Xina LI
EDUCATION |
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2025 |
Ph.D. in Management (Strategy), INSEAD |
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2021 |
Master in Management Science, INSEAD |
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M.Sc. Applied Economics, Peking University |
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B.A. Economics, B.A. Public Administration, Peking University |
CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD |
| 2025 - Now |
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG); Strategic Leadership; Incentive Design; Corporate Governance; Corporate Culture; Digital Transformation |
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Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsCombines rigorous quantitative and methodological innovation with applied relevance in leadership, ESG, and organizational strategy; recognized for bridging academic research with practical impact; recipient of multiple awards and fellowships; active in interdisciplinary collaborations and industry engagement.
Focused research areas include CEO effects on corporate culture and ESG outcomes; measurement and reduction of false positives in panel regressions; reactive integration of ESG goals in executive compensation; affective culture and post-crisis CSR; impact of digitalization and remote work on organizational contributions; leadership dynamics in the age of automation.
- Executive ESG Incentives, Company ESG Communication, and ESG Outcomes. Research funding from Wharton-INSEAD Alliance. (€10,000, supervised by Guoli Chen and Witold Henisz)
- Global board interlocks dataset (With Chris Bruno and Tiancheng Wang). Research funding from Wharton-INSEAD Alliance (€5,000, supervised by Witold Henisz, Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez, and Guoli Chen).
- Digitalization and Strategy (with Guoli Chen). Research funding from INSEAD (€22,100).
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- CEO humility and corporate social irresponsibility: evidence based on a new unobtrusive measure [2024]AY Ou, Q Lu, X Li, C Chi-Nien, G ChenOrganization Science 35 (6), 2016-2039, 2024
- X Li, G Chen, R ShenOrganization Science 35 (5), 1770-1794, 2024
- X Li, PD WibbensStrategy Science 8 (1), 103-116, 2023
EDUCATION |
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2025 |
Ph.D. in Management (Strategy), INSEAD |
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2021 |
Master in Management Science, INSEAD |
| 2019 |
M.Sc. Applied Economics, Peking University |
| 2017 |
B.A. Economics, B.A. Public Administration, Peking University |
CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD |
| 2025 - Now |
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG); Strategic Leadership; Incentive Design; Corporate Governance; Corporate Culture; Digital Transformation |
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