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Diana Tsai has advised a variety of clients in matters involving competition, mergers, monopolization, commercial litigation, pricing strategy, Taiwan geopolitical issues, and other economic issues. Tsai has provided written and oral expert testimony at the request of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. She has also consulted for both private parties and the government on a number of matters before the Fair Trade Commission, and the Economic Committee, Legislator Yuan, R.O.C. In these engagements, she has examined the competitive effects of proposed mergers, evaluation of proposed antitrust remedies, evaluation of allegations of monopolization, and damages, among other issues. Industries examined include gasoline, building supplies, trash hauling, supermarkets, e-commerce, paper, waste disposal, railroads, telecommunications, and a variety of traditional wholesale and retail establishments.
Diana HweiAn Tsai is a strategy, entrepreneurship, and growth professor at the Institute of Business and Management, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. She was Commissioner of the 7th and 8th sessions of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Professor and Director at the Institute of Economics of NSYSU, research associate at the Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto, and assistant professor of Concordia University, visiting scholar at Stanford University, visiting research fellow at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She also serves as a consultant for the Economics and Technology group of the National Policy Foundation, Chair of the Industrial Policy group of the Taiwan Competitiveness Forum, and an editorial board member of Fair Trade Quarterly. She was a committee member of the Economic Development Committee and Kaohsiung Urban Planning Committee of the Kaohsiung City Government. During the tenure of Commissioner of the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Dr. Tsai has represented Taiwan attending the annual OECD Competition Committee and Global Forum, ICN Global Competitiveness Forum, and EATOP East Asia Forum on Competition, and served as speaker and panelist at various seminars and conferences.
Her research focuses on strategy, entrepreneurship and growth; startup and operation in Biotech; industrial organization and regulation; economic analysis in public policy. Current research includes M&A and competitive strategy, economic analysis of the competition policy, empirical studies in digital convergence, and economic analysis of intellectual property rights. She has papers published in Journal of Productivity Analysis, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Policy Modeling, Information Economics and Policy, Taiwan Economic Review, Taiwan Academic Journal, Management Review, City and Planning, Issues and Studies; and is author of Empirical Foundation of Incentive Regulation in Telecommunications, published by Management Study Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University, and Macroeconomic Environment as Implicit Industrial Policy: Its Industry and Enterprise Effects coauthored with Dr. J.R. Norsworthy published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. She was award receiver of National Science Council research awards, the Mackay Research Award of 1994 and 1998, the Australian Government competitive grant in 2008, Fulbright Scholar in 2009, the 14th, 16th, 18th, and 20th National Innovation Award (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023), Gold Medal of the 8th International Innovation and Invention Competition (2017), and Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (2019).
Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Growth; Startup and Operation in Biotech; Industrial Organization and Regulation; Economic Analysis on Competition Policy
Institute of Business and Management, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Healthcare Technology Innovation & Management Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- Economics and Technology Division, National Policy Foundation.
- Industrial and Technology Policy, Taiwan Competitiveness Forum
- ASE Advanced Semiconductor (ASE)
- GLG Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG)
- Taiwan Mobile, Taiwan Telecommunications Association, and other telecommunication companies
- AT&T, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- New York Telephone Company and New York State Public Service Commission, U.S.A.
- GE, New York, U.S.A.
- New York Telephone Company and New York State Public Service Commission, NY, U.S.A.
B.A., National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
M.A. in Economics, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
Ph.D in Managerial Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
Norsworthy, J.R. and Diana H. Tsai (1998) Macroeconomic Policy as Implicit Industrial Policy: Its Industry and Enterprise Effects, Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers (ISBN-10: 0792380754 | ISBN-13: 978-0792380757). (EconLit)
Tsai, Diana HweiAn (1999) Empirical Foundation of Incentive Regulation in Telecommunications, Taiwan: Management Study Research Center, National Sun Yat-Sen University.
"The EISP Ecosystem for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Taiwan," 2023/8/1 ~ 2024/7/31, Taiwan Ministry of Education. PBM1122082 (Investigator)
"ESG Strategies under Innovation Uncertainty", 2023/8/1 ~ 2024/7/31, Ministry of Science and Technology. NSCWFAB910514 (Investigator)
"The Application of Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework in Responding to Societal Demands," 2022/8/1 ~ 2023/7/31, Ministry of Education. PBM1110456 (Investigator)
"The Application of Emerging Technologies on Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework," 2021/8/1 ~ 2022/7/31, Ministry of Education. PBM1101328 (Investigator)
"Project-Based Learning in Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework," 2020/8/1 ~ 2021/7/31, Ministry of Education. PBM1090826 (Investigator)
"Build up Project-Based Learning Based on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Framework" 2019/8/1 ~ 2020/7/31, Ministry of Education. PSL1080099 (Investigator)
"Study on the Competition Norms for the International Liner Shipping Industry", April - December 2016, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. FTC10624 (Integrative Project Chair Investigator)
THE 20th NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD, The Institution Awards, 2023.
THE 18th NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD, The Institution Awards, 2021.
Best Business Plan, Semi-final Round Winner, Kasikornbank 60-Second Pitch Winner, Nana -Ngô Phương Mai, MT-Mongkonove Tarasov, Tutue-Cornet Perpetue, Jenny-Hsiang Ping Chen, Me-Ting Wen Chai, 2020 SCG Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin, Sasin School of Management, Bangkok, Thailand.
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, 2019.
THE 16th NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD, The Institution Awards, 2019.
Gold Medal, 2017 International Innovation and Invention Competition.
THE 14th NATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD, Application of Machine Learning in Electrical Impedance Tomography Post-Processing, 2017.
Led MBA team from NCTU “NeuroCap Imaging, NCI” to join China 14th MBA Entrepreneurship Competition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Finalists and Honorable Mention, 2017.
Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Invited round-table organizer and Chair, CES Conference, 2008, 2009.
US Fullbright Scholarship, 2009.
Australia-China Council’s 2007-2008 Australian Studies Competitive Projects, 2007.
Principal Investigator of NSC Integrated Project, 2002-2005.
Taipei Trade Centre Exchange Scheme, Research Grant to Hong Kong, 1998/99.
Mackay Research Award for Canadian Studies, 1998.
Research Award for Canadian Studies in US, 1994.