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Title
Professor
Name
LiHsien Hank Chien ( 簡立賢 )
Classification
Full-time
Academic Background
Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A.
Specialty
Agricultural Marketing, Agribusiness Decision and Management, Industrial Economics, Risk Economics
E-Mail
lhchien@nchu.edu.tw
Tel
886-4-22840350 ext 206、207, 886-4-22851541
Personal Website
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-3988
 
 
Present Academic Positions :
Professor, Department of Applied Economics, NCHU
Chair of Committee of Executive Board, Chung-Hwa Association of Rural Development (CARD)
Committee of Executive Board, Rural Economics Society of Taiwan (REST)
Committee of Executive Board, Taiwanese-German Association for Economic and Social Research 

(Updated: February 1, 2024)
 
Course :
Undergraduate
  • Sustainable Agriculture(fall and spring)
  • Introduction to Agriculture(spring)
  • Macroeconomics (full year)
  • Project Study and Planning (fall)
  • Agricultural Policy and Law (fall)
  • Industrial Economics(spring)
  • Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis(spring)
  • Methods for Economic Forecasting(fall)
Master program(IMP: In-service Master Program, MABM: IMP for Agri. Business Mgmt)
  • Economics of Risk (fall)
  • Business Operation and Decision Analysis (Fall, IMP)
  • Macroeconomics (spring, IMP)
  • Information Economics (spring, IMP)
  • Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis (spring, MABM)
Doctoral Program
  • Economics Analysis of Technical Change
 
Previous Academic Positions:
  • Professor, Department of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing University, 2024-present
  • Executive Committee of Executive Board, Rural Economics Society of Taiwan (REST), 2018-2020.
  • Committee of Executive Board, Rural Economics Society of Taiwan (REST), 2009- present
  • Member of Executive Board, Executive Board of Supervisors, Association of Taiwan Tea, 2015-2018
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2010.8-2011.3.
  • Committee of Executive Board, Taiwanese-German Association for Economic and Social Research, 2011.1- 2017.12
  • Deputy Dean, Office of International Affairs, National Chung Hsing University, 2015.08- 2017.07.
 
Honors and Awards:
Honored Mentor Award, NCHU (2018.09)
Honored Mentor Award, CANR, NCHU(2016, 2018)
Excellent Service Award, NCHU (2012.08)
Excellent Service Award, CANR, NCHU (2006)
 
Research Areas:
  • Marketing System and Pricing Policy Analysis on Agricultural Products
  • Measurement of Economic Decision Indexes and its Applications
  • International Agricultural Policy
  • Economics in Risk and Technical Change
  • Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Industrial Business Operation
 
Ph.D. Thesis:
Testing the Causes of Backwardation of Stochastic Prices in Grain Markets: A Real Option Valuation Approach, 1999, at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S. A.
 
