Speaker：Jiatao Li, Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Time：10:00 a.m., December 22, 2025
Venue：Room 105, Building 12, Wushan Campus
Biography
Dr. Jiatao (JT) Li is Chair Professor of Management, Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, Director of the Center for Business Strategy and Innovation at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Fellow and former Vice President (2016-2019) of the Academy of International Business (AIB), and served as Chair of the AIB annual conference in 2018.
Prof. Li is a leading expert in international business strategy, and has dedicated his career to advancing research on corporate strategies in emerging economies. He has been an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies since 2016, and previously served as an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal from 2009 to 2016. Prof. Li held several key leadership roles at HKUST Business School, including Senior Associate Dean (July 2013–July 2017), Associate Dean (2009–July 2013), and Head of the Department of Management (2006–August 2017)
His current research interests are in the areas of organizational learning, strategic alliances, corporate governance, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Management, and has earned multiple best-paper awards. He is currently serving as a member of the editorial boards of leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Global Strategy Journal, Long Range Planning, and Journal of International Business Policy, and among others.
Abstract
Cross-border collaborations within multinational corporations (MNCs) significantly contribute to knowledge creation despite management challenges. We investigate how concentrating the cross-border co-inventing linkages on one or a few inventors within a host country is associated with local knowledge creation. Results of our MNC-country-year-level analysis based on American pharmaceutical MNCs data from 1980 to 2008 support our hypotheses.
