Prof. Stan Xiao LI 黎晓教授 Department of Management
Professor

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10-252, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

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+852 34424642

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+852 34420309

Email
stan.li@cityu.edu.hk



Qualifications PhD - Business Administration (University of Toronto)


Biography Stan Xiao Li received his Ph.D. from University of Toronto. His research interests include strategic networks, institutionalism and leadership. His teaching interests are strategic management, international business, and leadership. His research works have appeared in some top-tier management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Organization Science, etc. He is currently an editorial board member of the Strategic Management Journal.
RESEARCH DISTINCTIONS
· Shipilov, Andrew V., Li, Stan X. & Han, Jung Yun (2012). Supplier Referrals and Closure of Embedded Multiplex Triads. OMT Division Best Paper Award Nominee. Academy of Management Conference, Boston, 2012.
·Yao, X., Li, S. X., Sue-Chan, C., & Xi, Y. (2008). Structural replacement or structural inducement: Government ties of Chinese business executives. Best Paper (Macro Track) 2nd Runner-up, International Association for Chinese Management Research Conference, Guangzhou, China, 2008.
· Li, Stan X. & Rowley, Timothy. (2000) “Is it better to be talented, popular, or nice? The role of experiential and non-experiential information interorganizational partner selection.” Business Policy Division Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Conference, Toronto, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
· Shipilov, Andrew V., Li, Stan Xiao, and Li, Wan (Accepted). Can you do kung fu and also act? New entrants’ status attainment in the creative industries. Journal of World Business.
· Shipilov, Andrew V., Gulati, Ranjay, Kilduff, Martin, Li, Stan Xiao, and Tsai, Wenpin. (2014). Relational pluralism within and between organizations. Academy of Management Journal (Special Research Forum). 57(2): 449-459.
· Wang, Liang, Madhok, Anoop & Li, Stan X. (2014). Agglomeration and clustering over the industry life cycle: Toward a dynamic model of geographic concentration. Strategic Management Journal. 35(7): 995-1012.
· Shipilov, Andrew & Li, Stan X. (2012). The missing link: The effect of customers on the formation of relationships among producers in the multiplex triads. Organization Science. 23(2):472-491.
· Shipilov, A. V., Li, S. X., & Greve, H. R. (2011). The prince and the pauper: Search and brokerage in the initiation of status-heterophilous ties. Organization Science. 22(6): 1418-1434.
· Li, Stan X., Yao, Xiaotao, Sue-Chan, Christina & Xi, Youmin (2011). Where do social ties come from? Institutional framework and governmental tie distribution among Chinese managers. Management and Organization Review. 7(1): 97-124.
· The abridged version of this paper was profiled in the founding issue of Chinese Management Insights. (Li, Stan X., Yao, Xiaotao, Sue-Chan, Christina & Xi, Youmin (2011). “Where do social ties come from? Institutional framework and governmental tie distribution among Chinese managers” China Management Insights. 1(1): 32-38.
· This article is also featured in a virtual issue published by Wiley, Research in Emerging Economy Contexts (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000028/homepage/virtual_issue__research_in_emerging_economy_contexts.htm).
· Greenwood, R., Diaz, A. M., Li, S. X., & Lorente, J. C. (2010). The multiplicity of institutional logics and the heterogeneity of organizational responses. Organization Science. 21(2): 521-539.
· Yao, X., Li, S. X., Sue-Chan, C., & Xi, Y. (2009). Structural replacement or structural inducement: Government ties of Chinese business executives. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 26(1): 54-70. (The paper states that Yao and Li contributed equally to this paper.)