Journal Publications:
  1. Chi, S. Y., & Chien, L. H. 2023. Why Defuzzification Matters: An Empirical Study of Fresh Fruit Supply Chain Management. European Journal of Operational Research, 311(2): 648-659. (SCIE, Q1, IF=6.4)
  2. ​Chi, S. Y., Hwang, T. C., & Chien, L. H. 2023. Business Policy and Competitiveness of Farmers’ Organizations—Empirical Evidence from Taiwan. Agriculture-Basel, 13(3): 593. (SCIE, Q1, IF=3.6)
  3. Chi, S. Y., & Chien, L.-H. 2022. Influence of Ecological and Quality Concerns on the Adoption Intention of Environment-smart Agricultural Systems. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 20(1): 363-381. (SCIE, Q4, IF=0.7)(Scopus)
  4. Li-Hsien Chien Shu Yi Chi, 2022, Implementation of Rural Regeneration Plan and Intention to Cooperate with Local Organizations,  Journal of Agricultural Association of Taiwan, 22(1): 46-66。
  5. LiHsien Hank Chien, Shu Yi Chi, Pei-Hsin Lo and Kuei-Fang Pai, 2021, Integrated Technology Development of Litchi Stinkbug (Tessaratoma papillosa) Control from the Biological Control Viewpoint,  Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 68(2): 71-84.
  6. Huang, Ching Chien, Shu-Yi Chi, LiHsien Chien, 2021, An Analysis of the Intention of Farmers' Participation in Organizing Contracts - A Case of Yihchuan Aromatic Rice Farming Contract of Farmers' Association in Wufeng District, Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 67(3):195-205.
  7. ChienLiHsien, Shu-Yi Chi, Chin-Nien Tai, Cheng-Chung Huang, 2020, Evaluation and Analysis of Hedonic and Descriptive Sensory Measurements - An Application in Taiwan Alpine Tea, Survey Research — Method and Application (TSSCI). 44:131-170. https://journal.survey.sinica.edu.tw/app/paper.php?action=show_content&Sn=314
  8. Chien, LiHsien, Shu-Yi Chi, 2019, An Integrated Data Envelopment Approach for Evaluating the Meat Companies Efficiency, Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) Czech, 65:470-480. (SCIE,Q2, IF=2.2),    https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/web/agricecon.htm?type=article&id=91_2019-AGRICECON
  9. Chi, Shu-Yi, LiHsien Chien, 2019, A New Approach into the Classification Index of Fundamental Farmers' Associations- An Example of Taichung City, Quarterly Journal of Cooperative Economics, 140, 41-53. (in Chinese)  http://journal.survey.sinica.edu.tw/news/news.php?Sn=56
  10. ChienLiHsien, Shu-Yi Chi, 2019, Corporate Image as a Mediator between Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: Difference across Categorized Exhibitors, Heliyon, 5(3), E01307. (SCIE, Q2, IF=4).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01307 
  11. ChienLi-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, 2019, The influence of corporate image and service quality on exhibitor satisfaction and behavior intention, Survey Research — Method and Application, 43, 089-134. (TSSCI)   https://www.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/SRMA/app/paper.php?action=show_content&Sn=309
  12. Tsai, Chien-Chung, LiHsien Chien, 2017, A Study on Business Efficiency for Meat Markets Taiwan, Journal of Agricultural Association of Taiwan, 18(2), 189-212. (in Chinese).  http://dx.doi.org/10.6730%2fJAAT.201706_18(2).0006
  13. Nguyen Chi, Thi Minh, Li-Hsien Chien, Shwu-En Chen, 2015, Impact of Certification System on Smallhold Coffee Farm’s Income Distribution in Vietnam, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 5(6), pp. 137-149. http://www.aessweb.com/pdf-files/1-566-5(6)2015-AJARD-137-149.pdf 
  14. Chen, Han-Shen, Li-Hsien Chien, Tsuifang Hsieh, 2013, A Study of Assessment Indicators for Environmental Sustainable Development of Science Parks in Taiwan, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185 (8), pp 7001–7012. (SCIE, Q3, IF=3) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3080-z
  15. Aprilia, Anisa, Ratya Anindita, Syafrial, Grace Tsai, Li-Hsien Hank Chien, 2012, Threshold Cointegration Pada Pasar Jagung Di Indonesia, Agrise, 14(1), pp 1-13.   https://agrise.ub.ac.id/index.php/agrise/article/view/112/138
  16. Wang, B.Y., Li-Hsien Chien, and S.W. Roan, 2012, POMA-BROILER: A Computer Simulation Model to Evaluate the Optimal Market Age of Broilers, Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 11(14), pp. 2493-2502. (SCIE, Q4, IF= 0.365).   http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/medwelljournals/javaa/2012/2493-2502.pdf
  17. Chien, Li-Hsien, C. Jatuporn, and O.M.C. Narreto, 2011, Price Analysis of Domestic Rice Market in the Philippines, Empirical Economics Letters, 10(7). pp.639-46. (EconLit). https://myspace.nchu.edu.tw/navigate/s/7C22CB385FB343E7BB8E219444DD3B719QY
  18. Jatuporn, C., Li-Hsien Chien, Patana Sukprasert, and  Supaporn Thaipakdee, 2011, Does A Long-Run Relationship Exist between Agriculture and Economic Development in Thailand? International Journal of Economics and Finance, 3(3), pp.227-33. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijef/article/view/7875
  19. Chien, Li-Hsien, S-H Chang, 2009,A Study on Rice Quota Auction in Taiwan, Journal of Agriculture and Forest (農林學報), 58(3), pp.,241-254. http://ir.lib.nchu.edu.tw/bitstream/11455/80896/1/151261-6.pdf
  20. Chien, Li-Hsien, J.-Y. Wei, 2009, An Economic Analysis on Sharing Behavior in Peer-to-peer Software Usage, Proceedings of the 2009 WRI World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering, Los Angeles, USA. (EI)
  21. Chien, Li-Hsien, M.-H. Yeh, 2009, Information, Risk Perception and Disease Insurance Decision, International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, 4(11), Tokyo, Japan. ISSN 1881- 4387.   http://web.nchu.edu.tw/pweb/users/aeboilermaker/research/8274.pdf
  22. Chien, Li-Hsien, 2001,A Study on the Estimation of Price Risk fro Grain Commodities: An Application of Flexible Least Squares Method. Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 6, PP263-277.   http://ir.lib.nchu.edu.tw/bitstream/11455/79519/1/150983-5.pdf
  23. Chien, Li-Hsien, 2000,Uncertainty and Its Effects on Price: Time Spread in Grain Markets.  Taiwanese Agricultural Economic Review(農業經濟叢刊), 5(2), pp.191-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.6196/TAER.2000.5.2.3
  24. Chien, Li-Hsien, 2000,An Economic Analysis on Boiler Feed Formulation- The Impact of Nutrient Correlation upon Feed Costs. Journal of Agricultural Economics(農業經濟半年刊), 68,PP.91-116.   http://dx.doi.org/10.7086/JAE.200012.0091
  25. Lee, Chyau-shan, C.K. Hsaio, B.H. Ling, Li-Hsien Chien,2000,The Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalization on China's Rural Self-reliance Development and the Position of Foreign Negotiations Taiwan Land Finance Quarterly (台灣土地金融季刊),37(2),pp.101-124.
 
