Peilei Fan fanpeile <at> msu <dot> edu
Direct: 517-432-8085; Dept: 517-353-9054; Fax:
517-353-9054 ;
Assistant
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
106 UPLA Building
School of Planning, Design &
Construction
College of Social Science & College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources
Adjunct faculty member
The Center for Global Change and Earth
Observations
Michigan
State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
I received a PhD in Economic
Development (Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning) and a MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science, both from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT). I also studied
City and Regional Planning (MCP), Geography (MS), and Computer Science (BS) in Rutgers University and Nanjing University,
China. Before I joined MSU, I worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University, Institute of Advanced
Studies (UNU-IAS) in Japan,
affiliated with Tokyo Institute
of Technology (2003-2004) and University of Tsukuba
(2004-2006), and my research was funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science. My dissertation
research at MIT “Made in China: The
Rise of Chinese Domestic Firms in the Information Industry,” invented a staged catching-up model
that analyzed the behavior of nationally owned firms, the behavior of the
multinational companies, and the role of the government at each stage of late
industrialization. I received the best
dissertation award from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at
the MIT’s Commencement in 2004. While I was in Japan,
I had opportunities to research on Asia’s biotechnology and ICT industries
(particularly China, Japan, India,
Singapore, and Malaysia) and on urban and regional development
in Asia.
My research foci include:
high-tech industrialization, technology policy, Asia’s
urbanization, and international planning and development. Currently, I research on (1) the
globalization of innovative Chinese high-tech firms, specifically
telecom-equipment firms; (I will research on other high-tech firms and other
countries, such as India,
later) and (2) land use and urbanization in contemporary China. My current research of “Globalization,
Innovation, and Catching-up of Chinese High-tech companies” is funded by
Intramural Research Grant Program at Michigan
State University. I am also in the process of writing several
articles on innovative firms of ICT and biotech industries and technology
policies in several Asian countries. I
have published peer-reviewed articles in Technovation, China Review, Technology in Society, and
International Journal of Technology and Globalization, etc. I have also guest-edited one special issue on
China’s
technology catching up for
International Journal of Technology and Globalization. I currently serve as an associate editor for
two academic journals: International
Journal of Business and System Research and International Journal of Technology and
Globalization.
Teaching
I
will teach one or two courses next semester (Fall 2008):
UP
801: Concepts and Issues in Planning and Development (M 3-6:50pm)
If
you are a registered student of the class, you can access materials related to
the class through the MSU Angel Course Management System.
If
you are a graduate student of URPP and plan to do a Master Thesis (Plan A) in
my research area, please prepare a page of your ideas and stop by my office to
have a chat. I am always looking for motivated
and talented students.
Recent Research Activities (2006-2008)
Special Issues
1. The special issue I have been
working on for International Journal of Technology and Globalization
is now published (Volume 3 Issue 4).
Special
Issue: China’s Technology Catching Up .
2. Chinese
Strategic Management: A Systems Perspective on the Practical Aspects and
Theoretical Reflections (Submission deadline: Feb. 28, 2008)
We are currently processing the papers submitted for this special issue
for The International Journal of Business
and Systems Research
Guest Editors
Mingfang Li,
Department of Management, California
State University,
Northridge;
Xudong Gao, School of Economics
and Management, Tsinghua
University;
Peilei Fan, School
of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University.
Invited Lectures
Harvard University, J.F. Kennedy
School of Government (Cambridge, MA).
2008. Faculty for the executive education course (Science, Technology, and
Innovation Policy): 1. Leadership and Innovation: Lessons from China and India.
(April 16, 2008)
Harvard University, J.F. Kennedy
School of Government (Cambridge, MA).
2008. Faculty for the executive education course (Science, Technology, and
Innovation Policy): 2. Leadership and Innovation capability: Case Studies. (April
16, 2008)
United
Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (Yokohama, Japan). 2007.
