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MEI Liang


 

National School of Development, Peking University

Office: +86-10-62769519

E-Mail: liangmei@nsd.pku.edu.cn;  innovatormeiliang@gmail.com

Address: Yonghao Building 251, National School of Development,

Chengze Garden, Weixiu Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100080, China  

 

 

EDUCATION

2012.09-2016.06    Ph.D., School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, China     

2014.10-2015.10  Visiting Ph.D., Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK (Full-Funded by China Scholarship Council)

2009.09-2012.03    MA, School of Management, Zhejiang University, China

2005.09-2009.06    BA, School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, China

2008.03-2008.06    Visiting Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, I-Shou University of Taiwan

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021.08-present     Research Associate Professor, National School of Development, Peking University

2019.04-2021.07     Research Assistant Professor, National School of Development, Peking University

2019.09-Present     Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Future Education Management, Peking University

2019.04-Present  Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University (Key Research Institute in Humanities and Social Science, Ministry of Education, PRC)

2016.10-2019.03    Assistant Research Fellow, Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University (Key Research Institute in Humanities and Social Science, Ministry of Education, PRC)

2016.10-2019.03   Postdoc, Dept. of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University, China (Sponsored by Prof. Jin Chen)

2018.09-2018.10   Visiting Scholar, International Business School, Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Sponsored by Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka)  

2017.01-2018.01  Visiting Scholar, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, USA (Sponsored by Prof. Henry Chesbrough)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Strategic and Innovation Management

Industry Evolution and Innovation

Science and Technology Governance and Responsible Innovation

 

 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

  1. Mei, L., Rentocchini, F.*, & Chen, J. (2021). Antecedents of Strategic Ambidexterity in Firms’ Product Innovation: External Knowledge and Internal Information Sharing. Journal of Small Business Management (Forthcoming, SSCI, IF:4.544)
  2. Mei, L., & Zhang, N*. (2021). Catch up of complex products and systems: lessons from China’s high-speed rail sectoral system.  Industrial and Corporate Change. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab004 (SSCI, IF: 3.085)
  3. Mei, L., & Zhang, N*. (2020). Transformer in Navigation: Diverse Government Roles for Open Innovation in China’s High-speed Rail. Long Range Planning, 102069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102069 (SSCI; IF:8.802)
  4. Chesbrough, H., Heaton, S., & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2020). Open innovation with Chinese characteristics: a dynamic capabilities perspective. R&D Management, 51(3):247-259. (SSCI; IF: 4.272)
  5. Mei, L., Zhang, T.*, & Chen, J. (2019). Exploring the effects of inter-firm linkages on SMEs' open innovation from an ecosystem perspective: An empirical study of Chinese manufacturing SMEs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 144, 118-128. (SSCI; IF: 8.593)
  6. Zhang, N & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2021). The Managerial Lag and Improvement of Latecomers: A Managerial Learning Perspective. Nankai Business Review (01): 74-85+103-105. (in Chinese)
  7. Mei, L. & Chen, J*. (2015). Responsible Innovation: Origin, Attribution and Theoretical Framework. Management World, (08): 39-57. (in Chinese)
  8. Wei, W., Mei, L., Wen, L., Wang, C., Zhang, G. (2014). The Dynamic Mechanism and Incentive Policy of Collaborative Innovation——Based on the Perspective of Complex System Theory. Management World, (06): 79-91.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED ENGLISH JOURNALS

  1. Zhang, N., & Mei, L*(通讯). (2020). Sustainable development in the service industry: Managerial learning and management improvement of Chinese retailers. Sustainability12(4), 1430. (SSCI; IF: 3.251)
  2. Mei, L., Rodríguez, H., & Chen, J. (2020). Responsible Innovation in the contexts of the European Union and China: Differences, challenges and opportunities. Global Transitions, 2, 1-3.
  3. Zhou, J., Mei, L., & Chen, J*. (2019). Leveraging University Competitiveness: Evidence from Alliance Portfolio Practices at Zhejiang University. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 55(4), 827-842. (SSCI; IF: 2.315)
  4. Huang, L., Zhao, Y., Mei, L., Wu, P., Zhao, Z., & Mao, Y. (2019). Structural Holes in the Multi-Sided Market: A Market Allocation Structure Analysis of China’s Car-Hailing Platform in the Context of Open Innovation. Sustainability, 11(20), 5813: 1-20. (SSCI; IF: 3.251)
  5. Huang, S., Chen, J., Mei, L., & Mo, W. (2019). The Effect of Heterogeneity and Leadership on Innovation Performance: Evidence from University Research Teams in China. Sustainability, 11(16), 4441. (SSCI; IF: 3.251)
  6. Jia, X., Chen, J., Mei, L.*(correspondence), Wu, Q. (2018). How Leadership Matters Organizational Innovation: A Perspective of Openness. Management Decision, 56(1): 6-25. (ABDC-B; SSCI; IF: 4.957)
  7. Chen, J., Yin, X., & Mei, L. (2018). Holistic Innovation: An Emerging Innovation Paradigm. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 01: 1-13.
  8. Chen, J. & Mei, L. (2018). Super Engineering: Innovation Evolution of China’s High-speed Rail. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 5(4): 548-552.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED CHINESE JOURNALS

