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Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- About
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- Email Address
- jie.wu@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Professor Jie Wu (Ph.D.) is a Chair Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. He has published extensively in prestigious academic journals, among which over ten have been published in Financial Times Top 50 Journals and UTD Top 24 journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, etc. His current research interests include digital inclusiveness, female entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence and renewable energies, innovation and internationalisation, culture and institutions, among others. His comprehensive study is highly acknowledged in elite business magazines such as Harvard Business Review and Forbes.
Professor Wu is serving as Area Editor of Technovation, Associate Editor of Asian Business & Management, and Regional Editor of Asia Pacific Business Review.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Professor Wu is the Co-Director of the Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability Research, launched in 2021.
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He held the position of a visiting scholar at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University (under the guidance of Professor James G. March), Columbia University Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, among others. He has instructed at several universities, such as University of Leeds, National University of Singapore, University of Auckland, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Macau, and others.
Prizes and Awards
Professor Wu has been continuously one of the world's top 1% of scientists (ranked #345 out of 52318 in 2022-2023; #538 out of 53336 in 2021-2022) ranked by the experts at Stanford University to identify all scientists who are among the top ones across all fields from 149 countries. This rank is recognized worldwide as a major factor contributing to determining the international stature of an academic. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16487/#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20111%20University%20of%20Aberdeen%20faculty%20members,work%20primarily%20in%20the%20area%20of%20International%20Business
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Management.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Management
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- International Business
- Gender Studies
- Strategic Management
- Cultural Studies
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Collaborations
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue Technovation
Digital Technologies and Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
This special issue (SI) explores how digital technologies can be better utilized to enhance crowdfunding for entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Entrepreneurial funding in the early stages poses challenges, but the appeal of distributed online financing for new ventures is increasing due to accelerated innovation and market adoption rates. While online social networking initially emerged as a consumer-focused service, entrepreneurs are now leveraging both formal and informal networks to gather capital. Crowdfunding, a type of venture funding obtained through crowdsourcing, has become a rapidly growing online ecosystem. Resource-constrained entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding as an innovative way to manage capital by pre-emptively securing funds for production and sales (Frydrych, et al., 2014; Harrison 2013). Rather than pitching to professional investors, entrepreneurs target "amateurs" or consumers with shared interests to pre-finance their services or products. Crowdfunding helps mitigate the risk of underfunding a project for both entrepreneurs and investors since investments are only executed when the minimum funding threshold is met.
In emerging or developing countries with limited access to digital technologies, offline crowdfunding activities still hold significance. These activities include community-based crowdfunding, offline crowdfunding events, local business sponsorships, traditional savings and lending circles, and print media/flyers. However, in recent times, crowdfunding platforms have attracted funding from a wider range of investors to allow entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas and projects to a large audience.
This SI will provide a more solid understanding of the potential to improve funding availability for entrepreneurs. This is likely to democratize access to funding in emerging markets, and open opportunities globally. Thus, it is important to examine the role of digital technologies in supporting crowdfunding in emerging markets’ entrepreneurial ventures.
Timeline:
- Submissions start: April 1, 2024
- Submission deadline: June 30, 2024
- Expected date of publication online by the end of Spring 2026
Detail:https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/technovation/about/call-for-papers
Supervision
Professor Wu would be interested in supervising potential PhD students in these areas:
- Gender inequality and social identities
- Culture and insititutions
- Innovation and internationalization of emerging multinational enterprises
- Top management team/board of director diversity and faultline's strategic influences
- Institutional complexity and Political/business connections
- Imitation, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Dynamic capabilities in managing international alliances
- Emerging economies firms' CSR and sustainability practices
- Internationalisation of SMEs and family firms
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
60+ MBA (Aberdeen campus)
Course coordinator
EMBA Shanghai – short course
EMBA London - guest lecture
EMBA Shanghai
7 Courses moderator
All levels student supervision
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- Publications
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Returnee Entrepreneurs and the Performance Implications of Political and Business Relationships under Institutional Uncertainty
Journal of Business Research, vol. 128, pp. 245-256Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStrategic ambidexterity and innovation in Chinese multinational vs. indIgenous firms: The role of managerial capability
International Business Review, vol. 29, no. 6, 101652Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101652
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16703/1/Wu_etal_IBR_AAM.pdf
Chinese multinationals’ fast internationalization: Financial performance advantage in one region, disadvantage in another
Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 51, no. 7, pp. 1076-1106Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-019-00279-9
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The imitation-innovation link, external knowledge search and China's innovation system
Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 727-752Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDynamic capabilities of emerging market multinational enterprises and the Uppsala model
Asian Business and ManagementContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-020-00111-5
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Network complementaries in the international expansion of emerging market firms
Journal of World Business, vol. 55, no. 2, 101045Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101045
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Process quality management and technological innovation revisited: a contingency perspective from an emerging market
Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1871-1890Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-018-9710-4
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A contingent view of institutional environment, firm capability, and innovation performance of emerging multinational enterprises
Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 82, pp. 148-157Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.01.018
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Competing with multinational enterprises’ entry: Search strategy, environmental complexity, and survival of local firms
International Business Review, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 727-738Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.02.002
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Top Management Team Surface-Level Diversity, Strategic Change, and Long-Term Firm Performance: A Mediated Model Investigation
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 304-318Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051819848997
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Agility and resource dependency in ramp-up process of humanitarian organizations
International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 845-862Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-05-2018-0119
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The moderated mediating effect of international diversification, technological capability, and market orientation on emerging market firms' new product performance
Journal of Business Research, vol. 99, pp. 524-533Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.03.025
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Top management team demographic-faultline strength and strategic change: What role does environmental dynamism play?
Strategic Management Journal, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 987-1009Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3009
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The role of international institutional complexity on emerging market multinational companies’ innovation
Global Strategy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 333-353Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1166
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The impact of imitation strategy and R&D resources on incremental and radical innovation: evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms
Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 210-230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-017-9621-9
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ISO certification and new product success in an emerging market
Asian Business and Management, vol. 18, pp. 51-71Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0046-6
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Local tourism cycle and external business cycle
Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 73, pp. 159-170Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.06.007
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Poverty reduction through entrepreneurship: incentives, social networks, and sustainability
Asian Business and Management, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 243-259Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0039-5
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Misfit or xenophillia: The impact of overseas work experiences on returnee entrepreneurs’ venture capital funding in China
Nankai Business Review International, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 19-32Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/NBRI-06-2015-0016
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Outward FDI, location choices and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises
Research Policy, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 232-240Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2017.11.001
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National innovation system, social entrepreneurship, and rural economic growth in China
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 121, pp. 238-250Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.014
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The joint effects of social identity and institutional pressures on audit quality: The case of the Chinese Audit Industry
International Business Review, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 666-682Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.12.007
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Enhancing national innovative capacity: The impact of high-tech international trade and inward foreign direct investment
International Business Review, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 502-514Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.001
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The moderating effect of technology and marketing know-how in the regional-global diversification link: Evidence from emerging market multinationals
International Business Review, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1273-1284Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.03.012
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Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation: Informal Debt as an Empirical Case
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 257-273Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1214
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