Seminar: “Asia’s next biotech giants: development of China and India’s biotech industries.” (July
12, 2007)
Tsukuba University,
Graduate School
of Life and Environmental Science (Tsukuba,
Japan). Guest
Lecture: “Developing innovation capability, the Asian experience in biotech and
ICT industries.” (October 30, 2006)
Harvard University, J.F. Kennedy
School of Government (Cambridge, MA).
2006. Guest Lecture: “Riding with biotechnology: the perspective from Asia.” (March 13,
2006)
National University
of Singapore.
Department of Geography. 2006. (Singapore)
Guest Lecture: “China’s
high-tech parks.”
(January 20, 2006)
Conferences
In recent
years, I have presented my research at several interesting conferences and learned
a great deal from scholars of different fields.
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual
Conference (Boston), 2008. “Brain circulation: Chinese returnees and their
high-tech firms”. (April 18, 2008)
Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning (ACSP) Conference (Milwaukee, WI), 2007. Discussant for Session 2-1 International
Development Reviewed and presented
comments for three papers on innovation and state policy in China, Turkey,
and South Korea.
United Nations University-World Institute for
Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Conference on Southern Engines
of Global Growth (Helsinki,
Finland), 2007. “China
and India:
Innovation capability and economic development.” (September 8, 2007)
Beijing University, Guanghua School of Management “Strategic
management of Chinese companies: direction and path” (Beijing, China).
2007. Special Academic Monitor. (July 2
& 3, 2007)
The Second Global Conference on Economic Geography (Beijing, China),
2007. “Staged catching-up theory and
its spatial manifestation: development of domestic ICT firms in China.”
(June 25, 2007)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual
Conference (San Francisco),
2007. “Developing innovation capability: a comparative study of India and China’s biotech industry”. (April
20, 2007)
International Conference on Strategic Alliance for Life
Science in Asia-pacific Rim Tokyo University (Tokyo,
Japan). Invited Presentation: “Human Resource
Training at UNU-IAS.” (March 20, 2006)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual
Conference (Chicago),
2006. “Remote Sensing and Narrative Perspectives for Urban Land Use Change
Analysis in Japan”.
(March 10, 2006)
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual
Conference (Chicago),
2006. Session (#4430) Chair: Land Use in East Asia. (March 10, 2006)
Manuscripts under review
Fan, Peilei. 2008. “Catching up
from behind: Development of domestic telecom-equipment firms in China.” “the emergence of Chinese firms and
industries in the global economy”
The rise of the Indian biotech industry and innovative
domestic companies.” International
Journal of Technology and Globalization.
.
Recent Papers
Fan, Peilei. 2007.
“China’s technology
catching up: An introduction.” at Special issue “China’s technology catching up” of International Journal of Technology and Globalization 3(4):
337-343.
Fan, Peilei, Gao, Xudong, and
Watanabe, Kazuo. 2007. “Technology strategies of innovative Chinese domestic
companies.” at Special
issue “China’s
technology catching up”
of International Journal of Technology
and Globalization 3(4): 344-363.
Fan, Peilei. 2006.
“Catching up through Developing Innovation Capability: Evidence from China’s
Telecom-equipment Industry.” Technovation 26(3) pp.
359-68.
Fan, Peilei. 2006. “Promoting indigenous capability: The
Chinese government and the catching-up of domestic telecom-equipment firms.” China Review 6(1) pp. 9-35.
Fan, Peilei and Watanabe,
Chihiro. 2006. “Promoting industrial development through
technology policy: Lessons from Japan
and China.”
Technology in Society 28(3)
pp.303-320.
Fan, Peilei.
2006. “Comparative Analysis of high-tech parks in Beijing
and Shanghai”. Journal of Nanjing University
(Nature Science) 42(3) pp. 242-256. 2006.
Book
Review
Fan, Peilei. 2008. Book Review for Interfirm Relations under Late
Industrialization in China:
The Supplier System in the Motorcycle Industry by Moriki Ohara. 2006. Chiba, Japan:
Institute of Developing Economics,
Japan External
Trade Organization. China Review 8(1): 159-161.
Citations
from Google Scholar
Finally, just in case you
still have time and energy to read my long…. CV.