Biography
Google ScholarDr. Qian Long Kweh is a Professor at the School of Management of Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a qualified academic having over 10 years of experience and passion into tertiary teaching and empirical research. He has had articles published in ISI-indexed journals with wide readership like European Journal of Operational Research, OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Applied Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis etc.
Research Interests
Performance measurement
Intellectual capital
Corporate governance
Auditing
Financial accounting and reporting
Academic Publications
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Nourani, M., Kweh, Q.L., Devadason, E.S., & Chandran, V.G.R. (2020). A decomposition analysis of managerial efficiency for the insurance companies: A data envelopment analysis approach. Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(6), pp. 885 - 901. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3145
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Nguyen, T. D., Hoang, T. Q. D., & Kweh, Q. L. (2026). ESG disclosure as a strategic information mechanism. Business Strategy and the Environment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70903
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Lu, W.-M., Kuo, K.-C., Kweh, Q. L., & Ganbaatar, O. (2025). Environmental, social, and governance, board gender diversity, and firm efficiency: Evidence from the global mining industry pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32(1), 1002–1023. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2995
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Nguyen, H. T., Ramayah, T., Kweh, Q. L., Tran, P. T. K., & Minh, H. T. D. (2024). Determinants of accounting information system effectiveness and moderating role of external consultants: Empirical research in the Ben Tre Province of Vietnam. Heliyon, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28847
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Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W., Tone, K., & Liu, H. (2024). Evaluating the resource management and profitability efficiencies of US commercial banks from a dynamic network perspective. Financial Innovation, 10(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-023-00531-0
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Nourani, M., Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., Lu, W. -., & Strutt, A. (2022). Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: An efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 47(4), 905-943. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41288-021-00246-2
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Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., Asif, J., & Tran, T. H. (2026). ESG initiatives and firm efficiency: The moderating role of board gender diversity in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 33(2), 2465–2488. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.70293
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Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., & Dashnyam, O. (2024). Environmental, social, and governance, firm performance and the moderating role of power distance cultural value during the COVID-19 pandemic. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(8), 8300–8318. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3921
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Yang, Y.-J., Wahyuni, D., Kweh, Q. L., & Chen, R. (2026). Faith-based insights: Exploring the impact of Islamic values on ESG performance. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 33(2), 2928–2948. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.70319
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Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W. M., Ting, I. W. K., & Chunya, R. (2025). Examining the differential effects of environmental, social, and governance and controversies on metafrontier efficiencies for sustainable development goals. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-05999-7
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Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., & Ku, H.-L. (2026). ESG as a context-contingent capability: Competitive intensity, internationalization, and efficiency in the global clothing industry. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.70460
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Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., & Ku, H.-L. (2026). ESG, competitive intensity, and firm performance in the clothing industry. Business Strategy and the Environment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70864
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Wang, W.-K., Wu, S.-F., Nourani, M., Kweh, Q. L., & Chen, J. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility, Intangibles, and Dynamic Performance of the U.S. Airlines: La Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, los Intangibles y el Desempeño Dinámico de las Aerolíneas Estadounidenses. Spanish Accounting Review, 24(1), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.6018/rcsar.357891
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Nourani, M., Ting, I. W. K., Lu, W.-M., & Kweh, Q. L. (2019). Capital structure and dynamic performance: Evidence from ASEAN-5 banks. Singapore Economic Review, 64(3), 495–516. https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759081650034X
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Le, H. T. M., Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., & Nourani, M. (2022). CEO power and earnings management: Dual roles of foreign shareholders in Vietnamese listed companies. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 27(1), 1240-1256. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2211
Academic Contributions
- Wu, Y.-C., Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W.-M., Hung, S.-W., and Chang, C.-F. (2016). Capital Stock and Performance of R&D Organizations: A Dynamic DEA-ANP Hybrid Approach. In Zhu, J. (eds.), Handbook of Operations Analytics Using Data Envelopment Analysis: New York: Springer Science+Business Media. (SCOPUS-indexed)
- Lu, W.-M., Hung, S.-W., Kweh, Q. L., Wang, W.-K., and Lu, E.-T. (2014). Production and Marketing Efficiencies of the U.S. Airline Industry: A Two-Stage Network DEA Approach. In Cook, W.D. and Zhu, J. (eds.), Data Envelopment Analysis, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 208: New York: Springer Science+Business Media. (SCOPUS-indexed)
- Kweh, Q.L., Lu, W.-M., Tone, K. & Nourani, M. (2021). Risk-adjusted banks' resource-utilization and investment efficiencies: does intellectual capital matter?. Journal of Intellectual Capital.