· Shipilov, Andrew V. & Li, Stan X. (2008). To have a cake and eat it too? Structural holes’ influence on status accumulation and market performance in collaborative networks. Administrative Science Quarterly. 53(1): 73-108.
· Greenwood, Royston, Deephouse, David & Li, Stan X. (2007). Ownership and performance of professional service firms. Organization Studies, 28(2): 219-238.
· Greenwood, Royston, Li, Stan X., Prakash, R., & Deephouse, David L. (2005). Reputation, diversification, and organizational explanations of performance in professional service firms. Organization Science, 16(6): 661-673.
· Li, Stan X. & Greenwood, Royston (2004). The effect of within-industry diversification on firm performance: Synergy creation, multi-market contact and market structuration. Strategic Management Journal, 25(12): 1131-1153.
· Brown, Travor, Li, Stan X., Sargent, Leisa D. & Tasa, Kevin (2003). What went wrong at university hospital? Assessing training effectiveness. Journal of Management Education. Vol. 27(4): 485-496.
· Li, Stan X. & Rowley, Timothy J. (2002). Inertia and evaluation mechanisms in interorganizational partner selection: Syndicate formations among U.S. investment banks. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45(6: 1104-1119.
· Li, Stan X. & Berta, Whitney B. (2002). Status-based strategic actions in the U.S. investment banking industry. Organization Studies, Vol. 23(3): 339-368.
· Baum, Joel A. C., Li, Stan X. & Usher, John M. (2000). Making the next move: How experiential and vicarious learning shape the locations of chains’ acquisitions. Administrative Science Quarterly, 45(4): 766-801.
Book Chapters
· Shipilov, Andrew and Li, Stan X. (2014). Towards the relational multiplexity perspective on inter-firm networks. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 40, pp. 95-110. Volume title: Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Guest edited by: Daniel J. Brass, Giuseppe (Joe) Labianca, Ajay Mehra, Daniel S. Halgin and Stephen P. Borgatti. Emerald.
· Li, S.X. (2009). Book Review: The Sage handbook of organizational institutionalism. Administrative Science Quarterly, 54(3): 533-535.
· Li, Stan X. & Chuang, You-Ta. (2001). Racing for market share: Hypercompetition and the performance of multiunit-multimarket firms. In J. A. C. Baum & H. R. Greve (Eds.), Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 18, pp. 329-355. Stamford, CT: JAI Press. 2001.
Proceedings
· Shipilov, Andrew V., Li, Stan X. & Han, Jung Yun (2012). Supplier referrals and closure of embedded multiplex Triads. OMT Division Best Paper Award Nominee. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, 2012. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceedings.
· Shipilov, A. V., Li, S. X., & Baum, A.C. (2011). A matching theory of embedded interfirm tie formation. Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2011 San Antonio. OMT Division.
· Wang, Liang, Madhok, Anoop & Li, Stan Xiao (2009). Time contingence of geographic concentration: Wine production in Ontario. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2009, Chicago.
· Li, Stan X. & Shipilov, Andrew V. (2008). Transferability of partnering experiences across networks. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2008, Anaheim, California.
· Li, Stan X.& Rowley, Timothy. (2000) Is it better to be talented, popular, or nice? The role of experiential and non-experiential information in interorganizational partner selection. Academy of Management Conference Best Paper Proceedings. BPS Division Best Paper Award. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto, 2000.
· Li, Stan X. & Berta, Whitney (1999). Ties that bind: Status-based constraints on strategic actions in the U.S. investment banking industry. The Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference Proceedings, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1999.
· Baum, Joel A. C., Li, Stan X. & Usher, John M. (2000). Spatial embeddedness of acquisitions by multiunit organizations. Conference on Knowledge and Innovation Proceedings, Helsinki, Finland, pp. 170-180.


