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Visiting Scholar Yanbo Wang

Group: Digital Economy

Email: yanbo.wang@hku.hk

Webpage: https://www.hkubs.hku.hk/people/yanbo-wang/

Biography

Yanbo Wang is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on technology-based entrepreneurship, particularly examining how institutions influence strategic decisions, organizational structures, and financial performance of startup firms. He’s currently studying the design, implementation, and impact of innovation policy programs, with a particular focus on judgement formation and information aggregation in expert evaluation of early-stage startup firms. He also conducts research on academic entrepreneurship, venture capital, as well as the cross-border flow of scientific knowledge and talents between China and the West in an increasingly politicized world. Dr. Wang has served as a senior editor of Organization Science and editorial board member of Administrative Science Quarterly, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal. He is also an executive board member of the Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (AIEA) and has published in academic journals such as Management Science, Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly. Yanbo Wang received his Bachelor Degree from Peking University and his PhD from MIT.

Research Interest

  • Technological Change
  • Business Model Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship

Academic & Professional Qualification

  • Ph.D. MIT Sloan
  • B.A. Peking University

Teaching

  • International Entrepreneurship for BBAs and MBAs (BU)
  • Business Model Innovation for MBAs (CKGSB)
  • Technological Innovation for BBAs (NUS)
  • International Strategy for PhDs (NUS)
  • Capstone Course for MGMs (HKU)

Selected Publications

  • “Who captures the state? Evidence from irregular awards in a public innovation grant program” (with Jordan Siegel and Jizhen Li), Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming.
  • “Has China’s Young Thousand Talents program been successful in recruiting and nurturing top-caliber scientists?” (with Dongbo Shi and Weichen Liu), Science, Volume 379 Issue 6627, January 2023, pp. 62-65.
  • “Good to Go First? Position Effects in Expert Evaluation of Early-Stage Ventures” (with Jiang Bian, Jason Greenberg and Jizhen Li), Management Science, Volume 68 Issue 1, January 2022, pp. 300-315.
  • “Fraud and Innovation” (with Toby Stuart and Jizhen Li), Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 66 Issue 2, June 2021, pp. 267-297.
  • “Firm Performance and State Innovation Funding: Evidence from China’s Innofund Program” (with Jizhen Li and Jeffrey L. Furman), Research Policy, Volume 46 Issue 6, July 2017, pp. 1142-1161.
  • “Social Influence in Career Choice: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Entrepreneurial Mentorship” (with Charles Eesley), Research Policy, Volume 46 Issue 3, April 2017, pp. 636-650.
  • “Who Cooks the Books in China, and Does It Pay? Evidence from Private, High-technology Firms” (with Toby Stuart), Strategic Management Journal, Volume 37 Issue 13, December 2016, pp. 2658-2676.
  • “Bringing the Stages Back in: Social Network Ties and Start-up firms’ Access to Venture Capital in China”, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 10 Issue 3, September 2016, pp. 300-317.
  • “Matthew: Effect or Fable?” (with Pierre Azoulay and Toby Stuart), Management Science, Volume 60 Issue 1, January 2014, pp. 92-109.

 

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