LL.B (Hons) (Nottingham), CLP, MBA (Nottingham)

Assistant Professor of Business Law

E-mail  : wenli.chan@nottingham.edu.my
Tel  : +6(03) 8924 8249       

Research Interests

Law and economics; Roles and implications of information on firm valuation in the area of corporate litigation, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.

Administrative Roles

Member, Faculty Marketing Committee
Member, Business School Website Liaison Team
Member, Business School IT Users Committee
Advisor, UNMC(NUBS)-IIM Integrity Business Club

Publications

Refereed Academic Journal Publications

1. Cheah, E. T., Chan, W. L. and Chieng, C. L. L. (2007). The Corporate Social Responsibility of Pharmaceutical Product Recalls: An Empirical Examination of US and UK Markets, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 427-449 (Impact Factor 2008: 1.023)

Refereed International Conference Papers

1. Chan, W. L. and Cheah, E. T. (2007). Litigation in the Internet Age: An Empirical Analysis of Shareholder Wealth Implications. Singapore Economic Review Conference 2007, Singapore.
    
2. Cheah, E. T. and Chan, W. L. (2006). Corporate Cyberlitigation, Internet Service Providers and Shareholder Returns: An Empirical Analysis. Book of Abstracts, 17th Annual Asian Finance Association/Financial Management Association Conference 2006, Auckland, New Zealand.
    
3. Cheah, E. T. and Chan, W. L. (2006). Shareholder Wealth Effects of Filings and Settlements of Corporate Cyberlitigation in the United States. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2006, Sydney, Australia.
    
4. Cheah, E. T. and Chan, W. L. (2006). Corporate Cyberlitigation and Firm Value: An Empirical Analysis of Internet-Related Lawsuits. Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the Theories and Practices of Securities and Financial Markets, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    
5. Cheah, E. T. and Chan, W. L. (2006). The Baldrige Award: Does It Create Value for Shareholders? Proceedings of the 11th World Congress for Total Quality Management, Wellington, New Zealand.

Seminars & Symposiums 

1. Session Chair, Research Workshop on Health, Population and Economic Development hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), University of Nottingham (2008).
    
2. Conference participant, 21st Lawasia Conference, Kuala Lumpur (2008).
    
3. Symposium participant, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Centre (HSSRC) Law, Institutions and Governance Symposium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2007).
    
4. Seminar participant, Information Services: The Strategic Challenges for Senior Executives led by Professor Dr F Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School), Kuala Lumpur (2006).
    
5. Attended the Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin Integrity Circles for Young Professionals (TSAZAIC) Programme; a programme under the auspices of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity, as nominee of Transparency International - Malaysia (2006).

Academic Activities

1. Judge, The 2009 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, National Rounds (Malaysia), University of Malaya, Faculty of Law, Kuala Lumpur (2009).
    
2. Research/Teaching Visit, School of Law and Business School, University of Nottingham, UK (2007).

Memberships

1. Member, Malaysian Institute of Integrity (2009 - present).
    
2. Committee Member, Integrity Circles Alumni (an initiative under the auspices of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity) (2008 - present).
    
3. Member, Kuala Lumpur Bar Information Technology Sub-committee (2002 - 2003).