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Educational Background
- MS, Management, Renmin University of China, 2016
- BS, Management, Beijing International Studies University, 2013
Recent Publications
Other Publications
Presentations
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Li, Y., Reis, S., & Khessina, O. (2021). The Role of Cultural Embeddedness and Social Salience in the Coevolution of American Movie Theater Market and the TV Programming Industry, 1944-1962. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
- Li, Y., Reis, S., & Khessina, O. (2021). The Role of Cultural Embeddedness and Social Salience in the Coevolution of American Movie Theater Market and the TV Programming Industry, 1944-1962. EGOS.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. The Nagymaros (Organizational Ecology) Conference.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. Industry Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Power of a Community Namesake: An (Unreliable) Signal of Competitive Intensity in New Local Markets. SMS Entrepreneurship & Strategy Doctoral Research Lab.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium.
- Li, Y. (2021). The Show Must Go On: The Role of Organizational Values in Art House Theaters’ Identity-Violating Change During COVID-19. INQUIRE Student Qualitative Work Showcase Panel.
- Li, Y., Reis, S., & Khessina, O. (2020). The Role of Cultural Embeddedness and Social Salience in the Co-evolution of the American TV Industry and Movie Theater Market, 1944-1962. Institutions and Innovation Conference, Harvard Business School.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2020). Before the birth of an organizational form: The role of proto-forms in the emergence of historic movie theaters in Chicago communities, 1896-1962. Academy of Management Meeting, Academy of Management.
- Li, Y. (2020). The show must go on: The unexpected emergence of virtual cinema in art house movie theater industry at the confluence of COVID-19 and the digital age. The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab Symposium, Sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with Indiana Univ. and Purdue Univ.
- Li, Y., Reis, S., & Khessina, O. (2020). The role of cultural embeddedness in the co-evolution of American TV industry and movie theater industry, 1944-1962. Organizational Ecology Conference.
- Li, Y., Reis, S., & Khessina, O. (2020). The role of cultural embeddedness in the co-evolution of American TV industry and movie theater industry, 1944-1962. Pro-seminar at University Carlos III of Madrid, University Carlos III of Madrid.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2019). The role of community in organizational form emergence and proliferation. Academy of Management Meeting, Academy of Management.
Honors and Awards
- EGOS Best Student Paper Award Nomination, European Group for Organizational Studies, 2021
- Nominated, Schein Best Student Paper Prize, Berkeley Haas Culture Conference, 2021
- Robert Ferber Dissertation Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
- Best Student Paper Award, Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division, Academy of Management, 2021
- Emerging Scholar Award, 2020 International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations, 2020
- Finalist, OMT Best Symposium Award, Academy of Management, 2019
Service
- Reviewer, Organization Science, 2022 to present
- Reviewer, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2020 to present
- Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2016 to present
- Symposium organizer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2019
Research Interests
Industry Emergence and Evolution;
Authenticity and Organizational Values;
Entrepreneurship;
Social Evaluations of Innovation;
Cultural and Creative Industries.