Research Associate Professor,
National School of Development, Peking University
Office Tel: +86-10-62769519
Email: Liangmei@nsd.pku.edu.cn; innovatormeiliang@gmail.com
Yonghao Building 251, National School of Development (Chengze Campus), Peking University, Weixiu Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100080, China
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021.08-present Research Associate Professor, National School of Development, Peking University, China
2022.08-2023.01 Visiting Scholar, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Yale University, USA
2019.04-2021.07 Research Assistant Professor, National School of Development, Peking University, China
2019.04-present Non-Resident Research Fellow, Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, China (Key Research Institute in Humanities and Social Science, Ministry of Education, PRC)
2018.09-2018.10 Visiting Scholar, International Business School, Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Host: Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka)
2016.12-2018.01 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, USA (Host: Prof. Henry Chesbrough)
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 (Host: Prof. Jin Chen)
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 (Host: Prof. Francesco Rentocchini)
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
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Innovation Studies, Strategic Management, Science and Technology Policy
Focusing on Topics about Industry Evolution, Innovation System, Open Innovation
PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED ENGLISH JOURNALS)
Mei, L., Zhang, N., & Brem, A. (2024). Responsible research and innovation: An ambidexterity lens of generalized and specialized responsibilities. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(7), 7670-7687.
Wu, X., & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2024). Intrinsic self-rewards for participating in household sector user innovation: Lessons from a survey of Chinese residents. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201, 123219.
Mei, L., Rentocchini, F., & Chen, J. (2023). Antecedents of strategic ambidexterity in firms’ product innovation: External knowledge and internal information sharing. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(6), 2849-2878.
Liu, Y., Dong, J., Mei, L., & Shen, R. (2023). Digital innovation and performance of manufacturing firms: An affordance perspective. Technovation, 119, 102458.
Mei, L., & Zhang, N. (2022). Transformer in Navigation: Diverse Government Roles for Open Innovation in China’s High-speed Rail. Long Range Planning, 55(1), 102069.
Wu, X., & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2022). Policy-driven open strategy: Lessons from China’s high-speed rail industry. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 63, 101671.
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, 30(4), 1108-1130.
Chesbrough, H., Heaton, S., & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2021). Open innovation with Chinese characteristics: a dynamic capabilities perspective. R&D Management, 51(3), 247-259.
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.
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.
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. (SSCI; IF: 4.957)
Zhang, N., & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2020). Sustainable development in the service industry: Managerial learning and management improvement of Chinese retailers. Sustainability, 12(4), 1430.
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.
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.
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.
Chen, J., Yin, X., & Mei, L. (2018). Holistic Innovation: An Emerging Innovation Paradigm. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 01, 1-13.
Chen, J. & Mei, L. (2018). Super Engineering: Innovation Evolution of China’s High-speed Rail. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 5(4), 548-552.
PUBLICATIONS (MAJOR PEER-REVIEWED CHINESE JOURNALS)
Mei, L. (2025). National Innovation Strategy. Studies in Science of Science, 43(01): 3-13.
Chen, J., Xie, Y.X., Li Z.D., Mei, L. (2025). The construction of the connotation and theoretical system of innovation chain in the New Era. Studies in Science of Science, 43(02): 278-290.
Chen, Y.L., Yang, Zhen., Mei, L. (2025). “Digital infrastructure” and new quality productivity of enterprises——A quasi-natural experiment based on the “Broadband China” pilot policy. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, 1-18, Mar. 17, https://doi.org/10.20201/j.cnki.ssstm.20241202.001
Wen, X., Mei, L*(correspondence), Chen, K.H., Hu, Y.M. (2025). Open Source Innovation: Theoretical Connotations, Knowledge Framework, and Future Prospects. Studies in Science of Science, 1-15, Mar. 7, 2025. https://doi.org/10.16192/j.cnki.1003-2053.20250307.003
Mei, J.Y., Mei, L*(correspondence). (2024). Key Literature Review on Platform Governance: Field, Connotation, and Integrated Theoretical Framework. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, 45(02): 83-99.
Wu, X.T., Mei, L*(correspondence). (2024). Emerging Market Enterprises’ Technological Breakthroughs: A Literature Review and China’s Insights Based on “Structure-Process-Output” Framework. Nankai Business Review, 1-25, Sep. 02, 2024. https://link.cnki.net/urlid/12.1288.F.20240902.1028.004
Wu, X.T., Mei, L*(correspondence). (2024). A Literature Review and Integrated Framework of the Innovation Ecosystem based on the Quantitative Analysis. Science Management, 45(06): 53-61.
Zhang, N, Mei, L*(correspondence), Xie W. (2023). Research on sustained catch-up: Lessons from Chinese manufacturing industry. Studies in Science of Science, 41(10): 1844-1853.
LI Zhendong, MEI Liang, ZHU Ziqin, WU Xintong. (2023). Research on Digital Innovation Strategy of Single Champion Firms in the Manufacturing Industry and Its Adaptation Configuration. Management World, 39(02): 186-208.
Zhang, N, Ding, Y, Mei, L*(correspondence). (2023). The Mechanism of Enterprises Bridging the Digital Divide: A Case Study from Huawei. Forum on Science and Technology in China, (04): 113-121.
Zhang, N, Tai, X, Mei, L*(correspondence). (2022). How to Realize Digital Inclusion: Collaborative Mechanism Through Digital Platform-based Ecosystem. Science of Science and Management of S.&T, 43(11): 3-18.
Guo, Y & Mei, L*(correspondence). (2022). Catch up of complex products and systems: A literature review based on the “content-process-context” framework. Nankai Business Review, (in press)
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.
Zhang, N, Xie W, Mei, L*(correspondence). (2021). Research on co-evolution mechanism of multi-dimensional capabilities of latecomers under digitalization: Inspiration from Huawei. Studies in Science of Science, 40(11): 2001-2009.
Liu C, Mei, L*(correspondence), Chen, J. (2021). Review on Platform Ecosystem from the Perspective of Complementor. Soft Science, 36(4): 8-16.
Mei, L., Zang, S., Zhang, N. (2021). The Governance of Emerging Technology: A Systematic Review from Responsible Innovation Perspective. Studies in Science of Science, 39(12): 2113-2120.
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, 42(10): 3-19.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wu, X., Chen, J, Mei, L. (2019). Gender impact assessment in innovation management and case study. Science Research Management, (03):133-142.
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.
Mei, L.*, Chen, J., Li, F. (2018). Responsible innovation: An integrated framework of “connotation-theory-approach”. Studies in Science of Science, (03): 521-530.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mei, L.*, Chen, J., Li, F. (2017). Responsible Innovation: Connotations and Implications. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, (02):49-53.
Zhou, J., Chen, J., Mei, L.*(correspondence). (2017). Alliance Portfolio: Origin, Research Front and Theoretical Framework. Foreign Economics & Management, (06): 83-97+128.
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.
Mei, L. & Chen, J. (2015). Responsible Innovation: Origin, Attribution and Theoretical Framework. Management World, (08): 39-57.
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.
Ye W. 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.
Mei, L., Chen, J., Liu, Y. (2014). Innovation ecosystem: origin, knowledge evolution and theoretical framework. Studies in Science of Science, (12): 1771-1780.
Mei, L., Chen, J., Sheng, W. (2014). Responsible Innovation——Emerging Paradigm of Research and Innovation. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, (10): 83-89.
Mei, L., & Chen, J. (2014). Reflection and Reconstruction of Innovation Paradigm: The Emerging Research on Responsible Innovation. Science and Management, (03): 3-11.
PRACTIONER-ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS
Mei, L. (2023). Adaptation and Learning: An Interview with Global Management Guru Prof. Daniel Levinthal. Tsinghua Management Review, (Z1): 6-13.
Chen, C., Mei, L. (2021). Value-added Ring: Choice of Enterprise Digital Growth Model. Harvard Business Review (Chinese Version), (10): 128-133.
Chen, C., Mei, L. (2019). Human-Machine Symbiosis: New Organizational Ecosystem. Harvard Business Review (Chinese Version), (9):112-120
Mei, L. (2018). Enterprise Growth in the Globalization——An Interview with Shaker A. Zahra, Professor of International Management. Tsinghua Management Review, (09): 6-13.