Working Papers:
Measurements and Their Indexes in Efficiency Evaluation for Agribusiness Organization. 
 
Conference Presentation:
  1. Chien, Li-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, Impact of Ecological and Quality Concerns on the Willingness of Tea Farms to Adopt Environment Smart Agricultural Systems, 2019 Annual Conference of Rural Economics Society Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan.
  2. Chien, Li-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, Jin-Ren Dai, 2018, Analysis on Hedonic and Descriptive Sensory Evaluation - An Application in Taiwan High Mountain Tea, 2018 Survey Research Methods and Applications Symposium, 4-5, Oct., Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
  3. Chien, Li-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, Jin-Ren Dai, 2018, Some Findings on Sensory Evaluation Constructs and Indexes for Taiwan Alpine Tea in Renai, 10th Tea Industry Symposium Among Taiwan Strait, HongKong, and Macau, 3-4, Sep., Qingdao, China.
  4. Chien, Li-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, 2018, Do expert opinions matter? How intrinsic sensory indexes influence consumer hedonic response for Taiwan high mountain tea, The 3rd Asian Sensory and Consumer Research Symposium (SenseAsia), 13 - 15 May, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  5. Chien, Li-Hsien, Shu-Yi Chi, Price and Cost Squeeze and Trade Strategy in Agricultural Products, 2017 Taiwan-Korea Agricultural Economic Conference, 14 Dec., Naju, Korea.
  6. Chi, Shu-Yi, Li-Hsien Chien, Chienchung Tsai, Yuhsiang Cho, 2016, Role of Multiplier Bounds in The Data Envelopment Analysis – An Application of Taiwan Meat Markets, 2nd International Conference on Implications of Research in Business, Economics, Management Social Science and Humanities (IRBEMSH-NOV-2016), Osaka, Japan.
  7. Chi, Shu-Yi,  Li-Hsien Chien, I-Hwa Chen, 2015, Measuring the Managerial Performance of the Listed Bio-Tech Companies in Taiwan, 18th International Conferences on Economics and Social Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
  8. Chien, Li-Hsien, I-Hwa Chen, Chi, Shu-Yi,  2015,The Direction of Tea Industry Culture and Value Creation, Taiwan International Tea Culture Creation and Technology Forum, Nantou, Taiwan. 
  9. Zhang, Kewei, Cunyi Zhong, Yuhan Jian, Yuyu Jiang, Weijie Shi, Li-Hsien Chien, 2015, Perceptual Quality, Perceptual Value, Research on Willingness to Buy Communication Software Mapping - Taking LINE as an Example, 2015 21st International Information Management and Practice Discussion And the 13th Management Symposium, Qinyi University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan.
  10. Thi Minh Chi Nguyen, Li-Hsien Chien, Shwu-En Chen, 2014, A Study on Impact of Certification on Income of Smallhold Coffee Farms in Vietnam, 2014 Annual Conference of Rural Economics Society Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan.
  11. CHIEN, Li-Hsien, Khamkaew, T., E. Jan, 2014, Effects of Domestic Macroeconomic Environment on Major Grain Trade Prices in Two Open Economies, 2014 International Conference on Business and Information (BAI2014), July 03-05, Osaka, Japan.
  12. Chien, Li-Hsien, Kailin Wu, Yazhen Liao, Jiarong Lin, Yuru Kang, Yuanyuan Mei, 2014, Research on the Price Adjustment of Consumer Awareness to the Fast Food Industry, 2014 Global Business Management Symposium, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  13. Chien,  Li-Hsien, Yinxiu Chen, Yuting Liu, Peiqi Li, Yuze Jian, Biao Lin, 2014, The Price Paid and Satisfaction of Tea Drinks, the 8th (2014) Cross-Strait Tea Industry Symposium, National Tsinghua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  14. Chien, Li-Hsien, Ya-shuen Jan,2013,The impact of fluctuations in overall economic indicators on import prices of agricultural products,2013 Annual Conference of Rural Economics Society of Taiwan,Taichung、Taiwan。
