Lei Li
Associate Professor
Department of International Business and Management (IBM)
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr Lei Li is currently Associate Professor of International Business and at Nottingham University Business School China. Previously he was a faculty member at University of Portland, Oregon and Pace University, New York, USA. He teaches strategic management, managing multinational enterprises, corporate strategy, cross-cultural management and international business environment. His research focuses on internationalisation strategies and processes of multinational enterprises based in the US and China. His work has appeared in Management International Review, International Journal of Management Reviews, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Multinational Business Review, and CEIBS Business Review etc. His papers have been selected for the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings in 2003 and 2012. He is rated as a prolific author for Management International Review, a leading international business journal. He received a best reviewer award from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management in 2005. Prior to his academic career, he was a consultant with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a Munich-based international management consulting firm. His clients included International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Foshan Piaggio (Fiat Group), Tsingtao Brewery, China Native Produce and Animal by-products Import & Export Corporation, China Worldbest Kama agricultural machinery, Jilin forest industry company, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), among others. He had also worked for China Da Heng Corporation, a company affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD in International Management Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas, an MBA from International University of Japan, and a BS from Peking University, China.
Research Interest
Case studies and theory building focusing on Chinese multinational enterprises; Internationalisation and performance implications of MNEs in specific industrial sectors; Case studies on and empirical investigation of international entrepreneurship.
Publications
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Li, L., Lin, Z., and Arya, B. 2008. The turtle-hare race story revisited: social capital and resource accumulation for firms from emerging economies. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 25 (2): 251-277.
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Verbeke, A, Li, L., Goerzen, A. 2009. Toward more effective research on the multinationality-performance relationship. Management International Review, 49 (2): 1-13.
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Li, L., Li, D., and Shi, W. 2011. Internationalization, Internalization and the Performance of US Biopharmaceutical SMEs. Multinational Business Review, 19 (1): 65-93
