on-going EPSRC research project)
• Developing International Manufacturing Capability (finished EPSRC research project)
• Multination Corporations' Strategies in China (on-going British Council research project)

Background

Yongjiang Shi is a University Lecturer and Research Director in the Centre for International Manufacturing, where he is working on an EPSRC project - Global Manufacturing Virtual Network (GMVN). He joined the Cambridge manufacturing research group in 1994. He gained his PhD at Cambridge for work on International Manufacturing Network Configurations and has taken a leading role in the conceptualisation and delivery of the Centre's research programme. Before that, he taught Production and Operations Management at the School of Economics and Management in Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.

Academic Interests

• Technology Transfer and Manufacturing Mobility
• Manufacturing Strategy: designing effective manufacturing system
• International Strategic Alliances (ISAs) and Foreign Market Entry Modes
• Global Supply Chain and Value Network Management
• Link Manufacturing Systems of Developing Countries' to the Global Networks
• Country Characteristics and their Implication to Manufacturing Capability

Research Projects

• Global Manufacturing Virtual Network (GMVN)
• Pursuing Cross-Border Merger and Acquisition Synergies
• Manufacturing Mobility,
• International Manufacturing Configurations.
• International Manufacturing Networks: Yongjiang Shi, thesis abstract

Main Publications

• Lin Y, L Zhou, YJ Shi, SH Ma (2009), 3C Framework for Modular Supply Networks in the Chinese Automotive Industry, International Journal of Logistics Management. Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 322-341.
• Vu, DA, YJ Shi, and T Hanby, (2009). Strategic framework for brand integration in horizontal mergers and acquisitions, Journal of Technology Management in China, Vol. 4, No 1
• Ma, H, Y Peng and Y Shi, (2009). The Effect of Information Technology and Knowledge Management Capability on R&D Process Performance, Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China, Vol 1, No1, pp43 – 55
• Zhang, YF, MJ Gregory, and Y Shi, (2008). Global Engineering Networks (GEN): drivers, evolution, configuration, performance and key patters, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp 299-314
• Kittipanya-ngam, P, Y Shi, and MJ Gregory, (2007). Global Supply Networks and its Product Architecture: case studies in the food industry, International Journal of Logistics and Transport, Vol. 1, No. 1. pp 77-92
• Liu, Z and Y Shi, (2007). The Emergence of International outsourcing Agents in China: a new type of player in international supply networks, Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2007
• Zhai, ED, Y Shi, and MJ Gregory, (2007). The growth and capability development of electronics manufacturing service (EMS) companies. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 107, No. 1, pp 1–19.
• Jiang Yu, Yongjiang Shi, and Xin Fang (2006). Innovation Diffusion in a Context of Radical Industry Restructuring, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Vol. 3, No. 2. pp 216 - 224
• Shi, Y. and M. Gregory, (2005). "Emergence of global Manufacturing Virtual Network and Establishment of New Manufacturing Infrastructure for Faster Innovation and Firm Growth", Production Planning and Control, Vol. 16, No. 6, September 2005, pp 621-631
• Shi, Y, D. Fleet, and M. Gregory, (2004). "Global Manufacturing Virtual Network (GMVN): a revisiting of the concept after three years fieldwork", Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 4, No 4-6, pp331 – 346
• Kim, W., Y. Shi, and M. Gregory (2004). "Transition from Imitation to Innovation: lessons from a Korean multinational corporation", International Journal of Business, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp329 - 345
• Shi, Y. and MJ Gregory. (2003) From Original Equipment Manufacturers to Total Solution Providers: an emergence of global manufacturing virtual network in electronics industry. International Journal of Service Technology and Management, Vol. 4, No 4-5, pp 331-346
• Shi, Y.(2003), "Internationalisation and Evolution of Manufacturing Systems: classic process models, new industrial issues, and academic challenges", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p357, 12p
• Colotla, I., Y. Shi, and M. J. Gregory, (2003). "Operation and Performance of International Manufacturing Networks", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp 1185 – 1206
• Chai, KH, MJ Gregory and Y Shi (2003), "Bridging Islands Of Knowledge: A Framework Of Knowledge Sharing Mechanisms", International Journal of Technology Management, 2003, Vol. 25 Issue 8, p703, 25p
• Shi, Y. and M. J. Gregory, "Global Manufacturing Virtual Network (GMVN): a new manufacturing system for market agility and global mobility". In M. Garetti and M. Taisch (eds.), Modelling Techniques Supporting Strategic Manufacturing, Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop of the IFIP WG 5.7 Special Interest Group (SIG) on "Advanced Techniques in Production Planning & Control", Special Sessions of the IFIP WG 5.7 International Working Conference on Strategic Manufacturing, 26 - 19 August 2001, Aalborg, Denmark.
• Shi, Y. and M. J. Gregory, "Globally Co-ordinated Manufacturing Networks: A New Type of Manufacturing System for the New Competition", in S. Young and N. Hood (eds), 27th Annual Conference UK chapter Academy of International Business: the multinational in the millennium: companies and countries, changes and choices, Academy of International Business , 2000, Vol. 3, pp 49-72.
• Shi, Y., P.P Zhai and J. Platts, "Succeeding in China: how did multinational corporations achieve it?" Chinese Economics Association 2000 Conference, London, 2000.
• Shi, Y., "A Typology of Manufacturing Systems in Multinational Corporations", MiM 2000 Conference, Aston, July 2000.
• Shi, Y., "Research on International Manufacturing Networks: learning from manufacturing transformation of transnational corporations", in The Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Multinational Business Management: the 21st Century Global Corporation; Nanjing, China, Dec. 10-12 1999.
• Shi, Y. and M. Gregory, "International Manufacturing Networks - to develop global competitive capabilities", Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 16, 1998, pp195-214.
• Shi, Y., M. Gregory and M. Naylor, "International Manufacturing Configuration Map: a self-assessment tool of international manufacturing capabilities", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1997, pp.273-282.
• Gregory, M. J., A. Steele, Y. Shi and E. Grant, "International Manufacturing Capabilities: a framework to support the assessment, development and deployment", in C. Voss (ed) Manufacturing Strategy: operations strategy in a global context, EurOMA 4th International Conference Proceedings, 1996.
• Shi, Y. and M. J. Gregory, " International Manufacturing Configuration and Transforming Strategy", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Engineering Management, Singapore, 1995