Faculty Profile

WANG Heli

Full-time Faculty

Dean, College of Graduate Research Studies; Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

EDUCATION

2002	Ph.D. in Strategic Management (Minors: Economics and Finance) Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

July 2018 - Now	Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
Aug 2022 - Now	Dean, College of Graduate Research Studies Singapore Management University
March 2020 - 2022	Dean, Post-Graduate Research Programmes Singapore Management University
July 2016 - June 2018	Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
July 2016 - June 2019	Area Coordinator, Strategy & Organization Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
July 2014 - 2018	Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2012 - 2014	Associate Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2009 - 2012	Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Management, HKUST
2002 - 2009	Assistant Professor Department of Management, HKUST

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and Employee Governance Strategic Human Capital Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability and Business Ethics Knowledge and Innovation

EDITORIAL SERVICES

Area Editor. Journal of International Business Studies. July 2025 - present
Co-Editor. Journal of Management Studies special issue on Property Rights Theory, forthcoming 2026 (with S. Alvarez, N. Foss, W. Hesterly, K. Liu, G. Markman, J. Reuer, and S. Fainshmidt).
Invited Handling Editor, Academy of Management Review: 2020 - present
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review: 2017-2020
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal: 2013 – 2016
Consulting Editor, Management & Organization Review: Jan 2012 – Sept 2013
Editorial Review Board, Strategic Management Journal: 2007- 2013
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Research: 2007- 2010
Editorial Review Board, Strategic Organization: Jan 2011 – July 2013
Editorial Review Board, Management & Organization Review: Jan 2010 –Dec 2011

SELECTED OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Board Roles: Representative-at-Large, Board of Governors, Academy of Management, 2024 – present Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Strategic Management Society, 2019-2022
Conference leadership & key roles: Co-organizer. SMS special conference* Stakeholder governance: New implications for organizations and society. Hong Kong, June 28-30, 2026* Co-organizer. SMS special conference* Strategies for Sustainable Human Development. Washington DC., 2024* Co-Organizer. BPS Mid-Career Consortium. Academy of Management 2023 and 2024 Co-Director, Annual Doctoral Workshop, Strategic Management Society, Minneapolis, 2019 Chair- Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Denver, 2015 Program Chair - Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Madrid, 2014 Associate Program Chair - Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Atlanta, 2013
Others: Panelist, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, Boston, 2023 Panelist, PDW - Research Frontiers in Nonmarket Strategy* Academy of Management, Boston, 2023* Organizer. Strategic Management Society China Forum, Webinar on “SMS Journal Editors on Research Publication for Chinese Scholars”, October 2021 Panelist. On-line panel on The Role of MNCs in Tackling Global Sustainability Challenges, Academy of Management. August 2021. Panelist. On-line panel on Firm-Specificity in Human Capital, Strategic Management Society, Strategic Human Capital IG, April 2021 Panelist, Meeting the Editors* session, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management. Chicago, 2018* Plenary Panel Presentation on Strategic Human Capital, Strategic Management Society, Milan, Italy, 2017 Panelist, PDW - Research Frontiers in Nonmarket Strategy* Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2017* Panelist, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2017 Track Chair – Strategic Human Capital and Human Resources, Strategic Management Society, Milan, Italy, 2017 Chair of 2013 William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation, Academy of Management, Orlando 2013 Representative-at-Large - Corporate Strategy and Governance IG, Strategic Management Society 2011-2012 Track Chair, Strategic Management Society Singapore Conference, June 2012.

AWARDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Co-PI. Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 2 Grant, 2019–22 (MOE2018-T2-1-181). Project Title: How to Persuade the "Crowd" to Support Your Entrepreneurial Venture. Amount: SG$350,000
Collaborator, SMU Societal Challenge Capacity Building Fund (Grant approval no.: SC-RCB-2018-004). Project title: Consumer-led Innovation in Networked
Communities. 2019-19. Amount: SG$170,000
Janice Bellace Professorship, 2018-
Lee Kong Chian Professorship, 2016 -2018
Academy of Management, Best Paper Proceedings, 2015 Vancouver
SMU SKBI research fund 2013
SMU Internal Research fund 2013, 2014
HKUST RPC research award, 2007-2008.
Academy of Management, Division Best Paper Award winner. SIM. 2005 Hawaii.
Hong Kong RGC (Research Grant Council) research award, 2003 - 2004.
Strategic Management Society Booz Allen Hamilton / SMS Fellow for Best Ph.D. Conference Paper, 2001.
Ohio State University Graduate Student Alumni Research Award, 2001.
Ohio State University Council of Graduate Students 15th annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, Finalist, 2001.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

