Hung M. Chu
Full Professor, Department of Management, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
E-mail:hchu@wcupa.edu (office)
viet44@yahoo.com (home)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D.: Louisiana State University (1975), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Major Field: Strategic Management,
• Support Fields: Marketing & Industrial Psychology
M.B.A.: Northern Illinois University (1971), Dekalb, Illinois
• Major Field: Finance.
• Support Fields: Marketing & Management.
B.S.: St. Joseph's College (1968), Rensselear, Indiana
• Major Field: Business Administration.
LANGUAGES
Vietnamese & English: fluent
French: working knowledge
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Unique combination of academic, business, research, consulting and business implementation expertise
• Extensive experience in teaching Marketing and Management, especially Marketing Principles, Marketing Research, International Business / Economics, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources
Management.
• Planning, development, and delivery of numerous Entrepreneurial / Economic Development seminars. Founder and First President of the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Founder and First Executive Director, Small Business Development Center of West Chester University.
• Publication of numerous articles on the topics of entrepreneurship, economic development analysis and
policy in emerging and transition economies, including Viet Nam.
• Broad experience in university's administration.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• 1985-Present: Full Professor, Department of Management, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
• 1978-1984: Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
• 1976-1978: Assistant Professor, Department of Business and Economics, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
• 1975-1976: Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce and Finance, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA
• 1974-1975: Instructor, Department of Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Adjunct Professor
• Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. (Fall 2005-present)
• St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Spring 2001)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
• 1988-1996: Founder and First Chairperson, Department of Management, West Chester University ,West Chester, PA.
• 1985-1987: Chairperson, Department of Business Administration, West Chester University ,West Chester, PA.
• 1981-1982: Acting Chairperson, Department of Business Administration, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
• 2001-2005: Owner and President, TanLink, Inc., Wayne, PA .Manufacturing, retailing and wholesaling food.
• 1989-1995: Owner and President, Linkust, Inc., Exton, PA. Manufacturing, retailing and wholesaling pastries.
• 1980-1982: Vice-President and Co-owner, Pennsylvania Computer Center, Berwyn, PA. Retailing and wholesaling computers.
• 1976-1979: Vice-President and Co-owner, Levi-Trauch, Inc., New York. Food retailing and wholesaling.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
• 2005: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Established the Vietnamese Language Program
• 1982-1985: Indochina Action Center, Washington D.C. Served as specialist in Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
• 1978-1998: U.S. Small Business Administration. Conducted market research, budget analysis, strategic planning for small and medium size businesses in the Delaware Valley.
• 1991-1992: Indochina Economic Development Center, Washington, D.C. Provided Entrepreneurial Education to Indochinese Business Owners.
• 1991-1992: Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce, West Chester, PA. Provided training in Leadership Skills to Business Executives.
GRANTS AWARDS
• Grant received from the Advanced Technology Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania to develop a Series of Business Seminars for High Tech companies in Chester County (1985).
• Grant received from the PEW Foundation to provide Technical Assistance to Indochinese Businesses in the Delaware Valley (1985).
• Grant received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to organize a series of seminars on Enterprise Development for Refugees and Minority in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. (1984).
• Grant Received from US. Small Business Administration to provide Technical Assistance to businesses in Delaware Valley (1978-1994).
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
• "A Comparison of the Motivations of Small Business Owners in Africa," with Cynthia Benzing. Accepted for publication (forth coming issue). Journal of Small Business & Enterprise Development.
• "Entrepreneurs in Turkey: A Factor Analysis of Motivations, Success Factors and Problems," with Cynthia Benzing and Orhan Kara. Journal of Small Business Management (will appear in Jan. 2009), Vol. 47, Issue 1.
• "An empirical study of Nigerian entrepreneurs: Success, Motivations, Problems, and Stress". International Journal of Business Research. Vol. 8, Number 2, 2008.
• "Turkish Entrepreneurs: Motivation for Business Ownership, Success Factors, Problems and Stress," with Orhan Kara and Cynthia Benzing. International Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol.2, No. 1, Fall 2007.
• "Ghanaian and Kenyan Entrepreneurs: A comparative Analysis of Their Motivation, Success Factors, and Problems," with Cynthia Benzing and Charles McGee. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 12, No. 2, September 2007.
• "Hungarian and Romanian Entrepreneurs in Cluj County, Romania- Their motivation,Problems and Differences," with Cynthia Benzing. The Journal of Current Research in Global Business, 7(11), Winter 2005, 93-106.
• "Hungarian and Romanian Entrepreneurs in Romania-Motivations, Problems and Differences," with Cynthia Benzing and Belta Szabo, Journal of Global Business, 16 (32), Fall 2005, 77-87.
• "A Regional Comparison of the Motivation and Problems of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs," with Cynthia Benzing and Gerry Callanan. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 10, No. 1, April 2005, 3-27.
• "The Motivation ,Problems, and Perceived Success of Entrepreneurs in Romania," with Cynthia Benzing and Roger Bove. Journal of the Academy of Business Administration, 10(1&2), Spring/Fall, 2005, 73-88.
• "The Patterns of Business Decisions Among Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam," with Marios Katsioloudas. Journal of Transnational Management, 10 (2), 2004, 73-84.
• "Motivation, Stress and Success of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs," with Cynthia Benzing. The Journal of Current Research in Global Business,6 (9), Winter 2004,55-64.
• " Vietnamese Entrepreneurs :Motivation for Business Ownership, Problems Encountered and Success Factors," with Cynthia Benzing. Journal of Global Business,15 (28), Spring 2004, 25-32.
• "The Motivation, Problems, and Perceived Success of Entrepreneurs in Romania," with Cynthia Benzing and Roger Bove. In International Business Trends, Contemporary Business Readings, Edited by Sam Fullerton and David Moore, Academy of Business Administration, 2004, 77-88.