- Ting, I. W. K., Chen, F.-C., Kweh, Q. L., Sui, H. J., & Le, H. T. M. (2021). Intellectual capital and bank branches’ efficiency: an integrated study. Journal of Intellectual Capital.
- Ting, I. W. K., Sui, H. J., Kweh, Q. L., & Nawanir, G. (2021). Knowledge management and firm innovative performance with the moderating role of transformational leadership. Journal of Knowledge Management.
- Wang, W.-K., Wu, S.-F., Nourani, M., Kweh, Q. L., & Chen, J. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility, Intangibles, and Dynamic Performance of the U.S. Airlines: La Responsabilidad Social Corporativa, los Intangibles y el Desempeño Dinámico de las Aerolíneas Estadounidenses. Spanish Accounting Review, 24(1), 104-115.
- Kweh, Q.L., & Ting, I.W.K. (2020). What had financial crises taught us about the past?. Institutions And Economies, 12(4), 1-2.
- Gurrib, I., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Ting, I. W. K. (2019). Are Cryptocurrencies Affected by Their Asset Class Movements or News Announcements? Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 56(2), 201–225.
- Paramanantham, N.S., Ting, I.W.K., & Kweh, Q.L. (2018). Ownership concentration and debt structure: evidence from top 100 PLCs in Malaysia. Institutions and Economies, 10(3), 1–13.
- Kuo, K.-C., Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q.L. & Le, M.-H. (2020). Determinants of cargo and eco-efficiencies of global container shipping companies. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 31(4), 753-775.
- Le, H.T.M., Kweh, Q.L., Ting, I.W.K. & Nourani, M. (2020). CEO power and earnings management: Dual roles of foreign shareholders in Vietnamese listed companies. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 1– 17.
- Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., Le, H. T. M., & Nourani, M. (2020). Nonlinear impacts of board independence on debt financing: Contingent on the shareholdings of the largest shareholder. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 1-18.
- Lu, W. M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Shih, J. M. (2019). Major weapons procurement: An efficiency‐based approach for the selection of fighter jets. Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(4), 574– 585.
- Lu, W. M., Kweh, Q. L., & Yang, K. C. (2020). Multiplicative efficiency aggregation to evaluate Taiwanese local auditing institutions performance. Annals of Operations Research.
- Nourani, M., Kweh, Q.L., Devadason, E.S., & Chandran, V.G.R. (2020). A decomposition analysis of managerial efficiency for the insurance companies: A data envelopment analysis approach. Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(6), 885-901.
- Tebourbi, I., Ting, I.W.K., Kweh, Q.L., & Al Huseini, H.A.H., (2020). Capital structure and profitability in a tax-free country: Evidence from the UAE. Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, 10(3).
- "Tebourbi, I., Ting, I.W.K., Le, H.T.M., & Kweh, Q.L. (2020). R&D investment and future firm performance: The role of managerial overconfidence and government ownership. Managerial Decision and Economics, 41(7), 1269-1281"
- Ting, I. W. K., Juan, S. H., Darun, M. R., Yao, L., & Kweh, Q. L. (2020). The impact of knowledge creation on employee engagement from the perspectives of exploitation and exploration. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 34(3), 423-446.
- "Ting, I. W. K., Lo, H.-C., & Kweh, Q. L. (2020). How do ownership concentration and family control affect R&D investments? New Evidence from Taiwan. International Review of Finance, 20(1), 275-291.
- "Ting, I., Ren, C., Chen, F. and Kweh, Q.L. (2020). Interpreting the dynamic performance effect of intellectual capital through a value-added-based perspective. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 21(3).
- Tran, P. P., Kuo, K.-C., Lu, W.-M., & Kweh, Q. L. (2020). Benchmarking in Vietnam universities: teaching and research and revenue efficiencies. Asia Pacific Education Review. 21, 197–209.
- Wang, W.-K., Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., & Siao, W.-Y. (2020). Related-party transactions and corporate performance following the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in Taiwan. Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(1), 371-379.
- Wang, W., Lu, W., Kweh, Q.L. & Truong, H.T.N. (2020). What do U.S. biopharmaceutical companies get from patents and research and development spikes for their dynamic corporate performance? Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(5), 762-770.
- Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., Hanh, L. T. M., & Zhang, C. (2019). Intellectual capital, governmental presence, and firm performance of publicly listed companies in Malaysia. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 16(2), 193–211.
- Lin, F., Deng, Y.-J., Lu, W.-M., & Kweh, Q. L. (2019). Impulse response function analysis of the impacts of hospital accreditations on hospital efficiency. Health Care Management Science, 22(3), 394–409.
- Nourani, M., Ting, I. W. K., Lu, W.-M., & Kweh, Q. L. (2019). Capital structure and dynamic performance: Evidence from ASEAN-5 banks. Singapore Economic Review, 64(3), 495–516.
- Wang, W.-K., Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Hong, R.-S. (2019). Interlocking directorates and dynamic corporate performance: The roles of centrality, structural holes and number of connections in social networks. Review of Managerial Science, 1-12.
- Hanh, L. T. M., Ting, I. W. K., Kweh, Q. L., & Hoanh, L. T. H. (2018). Board meeting frequency and financial performance: A case of listed firms in Vietnam. International Journal of Business and Society, 19(2), 464–472.
- Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W.-M., Nourani, M., and Ghazali @ Mohd Zain, M. H. (2018). Risk management and dynamic network performance: An illustration using a dual banking system. Applied Economics, 50 (30), 3285-3299.
- Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L.*, He, D.-S., and Shih, J.-M. (2017). Performance analysis of the cultural and creative industry: A network-based approach. Naval Research Logistics, 64 (8), 662-676.
- "Ting, I. W. K., Kweh, Q. L., Lean, H. H., & Juan, S. H. (2018). Founder management, government ownership and firm performance: Evidence from Malaysia. Institutions and Economies, 10(1), 1–17.
- Ting, I. W. K., Kweh, Q. L., & Somosundaram, K. (2017). Ownership concentration, dividend payout and firm performance: The case of Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, 54(2), 269–280.
- Kuo, K.-C., Kweh, Q. L.*, Ting, I. W. K., and Azizan, N. A. (2017). Dynamic network performance evaluation of general insurance companies: An insight into risk management committee structure. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 28 (5-6), 542-558.
- Wu, Y.-C., Kweh, Q. L.*, Kuo, K.-C., and Azizan, N. A. (2016). The impacts of risk management committee’s characteristics and prestige on efficiency. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67 (6), 813-829.
- Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., and Wang, C.-W. (2016). Evaluating the efficiency of dual-use technology development programs from the R&D and socio-economic perspectives. Omega, 62, 82-92.
- Lu, W.-M., Liu, J. S., Kweh, Q. L., and Wang, C.-W. (2016). Exploring the benchmarks of the Taiwanese investment trust corporations: Management and investment efficiency perspectives. European Journal of Operational Research, 248 (2), 607-618.
- Kweh, Q. L.*, Lu, W.-M., and Wang, W.-K. (2014). Dynamic efficiency: Intellectual capital in the Chinese non-life insurance firms. Journal of Knowledge Management, 18 (5), 937-951.
- Lu, W.-M., Wang, W.-K., and Kweh, Q. L. (2014). Intellectual capital and performance in the Chinese life insurance industry. Omega, 42 (1), 65-74.
- Kweh, Q. L.*, Chan, Y. C., and Ting, I. W. K. (2013). Measuring intellectual capital efficiency in the Malaysian software sector. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 4(2), 310-324.
- Arora, P., Kweh, Q. L.*, and Mahajan, D. (Forthcoming). Performance comparison between domestic and international firms in the high‑technology industry. Eurasian Business Review.
- Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) – Associate member (Membership no.: 38192)
- Malaysian Finance Association (MFA) – Life member (Membership no.: 120/13)
- The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of The Republic of China – Honorary member
- Best paper award, 4th International Conference on Organization and Management & the 6th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2019
- Ting, I. W. K., Kweh, Q. L., Lean, H. H., and Mohd Azly Lee, R. (2016, November), Debt Diagnostic System (DDS). An innovative product presented at the PERiNTiS 2016 (Pertandingan Rekacipta dan Inovasi Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Swasta), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Ting, I. W. K., Azizan, N. A., and Kweh, Q. L. (2014, January). Managerial Overconfidence and Leverage Decision: The Moderating Effect of Human Governance in Malaysia. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the AGBA Thailand Chapter Conference (ICBES 2014), Bangkok, Thailand. (Best Paper Award)