	Li, Z., Gomulya, D., Wang, H. Forthcoming. Trading with the enemy: A coopetitive perspective of resource exchange at arm’s length. Strategic Management Journal
	Wu, W., Wang, H., Tong, L., Zhang, Y. Forthcoming. Tailored adaptation: Aligning social issue engagement with types of legitimacy challenges. Strategic Management Journal
	Yu, Q., Cuypers, I., Wang, H. 2024 online. A tale of two signals: Partner CSR, CSiR and alliance formation. Academy of Management Journal. *Authors contributed equally.
	Yang , X., Wang, H., & Zhou, X. 2025. Geographic Distance and State's Grip: Information Asymmetry, State Inattention, and Firm Implementation of State Policy. Journal of Management: 51(2).
	Sullivan, B.N., Mao, K. & Wang, H. 2023. Constrained by localized attention focus: The negative effect of firm-specific knowledge on exploratory firm innovation. Management and Organization Review. 19 (6): 1104-1126.
	Xia, J., Jiang, Y., Wang, H., Li Y. 2023. Rule Violation and Time-to-enforcement in Weak Institutional Environments: A Good Faith Perspective. Journal of Management, 49(8), 2549-2594.
	Wan G., Wang, H., Geng X., and Huang, K. 2023. Natural Disasters and Corporate Philanthropy: A Double Movement Perspective. Management and Organization Review, 19(1): 98-137
	Wang H., Jia M., Xiang Y., Lan Y. 2022. Social Performance Feedback and Firm Communication Strategy. Journal of Management, 48 (8): 2382-242
	Zhou N., Wang H. 2020. Foreign Subsidiary CSR as a Buffer against Parent Firm Reputation Risk. Journal of International Business Studies. 51: 1256–1282.
	Wang H., Jia M., Zhang Z. 2021. Good Deeds Done in Silence: Stakeholder Management and Quiet Giving by Chinese Firms. Organization Science. 32(3): 527-908.
	Tong, L., Wang, H., Xia, J. 2020. Stakeholder Preservation or Appropriation? The Influence of Target CSR on Market Reactions to Acquisition Announcement. Academy of Management Journal. 63(5): 1535–1560.
	Amis, J., Barney, J., Mahoney, J.T., Wang, H. From the Editors: Why We Need a Theory of Stakeholder Governance – and Why This is a Hard Problem. Academy of Management Review. 45(3): 499-503.
	Zhang Y., Wang H., Zhou X. 2020. Dare to Be Different? Conformity vs. Differentiation in Corporate Social Activities of Chinese Firms and Market Responses. Academy of Management Journal. 63(3): 660–684.
	Lu, J., Liang, XJ., Wang, H. 2020. Geographic influences on the relationship between corporate philanthropy and corporate financial performance. Regional Studies. 54(5): 660-676.
	Wang H., Gibson G., Zander U. 2020. Editors’ Comments: Is Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Undertheorized? Academy of Management Review. 45 (1): 1-6.
	Wang, H., Zhao, S., & Chen, G. 2017. Firm-specific Knowledge Assets and Employment Arrangements: Evidence from CEO Compensation Design and CEO Dismissal. Strategic Management Journal 38: 1875–1894.
	Huang, K G., Geng, X, Wang, H. 2017. Institutional Regime Shift in Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting Strategies of Firms in China. Organization Science. 28(2):355-377.
	Qian, C., Wang, H., Geng, XS, Yang, X. 2017. Rent appropriation of knowledge assets and firm performance in weak institutions. Strategic Management Journal. 38(4):892-911.
	Wang, H., Tong, L., Takeuchi, R., George, G. 2016. Corporate social responsibility: An overview and new research directions. Academy of Management Journal. 59(2): 1-11.
	Wang, H., Zhao, S., & He, J. 2016. Exogenous increase in takeover protection and firm knowledge accumulation strategy. Strategic Management Journal. 37(12): 2393–2412.
	Cuypers, I., Koh, P.S., Wang, H. 2016. Sincerity in corporate philanthropy, stakeholder inferences and firm value. Organization Science. 27(1):173-188. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Luo, X., Wang, H., & Raithel, S. 2015. Information bridge between corporate social performance and financial performance: The mediating role of stock analysts. Strategic Management Journal. 36(1): 123–136
