Prof. Yan Min-ren
Research areas
Strategic Management; Systems Thinking and Systems Leadership; Innovation Management and Digital Transformation; Knowledge Management and Organizational Excellence; ESG and Sustainable Development; Sustainable Business Ecosystems; Circular Economy and Green Supply Chain Management; Digital Empowerment and AI-Enabled Innovation; Organizational Learning and Learning Organizations; Education for Sustainable Development.
Research activities
Professor Min-Ren Yan has extensive research experience in strategic management, systems thinking, innovation management, digital transformation, and sustainable development. His research focuses on strategic architecture, knowledge management, organizational excellence, ESG-driven innovation, sustainable business ecosystems, and digital empowerment. He has led and participated in numerous research projects addressing ESG sustainability, green supply chains, circular economy, low-carbon development, industrial innovation, and AI-enabled education. His scholarly contributions include publications on strategic management, technological innovation, sustainable systems development, and organizational learning, with a strong emphasis on applying systems approaches to address complex organizational, industrial, and societal challenges.
Publications
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(2026). Managing competitive advantage in emerging knowledge-based economies: The strategic configuration perspective. |
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(2025). Strategic Architecture of Sustainable System Development for ESG Transformation in Large Multi-Purpose Sports Venues. |
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(2025). Managing knowledge of dynamic capability for business excellence: A transformative systems approach. |
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(2025). Benchmarking knowledge management practices and digital empowerment for business excellence in Asia. |
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(2025). AI Enhanced Systems Education in Learning Society with LEGO STEAM Curriculum. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Sustainable Systems Education and Social Innovation with AI Empowered Digital Platform: A Case Study from Taiwan Chapter. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Strategic Architecture for Driving Sustainable Business Ecosystem through Sixth Industrialization – A Case Study of Agricultural Technology Economy. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Knowledge Management for ESG-oriented Products and Sustainable Business Ecosystem Development. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Driving National Well-being through Nutrition: Standard Foods Group's Approach to Taiwan's Sustainability Challenges. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Taipei Christmas Market System Design with Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation Strategies. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Managing Knowledge for Eco-Museum Education System in University Town and Learning Societies. Conference paper. |
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(2025). Integrated green supply chain system development with digital transformation. |
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(2024). Towards SDGs Education with Sustainable System Development for Yushan National Park in Taiwan. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Digital Storytelling and Sustainable Systems Education for Children: Reflections on Participatory Learning. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Education Policy Management with Systems Thinking and Strategic Architecture – A Case Study of Taiwan's Higher Education System. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Digital Storytelling and Sustainable Systems Education for Children. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Driving Learning Societies and Regional Developments with Sustainable System Education – Taiwan Experience. Conference paper. |
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(2024). ESG Business Transformation and Pathway Management with Net-Zero Policy – A Case Study of Nangang Software Park. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Sustainable Business System Design and Strategic Carbon Management: A Case Study of Industrial Park. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Sustainable System and STEM Education with Transformative Learning in Cultural Ecosystem Environment. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Systems Thinking and STEAM Education with Bits Intelligent Technology in Early Childhood to Primary School. Conference paper. |
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(2024). Transformative Impact of Sustainable System Education with Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation – A Case Study of Livable City in Taipei. |
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(2024). Exploring the enablers of organizational excellence by human capital-driven innovation ecosystems. |
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(2023). Managing Knowledge for Sustainable City System: Cultural Ecosystem Service Innovation and Social Impacts in Taiwan. Conference paper. |
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(2023). Towards K-12 Education Innovation with Systems Thinking and Sustainable System Development in Taiwan. Conference paper. |
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(2022). Integrated knowledge visualization and the enterprise digital twin system for supporting strategic management decision. |
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(2021). Using AI-MCDM Model to Boost Sustainable Energy System Development: A Case Study on Solar Energy and Rainwater Collection in Guangdong Province. |
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(2021). Supporting technology-enabled design education and practices by DFuzzy decision model: Applications of cultural and creative product design. |
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(2021). Measuring project performance and dynamic risk management for engineering design alliance. |
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(2021). Key factors influencing word-of-mouth intentions: The case of college freshmen in Taiwan. |
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(2020). Evaluation of Technological Innovations and the Industrial Ecosystem of Science Parks in Shanghai: An Empirical Study. |
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(2020). The Corporate Shared Value for Sustainable Development: An Ecosystem Perspective. |
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(2019). Towards a city-based cultural ecosystem service innovation framework as improved public-private-partnership model – A case study of Kaohsiung Dome. |
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(2019). Exploring the Enablers of Strategic Orientation for Technology-Driven Business Innovation Ecosystems. |
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(2019). Knowledge-based decision support system for improving e-business innovations and dynamic capability of IT project management. |
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(2018). Evaluating the Collaborative Ecosystem for an Innovation-Driven Economy: A Systems Analysis and Case Study of Science Parks. |
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(2018). Improving entrepreneurial knowledge and business innovations by simulation-based strategic decision support system. |
Books
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(2025). Entrepreneurial Management: Systematic Knowledge and Practice from Startup, Growth, Transformation to Second Curve Activation and Sustainable Innovation. |
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(2024). New Dynamics of Global Supply Chain Systems and Implications for Productivity in Asia. |
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(2023). Digital Work in East Asia. |
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(2023). How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution? |
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(2022). Transforming Manufacturing: Case Studies in Selected APO Member Countries. |
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(2022). SSD Corporate Innovation Strategic Management Technology (2nd ed.). |



