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CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

AWARDS, RECOGNITION AND HONORS

Academy of Management IM Division FIU Emerging Scholar Award, 2022

Distinguished Editor Award, Management and Organization Review, 2022

Strategic Management Society Annual Conference Best Paper Finalist, 2021

Journal of International Business Studies Best Reviewer Award, 2020

Journal of World Business Annual Best Paper Award 1st Runner-up, 2019

Academy of International Business Alan Rugman Most Promising Scholar Finalist, 2018

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Platform ecosystems
• Global strategy
• Digital transformation
• Technology innovation
• Multinational firms
• Emerging economies

SELECTED JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)

Yi, J., Li, J., & Chen, L. 2023. Ecosystem social responsibility in international digital commerce. Journal of International Business Studies, in press. (equal contribution).

Chen, L., Zhang, P., Li, S., & Turner, S. 2022. Growing pains: The effect of generational product innovation on mobile games performance. Strategic Management Journal, 43(4), 792-821.

Chen, L., Yi, J., Li, S., & Tong, T. 2022. Platform governance design in business ecosystems: Implications for complementors’ multihoming decisions. Journal of Management, 48(3), 630-656.

Chen, L., Tong, T., Tang, S., & Han, N. 2022. Governance and design of digital platforms: A review and future research directions on a meta-organization. Journal of Management, 48(1), 147-184.

Chen, L., Li, S., Wei, J., & Yang, Y. 2022. Externalization in the platform economy: Social platforms and institutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(8), 1805-1816.

Brouthers, K., Chen, L., Li, S., & Shaheer, N. 2022. Charting new Courses to enter foreign markets: Conceptualization, theoretical framework, and research directions on non-traditional entry modes. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(9), 2088-2115. (equal contribution).

Chen, L., Wang, M., Cui, L., & Li, S. 2021. Experience base, strategy-by-doing and new product performance. Strategic Management Journal, 42(7), 1379-1398.

Li, JT., Chen, L., Yi, J., Mao, J-Y., & Liao, J. 2019. Ecosystem-specific advantages in international digital commerce. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(9), 1448-1463.

Chen, L., Shaheer, N., Yi, J., & Li, S. 2019. The international penetration of ibusiness firms: Network effects, liabilities of outsidership, and country clout. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(2), 172-192.

Buckley, P. J., Chen, L., Clegg, L. J., & Voss, H. 2018. Risk propensity in the foreign direct investment location decision of emerging multinationals. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(2), 153-171.

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