Innovation Management – innovation policy, dynamics of knowledge creation

International Collaboration – cross-border R&D, multinational enterprises, knowledge protection

Supply Networks – structure, governance, and performance of inter-organizational network

Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering
School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
September 2011 – July 2016

B.Sc. in Mathematics
Renmin University of China
September 2004 – July 2008

   

Selected Publications

1. ​Concentration in cross‐border research collaborations and MNCs' knowledge creation in a host country. with  Li, J. Yan, Y.,  & Xie, Z. Strategic Management Journal. 2025.  In Press.（UTD24 Journal）

2. The bidirectional causality of tie stability and innovation performance, with Wang, Y., Yan, Y., & Guan, J. Research Policy, 53(10), 105102.
3. Protecting intellectual property in foreign subsidiaries: an internal network defense perspective, with Yan, Y., &  Li, J. Journal of International Business Studies, 53, 1924–1944 (2022).
4. The impact of multilevel networks on innovation, with Guan, J., & Yan, Y. Research Policy, 44(3), 545–559 (2015).

1.   AI Disruption: Unveiling How Artificial Intelligence Dismantles Intraorganizational Collaboration Networks, with Yan, Y., Wang, S., & Chen, W. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025, 85(1).

2.  Departmental collaboration and policy recombinant innovation, with Wang, J. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025, 85(1).

3.What hampers employee creativity? The role of resistance to change and knowledge hiding, with Yan, Y. & Guan, J. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019, 79(1).

4.  Innovation success and failure: implications for exploratory and exploitative innovation, with Aard, G. & Olga, B. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018, 78(1).

5.  Is open innovation beneficial to service innovation? A multilevel approach. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018, 78(1).

6. Motivation and ability to enter new entrepreneurial fields: Evidence from Kickstarter, with Yan, Y. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018, 78(1).

7. Network defense of entrepreneurial companies for indirect ties with rivals, with Aard, G. High Technology Small Firms Conference, 2018.

​ Graduated

• 3 PhD students
• 3 Master’s students
• 2 MPA students
• 1 International Master’s student

 Currently Supervising

• 3 PhD students
• 2 Master’s students
• 3 MPA students
• 2 International Master’s students

Youth Innovation Promotion Association Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024

Xiaomi Young Scholar Award, 2022

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chinese Society for Technology Economics (First Edition), 2018

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017

National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015