  1. Mei, L., Zang, S., Zhang, N. (2021). The Governance of Emerging Technology: A Systematic Review from Responsible Innovation Perspective. Studies in Science of Science. (Forthcoming)
  2. Chen, C. & Mei, L.*(correspondence). (2021). Organization Management Holism: Lessons from the Evolution of CETC's Organization System. Science of Science and Management of S.&T. (Forthcoming)
  3. Zhang, N., Wang, Z., Xie, W.*, Mei, L. (2021). How to break through the managerial constraints for latecomers——The Enlightenment of Huawei’s managerial learning experience. Science Research Management. (Forthcoming)
  4. Chen, C., Mei, L.*(correspondence), Yin, J. (2021). Identification and Development of Organizational Value Proposition in Digitalization——Lessons from the Work WeChat Case Study. Management Review, (01): 330-339.
  5. Mei, L., Chen, C.*, Liu, C. (2021). Connected Symbiosis: The Fundamental Paradigm of Organizational Symbiosis in the Digital Context. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, (04): 33-48.
  6. Qu, G., Chen, J., Wang, L.*, Mei, L., Zhu, Z. (2021). Innovation meaning asset: Origin, strategic value and enterprise practice. Studies in Science of Science, 39(6): 1111-1119.
  7. Zang, S.*, Chen, H., Mei, L. (2021). Research on the relationship between capability evolution, institutional supply and radical innovation. Studies in Science of Science, 39(5): 930-939.
  8. Wu, X., Chen, J.*, Mei, L., Hou, J. (2021). BoP Inclusive Mechanism in Internet Platforms: Lessons from Kuaishou. Chinese Journal of Management, (04): 486-496.
  9. Chen, C., Yin, J.*, Mei, L., Han, X. (2020). How do Firm Strategic Leaders Cope with Environmental Uncertainty? Text Analyses on Ren Zhengfei’s Media Interviews. Chinese Journal of Management, (08): 1107-1116.
  10. Liu, C., Chen, C., Liu, J., Zhu, L., Mei, L. (2020). A Review and Future Prospect of Research on Inter-Organizational Trust. Academic Research Journal, (03): 95-104+177-178.
  11. Wang, W., Yan, Z.*, Mei, L., Chen, J. (2020). The Evolution of Platform Enterprises Based on Data Resources: Lessons from Variflight Company. Economic Management, (06): 96-115.
  12. Qu, G., Chen, J.*, Mei, L. (2020). Meaningful innovation: A coupling framework based on the complex systems perspective. Studies in Science of Science, (11): 2058-2067.
  13. Chen, J., Zhu, Z.*, Ji, Y., Mei, L. (2020). Research on the construction of science and technology security governance system based on bottom line thinking. Studies in Science of Science, (08): 1345-1357.
  14. Wu, X., Mei, L.*(correspondence), Chen, J. (2020). Theoretical Construction of Holistic Innovation: Lessons from China’s High-Speed Rail Industry. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, (01): 66-82.
  15. Zhao, Y., Huang, L., Mei, L. (2020). A Comparison Research of the Open Science Development Policy Practice of the Scientific Funding Organization——Evidences from Open Access Policy. China Soft Science, (03): 57-65.
  16. Mei, L., Wu, X.*, Wang, W. (2019). Responsible governance of scientific and technological innovation: From open science to open society. Science Research Management, (12): 1-10.
  17. Zhou, J., Mei, L.*(correspondence), Chen, J. (2019). Paradigm Shift on the Evolution of Alliance Portfolio Research. Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (01): 16-25.
  18. Wang, W., Wu, X.*, Mei, L. (2019). Innovation Ecosystem: A systematic review from the contextual perspective. Science Research Management, (09): 25-36.
  19. Chen, J., Zhu, Z.*, Mei, L. (2019). Research on the Model of Meaning-Oriented Science and Technology Innovation Management. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, (12): 3-18.
  20. Wu, X., Chen, J.*, Mei, L. (2019). Gender impact assessment in innovation management and case study. Science Research Management, (03):133-142.
  21. Huang, L.*, Zhao, Y., Mei, L. (2019). Research on Multi-Sided Market Competition of Social Media Personal Data Resource——An Empirical Analysis Based on k-core Network. Soft Science, (06):1-7.
  22. Mei, L.*(correspondence), Chen, J., Li, F. (2018). Responsible innovation: An integrated framework of “connotation-theory-approach”. Studies in Science of Science, (03): 521-530.
  23. Mei, L.*, Chen, J., Huang, J., Lv, W. (2018). Witness China’s Prosperity: A “Central-Square” Framework of Responsible Innovation. Technology Economics, (03): 1-8+106.
  24. Mei, L., Jia, X., Chen, J.*, Lv, W. (2018). What Matters People's Satisfaction of Science and Technology? A Human Agency Perspective of Responsible Innovation. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, (05):16-27.
  25. Mei, L.*, Chen, J., Wu, X. (2018). Innovation Governance of Emerging Technology from Responsible Innovation Perspective: Lessons from Artificial Intelligence. Technology Economics, (01): 1-7+43.
