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Prof. Stan Xiao LI (黎曉教授)

PhD - Business Administration (University of Toronto)

Head (MGT)
Professor

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Address:	10-252, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building City University of Hong Kong
Phone:	+852 34424642
Fax:	+852 34420309
stan.li@cityu.edu.hk

Stan Xiao Li received his Ph.D. from University of Toronto. His research interests include strategic networks, institutionalism and leadership. His teaching interests are strategic management, international business, and leadership. His research works have appeared in some top-tier management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Organization Science, etc. He is currently an editorial board member of the Strategic Management Journal.

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews
Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Yang, Jie / Ecological Examination of Mortality Rate in an Infant Industry: The Roles of Legitimacy and Illegitimacy. July 2024; In: Journal of Management. Wang, Liang; Xie, Zaiyang; Abdi, Majid; Lee, June Y.; Li, Stan Xiao / The rise of female board representation in China as a glocalization process (2010–2018). February 2024; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 172 Shipilov, Andrew; Li, Stan X.; Bothner, Matthew S.; Truong, Nghi / Network advantage: Uncontested structural holes and organizational performance in market crises. December 2023; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 44, No. 13, pp. 3122-3154 Yang, Jie; Li, Stan Xiao / Bundle Up Before You Go: Toward a Bundle Approach to Product Categorization. May 2023; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1695-1737 Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Li, Wan / Can you do Kung Fu and also act? New entrants’ status attainment in the creative industries. April 2020; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 55, No. 3 WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERING OVER THE INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE: TOWARD A DYNAMIC MODEL OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION. July 2014; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 995-1012 SHIPILOV, Andrew; GULATI, Ranjay; KILDUFF, Martin; LI, Stan; TSAI, Wenpin / RELATIONAL PLURALISM WITHIN AND BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS. April 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 449-459 Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / The Missing Link: The Effect of Customers on the Formation of Relationships Among Producers in the Multiplex Triads. March 2012; In: Organization Science. Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 472–491 Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Greve, Henrich R. / The Prince and the Pauper: Search and Brokerage in the Initiation of Status-Heterophilous Ties. November 2011; In: Organization Science. Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1418-1434 Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Where Do Social Ties Come From: Institutional Framework and Governmental Tie Distribution among Chinese Managers. March 2011; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 97-124 Greenwood, Royston; Díaz, Amalia Magán; Li, Stan Xiao; Lorente, José Céspedes / The Multiplicity of Institutional Logics and the Heterogeneity of organizational Responses. March 2010; In: Organization Science. Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 521-539 Yao, Xiaotao; Li, Stan Xiao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Structural Replacement or Structural Inducement: Government Ties of Chinese Business Executives. March 2009; In: Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 54-70 Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / Can you have your cake and eat it too? Structural holes' influence on status accumulation and market performance in collaborative networks. March 2008; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 73-108 Greenwood, Royston; Deephouse, David L.; Li, Stan Xiao / Ownership and Performance of Professional Service Firms. February 2007; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 219-238 Greenwood, Royston; Li, Stan X.; Prakash, Rajshree; Deephouse, David L. / Reputation, Diversification, and Organizational Explanations of Performance in Professional Service Firms. November 2005; In: Organization Science. Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 661-673 LI, Stan Xiao; GREENWOOD, Royston / THE EFFECT OF WITHIN-INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: SYNERGY CREATION, MULTI-MARKET CONTACT AND MARKET STRUCTURATION. December 2004; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 1131-1153 Brown, Travor C.; Li, Stan X.; Sargent, Leisa D.; Tasa, Kevin / WHAT WENT WRONG AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL? AN EXERCISE ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS. August 2003; In: Journal of Management Education. Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 485-496 LI, Stan Xiao; ROWLEY, Timothy J. / INERTIA AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL PARTNER SELECTION: SYNDICATE FORMATION AMONG U.S. INVESTMENT BANKS. December 2002; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1104-1119 Li, Stan X.; Berta, Whitney Blair / The Ties that Bind: Strategic Actions and Status Structure in the US Investment Banking Industry. May 2002; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 339-368 Baum, Joel A. C.; Li, Stan Xiao; Usher, John M. / Making the Next Move: How Experiential and Vicarious Learning Shape the Locations of Chains' Acquisitions. December 2000; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 766-801

