EDUCATION

PhD., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2010               

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, PRC 2011-2015

Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, PRC 2015 to 2020

Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, PRC 2020 to present

PUBLICATIONS

[1] Li, W., Lau, D.C., He, A., Li, X. 2024. Top management team faultline size and family firm performance. British Accounting Review. Forthcoming.

[2] Li, W., Zhang, Y., & Li, X. 2024. Reducing symbolic compliance: The presence of multiple large shareholders as an internal monitoring mechanism. Journal of Management Studies. 61(5), 1946-1984.

[3] Li, W., Bruton, G., Li, X., & Wang, S. 2022. Transgenerational succession and R&D investment: A myopic loss aversion perspective.Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(1), 193-222.

[4] Krause, R., Li, W., Ma, X.F., & Bruton, G. (2019). The board chair effect across countries: An institutional view. Strategic Management Journal, 40(10),1570-1592.

[5] Li, W., Krause, R., Qin, X., Zhang, J., Zhu, H., Lin, S., & Xu, Y. (2018). Under the microscope: An experimental look at board transparency and director monitoring behavior. Strategic Management Journal, 39(4), 1216-1236.

[6] Lu, Y., Zhou, L., Bruton, G., & Li, W. (2010). Capabilities as a mediating path to the internationalization of entrepreneurial firms in an emerging economy. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(3), 419-436.

[7] Li W., Lu Y., Makino, S., and Lau C.M. (2017). National power distance, status incongruence, and CEO dismissal. Journal of World Business, 52(6), 809-818.

[8] Li, W., Bruton, G. & Filatotchev, I. (2016). Mitigating the dual liability of newness and foreignness in capital markets: The role of returnee independent directors. Journal of World Business, 51(5), 787-799.

[9] Xia J., Ma, X., Tong, T.W., & Li, W. (2018). Network information and cross-border M&A activities. Global Strategy Journal, 8(2), 301-323.

[10] Chen, Y., Liu, L., Li, W., Xie, Z., & Wei, C. (2023). Microfoundations of dynamic capabilities: a systematic review and a multilevel framework. Management Decision, 61(6), 1717-1753.

[11] Li, W., Tsang, E.W., Luo, D., & Ying, Q. (2016). It's Not Just a Visit: Receiving Government Officials’ Visits and Firm Performance in China. Management and Organization Review,12(3), 577-604.

[12] Li, W., Au, K.Y. F., He, A., & Song, L. (2015). Why Do Family-controlled Firms Donate to Charity? The Role of Intrafamily Succession Intention, Social Status, and Religiosity. Management and Organization Review, 11(04), 621-644.

[13] Shen, N., Au, K., & Li, W. 2019. Strategic alignment of intangible assets: The role of corporate social responsibility. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1-21.

[14] Li, W., Li, P.P., Shu, C., & Zhou, M. (2015). Ranking and mapping the contributions by overseas Chinese strategy scholars: A systematic and relevant analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32(4), 1085-1108.

[15] Sun, S., Yang, X.M., & Li, W. (2014). Variance-enhancing corporate entrepreneurship under deregulation: An option portfolio approach. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 31(3), 733-761.

[16] Li, W., & Lu, Y. (2012). CEO dismissal, institutional development, and  environmental dynamism. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 29, 1007-1026.

[17] Li, W., He, A., Lan, H., & Yiu, D. (2012). Political connections and corporate diversification in emerging economies: Evidence from China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 29, 799-818.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

[1]International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Best Macro Paper, June, 2016.

[2]Academy of Management (AOM) International Management Division Best Paper Award in OB/HRM/OT, Finalist. August, 2011.

[3]The Chinese University of Hong Kong Postgraduate Research Output Award 2010.

PROFESSIONAL

Research Grants (selected)

[1] Microfoundations in Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era. National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Program Project. Jan. 2023-Dec. 2027. RMB 1900K. PI.

[2] Strategic leadership. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Young Scientists Fund. Jan. 2020-Dec. 2022. RMB 1200K. PI.

[3] Corporate entrepreneurship in family firms: A faultline perspective. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan. 2016-Dec. 2019. RMB510K. PI.

[4] Team learning behavior in the top management teams of international joint ventures: a faultline based view. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Jan. 2013-Dec. 2015. RMB220K, in Progress, PI.

Editorial Services

2020-   Associate Editor, Technovation

2022-   Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies

2022-   Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Management Studies

2024-   Editorial Review Board Member, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice