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CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Dean, College of Graduate Research Studies
Singapore Management University

Dean, Post-Graduate Research Programmes
Singapore Management University

Lee Kong Chian Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Area Coordinator, Strategy & Organization
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Associate Professor (with tenure)
Department of Management, HKUST

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and employee governance

• Strategic Human Capital

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics

• Knowledge and Innovation

EDITORIAL SERVICES

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Strategic Management Society, 2020-2022

• Co-Director, Annual Doctoral Workshop, Strategic Management Society, Minneapolis, 2019

• 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, Meeting in Atlanta, 2017

• Track Chair – Strategic Human Capital and Human Resources, Strategic Management Society , Milan, Italy, 2017

• 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

• Chair of 2013 William H. Newman Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation, Academy of Management, Lake Bouna Vista, Orlando 2013

• Representative-at-Large - Corporate Strategy and Governance IG, Strategic Management Society

• 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 Ballace 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

Yu, Q., Cuypers, I., Wang, H. Forthcoming. A Tale of Two Signals: Partner CSR, CSiR and Alliance Formation. Academy of Management Journal. *Authors contributed equally.

Yang, X., Wang, H., & Zhou, X. Forthcoming 2024. Geographic Distance and State’s Grip: Information Asymmetry, State Inattention and Firm Implementation of State Policy. Journal of Management.

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.

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