	Koh, P. S., Qian, C. & Wang, H. 2014. The insurance value of corporate social performance: When do shareholders benefit from it? Strategic Management Journal. Authorship in alphabetical order. 35(10): 1464-1482.
	Wang, H., Choi, J., Wan, G, & Dong, J. 2013. Organizational slack and the rent-generating potential of firm-specific knowledge. Journal of Management. Published on line.
	Wang, H. & Choi, J. 2013, "A new look at the corporate social–financial performance relationship: The moderating roles of temporal and inter-domain consistency in corporate social performance", Journal of Management. 39(2): 416-441.
	Wang, H. & Wong, E. 2012. The effect of managerial escalation bias on employee incentives to make firm-specific human capital investments. Journal of Management Studies. 49 (8): 1435-1457.
	Wang, H. & Qian, C. 2011, "Corporate philanthropy and financial performance of Chinese firms: The roles of social expectations and political access", Academy of Management Journal, 54 (6): 1159-1181.
	Wang, H., & Chen, WR. 2010, "Firm-specificity in technological innovation and rent appropriation: The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity", Research Policy, 39(1): 141-154.
	He, J., & Wang, H. 2009, "Firm innovative knowledge assets and economic performance: The asymmetric roles of incentive- and monitoring-based governance mechanisms", Academy of Management Journal, 52(5): 919-938. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Wang, H., He, J., & Mahoney, J. 2009, "Firm-specific knowledge resources and competitive advantage: The roles of economic- and relationship-based employee governance mechanisms", Strategic Management Journal, 30: 1265-1285.
	He, J., Mahoney, J. & Wang, H. 2009, "Firm capability, corporate governance, and firm competitive behavior: A multi-dimensional framework", International Journal of Strategic Change Management, 1: 293-318.
	Choi, J., & Wang, H. 2009, "Stakeholder relations and the persistence of corporate financial performance", Strategic Management Journal, 30: 895-907.
	Wang, H., & Li, JT. 2008, "Untangling the effects of over-exploration and over-exploitation on organizational performance: The moderating role of environmental dynamism", Journal of Management, 34: 925-951.
	Wang, H., & Lim, S. 2008, "Real options and real value: The role of employee incentives to make specific knowledge investments", Strategic Management Journal, 29: 701-721.
	Wang, H., Choi, J., & Li, JT. 2008, "Too little or too much? Untangling the relationship between corporate philanthropy and firm financial performance", Organization Science, 19(1): 143-159.
	Choi, J. & Wang, H. 2007, "The promise of a managerial values approach to corporate philanthropy", Journal of Business Ethics, 75: 345-359. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Takeuchi, R., Lepak, DP, Wang, H., & Takeuchi, K. 2007, "An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations", Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 1069-1083.
	Lim. S., & Wang, H. 2007, "The effect of financial hedging on the incentives for corporate diversification: The role of stakeholder firm-specific investments", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 62(4): 640-656. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Wang, H., & Barney, JB. 2006, "Employee incentives to make firm specific investment: Implications for resource-based theories of corporate diversification", Academy of Management Review, 31 (2): 466-476.
	Wang, H., Barney, JB. & Reuer, J. 2003, "Stimulating firm-specific investment through risk management", Long Range Planning, 36(1): 49-59.

