Research
My research areas and interests are in:
- Company strategy and performance
- Top management and corporate governance
- Organization-environment relations
- Global strategy and top management
- Strategic management issues in transitional economies
- New technologies and strategic management
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Li, Mingfang. 2007. Innovation management: Chinese experience and global implications. Journal of Technology Transfer, 32(1-2): 1-8.
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Li, Mingfang, Kannan Ramaswamy, & Barbara S. Pecherot Petitt. 2006. Business groups and market failures: A focus on vertical and horizontal strategies. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 23(4): 439-452.
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Hua, Jinyang, Paul Miesing, & Mingfang Li. 2006. An empirical taxonomy of SOE governance in transitional China. Journal of Management and Governance, 10(4): 401-433.
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Petitt, Barbara S. Pecherot, Kannan Ramaswamy, & Mingfang Li. 2005. A temporal study of diversification, group affiliation and performance among Indian manufacturers. The Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii. (International Management Division Best Paper Award).
- Li, Mingfang, Gao, Xudong and Wu, Yajun 2005. External environments, strategy, and high tech new ventures in China. In Growth strategies of new technology ventures in China. Haiyang Li. Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar.
- Ramaswamy, Kannan, Li, Mingfang and Petitt, Barbara S. Pecherot 2004. "Who drives unrelated diversification? A study of Indian manufacturing firms." Asia Pacific Journal of Management 21(4): 403-423.
- Li, Mingfang & Wong, Yim-Yu 2003. Diversification and economic performance: An empirical assessment of Chinese firms. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 20(2): 243-265.
- Ramaswamy, Kannan, Li, Mingfang, & Veliyath, Rajaram. 2002. Variations in ownership behavior and propensity to diversify: A study of the Indian corporate context. Strategic Management Journal, 23(4): 345-358.
- Li, Mingfang, & Wong, Yim Yu. 2002. Diversification and performance nexus: An institutional environment and firm competences based framework. In R. T. Golembiewski, K. D. Mackenzie & M. A. Rahim (Eds.), Current Topics in Management (Vol. 7, pp. 61-76). New Brunswick: Transaction Publisher.
- Ramaswamy, Kannan, & Li, Mingfang. 2001. Foreign investors, foreign directors and corporate diversification: An empirical examination of large manufacturing companies in India. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 18: 207-222.
- Li, Mingfang. 2001. Firm internationalization and economic performance: A conceptual synthesis and an empirical assessment of the Chinese experience. Advances in International Marketing. 179-196.
- Li, Mingfang. 2001. [Review of the book China's Leap into the Information Age: Innovation and Organization in the Computer Industry]. Academy of Management Review. 26(2): 313-316.
- Simerly, Roy L., & Li, Mingfang. 2000. Environmental dynamism and capital structure: A conceptual synthesis and an empirical testing. Strategic Management Journal. 21: 31-49.
- Chen, Roger, & Li, Mingfang. 1999. Strategic alliances and new product development: An empirical study of the US semiconductor start-up firms. Advances in Competitiveness Research, 7: 35-61.
- Li, Mingfang, & Ye, L. Richard. 1999. Information technology and firm performance: Linking with environmental, strategic and managerial contexts. Information & Management, 35: 43-51.
- Li, Shaomin, Li, Mingfang, & Tan, J. Justin. 1998. Understanding diversification in a transition economy: A theoretical exploration. Journal of Applied Management Studies, 7: 77-94.
- Li, Mingfang, & Simerly, Roy L. 1998. The moderating effect of environmental dynamism on the ownership and performance relationship. Strategic Management Journal, 19: 169-179.
- Ramaswamy, Kannan, & Li, Mingfang. 1997. Strategic change among U.S. business schools: A strategic group analysis. Journal of Education for Business, 72: 343-347.
- Bass, Kenneth E., Simerly, Roy L., & Li, Mingfang. 1997. The effects of CEO compensation on corporate economic performance and corporate social performance. Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, 401-405.
- Li, Mingfang, & Dev, Chekitan. 1997. Organization-environment relations: A multidisciplinary integration and some propositions. International Journal of Management, 14: 3-12.