
Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
- About
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- Email Address
- jie.wu@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
University of Aberdeen Business School
King's College, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Jie Wu, Ph.D., is a chair (full) Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at University of Aberdeen in the UK. His current research focuses on inequality and status identities, culture and institutions, innovation and entrepreneurship, internationalisation, etc. He has published extensively in prestigious strategy, international business, and other journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Human Resource Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, British Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Research in Marketing, etc.
He is presently serving as an associate editor for both Asian Business & Management and Technovation. Jie’s research has been featured in leading business periodicals, including Forbes and Harvard Business Review. Stanford University's Scientists have rated Professor Wu in the top 2% of a globally recognised science database of citations for the year 2021. See at https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/16487/#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20111%20University%20of%20Aberdeen%20faculty%20members,work%20primarily%20in%20the%20area%20of%20International%20Business.
He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University (hosted by Professor James G. March), Columbia University Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, etc. He has taught at numerous universities, including University of Leeds, National University of Singapore, University of Auckland, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Macau, etc.
Internal Memberships
Professor Wu is the Co-Director of the Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability Research, launched in 2021.
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Management.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Management
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- International Business
- Gender Studies
- Strategic Management
- Cultural Studies
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Collaborations
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue Technovation
Digital Technologies and Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
This special issue (SI) explores how digital technologies can be better utilized to enhance crowdfunding for entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Entrepreneurial funding in the early stages poses challenges, but the appeal of distributed online financing for new ventures is increasing due to accelerated innovation and market adoption rates. While online social networking initially emerged as a consumer-focused service, entrepreneurs are now leveraging both formal and informal networks to gather capital. Crowdfunding, a type of venture funding obtained through crowdsourcing, has become a rapidly growing online ecosystem. Resource-constrained entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding as an innovative way to manage capital by pre-emptively securing funds for production and sales (Frydrych, et al., 2014; Harrison 2013). Rather than pitching to professional investors, entrepreneurs target "amateurs" or consumers with shared interests to pre-finance their services or products. Crowdfunding helps mitigate the risk of underfunding a project for both entrepreneurs and investors since investments are only executed when the minimum funding threshold is met.
In emerging or developing countries with limited access to digital technologies, offline crowdfunding activities still hold significance. These activities include community-based crowdfunding, offline crowdfunding events, local business sponsorships, traditional savings and lending circles, and print media/flyers. However, in recent times, crowdfunding platforms have attracted funding from a wider range of investors to allow entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas and projects to a large audience.
This SI will provide a more solid understanding of the potential to improve funding availability for entrepreneurs. This is likely to democratize access to funding in emerging markets, and open opportunities globally. Thus, it is important to examine the role of digital technologies in supporting crowdfunding in emerging markets’ entrepreneurial ventures.
Timeline:
- Submissions start: April 1, 2024
- Submission deadline: June 30, 2024
- Expected date of publication online by the end of Spring 2026
Detail:https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/technovation/about/call-for-papers
Supervision
Professor Wu would be interested in supervising potential PhD students in these areas:
- Gender inequality and social identities
- Culture and insititutions
- Innovation and internationalization of emerging multinational enterprises
- Top management team/board of director diversity and faultline's strategic influences
- Institutional complexity and Political/business connections
- Imitation, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Dynamic capabilities in managing international alliances
- Emerging economies firms' CSR and sustainability practices
- Internationalisation of SMEs and family firms
- Teaching
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Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
60+ MBA (Aberdeen campus)
Course coordinator
EMBA Shanghai – short course
EMBA London - guest lecture
EMBA Shanghai
7 Courses moderator
All levels student supervision
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- Publications
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De‑globalization, International Trade Protectionism, and the Reconfigurations of Global Value Chains
Management International ReviewContributions to Journals: ArticlesManaging open innovation with science-based vs market-based partners: Board of directors as a contingency
Asian Business and ManagementContributions to Journals: ArticlesVertical Alliances and Innovation: A Systematic Review of the Literature and a Future Research Agenda
Technovation, vol. 122, 102588Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReshaping Internationalization Strategy and Control for Global E-Commerce and Digital Transactions: A Hayekian Perspective
Management International Review, pp. 161-192Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of inward FDI communities on the research and development intensity of emerging market locally domiciled firms: Partial foreign ownership as a contingency
Journal of Business Research, vol. 156, 113487Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow Do Mutual Dependence and Power Imbalance Condition the Effects of Technological Similarity on Post-Acquisition Innovation Performance Over Time?
British Journal of Management, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 195-219Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12575
Institutional Forces and Knowledge Search Strategies as Predictors of Entrepreneurial Venture Performance
Journal of Small Business Management, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 2160-2188Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBuddhist entrepreneurs, charitable behaviors, and social entrepreneurship: Evidence from China
Small Business Economics, vol. 59, pp. 1197–1217Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrevious military experience and entrepreneurship toward poverty reduction: evidence from China
Management Decision, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 1969-1989Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Role of FDI Motives in the Link between Institutional Distance and Subsidiary Ownership Choice by Emerging Market Multinational Enterprises
British Journal of Management, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1371-1394Contributions to Journals: Articles