Xiaowen Tian
Professor
School of Business and Governance Management
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Dr Xiaowen Tian is currently Professor of Management, Murdoch University. After obtaining his PhD from Australian National University in 1999, Xiaowen worked and taught at several universities including National University of Singapore, the University of Nottingham, and Bond University. Xiaowen is the author of four books published in Cambridge University Press, Routledge, and Nova Science Publishers, and has published articles in such journals as Journal of International Business Studies, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of World Business, Management International Review, International Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, and Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education . Xiaowen is currently working on several research projects, including managerial decision-making, firm innovation and capability development, sustainable business, and emerging-market multinational enterprises.
Research Interest
Managerial decision-making Innovation, sustainability, and competitive advantage Transnational management International business and strategy Emerging market multinationals Asian and Chinese businesses
Publications
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Buckley, Peter & Tian, Xiaowen (corresponding author). 2017. Internalization theory and the performance of emerging-market multinational enterprises. International Business Review, 26: 976-990
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Buckley, Peter & Tian, Xiaowen (corresponding author). 2017. Transnationality and financial performance in the era of the global factory. Management International Review, 57:501–528.
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Tian, Xiaowen, Yuan, W., & Xiong, D. 2017. Open for innovation or bribery to secure bank finance in an emerging economy: A model and some evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming).