Publications Journal Publications and Reviews Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Li, Wan / Can you do Kung Fu and also act? New entrants’ status attainment in the creative industries. April 2020; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 55, No. 3

WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERING OVER THE INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE: TOWARD A DYNAMIC MODEL OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION. July 2014; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 995-1012

SHIPILOV, Andrew; GULATI, Ranjay; KILDUFF, Martin; LI, Stan; TSAI, Wenpin / RELATIONAL PLURALISM WITHIN AND BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS. April 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 449-459

Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / The Missing Link: The Effect of Customers on the Formation of Relationships Among Producers in the Multiplex Triads. March 2012; In: Organization Science. Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 472–491

Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Greve, Henrich R. / The Prince and the Pauper: Search and Brokerage in the Initiation of Status-Heterophilous Ties. November 2011; In: Organization Science. Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1418-1434

Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Where Do Social Ties Come From: Institutional Framework and Governmental Tie Distribution among Chinese Managers. March 2011; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 97-124

Greenwood, Royston; Díaz, Amalia Magán; Li, Stan Xiao; Lorente, José Céspedes / The Multiplicity of Institutional Logics and the Heterogeneity of organizational Responses. March 2010; In: Organization Science. Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 521-539

Yao, Xiaotao; Li, Stan Xiao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Structural Replacement or Structural Inducement: Government Ties of Chinese Business Executives. March 2009; In: Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 54-70

Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / Can you have your cake and eat it too? Structural holes' influence on status accumulation and market performance in collaborative networks. March 2008; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 73-108

Greenwood, Royston; Deephouse, David L.; Li, Stan Xiao / Ownership and Performance of Professional Service Firms. February 2007; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 219-238

Greenwood, Royston; Li, Stan X.; Prakash, Rajshree; Deephouse, David L. / Reputation, Diversification, and Organizational Explanations of Performance in Professional Service Firms. November 2005; In: Organization Science. Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 661-673

LI, Stan Xiao; GREENWOOD, Royston / THE EFFECT OF WITHIN-INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: SYNERGY CREATION, MULTI-MARKET CONTACT AND MARKET STRUCTURATION. December 2004; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 1131-1153

Brown, Travor C.; Li, Stan X.; Sargent, Leisa D.; Tasa, Kevin / WHAT WENT WRONG AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL? AN EXERCISE ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS. August 2003; In: Journal of Management Education. Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 485-496

LI, Stan Xiao; ROWLEY, Timothy J. / INERTIA AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL PARTNER SELECTION: SYNDICATE FORMATION AMONG U.S. INVESTMENT BANKS. December 2002; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1104-1119

Li, Stan X.; Berta, Whitney Blair / The Ties that Bind: Strategic Actions and Status Structure in the US Investment Banking Industry. May 2002; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 339-368

Baum, Joel A. C.; Li, Stan Xiao; Usher, John M. / Making the Next Move: How Experiential and Vicarious Learning Shape the Locations of Chains' Acquisitions. December 2000; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 766-801


Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works YANG, Jie; LI, Stan Xiao / YOU JUMP, I JUMP: A BUNDLE-BASED PERSPECTIVE OF CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP. August 2020; 80th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings.

Shipilov, Andrew; Li, Stan / TOWARD A STRATEGIC MULTIPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE ON INTERFIRM NETWORKS. July 2014; Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Vol. 40, pp. 95-109

Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Han, Jungyun / Supplier Referrals and Closure of Embedded Multiplex Triads. July 2012; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2012, pp. 125-130

SHIPILOV, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Baum, Joel A. C. / A MATCHING THEORY OF EMBEDDED INTERFIRM TIE FORMATION. August 2011; Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011.

WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / TIME CONTINGENCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION: WINE PRODUCTION IN ONTARIO, 1865 – 1974. August 2009; Academy of Management Proceedings Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM.

ZHAO, Eric Yanfei; LI, Stan Xiao; ISHIHARA, Masakazu / Category spanning, naming strategies and performance implications in the US film industry. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (ISSUE 1)

LI, Stan Xiao; SHIPILOV, Andrew V. / TRANSFERABILITY OF PARTNERING EXPERIENCES ACROSS NETWORKS: THE IMPACT OF M&A ADVISORY TIES ON THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC OFFERING SYNDICATES. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (No. 1)

Li, Stan Xiao; Chuang, You-Ta / RACING FOR MARKET SHARE: HYPERCOMPETITION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIUNIT MULTIMARKET FIRMS. June 2001; Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy. pp. 329-355



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