• "Cultural Context and the Vietnamese-American Entrepreneurial Experience," with Marios Katsioloudas, Journal of Transnational Management Development, 2001, 7(2), 37-46.
• "Technological Change and Its effects Upon Employees: A comparative Analysis," Psychological Reports, 1979, 44, 739-742.
• Under consideration: "Chinese Entrepreneurs: Motivations for Business Ownership, Success Factors, and Problems Encountered", with Orhan Kara, Xiaowei Zhu and David Chu.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN PROCEEDINGS
• "An Empirical Study of Nigerian Entrepreneurs. Motivations, Successes, Problems and Stress," with Cynthia Benzing and Orhan Kara. Proceedings, the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 25-28, 2007.
• "A Cross-Country Comparison of the Motivations of Small Business Owners in Africa," with Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for Global Business, Washington D.C., Nov. 15-18, 2007 (received the best paper award).
• "Turkish Entrepreneurs: A Factor Analysis of Motivations, Success Factors and Problems," with Cynthia Benzing and Orhan Kara .Paper presented at the 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business. Honolulu, Hawaii, May 24-27, 2007.
• "The Importance of Family Support in Entrepreneurs' Success," with Orhan Kara.and Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences. Las Vegas, Nevada. Feb. 22-25, 2007.
• " Turkish Entrepreneurs: Motivation for Business Ownership, Success Factors, Problems and Stress," with Orhan Kara and Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, the International Academy of Business Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference, Orlando, Florida. Jan. 4-7, 2007 (received the research award).
• "Entrepreneurs' Behaviors in Ghana and Kenya: A Comparative Analysis," with Cynthia Benzing and Charles McGee. Proceedings, the Spring Conference, the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD), Dallas, Texas, April 20-23,2006.
• "Motivation, Problems and Perceived Success of Entrepreneurs in Kenya",with Charles McGee and Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference , Orlando, Florida, Jan. 3-6, 2006.
• "Entrepreneurial Behavior in Andhra Pradesh, India," with Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, annual meeting, Association of Global Business. Miami Beach, Florida, November 17-19, 2005.
• "Ghanaian Entrepreneurs: Their Characteristics, Motivation for Business Ownership, Perceived Success Factors, and Problems," with Charles McGee and Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, the2005 International Conference of the Academy of Business Administration, Prague, the Czech Republic,August 3-7,2005.
• "Hungarian and Romanian Entrepreneurs in Cluj County, Romania-Their Motivation, Problems, and Differences," with Cynthia Benzing, International Conference, Association of Global Business, Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 18-21, 2004 (received the best paper award).
• "The Characteristics of Entrepreneurs in the Northern and Southern Regions of Vietnam,"with Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Feb, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada (received the best paper award).
• "Motivation, Stress, and Success of Vietnamese Entrepreneurs," with Cynthia Benzing. Proceedings, Association of Global Business annual meeting, Fall 2003, Atlanta, GA. (received the best paper award).
• "Patterns of Strategic Decisions of Small Business Owners in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Vietnamese American Entrepreneurs," Proceedings, National Business and Economic Society, Hawaii, March 2002.
• "A Comparative Analysis of the Pattern of Strategic Decisions Among Vietnamese-American and New Zealand Entrepreneurs," with Charles McGee. Proceedings, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 2001.
• "Asia's Financial Crisis : Its Causes, Effects and the Possibility of Revitalization," Proceedings, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 1999.
• "The Asian Financial Crisis and Lessons for Vietnam," Proceedings, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, International Conference, London, England, August 1999.
• "Cultural Effect and Strategic Decision Among Filipino Entrepreneurs," with Evan Leach, Proceedings, 43rd World Conference on Entrepreneurship at the Threshold of the 21st Century, Singapore, June, 1998.
• "The Patterns of Strategic Decision Making Among Filipino Entrepreneurs," Proceedings, 42nd ICSB World Conference, East meets West, Los Angeles, California, Sept. 1997.
• "Industrialization and Modernization of Vietnam: Lessons from Newly Industrialized countries," Proceedings, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1987.
• "Entrepreneurial Training for Refugees: Training Guide," with Jame Talaga.Bethesda, MD. Eric Documentation Reproduction Service. Document #ED 250424, Sep. 1984.
• "Relationship of Sex, Occupation, Income Level and Job Satisfaction among Indochinese Employees," Proceedings, Southern Management Association, November 1983.
• "The Impact of Supervisors' Race Upon Employee's Satisfaction," Proceedings, Eastern Academy of Management, May 1981.
BOOK REVIEWER
1. Bankable Business Plans for Starting and Growing Business Venture-Thomson Business and Professional Publishing, December, 2004.
2. Entrepreneurship, Venture Initiation, Management and Development, Ohlinger Publishing Services. June, 2003.
3. Personal Entrepreneur's Plan, Southwestern College Publishing - Thomas Learning, May 2002.
JOURNAL REVIEWER
• Provided peer review for articles appeared in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Invited by the McGraw-Hill/Irwin Publisher to participate in the Strategic Management Symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 12, 2006
• Member, Sigma Beta Gamma, Business Honor Society
• Outstanding Young Man of America
• Who's Who Among Asian Americans
• The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership
• Strathmore's Who's Who
• Honorary Member, Small Business Association, Delaware Valley
• Distinguished Asian American In Delaware Valley, by Asian Council of Greater Philadelphia
• Member of the board of Directors, Philadelphia Citywide Development Corporation
• Member, Advisory Board, First Chinese Commercial Bank, Philadelphia
• Member, Advisory Board, West Chester University, Procurement Assistance Center
• Member, Chester County Private Industrial Council.
• Member, Work Force Investment Board of Chester County
