Li, Jizhen
Associate Professor, Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Dr. Jizhen LI is an associate professor of Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University. He is also a research fellow and vice director at the Research Canter for Technological Innovation at Tsinghua University.
Jizhen holds a PhD(2002) in Management Science, a MA in Management Science, and BE(1997) both in Automobile Engineering and Industrial Engineering from the Tsinghua University. He visited MIT Sloan School of Management as an International Faculty Fellow for half a year in 2006.
He teaches courses such as Project Management, Management of Technological Innovation, Innovation Research, Technological Entrepreneurship and Project evaluation.
His research interests include management of technological innovation, science & technology policy, project management ,and SMEs Innovation and Entrepreneurship. During the past several years, his research mainly focus on Technology-bases SMEs in China, generic technology and innovation platform, and technolgy transfer in Tsinghua.
As Principal Investigator, he has finished or is working on more than 20 research projects, include four research projects funded by NSF of China. He has published more than 70 journal articles(mainly in Chinese).
Journal Articles
Yanbo Wang and Jizhen Li. Fraud and Innovation: Is There a Cheater’s Discount? Administrative Science Quarterly. (R&R)
Daniel Armanios, Charles E. Eesley, Jizhen Li and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. To Certify or To Broker: How Science Parks Help Entrepreneurs Access Policy Resources? Academy of Management Journal. (R&R)
Elena Obukhova, Yanbo Wang and Jizhen Li. The Value of the Alma Mater's Location: Returnee Entrepreneurs, Local Embeddedness, and Firm Performance. Organization Science. (R&R)
Yongchuan Bao, Jizhen Li and Shibin Sheng. Multifaceted R&D-Marketing Relationships, Knowledge Integration, and New Product Performance: Theoretical Triangulation and Empirical Evidence. Journal of Product Innovation Management. (R&R)
Xiaolan Fu and Jizhen Li. Collaboration with Foreign Universities for Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms.International Journal of Technology Management. (R&R)
Yimei Hu, Jizhen Li, Olav Sørensen and Si Zhang. Gaining Relational Competitive Advantages: A Conceptual Framework on Rents Generation and Appropriation. European Journal of International Management. (R&R)
Elaine Walsh, Caroline Hargreaves, Hillemann-Delaney U and Jizhen Li. Doctoral researchers and entrepreneurship: 'a responsibility to improve the future' or a 'dirty word'? Studies in Higher Education. (Forthcoming)
Xiaolan Fu, Jizhen Li, Hongru Xiong and Henry Chesbrough. Open Innovation as a Response to Constraints and Risks: Evidence from China. Asian Economic Papers. Vol. 13, No. 3, 2014.
Jizhen Li, Si Zhang, Poh Kam Wong and Xiaolan FU. Harnessing Internal and External Resources for Innovation in Emerging Economies. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2014.
Jizhen Li, Yueheng Wang and Xudong Gao. A study of the Beijing Science and Technology Resource Platform. Industry and Higher Education. Vol. 27, No. 4, pp 287–296, 2013.
Jianghua ZHOU, Yunhuan TONG, Jizhen LI. Disruptive innovation for the base of the pyramid market – a case study on China’s Shanzhai cell phone industry, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp.392-419, 2012.
Jizhen Li, Hongru Xiong, Si Zhang, Olav Sorensen. Co-authorship Patterns in East Asia in the light of regional scientific collaboration. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. Vol. 3, No.2, pp. 145-163, 2012.
Xiaolan FU, Jizhen LI and Martin Johnson. Internal and External Sources of Tacit Knowledge: Evidence from the Chinese Optical Fiber and Cable Industry. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 383-399, 2011.
Jizhen LI, Quwen DENG and Olav Sorensen. Building National innovation platform in China: theoretical exploration and empirical study. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.58-78, 2011.