RESEARCH ADVISOR/ CO-RESEARCH ADVISOR TO

Xie Ling Ling, PhD in Business (Strategy & Entrepreneurship)

QING, YONG (yongqing.2021@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

XUE, PENG (pengxue.2021@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

ZHANG, QIANG (qzhang.2022@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

68280728

hlwang@smu.edu.sg

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Heli Wang is a leading scholar in strategic management, internationally recognized for her influential research on resource-based theory, strategic human capital, stakeholder governance, and corporate social responsibility.

Combines theoretical rigor with practical relevance, advancing understanding of how firms govern resources, human capital, and stakeholder relationships for sustainable advantage; recognized for bridging research and practice in CSR, innovation, and governance; extensive editorial and leadership roles in top management journals and societies.

Focused research areas include Resource-based and stakeholder theories; employee governance; strategic human capital and knowledge assets; corporate social responsibility and sustainability; firm innovation and nonmarket strategy; business ethics and legitimacy challenges.

Areas of Expertise

Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and Employee GovernanceStrategic Human CapitalStakeholder Theory and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySustainability and Business EthicsKnowledge and Innovation

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EDUCATION

2002	Ph.D. in Strategic Management (Minors: Economics and Finance) Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

July 2018 - Now	Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
Aug 2022 - Now	Dean, College of Graduate Research Studies Singapore Management University
March 2020 - 2022	Dean, Post-Graduate Research Programmes Singapore Management University
July 2016 - June 2018	Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
July 2016 - June 2019	Area Coordinator, Strategy & Organization Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
July 2014 - 2018	Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2012 - 2014	Associate Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2009 - 2012	Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Management, HKUST
2002 - 2009	Assistant Professor Department of Management, HKUST

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and Employee Governance Strategic Human Capital Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability and Business Ethics Knowledge and Innovation

EDITORIAL SERVICES

Area Editor. Journal of International Business Studies. July 2025 - present
Co-Editor. Journal of Management Studies special issue on Property Rights Theory, forthcoming 2026 (with S. Alvarez, N. Foss, W. Hesterly, K. Liu, G. Markman, J. Reuer, and S. Fainshmidt).
Invited Handling Editor, Academy of Management Review: 2020 - present
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review: 2017-2020
Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal: 2013 – 2016
Consulting Editor, Management & Organization Review: Jan 2012 – Sept 2013
Editorial Review Board, Strategic Management Journal: 2007- 2013
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Research: 2007- 2010
Editorial Review Board, Strategic Organization: Jan 2011 – July 2013
Editorial Review Board, Management & Organization Review: Jan 2010 –Dec 2011

SELECTED OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Board Roles: Representative-at-Large, Board of Governors, Academy of Management, 2024 – present Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Strategic Management Society, 2019-2022
Conference leadership & key roles: Co-organizer. SMS special conference* Stakeholder governance: New implications for organizations and society. Hong Kong, June 28-30, 2026* Co-organizer. SMS special conference* Strategies for Sustainable Human Development. Washington DC., 2024* Co-Organizer. BPS Mid-Career Consortium. Academy of Management 2023 and 2024 Co-Director, Annual Doctoral Workshop, Strategic Management Society, Minneapolis, 2019 Chair- Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Denver, 2015 Program Chair - Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Madrid, 2014 Associate Program Chair - Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, Atlanta, 2013
Others: Panelist, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, Boston, 2023 Panelist, PDW - Research Frontiers in Nonmarket Strategy* Academy of Management, Boston, 2023* Organizer. Strategic Management Society China Forum, Webinar on “SMS Journal Editors on Research Publication for Chinese Scholars”, October 2021 Panelist. On-line panel on The Role of MNCs in Tackling Global Sustainability Challenges, Academy of Management. August 2021. Panelist. On-line panel on Firm-Specificity in Human Capital, Strategic Management Society, Strategic Human Capital IG, April 2021 Panelist, Meeting the Editors* session, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management. Chicago, 2018* Plenary Panel Presentation on Strategic Human Capital, Strategic Management Society, Milan, Italy, 2017 Panelist, PDW - Research Frontiers in Nonmarket Strategy* Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2017* Panelist, BPS Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, Atlanta, 2017 Track Chair – Strategic Human Capital and Human Resources, Strategic Management Society, Milan, Italy, 2017 Chair of 2013 William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation, Academy of Management, Orlando 2013 Representative-at-Large - Corporate Strategy and Governance IG, Strategic Management Society 2011-2012 Track Chair, Strategic Management Society Singapore Conference, June 2012.

AWARDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

Co-PI. Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 2 Grant, 2019–22 (MOE2018-T2-1-181). Project Title: How to Persuade the "Crowd" to Support Your Entrepreneurial Venture. Amount: SG$350,000
Collaborator, SMU Societal Challenge Capacity Building Fund (Grant approval no.: SC-RCB-2018-004). Project title: Consumer-led Innovation in Networked
Communities. 2019-19. Amount: SG$170,000
Janice Bellace Professorship, 2018-
Lee Kong Chian Professorship, 2016 -2018
Academy of Management, Best Paper Proceedings, 2015 Vancouver
SMU SKBI research fund 2013
SMU Internal Research fund 2013, 2014
HKUST RPC research award, 2007-2008.
Academy of Management, Division Best Paper Award winner. SIM. 2005 Hawaii.
Hong Kong RGC (Research Grant Council) research award, 2003 - 2004.
Strategic Management Society Booz Allen Hamilton / SMS Fellow for Best Ph.D. Conference Paper, 2001.
Ohio State University Graduate Student Alumni Research Award, 2001.
Ohio State University Council of Graduate Students 15th annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, Finalist, 2001.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

