Portrait of Dr. Haiyang Li

Dr. Haiyang Li

H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management – Strategic Management
Fields of Interest: Strategic Management and Innovation
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Department: Strategy
Office: McNair Hall 358
Phone: 713-348-4194; Email: haiyang@rice.edu

Dr. Haiyang Li is the H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He earned a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degrees in economics from Renmin University of China and received a Ph.D. from City University of Hong Kong. Before joining Rice University, he was on the faculty of the Department of Management at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Li’s research interests focus on technology entrepreneurship, innovation (particularly in China’s transition economy), digital transformation, strategic alliances and multinational firms’ innovation in emerging markets, as well as the growth of technology clusters. His articles on the above issues have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies,  Journal of Product Innovation Management, and others.

His research has won awards, including  the Dr. Esther Ling-Yee Li Best Paper Award at 2024 Academy of International Business (AIB) Aisa Pacific Regional Conference, the Grief Research Impact Awards (2016), and AMA Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference Best Paper Award (2001). He also won EFMD Case Writing Competition Award (Bringing technology to market category) (2016).

He teaches Strategy Management (MBA core course), Strategic Innovation, and Digital Transformation courses at both MBA and EMBA levels. He also teaches Seminars on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Ph.D. students. He has won Teaching Excellence Award for Professional MBA Evening Program at the Jones Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Li is the co-founding editor of Quarterly Journal of Management, a top-tier Chinese management journal in China. He has also served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of High Technology Management Research, International Journal of Emerging Markets, and Multinational Business Review. He is a keen supporter of the profession through his membership of several professional associations including Academy of Management (AOM), Strategic Management Society (SMS), and International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR).

 

What is NEW!

  1.  New Publication: Zhu, Zhijing and Haiyang Li. Technological catch-up: A new measure and patent-based evidence from China’s manufacturing industries. Research Policy, forthcoming.
  2.  I won Teaching Excellence Award for Professional MBA Evening Program, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University (2025)
  3.  The 13th Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets (May 15-16, 2025, Houston)
    Please visit https://business.rice.edu/strategysymposium
  4. I won The Dr. Esther Ling-Yee Li Best Paper Award, 2024 Academy of International Business (AIB) Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Guangzhou, December 4-6.
  5. I won Best Reviewer Award for the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2024 Seoul Conference, July 2-6.
  6. The 10th Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets (May 12-13, 2022, Houston)
    To register, please visit https://business.rice.edu/strategysymposium
  7.  My case “GE China Technology Center: Evolving role in global innovation” (with R. Chung, 2015. Ivey Publishing, Product No.: 9B15M099) won 2016 EFMD Case Competition Award (Bringing technology to market category).
  8.  My 2010 paper published in the Strategic Management Journal (Vol. 31, No. 1) entitled, “Innovation search of new ventures in a technology cluster: The role of ties with service intermediaries ” [download] has been selected to receive the 2016 Greif Research Impact Award. This annual award (launched in 2007) recognizes an entrepreneurship paper that appeared in the top-tier management and entrepreneurship journals six years ago and received the highest citations (based on the Social Science Citations Index) in the five years following publication. Please visit the following website to learn more about the award methodology, database that underlies the award, and previous award winners: http://www.marshall.usc.edu/greif/research/research-impact-award.htm
  9.  Co-Founding Editor, Quarterly Journal of Management（管理学季刊）, a newly launched top tier management journal in Chinese: http://bus.sysu.edu.cn/qjm/
  10.  Jones Partners Thought Leadership Series “Innovation for the Bottom of the Pyramid: In China and for the World” by Xiangli Chen and Haiyang Li, November 9, 2015, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University.
  11.  Expert viewpoints: Innovation reform: China’s changing posture toward supporting innovation. http://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/china-economy/expert-viewpoints/haiyang-li-yan-zhang)