Journal Publications and Reviews

Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Yang, Jie / Ecological Examination of Mortality Rate in an Infant Industry: The Roles of Legitimacy and Illegitimacy. July 2024; In: Journal of Management.
Wang, Liang; Xie, Zaiyang; Abdi, Majid; Lee, June Y.; Li, Stan Xiao / The rise of female board representation in China as a glocalization process (2010–2018). February 2024; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 172
Shipilov, Andrew; Li, Stan X.; Bothner, Matthew S.; Truong, Nghi / Network advantage: Uncontested structural holes and organizational performance in market crises. December 2023; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 44, No. 13, pp. 3122-3154
Yang, Jie; Li, Stan Xiao / Bundle Up Before You Go: Toward a Bundle Approach to Product Categorization. May 2023; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1695-1737
Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Li, Wan / Can you do Kung Fu and also act? New entrants’ status attainment in the creative industries. April 2020; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 55, No. 3
WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTERING OVER THE INDUSTRY LIFE CYCLE: TOWARD A DYNAMIC MODEL OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION. July 2014; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 995-1012
SHIPILOV, Andrew; GULATI, Ranjay; KILDUFF, Martin; LI, Stan; TSAI, Wenpin / RELATIONAL PLURALISM WITHIN AND BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS. April 2014; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 449-459
Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / The Missing Link: The Effect of Customers on the Formation of Relationships Among Producers in the Multiplex Triads. March 2012; In: Organization Science. Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 472–491
Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Greve, Henrich R. / The Prince and the Pauper: Search and Brokerage in the Initiation of Status-Heterophilous Ties. November 2011; In: Organization Science. Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 1418-1434
Li, Stan Xiao; Yao, Xiaotao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Where Do Social Ties Come From: Institutional Framework and Governmental Tie Distribution among Chinese Managers. March 2011; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 97-124
Greenwood, Royston; Díaz, Amalia Magán; Li, Stan Xiao; Lorente, José Céspedes / The Multiplicity of Institutional Logics and the Heterogeneity of organizational Responses. March 2010; In: Organization Science. Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 521-539
Yao, Xiaotao; Li, Stan Xiao; Sue-Chan, Christina; Xi, Youmin / Structural Replacement or Structural Inducement: Government Ties of Chinese Business Executives. March 2009; In: Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 54-70
Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao / Can you have your cake and eat it too? Structural holes' influence on status accumulation and market performance in collaborative networks. March 2008; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 73-108
Greenwood, Royston; Deephouse, David L.; Li, Stan Xiao / Ownership and Performance of Professional Service Firms. February 2007; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 219-238
Greenwood, Royston; Li, Stan X.; Prakash, Rajshree; Deephouse, David L. / Reputation, Diversification, and Organizational Explanations of Performance in Professional Service Firms. November 2005; In: Organization Science. Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 661-673
LI, Stan Xiao; GREENWOOD, Royston / THE EFFECT OF WITHIN-INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: SYNERGY CREATION, MULTI-MARKET CONTACT AND MARKET STRUCTURATION. December 2004; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 25, No. 12, pp. 1131-1153
Brown, Travor C.; Li, Stan X.; Sargent, Leisa D.; Tasa, Kevin / WHAT WENT WRONG AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL? AN EXERCISE ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS. August 2003; In: Journal of Management Education. Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 485-496
LI, Stan Xiao; ROWLEY, Timothy J. / INERTIA AND EVALUATION MECHANISMS IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL PARTNER SELECTION: SYNDICATE FORMATION AMONG U.S. INVESTMENT BANKS. December 2002; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 1104-1119
Li, Stan X.; Berta, Whitney Blair / The Ties that Bind: Strategic Actions and Status Structure in the US Investment Banking Industry. May 2002; In: Organization Studies. Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 339-368
Baum, Joel A. C.; Li, Stan Xiao; Usher, John M. / Making the Next Move: How Experiential and Vicarious Learning Shape the Locations of Chains' Acquisitions. December 2000; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 766-801

Conference Papers
Chau, Yau; LI, Stan Xiao / When Audiences and Critics Disagree: A Configurational Study on Categories and Cultural Valuation. July 2024; 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 04/07/2024 - 06/07/2024, Milan, Italy. CHAU, Yau; SPENCER, Bryan; LI, Stan Xiao / Different or more of the same? Investigating the transition from CSR to ESG in Hong Kong. July 2023; 39th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium (2023 Cagliari), 06/07/2023 - 08/07/2023, Cagliari, Italy.

