Education and Working Experiences

2005-2010: University of Leeds | Doctor of Philosophy in Management

2006-2007: Washington University in Seattle| Joint PhD Training

2010-2012: China News Press, Section Chief

2012-2014: University of Nottingham | Research Fellow, Business School

2014-2023: University of Nottingham | Assistant Professor, Deputy Head of Department of Strategy and International Business, Doctoral Supervisor (Tenured)

2023: School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology | Associate Professor

Publications

1.Taking a second look at the bait: Attention to upside potential versus downside risk in venture capitalists’ staged investment, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2025, in Press. (FT50, ABS4**，JCR Q1, SSCI)

2.A protracted war against counterfeits: Navigating tension management under external pressures on an E-Commerce platform, Information Systems Journal, 2025, in Press. (ABS4*，JCR Q1, SSCI)

3.Plaintiff litigation, institution, and startup financing,International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2025, in Press. (ABS3*, SSCI)

 4.Explicit and tacit synergies between alliance firms and radical innovation: The moderating roles of interfirm technological diversity and environmental technological dynamism, R and D Management, 2020, Vol.50 (4), pp.432-446. (ABS3*，JCR Q1, SSCI)

 5.Leveraging learning forces in asymmetric alliances: Small firms' perceived power imbalance in driving exploration and exploitation, Technovation, 2018, Vol.78, pp. 27-39. (ABS3*，JCR Q1, SSCI)

 6.Rethinking the‘mirroring' hypothesis: Implications for technological modularity, tacit coordination, and radical innovation, R and D Management, 2017, Vol.47 (1), pp. 3-16. (ABS3*，JCR Q1, SSCI)

7.Joint actions with large partners and small-firm ambidexterity in asymmetric alliances: The mediating role of relational identification, International Small Business Journal, 2019, Vol.37 (7), pp.689-712. (ABS3*, JCR Q1, SSCI)

 8.Building interfirm leadership: A relational identity perspective, European Management Journal, 2017, Vol.35 (5), pp. 651-662. (ABS2*, JCR Q1, SSCI) 

9.The effects of market orientation and market knowledge search on business model innovation：Evidence for two distinct pathways, European Journal of Innovation Management, 2024, Vol.27 (8), pp. 2729-2752. (JCR Q1, SSCI)

10. Knowledge search strategies and corporate entrepreneurship: evidence from China’s high-tech firms, European Journal of Innovation Management, 2023, Vol.26(2), pp. 564-587. (JCR Q1, SSCI)