  26. Meng, D., Li, X.*, Mei, L., Qi, X. (2018). Core technology deconstruction and breakthrough: A longitudinal case study on “Tsinghua-Lvkon” AMT technology from 2000 to 2016. Science Research Management, (06):75-84.
  27. Zhao, C., Chen, J., Li, J., Mei, L.*(correspondence). Firm Innovation System: Conceptual Connotation and Research Evolution. Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (01):124-142.
  28. Ren, Z., & Mei, L. (2018). Mechanism and Practices of Situated Learning for Tertiary Entrepreneurship Education on the Embeddedness Perspective. Modern Education Science, (01): 27-31.
  29. Mei, L.*(correspondence), Chen, J., Li, F. (2017). Responsible Innovation: Connotations and Implications.            Studies in Dialectics of Nature, (02):49-53.
  30. Chen, J., Yin, X., Mei, L. (2017). Holistic Innovation: An Emerging Innovation Paradigm Based on Eastern Wisdom. Technology Economics, (12): 1-10+29.
  31. Wu, X., Chen, J.*, Mei, L., Liang, L. (2017). Gender Stereotype: The Threat or Opportunity for Female Innovators in Technological Innovation? Foreign Economics & Management, (11): 45-60.
  32. Mei, L., Huang, H.*, Chen, J., Ren, Z. (2017). Literature Review of Innovation Ecosystem: A “Trunk-Branch” Knowledge Structure Framework. Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (01):1-14.
  33. Zhou, J., Chen, J., Mei, L.*(correspondence). (2017). Alliance Portfolio: Origin, Research Front and Theoretical Framework. Foreign Economics & Management, (06): 83-97+128.
  34. Chen, J., Huang, H.*, Mei, L. (2017). A Study on Operating Mechanism of Innovation Ecosystem Based on the Embedded Network Perspective: Taking DARPA Innovation Ecosystem in the U. S. as a Study Case. Jilin University Journal Social Sciences Edition, (02):86-96+206.
  35. Chen, J., Zhao, C., Jia, X., Mei, L. (2017). Reconstructing Firm’s Technological Innovation Capability Evaluation System: From Knowledge Management to Value Creation. Technology Economics, (09): 1-8+30.
  36. Mei, L. & Chen, J*. (2016). Responsible Innovation: Concept Origin, Theory Construction and Policy Implication from Durational Perspective. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, (05):17-23.
  37. Huang, H., Zhang, C., Mei, L. (2016). Review and Analysis on Innovation Policy Research: Theory, Tool and Evaluation. Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (02): 166-178.
  38. Liu, Z., Mei, L., Yan, P. Current Research and Future Trend of Responsible Innovation. Foreign Social Science Frontier. 2016(12).
  39. Mei, L., Chen, J., Yu, F. (2015). Innovation Evolution and Paradigm Shift——Origin, Features and Framework of Sustainability Transitions. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, (10): 36-40.
  40. Zhou, Z., Chen, J., Mei, L. (2015). The capitalization of S&T achievements mechanism in Chinese research universities. Studies in Science of Science, (11):1641-1650.
  41. Zhou, Z., Mei, L., Chen, J., Liu, Y. (2015). The Capitalization Mechanism of S&T Achievements in Research Universities: A Case Study of KAUST. Higher Engineering Education Research, (02): 128-133.
  42. Xiang, Y., Mei, L., Chen, J. (2015). Research on the Core of Collaborative Innovation from Value Creation Perspective——Evidence from Collaborative Innovation Center of Zhejiang University. Science & Technology Progress and Policy, (23): 21-26.
  43. Mei, L., Chen, J., Liu, Y. (2014). Innovation ecosystem: origin, knowledge evolution and theoretical framework. Studies in Science of Science, (12): 1771-1780.
  44. Xiang, Y., Mei, L., Chen, J. (2014). An Empirical Study on Knowledge Triangle-based University-Industry Collaborative Innovation: From Self-Organization Perspective. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, (03): 100-109+99.
  45. Xiang, Y., Mei, L., Chen, J. Research on the U-I Collaborative Innovation upon Knowledge Triangle Model: From Self-Organization Perspective. Review of Evolutionary Economics and Economics of Innovation, (01): 124-141.
  46. Mei, L., Chen, J., Sheng, W. (2014). Responsible Innovation——Emerging Paradigm of Research and Innovation. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, (10): 83-89.
  47. Mei, L., & Chen, J. (2014). Reflection and Reconstruction of Innovation Paradigm: The Emerging Research on Responsible Innovation. Science and Management, (03): 3-11.
  48. Chen, J., Lou, Y., Mei, L. (2013). New Exploration into General Education: Engineering Education. Higher Engineering Education Research, (03):71-75.
  49. Mei, L. & Xu, Q. (2011). Research Review on Innovation Network. Science and Technology Management Research, (10):18-25.
  50. Mei, L. (2009). The Mechanism of Innovation Capability Leveraging: A Longitude Case Study in Honyar. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, (S1):114-119.
  51. Chen, L., Zhang, Zhuo., & Mei, L. (2009). The Mechanism of Organization Innovation for Leveraging Innovation Competence in SMEs. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, (S1):35-39.

