Prof. J.T. Li
Professor, Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business,
Chair Professor, and
Director, Center for Business Strategy and Innovation mnjtli@ust.hk

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Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. University of Texas, Management
M.B.A. Portland State University, Management
B.S. Dalian Maritime University, Mechanical Engineering

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, School of Business and Management, Senior Associate Dean, July 2013 - July 2017, Associate Dean (Faculty), April 2009 - Jun 2013.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, since Feburary 2016, Chair Professor, since July 2009, Head, July 2006 – August 2017, Professor, since July 2006, Acting Head, January – June, 2006, Associate and Assistant Professor, 1997 – 2006.
University of Hawaii, Department of Management, Associate Professor, 1994 – 1996 (on leave from 9/94 – 12/96), Assistant Professor, 1992 – 1994.
McKinsey & Company, Hong Kong, Management consultant, advised leading multinational corporations and Asian companies on corporate strategy and alliances/partnerships in Greater China, 1994 – 1996.

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PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical, selected)Cuypers, I., Patel, C., Ertug, G., Li, J.T., & Cuypers, Y. 2021 (In press). Top management teams in international business research: A review and suggestions for future research. Journal of International Business Studies. (Download here)
Li, J.T., Van-assche, A., Li, L., & Qian, G., 2021 (In press). Foreign direct investment along the Belt and Road: A political economy perspective. Journal of International Business Studies. (Download here)
Yan, Y., Li, J., & Zhang, J. 2021 (In press). Protecting intellectual property in foreign subsidiaries: An internal network defense perspective. Journal of International Business Studies.. (Download here)
Zhang, X., Xie, L., Li, J.T. & Cheng, L. 2021 (In press). Outside in: Global demand heterogeneity and dynamic capabilities of multinational Enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies. (Download here)
Li, J.T., Ding, H., Hu, Y., & Wan, G., 2021. Dealing with dynamic endogeneity in international business research. Journal of International Business Studies, 52: 339-362. (Download here)
Li, J.T. & Fleury, M.T., 2020. Overcoming the liability of outsidership for emerging market MNEs: A capability building perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 51: 23-37. (Download here)
Zhou, J., Ge, L., Li, J.T. & Chandrashekar, S.P. 2020. Entrepreneurs' socioeconomic status and government expropriation in an emerging economy. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 14: 396-418. (Download here)
Huang, K.G. & Li, J.T., 2019. Adopting knowledge from reverse innovations? Transnational patents and signaling from an emerging economy. Journal of International Business Studies, 50: 1078-1102. (Download here)
Li, J.T., Chen, L., Yi, J., Mao, J. & Liao, J. 2019. Ecosystem-specific advantages in international digital commerce. Lead article in the 50th anniversary issue of Journal of International Business Studies, 50: 1448-1463. (50th Anniversary Issue: Changing the World: How IB Research Makes a Difference) (Download here)
Li, J.T., Li, P. & Wang, B. 2019. The liability of opaqueness: State ownership and the likelihood of deal completion in international acquisitions by Chinese firms. Strategic Management Journal, 40: 303-327. (Download here)
Lundan, S. & Li, J.T. 2019. Adjusting to and learning from institutional diversity: Toward a capability-building perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 50: 36-47. (Download here)
Xie, Z. & Li, J.T. 2018. Exporting and innovating among emerging market firms: The moderating role of institutional development. Journal of International Business Studies, 49: 222-245. (Download here)
Li, J.T., Qian, C. & Yao, K. 2015. Confidence in learning: Inter- and intra-organizational learning in foreign market entry decisions.Strategic Management Journal, 36: 918-929. (Download here)
Tang, Y., Li, J.T. & Yang, H. 2015. What I see, what I do: How executive hubris affects firm innovation.Journal of Management, 41: 1698–1723. (Download here)
Yang, J.Y., Li, J.T., & Delios, A. 2015. Will a second mouse get the cheese: Learning from early entrants’ failures in a foreign market.Organization Science. 26: 908-922. (Download here)
Li, J.T. & Ng, C. 2013. The normalization of deviant organizational practices: The non-performing loans problem in China.Journal of Business Ethics, 114: 643-653. (Download here)
Li, J.T. & Qian, C. 2013. Principal-principal conflicts under weak institutions: A study of corporate takeovers in China.Strategic Management Journal, 34: 498-509. (Download here)
Republished in a summary form in the Chinese Management Insights, 2014.

Kozhikode, R. & Li, J.T. 2012. Political pluralism, public policies, and organizational choices: Banking branch expansion in India, 1948–2003.Academy of Management Journal, 55: 339-359. (Download here)
Finalist, the 2012 Best Paper Award for articles published in Academy of Management Journal

Li, J.T. & Tang, Y. 2010. CEO hubris and firm risk taking in China: The moderating role of managerial discretion.Academy of Management Journal, 53: 45-68. (Download here)
Republished in a summary form in Chinese Management Insights, 2012, 1 (2): 756-78.

