Academic Positions
Associate Professor (without tenure), School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2024-.
Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2021-2024.
Assistant Professor, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, 2020-2021.
Education
Ph.D. in Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 2020.
Doctoral studies, M.S. in Business Administration, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, 2015.
M.S. in Statistics, School of Industrial and System Engineering (ISyE), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013.
M.S. in Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, 2013.
B.A. in International Economics and Trade, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China, 2011.
Interests
AI and Strategy,
Property Rights and IPR,
Entrepreneurial firms,
Medical Device, and 
Motor manufacturing.
Dissertation
"Essays on Patent Litigation, Patent Monetization, and Entrepreneurial Firms​."
  • Committee: Richard Makadok (Co-chair), Tony W. Tong (Co-chair), Thomas Brush, and Umit Ozmel.
Publications
1. Substituting Human Decision-Making with Machine Learning: Implications for Organizational Learning, with Natarajan Balasubramanian and Yang Ye, 2022, Academy of Management Review.
  • Human Capital and Innovation Roundtable, Tsinghua-Rice Joint Research Center, 2021; Tongji University, School of Economics and Management, 2021; ​Peking University, National School of Development (NSD), 2020; SMS, 2020.
​​2. How Property Rights Matter to Firm Resource Investment: Evidence from a Property Law Enactment, with Tony Tong and Wenlong He, 2022, Organization Science.
  • AOM, Chicago, 2018; Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China, 2018; Purdue Strategy Alumni Conference, 2018.
3. Property Rights and Firm Scope, with Tony Tong and  Zhimin Li, 2025, Journal of Management.

Working Papers
Entrepreneurial Firms and AI.
1. Scaling Human Capital and Codified Selves, with Natarajan Balasubramanian and Prithwiraj Choudhury.
  • ​BYU Winter Strategy Conference (Scheduled).
2. The Emergence of GPT-Enabled Startups and Industries, with Natarajan Balasubramanian.
  • ​6th ISB AI & Strategy Consortium, 2025.
3. Employee Expertise and New Venture Innovation, with Yuchen Zhang, Stephanie Cheng, and ​Natarajan Balasubramanian.

4.. Geopolitical Risk and GVC Involvement, with Tan Li, Victor Cui, and Delin Yang.
  • CKJ Workshop, 2024; AOM 2024; GEIRC, Boulder, 2024; ISA Sacramento 2024;
IPR and Patent Litigation
1. Trolling for Dollars, with Richard Makadok.
  • Distinguished Student Paper Award, STR Division, AOM 2019.
  • Best Paper Proceedings, STR Division, AOM 2019.
  • SMS 2019; AOM 2019; ​Munich Summer Institute, 2019 (Poster); ​Strategy Science Conference, 2019 (Poster); ​Tsinghua SEM, 2018; UIBE, School of International Trade and Economics, 2018; ​Best paper, Krannert Doctoral Research Symposium, 2018; Purdue Strategy Proseminar, 2018.
2. Patent Monetization and Acquisition, with Tony Tong.
  • UESTC, 2023; SWUFE, 2023; SMS 2022; Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, 2021;​Tsinghua SEM, 2021; AOM 2020; SHUFE College of Business, 2020; 2020; Wharton Corporate Strategy and Innovation Conference, 2019 (Poster); ​Best Paper Runner-up, Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium (WINDS), 2019; Louisiana State University; Krannert  Doctoral Research Symposium, 2019; INFORMS, 2019; Penn Wharton China Center Conference on Innovation and Intellectual Property, Beijing, 2019; Peking University Guanghua, 2019; SMS, 2017.
3. Patent Litigation and Entrepreneurial Financing, with Huiyan Zhang, and Tony Tong.
  • Renmin University, 2024; University of Hawaii, 2022; CEIBS, 2020; Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2020; ShanghaiTech, ​2020;​ SMS, 2019; AOM, 2019.​ ​
4. Shadow of Crisis: The Spillover Effect of Patent Litigation on Patent Strategies, with Yifan Liu, Aija Leiponen, and Yolanda Xue.
  • AOM 2024; HKUST Guangzhou, 2023; CEIBS, 2023;​ Fudan SOM, 2022.
5. Hedge Fund Activism and Patent Litigations, with Kubilay Cirik and Yurun Tian.
  • CUHK Shenzhen, 2023.
Practitioner Articles
1. Using Digitalization to Empower Pharmaceutical Industry: Breaking Down Information Barriers to Promote Healthcare Equity. "数字化赋能医药行业：打破信息壁垒，助力医疗公平" with Xinyu Yang and Peng Wang, 2024, Tsinghua Business Reivew.

2. Why DeepSeek Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise, with Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury and Natarajan Balasubramanian, 2025, Harvard Business Review (Online).

Other Writings
 1. Agglomeration Density and Business-Consumer Matching: Evidence from Yelp​.
  • ​Accepted to 2016 Regional Science Association International Annual Conference.
Teaching Experiences
Management Research Method (PhD)
  • 2022, 2023, 2024 Spring, Tsinghua University.
Global Strategy and Organizations (Graduate)
  • 2022, 2023 Spring, Tsinghua University.
Strategic Management, ​
  • 2022, 2023, 2024 Fall, Tsinghua University (Graduate).
  • 2024 Spring, Tsinghua University (Undergraduate).
  • 2020 Fall and 2021 Spring​, Louisiana State University (Undergraduate).
  • 2018 Spring and Fall, Purdue University (Undergraduate).
Awards and Honors
AliResearch Young Academics Project, Alibaba, 2022.
​Distinguished Student Paper Award, STR Division of the Academy of Management, 2019.
​Best Paper Runner-up, Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium (WINDS), 2019.
Finalist for Best Student Paper, STR Division of the Academy of Management, 2019.
Best Presentation Runner-up, Krannert Doctoral Research Symposium, Purdue University, 2019.
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University Graduate School, 2019.
Best Paper Proceedings, STR Division of the Academy of Management, 2019.
Ph.D. Student Service Award, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2019.
Best Presentation, Krannert Doctoral Research Symposium, Purdue University, 2018.
Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University, 2018 Spring and 2018 Fall.
Graduate Research Assistantship, Purdue University, 2016-Present.
Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division of the Academy of Management, 2016.
Laney Graduate School Fellowship, Emory University, 2013-2015.
Graduate Research Assistantship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-2013.
University Scholarship, University of International Business and Economics, 2008-2010.
Grants
Patent Litigation and Firm Resources, PI, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, 2024-2025.
Medical AI Entrepreneurship, PI, Tsinghua University SEM Research Grant, 2024-2025.
Tsinghua University Junior Faculty Startup Research Fund, 2021-2024.
Workshops
IM Junior Faculty Consortium, AOM, 2023.
​STR Junior Faculty Consortium, AOM, 2022.
TIM Junior Faculty Consortium, AOM, 2021.
STR Dissertation Consortium, AOM, 2019.
TIM Doctoral Consortium, AOM, 2018.
Services

Department Seminar Coordinator, 2023-
MiM Committee Member, 2022-
Reviewing

Editorial Board Member, Management and Organization Review, 2022-.

Ad hoc Reviewer: Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Management and Organization Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of Systems and Management (Chinese), Empirical Economics, AOM, SMS.

Professional Memberships
Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, AEA, ​INFORMS
For a PDF version of my CV, please see my school website below.
School website