Innovation Entrepreneurship and Strategy

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XU Mingtao

Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy    Associate Professor (without tenure)

E-mail:xumt@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

Office:B220 Lihua Building

Office Hours:By appointment

Educational Background

PhD in Strategic Management, Purdue University, 2020.

Doctoral Studies, MS in Business Administration, Emory University, 2015.

MS in Statistics and MS in Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013.

Bachelor in Economics, University of International Business and Economics, 2011.

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Work Experience

2024-,   Associate Professor (without tenure), Tsinghua University.

2021-2024, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University.

2020-2021, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University.

2018-2021, Founding Board Member, Precision MedCare.

2016-2019, Research Assistant, Purdue University.

2016,    General Manager, Shaolin Institute.

2013-2015, Research Assistant, Emory University.

2012-2013, Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology.

2010-2011, Instructor, Beijing New Oriental School.


                                                                                                                 
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Courses

Strategic Management

Global Strategy and Organization

Management Research Methods

Current Research in Strategic Management


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Research Areas

Research Interests:

Strategic management and technological innovation. Research topics include patents and litigation, property rights, entrepreneurial firms, and AI and strategy.


Research Assistant Opportunities:

Experiences with R, Python, or Mathematica are strongly preferred. If interested, please email me a CV and a cover letter.


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Publications

Journal Publications:

  1. Property Rights and Firm Scope, with Tony Tong and Zhimin Li, Forthcoming, Journal of Management, 2023.

  2. Substituting Human Decision-Making with Machine Learning: Implications for Organizational Learning, with Natarajan Balasubramanian and Yang Ye, Academy of Management Review, 2022, 47(3): 448-465.

  3. How Property Rights Matter to Firm Resource Investment: Evidence from a Property Law Enactment, with Tony Tong and Wenlong He, Organization Science, 2022, 33(1):293-310.


Practitioner Articles:

  1. Digitization in the Pharmaceutical Industry (In Chinese), with Xinyu Yang and Peng Wang, Tsinghua Business Review, 2024, (6), 22-27.


Working Papers:

  1. Trolling for Dollars, with Richard Makadok.

  2. Patent Monetization and Acquisition, with Tony Tong.

  3. Patent Litigation and Entrepreneurial Financing, with Tony Tong and Huiyan Zhang.

  4. Shadow of Crisis: The Spillover Effect of Patent Litigation on Patent Strategies, with Aija Leiponen, Yifan Liu, and Yolanda Xue. 

  5. Hedge Fund Activism and Patent Litigations, with Yurun Tian, Kubilay Cirik and Wei Shi.

  6. Alignment and Divergence in Government and Private VC: The Amplifying Role of Geopolitical Risks, with Victor Cui, Tan Li, and Delin Yang.

  7. Codified Selves, with Natarajan Balasubramanian and Prithwiraj Choudhury.


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Industry Experience

Electric motor industry, AI and healthcare industry.


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Honors

  • Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission Grant, 2024-2025.

  • Tsinghua University SEM Research Grant, 2024-2025.

  • Tsinghua University Junior Faculty Startup Research Fund, 2021-2024.

  • Distinguished Student Paper Award, STR Division, the Academy of Management, 2019.

  • Best Paper Proceedings, STR Division, the Academy of Management, 2019.

  • Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University Graduate School, 2019-2020.

  • Ph.D. Student Service Award, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2019.

  • Outstanding Research Award, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2018 and 2019.

  • Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University, 2018 Spring and 2018 Fall.

  • Graduate Assistantship, Purdue University, 2016-2019.

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management, 2016.

  • Laney Graduate School Fellowship, Emory University, 2013-2015.

  • Graduate Research Assistantship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-2013.

  • University Scholarship, University of International Business and Economics, 2008-2010.


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Other Information

Editorial Board:

Management and Organization Review, 2022-


Reviewer:

Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Research Policy, Long Range Planning, Management and Organization Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of Systems and Management (Chinese), Empirical Economics, AOM, SMS.


Memberships: 

Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, AEA, INFORMS, IACMR, ISA.


Software:

R, Mathematica, ArcGIS, Python, Stata.


Personal Website:

www.mingtaoxu.com


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