 

PRACTIONER-ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS IN CHINESE

  1. Chen, C., Mei, L. (2021). Value-added Ring: Choice of Enterprise Digital Growth Model. Harvard Business Review (Chinese Version) (Forthcoming).
  2. Chen, C., Mei, L. (2019). Human-Machine Symbiosis: New Organizational Ecosystem. Harvard Business Review (Chinese Version), (9):112-120
  3. Mei, L. (2018). Enterprise Growth in the Globalization——An Interview with Shaker A. Zahra, Professor of International Management. Tsinghua Management Review, (09): 6-13.
  4. Chen, J., Mei, L., Zhao, C. (2018). The mystery of the breakthrough of high-speed rail’s core technology capabilities: The evolution of CRRC’s “core” strategy. Tsinghua Management Review, (06): 36-42.
  5. Mei, L. (2017). Open Innovation: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow——An Interview with Professor Henry Chesbrough, the “Father of Open Innovation” in the world. Tsinghua Management Review, (06): 8-14.
  6. Mei, L. (2017). Value Capture and Sustainable Advantages——An Interview with Professor David Teece, Guru of Global Innovation and Strategic Management. Tsinghua Management Review, (12): 5-13.
  7. Zhao, C., Mei, L., Zhang, S. 2017 Chinese Doctor's Multi-Dimensional Observation: “Artificial Intelligence +” Beyond Imagination. College Student Magazine, 2017(03).

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

Principal Investigator

  1. 2021, National Natural Science General Foundation Project “Emerging Technology Governance upon the Paradigm of Responsible Innovation: An Ambidexterity Perspective” (72174005)
  2. 2020, Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Foundation of the Ministry of Education “The Open Mechanism of Artificial Intelligence Governance from the Responsible Innovation Perspective” (20YJC630102)  
  3. 2018, Special Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation “Social Satisfaction of Scientific and Technological Development: The Agency Perspective of Responsible Innovation” (2018T110110)
  4. 2017, National Natural Science Youth Foundation Project “The common theoretical foundation and mechanism of responsible innovation” (71704090, Post evaluation: “Excellent”)
  5. 2017, General Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation “Responsible innovation: An integration framework of “Origin Theory Practice” (2017M610097)

 

Major Participant (Selected Major Project)

  1.  Strategic Management Society: 2019 Research in Strategic Management Program “Open Strategy in Capable Hands: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Open Platform Strategy”
  2. Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Innovation Management and Innovation Policy”
  3. Major research project of national philosophy and Social Science Foundation of China “Strategic comparison and realization path of building a world power of scientific and technological innovation”
  4. Emergency project of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Research on the institutional mechanism, organizational model and policy to solve the core technology breakthrough in China”
  5. Emergency project of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Research on the attitude and demand of Chinese researchers on Open Science”
  6. International Cooperation Research Project of International Development Research Center of Canada “To Leverage Innovation Capabilities of Chinese Small- & Medium-Sized Enterprises by Total Innovation Management”

