Dr. Frank Tian Xie (谢田) is VP & Senior Fellow, Consilium Institute and John M. Olin Palmetto Chair Professor in Business and Professor of Marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken. He was a recipient of Taiwan Fellowship and Visiting Scholar in the Public Economic Policy Research Center at National Taiwan University. Dr. Xie was on the faculty of business at Drexel University and obtained his Ph.D. in marketing and MBA in finance from Georgia State University, and B.S. in geoscience from Peking University in China.
A native of China and an expert on Chinese business, society, & economy, Dr. Xie is a columnist on business for New Epoch Weekly, a global Chinese magazine. His research interest includes public policy, Chinese business and economy, marketing strategy, business-to-business marketing, international marketing, and research methodology. His research appears on journals such as Journal of Business Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Interactive Advertising, Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, Journal of Education for Business, Journal of Business and Economic Policy, Journal of Southeast Case Research Association, and Journal of Marketing Channels. His book on Chinese economy, The Dragon’s Vault, was published in Taiwan in 2013 and has been sold worldwide. He has appeared on global media outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, The Epochtimes, The Wallet Hub, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Australia, Tokyo Shimbun, Mingjing TV, New Tang Dynasty TV, and Sound of Hope Radio International.