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Tung-Shan Liao
Title
Assistant Professor
Speciality
  • Tung-Shan Liao's research interests include complex systems, dynamic capabilities, knowledge management, and technology and innovation management. His current research examines how organizations generate, renew, govern, and attribute capabilities and knowledge amid sustainability transitions, technological change, digital transformation, and human–AI collaboration.
Academic BG.
  • Ph.D. in Business Administration, The University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Master in Technological Management, The University of South Australia, Australia
  • Electronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Experience
  • Senior Engineer, Zyxel Corp
  • Lecturer, Business School, The University of Adelaide
  • Director, Office of International Program, College of Management, Yuan Ze University
  • Journal Papers
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  • ###【Published/InPress】###
  • Liao, T.-S. (in press). From Dynamic Coordination to Conscious Episodes: Damping, Coupling, and Semantic Resolution. Journal of Consciousness Studies.
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026). When does system behaviour remain causally guided? Viability conditions for complex systems. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.70129
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026). Paradox and theoretical viability: Diagnosing inferential boundaries in scientific reasoning. Synthese, 208(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-026-05681-z
  • Liao, T.-S., & Lu, H.-P. (2025). Enacting sustainability through organizational routines: A grounded theory of capability–institution co-structuring. Sustainability, 17(17), 7841. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17177841
  • Liao, T.-S., & Ruei, C.-H. (2025). Semantic governance under climate stress: A situational grounded model of local agricultural irrigation coordination in Taiwan. Sustainability, 17(16), 7435. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17167435
  • Ho, M.-K., Yeh, T.-K., Liao, T.-S., & Chung, Y.-D. (2025). A new challenge for cadastral surveying in Taiwan: Feasibility analysis using combination on CORS data and online PPP service. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 19(1), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2024-0036
  • Shih, H. C., Lee, C. M., Ho, M. K., Kuo, C. Y., Liao, T. S., Chen, C. P., & Yeh, T. K. (2024). Monitoring and risk assessment of Taoyuan ponds using an unmanned surface vehicle with multibeam echo sounder, ground-penetrating radar, and electrical resistivity tomography. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 15(1), 2323598. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2024.2323598
  • Galvin, P., Rice, J., & Liao, T.-S. (2015). Can a Darwinian nomenclature help reconcile alternative perspectives of the dynamic capabilities view? Journal of Management & Organization, 21(5), 695–700. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2015.32
  • Rice, J., Liao, T.-S., Galvin, P., & Martin, N. (2015). A configuration-based approach to integrating dynamic capabilities and market transformation in small and medium-sized enterprises to achieve firm performance. International Small Business Journal, 33(3), 231–253. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242613495035
  • Liao, T.-S., Rice, J., & Lu, J.-C. (2015). The vicissitudes of competitive advantage: Empirical evidence from Australian manufacturing SMEs. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(2), 469–481. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12078
  • Galvin, P., Rice, J., & Liao, T.-S. (2014). Applying a Darwinian model to the dynamic capabilities view: Insights and issues. Journal of Management & Organization, 20(2), 250–263. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2014.34
  • Rice, J., Liao, T.-S., Martin, N., & Galvin, P. (2012). The role of strategic alliances in complementing firm capabilities. Journal of Management & Organization, 18(6), 858–869. https://doi.org/10.5172/jmo.2012.18.6.858
  • Liao, T.-S., Rice, J., & Martin, N. (2011). The role of the market in transforming training and knowledge to superior performance: Evidence from the Australian manufacturing sector. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(2), 376–394. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.540161
  • Liao, T.-S., & Rice, J. (2010). Innovation investments, market engagement and financial performance: A study among Australian manufacturing SMEs. Research Policy, 39(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2009.11.002
  • ###【中文期刊（已出版）】###
  • 廖東山. (2025). 以方法論觀點探討資料驅動與 AI 協作下的因果回饋圖建模路徑. 系統思考與管理, 8(1), 2-29.
  • 白東岳, 廖東山, 王俊泰, & 徐疇洋. (2024). 以系統動態觀點建構台灣雞蛋產銷供需模式. 系統思考與管理, 7(1), 1-24.
  • 白東岳, 廖東山, 王俊泰, & 吳瑞得. (2023). 國軍招募教育系統之探討-系統動態觀點. 系統思考與管理 6(2), 24-44.
  • 王俊泰, 廖東山, 白東岳, 郭壽齡, & 蘇民. (2022). 國軍志願役教育召集訓練動態評估模式. 系統思考與管理, 5(2), 2-20.
  • 廖東山, & 王俊泰. (2021). 國軍士官兵經管關係研究: 系統動態觀點. 系統思考與管理, 5(1), 23-48.
  • ### 【Books】 ###
  • Service Innovation and Management: Dynamic Co-evolution of Corporate and Customer Value amid Cultural Resonance (2nd Eds.), Wunan, ISBN: 978-626-423-890-8（2025/10）
  • ### 【Preprints and Technical Reports】 ###
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026, August 19). From state viability to generative viability: A formal model of generative-field intervention in relational social systems [Preprint]. Zenodo、SSRN. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22004851
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026, January 24). A governance energy field perspective on green slack [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18357128
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026, January 9). Toward a generative definition of organizational resilience [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18195911
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026, January 7). Human-AI relations as epistemic modulation: Consciousness, collective emergence, and structural mediation [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18171785
  • Liao, T.-S. (2026, January 5). Persistence before advantage: Generative viability and the limits of path dependence [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18149299
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, December 16). Toward a generative epistemology of collective consciousness [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17946515
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, December 2). The dynamic causality theory (DCLT) [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17784570
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, November 30). Ontology of consciousness through damping, coupling, and semantic collapse: A field-based framework for the emergence of meaning and governance [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17768670
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, November 15). GEFQ technical report: Dynamic stability conditions in energy-semantic-temporal governance fields [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17619250
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, November 14). Governance energy field model (GEFM) V3: Mathematical derivation notes on semantic-topological rhythmic dynamics [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17608054
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, October 31). Governance energy field model (GEFM) v2.1: Temporal dynamics and entropic transition analysis [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17490744
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, October 31). Governance energy field model (GEFM): Mathematical derivation note v1.1 [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17488680
  • Liao, T.-S. (2025, October 30). Rhythm energy field model (REFM): Theoretical derivation and formal representation [Preprint]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17486774
  • Fundamentals of AI Programming I-II (BBA)
  • ESG Enterprise Sustainable Operations and Transformation Management (BBA)
  • Digital Innovation & Service (BBA)
  • Strategic Management (BBA)
  • Digital and Mobile Business (BBA)
  • Business Strategy Planning and Practice (GMBA)
  • Service Innovation (MBA)
  • Chinese System Dynamics Society (Director)
  • TRIZ Innovation and Development Association (Founding Member)
  • Chinese Association for Quality Education (CAQE) (Director)
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