Positions
Associate Professor (without tenure), 2024-
Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
Director of Research Center for Healthcare Management, 2025-
School of Economics and Management,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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.
Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy
Director of Research Center for Healthcare Management, 2025-
School of Economics and Management,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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.
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.
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, 47(3): 448-465.
2. How Property Rights Matter to Firm Resource Investment: Evidence from a Property Law Enactment, with Tony Tong and Wenlong He, 2022, Organization Science, 33(1):293-310.
3. Property Rights and Firm Scope, with Tony Tong and Zhimin Li, 2025, Journal of Management, 51(2), 637-669.
2. How Property Rights Matter to Firm Resource Investment: Evidence from a Property Law Enactment, with Tony Tong and Wenlong He, 2022, Organization Science, 33(1):293-310.
3. Property Rights and Firm Scope, with Tony Tong and Zhimin Li, 2025, Journal of Management, 51(2), 637-669.
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, (6), 22-27.
2. Why DeepSeek Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise, with Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury and Natarajan Balasubramanian, 2025, Harvard Business Review (Online).
2. Why DeepSeek Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise, with Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury and Natarajan Balasubramanian, 2025, Harvard Business Review (Online).
Working Papers
AI and Entrepreneurial Firms.
1. Scaling Human Capital and Codified Selves, with Natarajan Balasubramanian and Prithwiraj Choudhury, R&R.
6. The Emergence of GPT-Enabled Startups and Industries, with Natarajan Balasubramanian.
- BYU Winter Strategy Conference; MOR Workshop at RUC; Shandong University 2025; Nankai University 2026.
- Best Paper, STR Division, AOM 2026.
- Strategy Science Conference 2026; OSWC 2026 (Poster by coauthor); AOM 2026; DRUID 2026; ISA 2026; Zhejiang University 2026.
- IDEC 2025 (Poster); GEIRC 2024; CKJ Workshop 2024; AOM 2024; ISA 2024.
- Strategy Science Conference 2026.
6. The Emergence of GPT-Enabled Startups and Industries, with Natarajan Balasubramanian.
- OSU (by coauthor); 6th ISB AI & Strategy Consortium, 2025.
IPR and Patent Litigation
8. Patent Litigation and Entrepreneurial Financing, with Huiyan Zhang, and Tony Tong, R&R.
- RUC Finance 2025; RUC Business School, 2024; GIIP 2024; University of Hawaii, 2022; CEIBS, 2020; Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2020; ShanghaiTech, 2020; SMS, 2019; AOM, 2019.
- DRUID25, Strategy Science Conference 2025, Wharton Technology and Innovation Conference 2025 (by coauthor); AOM 2024; HKUST Guangzhou, 2023; CEIBS, 2023; Fudan SOM, 2022.
- Asian Management Research Consortium (AMRC) 2026 (by coauthor); AOM 2025, CUHK Shenzhen, 2023.
- Distinguished Student Paper Award, STR Division, AOM 2019.
- Best Paper, 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.
- UESTC, 2023; SWUFE, 2023; SMS 2022; Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, 2021;Tsinghua SEM 2021; AOM 2020; SHUFE College of Business, 2020; Wharton Corporate Strategy and Innovation Conference (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.
Other Writings
1. Agglomeration Density and Business-Consumer Matching: Evidence from Yelp.
- Accepted to 2016 Regional Science Association International Annual Conference.
Teaching Experiences
AI Technology and Strategic Management
- 2026- , Tsinghua University.
- 2023- , Tsinghua University.
- 2022- , Tsinghua University.
- 2022- , Tsinghua University (Graduate).
- 2024-2025, Tsinghua University (Undergraduate).
- 2020-202, Louisiana State University.
- 2018, Purdue University.
- 2022, 2023 Spring, Tsinghua University.
Awards and Honors
2nd Prize Teaching Excellence Award, Tsinghua SEM, 2025.
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.
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
Tsinghua University Institute for Sustainable Social Value (SSV) Grant, 2026.
Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program, 2025-2027.
Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Grant, 2024-2025.
Tsinghua University SEM Research Grant, 2024-2025.
Tsinghua University Junior Faculty Startup Research Fund, 2021-2024.
Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program, 2025-2027.
Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Grant, 2024-2025.
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.
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-
Department Seminar Coordinator, 2023-
MiM Committee Member, 2022-
Reviewing
Editorial Board Member, Management and Organization Review, 2022-.
Ad hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management, Long Range Planning, Industrial and Corporate Change, Management and Organization Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Systems and Management (Chinese), Empirical Economics, AOM, SMS.
Editorial Board Member, Management and Organization Review, 2022-.
Ad hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Management Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management, Long Range Planning, Industrial and Corporate Change, Management and Organization Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Systems and Management (Chinese), Empirical Economics, AOM, SMS.
Professional Memberships
Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, AEA, INFORMS, IACMR, ISA.
For a PDF version of my CV, please see my school website below.