International Journal of Business Anthropology Volume 6 (1)

Dr Robert Guang Tian is currently the Director of Institute of Business Anthropology and Professor of Marketing in the Business School of Shantou University, China. He received a doctoral degree in Social Anthropology from York University, Canada, in 1996, and a MBA degree from Wilfrid Laurier University of Canada in 1999. He previously served as Professor of Business in the Department of Business Administration at Medaille College, Buffalo, New York, from 2005 to 2013, and as Professor and Director of the International Affairs Office and Chair of the Business Department of Coker College, Hartsville, SC, USA, from 2003 to 2015. Dr Tian has been engaged in a number of substantial academic activities, including assuming the role of editor of many international journals and the organization of various international conferences. The recipient of several research grants and the author of a number of papers and books, he is particularly known in the field of business anthropology across the world.