Qile He

Dr Qile He, also known as Horace, is currently the Associate Head of School for Research of the School of Strategy and Leadership at Coventry University. He is now a member of the Faculty Research Committee and is also an Associate at the Centre for Business in Society. Horace’s research interests fall in the area of knowledge transfer in the context of interfirm alliances. He is also interested in sustainable supply chain management, supply chain optimization in agriculture, as well as innovation strategies and processes of organizations. He has published over 40 papers in refereed journals, books, and leading international conference proceedings. Including prestigious international journals, such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. He has acted as the Director of Studies for 5 PhD candidates.

Horace is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is the co-chair for the Inter-organizational Collaboration SIG, British Academy of Management since 2014. He also serves in the editorial board of two international journals. He was a selected member of staff for RAE2008 and REF2014.

Before he joined Coventry University, he was an acting Principal Lecturer in Business and Management at University of Bedfordshire leading a portfolio of Master of Business and Management suite of programmes and also the course leader of MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He led 3 courses to successful accreditation or re-accreditation by CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) and CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply).

He received his first degree in Economics from University of Colorado at Denver with Distinction, and then he has got bursaries to study his two other MSc degrees in Management Science and Engineering (from China Agriculture University), and MSc Financial Decision Management with Distinction (University of Luton). He got his PhD degree from Middlesex University, London which was sponsored by a fully funded studentship, where he also received an MSc degree in Research Methods, again with a Distinction.

Sustainable supply chain management;

Supply chain optimization in agriculture;

Food supply chain management;

Innovation strategies and processes of organizations;

Knowledge transfer in the context of inter-firm alliances;

I believe advances in research with strong theoretical and practical underpinnings are the foundations for better practice and more successful teaching. Successful research and teaching practices are most likely built on strong collaborations. As an active researcher in operations management, inter-firm alliances, and knowledge management, I am passionate about collaboration internally, nationally, and internationally on publications, research projects, and research disseminations, which intend to create original impacts on industry and society.