 

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN ENGLISH

  1. Jin Chen, Liang Mei. Innovation and Innovation Management in an Age of Changes. (2019). Chapter 6, In Jin Chen, Poh Kam Wong, Eric Viardot and Alexander Brem. (2019). The Routledge Handbook of Innovation Management. London: Routledge.
  2. Liang Mei, Jin Chen. (2019). Responsible Innovation: Origin, Attribution and Theoretical Framework. Chapter 16, In Jin Chen, Poh Kam Wong, Eric Viardot and Alexander Brem. (2019). The Routledge Handbook of Innovation Management. London: Routledge.

 

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN CHINESE

  1. Mei, L. Responsible Innovation: The Choice of Scientific and Technological Progress and Sustainable Development. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2018.
  2. “The mystery of the breakthrough of high-speed rail’s core technology capabilities: The evolution of CRRC’s ‘core’ strategy”, in The Counter-Attack of Innovators: 18 Case Courses in Business Schools, 2020, Peking University Press.
  3. “Theoretical Construction of Holistic Innovation: Lessons from China’s High-Speed Rail Industry”, in Holistic Innovation: Innovation Paradigm in the New Era, 2021, Science Press.
  4. Reflection and Reconstruction of Innovation Paradigm: The Emerging Research on Responsible Innovation”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  5. Holistic Innovation: An Emerging Innovation Paradigm Based on Eastern Wisdom”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  6. “The mystery of the breakthrough of high-speed rail’s core technology capabilities: The evolution of CRRC’s ‘core’ strategy”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  7. “Innovation Governance of Emerging Technology from Responsible Innovation Perspective: Lessons from Artificial Intelligence”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  8. Reconstructing Firm’s Technological Innovation Capability Evaluation System: From Knowledge Management to Value Creation”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  9. “Innovation ecosystem: origin, knowledge evolution and theoretical framework”, in Innovation Leading, 2019, Tsinghua University Press.
  10. “Enterprise Innovation Ecosystem”. Chapter 2 of Blue Book of Management: Annual Report on Management in China (2018), 2018, Social Sciences Academic Press.
  11. “The mystery of the breakthrough of high-speed rail’s core technology capabilities: The evolution of CRRC’s ‘core’ strategy”, in National Innovation Blue Book: China Innovation Development Report 2017-2018, 2018, Social Sciences Academic Press.
  12. Responsible Innovation——Emerging Paradigm of Research and Innovation”, in Insisting on Innovation, 2016, Zhejiang University Press.

 

NATIONAL INVENTION PATENT AUTHORIZATION

Inventor (designer): Fan Liwu, Li Zirui, Chen Jin, Zhu Ziqin, Ji Yudian, Mei Liang, Feng Biao, Hu Nan, Shao Xuefeng. Storage and transport device of special material and storage and transport method thereof. Application No: 202010403359.9. State Intellectual Property Office of China: http://www.soopat.com/Patent/202010403359.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  1. Guest Editor, Special Issue of International Journal of Technology Management Entitled “The Role of Technological Innovation for Pandemic Fighting: The Case of COVID-19” (SSCI, 5 Year Impact Factor 2.157; 02/2021-present).  CFP: https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=5378
  2. Editorial Board Member: Journal of Responsible Technology (04/2021-present)
  3. Editorial Board Member: Science of Science and Management of S.&T (CSSCI, 09/2019-present)
  4. Editorial Board Member: World Open Innovation Annual Conference (12/2017-present)
  5. Council Member: China Enterprise Management Research Association (07/2021-present)
  6. Council Member: Special Committee of Sociology of the Science of Chinese Sociological Society (06/2019-present)
  7. Visiting Associate Research Fellow: Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University (Key Research Institute in Humanities and Social Science, Ministry of Education, PRC) (04/2019-present)
  8. Member:  Academy of Management
  9. Member: China Society of Technology and Economics
  10. Anonymous Reviewer: for California Management Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, European Management Review, R&D Management, Technovation, Management and Organization Review, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Journal of Responsible Technology, China Economic Quarterly, Chinese Journal of Management Science, Science of Science and Management of S.&T, and so on.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

  1. Tsinghua University 2018 Top Ten Excellent Postdoctoral Award
  2. Best Emerging Scholar Paper Award of 4th World Open Innovation Annual Conference
  3. Selected in Excellent Postdoctoral Support Program of Tsinghua University (2016~2018)

Selected Excellent Paper Award of Management World in 2015.