	Li, Z., Gomulya, D., Wang, H. Forthcoming. Trading with the enemy: A coopetitive perspective of resource exchange at arm’s length. Strategic Management Journal
	Wu, W., Wang, H., Tong, L., Zhang, Y. Forthcoming. Tailored adaptation: Aligning social issue engagement with types of legitimacy challenges. Strategic Management Journal
	Yu, Q., Cuypers, I., Wang, H. 2024 online. A tale of two signals: Partner CSR, CSiR and alliance formation. Academy of Management Journal. *Authors contributed equally.
	Yang , X., Wang, H., & Zhou, X. 2025. Geographic Distance and State's Grip: Information Asymmetry, State Inattention, and Firm Implementation of State Policy. Journal of Management: 51(2).
	Sullivan, B.N., Mao, K. & Wang, H. 2023. Constrained by localized attention focus: The negative effect of firm-specific knowledge on exploratory firm innovation. Management and Organization Review. 19 (6): 1104-1126.
	Xia, J., Jiang, Y., Wang, H., Li Y. 2023. Rule Violation and Time-to-enforcement in Weak Institutional Environments: A Good Faith Perspective. Journal of Management, 49(8), 2549-2594.
	Wan G., Wang, H., Geng X., and Huang, K. 2023. Natural Disasters and Corporate Philanthropy: A Double Movement Perspective. Management and Organization Review, 19(1): 98-137
	Wang H., Jia M., Xiang Y., Lan Y. 2022. Social Performance Feedback and Firm Communication Strategy. Journal of Management, 48 (8): 2382-242
	Zhou N., Wang H. 2020. Foreign Subsidiary CSR as a Buffer against Parent Firm Reputation Risk. Journal of International Business Studies. 51: 1256–1282.
	Wang H., Jia M., Zhang Z. 2021. Good Deeds Done in Silence: Stakeholder Management and Quiet Giving by Chinese Firms. Organization Science. 32(3): 527-908.
	Tong, L., Wang, H., Xia, J. 2020. Stakeholder Preservation or Appropriation? The Influence of Target CSR on Market Reactions to Acquisition Announcement. Academy of Management Journal. 63(5): 1535–1560.
	Amis, J., Barney, J., Mahoney, J.T., Wang, H. From the Editors: Why We Need a Theory of Stakeholder Governance – and Why This is a Hard Problem. Academy of Management Review. 45(3): 499-503.
	Zhang Y., Wang H., Zhou X. 2020. Dare to Be Different? Conformity vs. Differentiation in Corporate Social Activities of Chinese Firms and Market Responses. Academy of Management Journal. 63(3): 660–684.
	Lu, J., Liang, XJ., Wang, H. 2020. Geographic influences on the relationship between corporate philanthropy and corporate financial performance. Regional Studies. 54(5): 660-676.
	Wang H., Gibson G., Zander U. 2020. Editors’ Comments: Is Research on Corporate Social Responsibility Undertheorized? Academy of Management Review. 45 (1): 1-6.
	Wang, H., Zhao, S., & Chen, G. 2017. Firm-specific Knowledge Assets and Employment Arrangements: Evidence from CEO Compensation Design and CEO Dismissal. Strategic Management Journal 38: 1875–1894.
	Huang, K G., Geng, X, Wang, H. 2017. Institutional Regime Shift in Intellectual Property Rights and Patenting Strategies of Firms in China. Organization Science. 28(2):355-377.
	Qian, C., Wang, H., Geng, XS, Yang, X. 2017. Rent appropriation of knowledge assets and firm performance in weak institutions. Strategic Management Journal. 38(4):892-911.
	Wang, H., Tong, L., Takeuchi, R., George, G. 2016. Corporate social responsibility: An overview and new research directions. Academy of Management Journal. 59(2): 1-11.
	Wang, H., Zhao, S., & He, J. 2016. Exogenous increase in takeover protection and firm knowledge accumulation strategy. Strategic Management Journal. 37(12): 2393–2412.
	Cuypers, I., Koh, P.S., Wang, H. 2016. Sincerity in corporate philanthropy, stakeholder inferences and firm value. Organization Science. 27(1):173-188. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Luo, X., Wang, H., & Raithel, S. 2015. Information bridge between corporate social performance and financial performance: The mediating role of stock analysts. Strategic Management Journal. 36(1): 123–136
	Koh, P. S., Qian, C. & Wang, H. 2014. The insurance value of corporate social performance: When do shareholders benefit from it? Strategic Management Journal. Authorship in alphabetical order. 35(10): 1464-1482.