  15. Chien, Li-Hsien, P.-C. Wu, 2012, Measuring the Development Sustainability of the Export Processing Zones: An Ecological Footprint Approach, The First International Conference on Asian Economic Development, August 30, Ching Mai, Thailand.
  16. Aprilia, Anisa, Durrotul Ain, Grace Tsai, Li-Hsien Chien, 2012, Threshold Cointegration of Corn Market in Indonesia, 2012 Japan-Korea-Taiwan International Conference on Agricultural and Resources Economics, August 7-9, Taichung, Taiwan.
  17. Dwi Retnoningsih, Ir. Moch. Muslich Mustadjab, Ir. Nuhfil Hanani, Li-Hsien Chien, 2012, Supply Chain Relationships of the Apple Juice Industry and SME Firms’ Competitiveness at Batu City in Indonesia, 2012 Japan-Korea-Taiwan International Conference on Agricultural and Resources Economics, August 7-9, Taichung, Taiwan.
  18. Destyana Ellingga Pratiwi, Dwi Retnoningsih, Shu-Yi Liaw, Grace Tsai, Li-Hsien Chien, 2012, Supply Chain Relationships and Cooperatives’ Competitiveness in Milk Chain in East Java, Indonesia Authors, 2012 Japan-Korea-Taiwan International Conference on Agricultural and Resources Economics, August 7-9, Taichung, Taiwan.
  19. Jatupron, C.,  Chien, Li-Hsien, 2011, Tourism Development Vs CO2 Emissions in Thailand, the 1st EnvironmentAsia International Conference on "Environmental Supporting in Food and Energy Security: Crisis and Opportunity, "Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment 22-25 March, Bangkok, Thailand.
  20. Chien, Li-Hsien, C. Jatupron, 2011, Assessing Supply and Risk Analysis on Seafood Products: Evidence for Thailand ’s Exports, International Conference on Business and Information (BAI 2011), International Conference on Business and Information (BAI 2011), July 4-6, Bangkok, Thailand.
  21. Chien, Li-Hsien, Jatuporn, C., Hsu, W-T, 2010, Which is The Price Leading Market in Floral Marketing Chain? 9th International Conference of Japan Economic Policy Association, November 27-28, Tokyo, Japan.
  22. Chien, Li-Hsien, Narreto, O, Jatuporn, C., 2010, Non-Linear Dynamics in Pricing Transmissions: Evidence from Philippines Rice Markets, International Conference on Business and Information (BAI 2010), July 5-7, Kitakyushu, Japan.
  23. Chien, Li-Hsien, Wei, J-Y, 2009, An Economic Analysis on Sharing Behavior in Peer-to-peer Software Usage, 2009 WRI World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering, March 31 – April 2, Los Angeles, USA.
  24. Chien, Li-Hsien, Wang, Y-L, 2009, Can the Price of Environment Concern be Tagged on the Most Frequent Consumer Goods? 8th International Conference of Japan Economic Policy Association, November 28-29, Tokyo, Japan.
  25. Chien, Li-Hsien, Yeh, M-H, 2008, Information, Risk Perception, and Disease Insurance Decision, 7th International Conference of Japan Economic Policy Association, December 6-7, Kyoto, Japan.
  26. Chien, Li-Hsien, Sung, C-H, 2008, A Common Wealth with Private Value? International Conference on Business and Information (BAI 2008), July 7-9, Seoul, Korea.
  27. Chien, Li-Hsien, Yeh, M-H, 2008, Should the Risk Attitude to Avian Flu for Poultry Producers Matter? International Conference on Business and Information (BAI 2008), July 7-9, Seoul, Korea.
  28. Chien, Li-Hsien, S.M. Huang, 2008, Is the young man going to drink tea? Or other sugary drinks?  The 5th Cross-Strait Tea Industry Symposium,Taichung, Taiwan.
 
