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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., & 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.
- 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.
- Reis, S., Khessina, O., & Li, Y. (2020). The role of cultural embeddedness in the co-evolution of American TV industry and movie theater industry, 1944-1962. Organizational Ecology Conference.
- Reis, S., Khessina, O., & Li, Y. (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.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2019). Before the birth of an organizational form: The role of proto-forms in the emergence of historic movie theaters in Chicago communities, 1896-1962. Organizational Ecology Conference, Standford GSB.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2019). The role of community in organizational form emergence and proliferation. Academy of Management.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2019). Before the birth of an organizational form: The role of proto-forms in the emergence of historic movie theaters in Chicago communities, 1896-1962. European Group for Organization Studies.
- Li, Y., & Khessina, O. (2019). Before the birth of an organizational form: The role of proto-forms in the emergence of historic movie theaters in Chicago communities, 1896-1962. Medici Summer School: Commercialization of Science and Culture, HEC Paris.
Grants
- Funding Winner, Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and Society, 2020
- Zwisler Summer Fellowship, UIUC Graduate College, 2019
- Block Grant, UIUC, 2017
Service
- 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 Novelty;
Cultural and Creative Industries.
Current Courses
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Designing and Managing Orgs (BADM 312) Understanding of complex organizations; particular attention to ways of dividing work, achieving coordination, and issues connected with change and adaptation.