	Wang, H., Choi, J., Wan, G, & Dong, J. 2013. Organizational slack and the rent-generating potential of firm-specific knowledge. Journal of Management. Published on line.
	Wang, H. & Choi, J. 2013, "A new look at the corporate social–financial performance relationship: The moderating roles of temporal and inter-domain consistency in corporate social performance", Journal of Management. 39(2): 416-441.
	Wang, H. & Wong, E. 2012. The effect of managerial escalation bias on employee incentives to make firm-specific human capital investments. Journal of Management Studies. 49 (8): 1435-1457.
	Wang, H. & Qian, C. 2011, "Corporate philanthropy and financial performance of Chinese firms: The roles of social expectations and political access", Academy of Management Journal, 54 (6): 1159-1181.
	Wang, H., & Chen, WR. 2010, "Firm-specificity in technological innovation and rent appropriation: The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity", Research Policy, 39(1): 141-154.
	He, J., & Wang, H. 2009, "Firm innovative knowledge assets and economic performance: The asymmetric roles of incentive- and monitoring-based governance mechanisms", Academy of Management Journal, 52(5): 919-938. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Wang, H., He, J., & Mahoney, J. 2009, "Firm-specific knowledge resources and competitive advantage: The roles of economic- and relationship-based employee governance mechanisms", Strategic Management Journal, 30: 1265-1285.
	He, J., Mahoney, J. & Wang, H. 2009, "Firm capability, corporate governance, and firm competitive behavior: A multi-dimensional framework", International Journal of Strategic Change Management, 1: 293-318.
	Choi, J., & Wang, H. 2009, "Stakeholder relations and the persistence of corporate financial performance", Strategic Management Journal, 30: 895-907.
	Wang, H., & Li, JT. 2008, "Untangling the effects of over-exploration and over-exploitation on organizational performance: The moderating role of environmental dynamism", Journal of Management, 34: 925-951.
	Wang, H., & Lim, S. 2008, "Real options and real value: The role of employee incentives to make specific knowledge investments", Strategic Management Journal, 29: 701-721.
	Wang, H., Choi, J., & Li, JT. 2008, "Too little or too much? Untangling the relationship between corporate philanthropy and firm financial performance", Organization Science, 19(1): 143-159.
	Choi, J. & Wang, H. 2007, "The promise of a managerial values approach to corporate philanthropy", Journal of Business Ethics, 75: 345-359. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Takeuchi, R., Lepak, DP, Wang, H., & Takeuchi, K. 2007, "An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations", Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 1069-1083.
	Lim. S., & Wang, H. 2007, "The effect of financial hedging on the incentives for corporate diversification: The role of stakeholder firm-specific investments", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 62(4): 640-656. Authorship in alphabetical order.
	Wang, H., & Barney, JB. 2006, "Employee incentives to make firm specific investment: Implications for resource-based theories of corporate diversification", Academy of Management Review, 31 (2): 466-476.
	Wang, H., Barney, JB. & Reuer, J. 2003, "Stimulating firm-specific investment through risk management", Long Range Planning, 36(1): 49-59.

RESEARCH ADVISOR/ CO-RESEARCH ADVISOR TO

Xie Ling Ling, PhD in Business (Strategy & Entrepreneurship)

QING, YONG (yongqing.2021@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

XUE, PENG (pengxue.2021@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

ZHANG, QIANG (qzhang.2022@ckdba.smu.edu.sg), CKGSB-SMU DBA

WANG Heli

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SELECTED OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise

EDUCATION

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

EDITORIAL SERVICES

SELECTED OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

AWARDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

JOURNAL ARTICLES

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