Participation in Government Projects:
  • Development of Export Diagnosis Systems for Problem Soils in Tea Plantations (2/3)- (5)Analysis on Economic and Social Benefits, 2019, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (co-researcher)
  • Management Performance and Social Enterprise Responsibility of Agricultural Association: Improve the Implementation Plan of Rural Regeneration Development, July 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2019, National Chung Hsing University, funded by Council of Agriculture, Taiwan. 
  • 2019 International Symposium on Rural Community and Agricultural Products Sales Bases, Jan. 1, 2019 - Dec. 31, 2019, Rural Economics Society of Taiwan, funded by Council of Agriculture, Taiwan.
  • Development of Export Diagnosis Systems for Problem Soils in Tea Plantations (1/3)- (5)Analysis on Economic and Social Benefits, 2018, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan. (co-researcher)
 
Particular Portfolio Work:
  • Mentor, 2018 class of Department of Applied Economics, NCHU.
  • Editor, Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Research, 2013- now
  • Executive Editor, Semi-Annual Journal of Agricultural Economics(retitled as Taiwan Journal of Applied Economics since 2008), Department of Applied Economics, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.  
 
Other:
  1. Leading Coordinator, The e-Learning Course on International Trade in Agricultural and Food Products, Asia Productivity Organization, E-meeting, 10/4-6 2011, Taipei, Taiwan.
  2. Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tokyo, 8/1, 2010-3/31,2011, Tokyo, Japan, 
  3. Country Representative, Agricultural Products Export Promotion Multi-Country Observation Study Group,  Workshop, Asia Productivity Organization, 3/1-6, 2010, Tokyo, Japan.
  4. Country Representation, Multi-country observation and study mission to export processed agricultural products to non-member countries, Workshop, 10/8-12, 2009, Germany.
  5. Leading Coordinator, Agricultural products marketing to global emerging market video courses, E-meeting, 6/2-4, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan.
 
 
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