Conference Papers

Chau, Yau; LI, Stan Xiao / When Audiences and Critics Disagree: A Configurational Study on Categories and Cultural Valuation. July 2024; 40th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, 04/07/2024 - 06/07/2024, Milan, Italy.
CHAU, Yau; SPENCER, Bryan; LI, Stan Xiao / Different or more of the same? Investigating the transition from CSR to ESG in Hong Kong. July 2023; 39th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium (2023 Cagliari), 06/07/2023 - 08/07/2023, Cagliari, Italy.

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Chau, Yau; Li, Stan X.; Spencer, Bryan / Categorical Distinctiveness, Category Spanning, & Attention Endurance: A Configurational Perspective. August 2023; 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. YANG, Jie; LI, Stan Xiao / YOU JUMP, I JUMP: A BUNDLE-BASED PERSPECTIVE OF CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP. August 2020; 80th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings. Shipilov, Andrew; Li, Stan / TOWARD A STRATEGIC MULTIPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE ON INTERFIRM NETWORKS. July 2014; Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Vol. 40, pp. 95-109 Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Han, Jungyun / Supplier Referrals and Closure of Embedded Multiplex Triads. July 2012; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2012, pp. 125-130 SHIPILOV, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Baum, Joel A. C. / A MATCHING THEORY OF EMBEDDED INTERFIRM TIE FORMATION. August 2011; Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011. WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / TIME CONTINGENCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION: WINE PRODUCTION IN ONTARIO, 1865 – 1974. August 2009; Academy of Management Proceedings Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM. ZHAO, Eric Yanfei; LI, Stan Xiao; ISHIHARA, Masakazu / Category spanning, naming strategies and performance implications in the US film industry. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (ISSUE 1) LI, Stan Xiao; SHIPILOV, Andrew V. / TRANSFERABILITY OF PARTNERING EXPERIENCES ACROSS NETWORKS: THE IMPACT OF M&A ADVISORY TIES ON THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC OFFERING SYNDICATES. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (No. 1) Li, Stan Xiao; Chuang, You-Ta / RACING FOR MARKET SHARE: HYPERCOMPETITION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIUNIT MULTIMARKET FIRMS. June 2001; Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy. pp. 329-355

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Chau, Yau; Li, Stan X.; Spencer, Bryan / Categorical Distinctiveness, Category Spanning, & Attention Endurance: A Configurational Perspective. August 2023; 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management.
YANG, Jie; LI, Stan Xiao / YOU JUMP, I JUMP: A BUNDLE-BASED PERSPECTIVE OF CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP. August 2020; 80th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings.
Shipilov, Andrew; Li, Stan / TOWARD A STRATEGIC MULTIPLEXITY PERSPECTIVE ON INTERFIRM NETWORKS. July 2014; Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Vol. 40, pp. 95-109
Shipilov, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Han, Jungyun / Supplier Referrals and Closure of Embedded Multiplex Triads. July 2012; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2012, pp. 125-130
SHIPILOV, Andrew V.; Li, Stan Xiao; Baum, Joel A. C. / A MATCHING THEORY OF EMBEDDED INTERFIRM TIE FORMATION. August 2011; Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011.
WANG, Liang; MADHOK, Anoop; LI, Stan Xiao / TIME CONTINGENCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION: WINE PRODUCTION IN ONTARIO, 1865 – 1974. August 2009; Academy of Management Proceedings Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM.
ZHAO, Eric Yanfei; LI, Stan Xiao; ISHIHARA, Masakazu / Category spanning, naming strategies and performance implications in the US film industry. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (ISSUE 1)
LI, Stan Xiao; SHIPILOV, Andrew V. / TRANSFERABILITY OF PARTNERING EXPERIENCES ACROSS NETWORKS: THE IMPACT OF M&A ADVISORY TIES ON THE FORMATION OF PUBLIC OFFERING SYNDICATES. August 2008; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2008 (No. 1)
Li, Stan Xiao; Chuang, You-Ta / RACING FOR MARKET SHARE: HYPERCOMPETITION AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIUNIT MULTIMARKET FIRMS. June 2001; Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy. pp. 329-355

Prof. Stan Xiao LI (黎曉教授)

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