More Publications

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Recent articles in mediaArticles published in Hong Kong Economic Times (in Chinese):
A Change in Human Capital Market is Needed in Preparing for Brain Drain (09.12.2021)
Reasons for Changing Jobs: Belief-Driven or Monetary Return (14.10.2021)
The Impact of a Shorter Working Week (22.07.2021)
Belt & Road Initiative Makes Globalization Back on Track (24.06.2021)
Recovery and Inequality of the Employment Market (24.06.2021)
How Corporates Should Respond to ESG? (06.05.2021)
Impact of COVID-19: Shrinking Working Hours and Incomes (11.03.2021)
Pandemic Speeds Up Corporate Digitalization (07.01.2021)
AI is Reshaping the Job Market (05.11.2020)
Review of Business and Risk Management Strategy Amid COVID-19 (17.09.2020)
The New Normal in the Pandemic (20.08.2020)
Articles published in Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese):
Automation to Reshape the Job Market (30.01.2018)
China to Launch Pilot Zone for Innovation (05.12.2017)
China Should Proceed Further with Innovation (31.10.2017)
People-oriented System to Address Employee Dissatisfaction (05.09.2017)
Risk of Fewer Types of Job for Women (22.08.2017)
AI Disruption to Future Jobs (25.07.2017)
AI is Set to Replace Manpower (16.05.2017)
Mainland Enterprises Overseas Acquisition and Merger (11.04.2017)
"Profit Discovery" - Key to Corporate Success (14.03.2017)
A Critical Step on State-Enterprise Reform (26.01.2017)
Challenges and Opportunities Amid Trade War (20.12.2016)
Debt-to-Equity to Resolve Mainland Debt Crisis (22.11.2016)
Reforms of Mainland State and Central Enterprises Enter Critical Stage (11.10.2016)
Acquisition and Merger by Mainland Corporations – Haste Makes Waste (13.09.2016)
Challenges of Declining Investment from Mainland Citizens (16.08.2016)
Time to Eliminate “Zombie Enterprises” (06.07.2016)
State Enterprise Reform is Key to Future Success (22.09.2015)

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REVIEW ACTIVITIESEditor
Journal of International Business Studies (2016-)
Member of Editorial Board:
Academy of Management Journal (2013-)
Cross Cultural & Strategic Management (2015–)
Journal of International Business Policy (2017–)
Journal of International Management (2002-)
Journal of Management (2011-)
Long Range Planning (2014–)
Strategic Management Journal (2019-; Associate Editor, 2009-2016)
Ad Hoc Reviewer (partial listing):
Academy of Management Review
Management Science
Organization Science

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RESEARCH INTERESTS Multinational Corporate Strategy
International Expansion and Performance
Corporate Governance in Asia
Alliances/Joint Venture Success in China
Global R&D and Innovation in China
Chinese Management and Organizations

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FUNDED PROJECTS GRF Competitive Earmarked Research Grant. 2014-16, PI. "Contextual Distance and the Learning Processes in International Strategic Alliances"
HKUST Special Research Fund Initiative (SRFI) Research Grant. 2011-14, PI. "Enhancing Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong: Innovation, Enterprises, and Hong Kong's Sustainable Competitive Advantage.
GRF Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, 2010-13, CI. "When does Managerial Social Capital Contribute to Firm Performance? Evidence from Chinese Information Technology Industry, 2000-2008."
HKUST RPC grant, 2010-12, PI. "Entrepreneurship as an Engine for Sustaining Growth."
GRF Competitive Earmarked Research Grant. 2009-12, PI. "CEO Hubris, Managerial Discretion, and Firm Risk Taking in China."

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HONORS AND AWARDS2020. Journal of World Business 2019 Best Phenomenon-based Paper First Runner-Up Award.
Li, J.T., Liu, B. & Qian, G.M. 2019. The belt and road initiative, cultural friction and ethnicity: Their effects on the export performance of SMEs in China. Journal of World Business, 54: 350-359.

2016-19. Vice President and Member of the Board of the Academy of International Business
2016. Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB)
2013. Finalist of the AMJ Best Article of 2012 Award, Academy of Management.
Kozhikode, R. & Li, J.T. 2012. Political pluralism, public policies, and organizational choices: Banking branch expansion in India, 1948–2003.Academy of Management Journal, 55: 339-359.
2012. Winner of the best paper award for the strategic management track at 8th Asia Academy of Management Conference.
Qian, C, Li, J. T., & Wang, H. "Seize the state, seize the day? The relationship between corporate political activities and corporate financial performance in a transition economy."
2012. Winner of the IM Division Fundação Dom Cabral Best Paper in Strategy / IB Theory, the Academy of Management.
Yang, J.Y., J.T. Li & A. Delios. “Confidence in learning from others' failures: Foreign investment strategy in a transition economy.”
2011. Nominated for the SMS Best Practice Implications Award, the Strategic Management Society, Miami.
Tang, Y., Li, J.T. & Yang, H. “How executive overconfidence affects firm innovation.”