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.
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.
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.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Principal Investigator
2023-2027, The Sub-Project of National Natural Science Foundation Major Project of China “Synergetic Mode and Mechanism of Innovation Chain and Industry Chain of Chinese Enterprises” (72232004)
2023-2024, Key Project of National Major Think Tank Project of China “The Design and Effective Operation of Innovation System Integrating Original Innovation, Integrated Innovation, and Open Innovation”. (granted by PRC Ministry of Science and Technology)
2023-2025, “Intercountry Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation”. Key Project in Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Peking University
2022-2025, The General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China “The Mechanism of Emerging Technology Governance from Responsible Innovation Paradigm: An Ambidexterity Perspective” (72174005).
2020-2022, Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Foundation of the Ministry of Education “The Open Mechanism of Artificial Intelligence Governance from Responsible Innovation Perspective” (20YJC630102)
2018-2019, Special Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation “Social Satisfaction of Scientific and Technological Development” (2018T110110)
2017-2018, National Natural Science Youth Foundation Project “The Common Theoretical Foundation and Mechanism of Responsible Innovation” (71704090, Post evaluation: “Excellent”)
2017-2019, General Project of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation “Responsible Innovation: An Integration Framework of “Origin Theory Practice” (2017M610097)
Major Participant (Selected Major Project)
Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Innovation Management and Innovation Policy”
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”
Special Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Research on the Deployment, Funding, and Operation of China’s New Scientific Research Infrastructure towards the 2035 Long-term Agenda”
Special 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”
Special Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China “Research on the attitude and demand of Chinese researchers on Open Science”
Strategic Management Society: 2019 Research in Strategic Management Program “Open Strategy in Capable Hands: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Open Platform Strategy”
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
Mei, L. Responsible Innovation: The Choice of Scientific and Technological Progress and Sustainable Development. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2018. (in Chinese)
Huang, L., Mei, L., Liao, M., & Zhao, Y. (2024). China’s progress in technology assessment: a systematic review. In Armin Grunwald. (2024). Handbook of Technology Assessment, 184-191. Edward Elgar.
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.
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.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Associate Editor: Industrial and Corporate Change (01/2024-present)
Associate Editor: Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (01/2024-present)
Editorial Board Member: Journal of Responsible Technology (04/2021-present)
Advisory Editorial Board Member: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (02/2021-present)
Editorial Board Member: Science of Science and Management of S.&T (in Chinese, 09/2019-present)
Editorial Board Member: World Open Innovation Annual Conference (12/2017-present)
Guest Editor: Special Issue of International Journal of Technology Management “The Role of Technological Innovation for Pandemic Fighting: The Case of COVID-19”, https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=5378
Guest Editor: Special Issue of Science of Science and Management of S.&T “The Construction and Governance of China's Innovation/Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the New Development Stage”.
Conference Coordinator: Industrial and Corporate Change (ICC)-Tsinghua University Conference (2019) “Innovation, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Economic Development and Catch-up”
Deputy Secretary General: The Science of Science, and Science and Technology Policy Research Association of China (05/2023-present)
Council Member: China Enterprise Management Research Association (07/2021-present)
Council Member: Special Committee of Technology Management of China Society of Technology and Economics (06/2021-present)
Council Member: Special Committee of Sociology of the Science of Chinese Sociological Society (06/2019-present)
Fellow in the field of Technology and Innovation, National School of Development, National Top Think Tank (04/2019-present)
Membership: Academy of Management Community
Membership: Globelics Network
Conference Session Coordinator at SPRU Sussex University: International Sustainability Transitions Conference (2015)
Anonymous Reviewer: English journals involving California Management Review, Long Range Planning, Technovation, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, R&D Management, European Management Review, Management and Organization Review, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, International Journal of Technology Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Journal of Responsible Technology, China Economic Quarterly; Chinese journals involving Management World, Chinese Journal of Management Science, Science of Science and Management of S.&T, Nankai Business Review and so on.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Best Emerging Scholar Paper Award of 4th World Open Innovation Annual Conference
Peking University 2024 Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Peking University 2021 Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Tsinghua University 2018 Top Ten Excellent Postdoctoral Award
Selected in Excellent Postdoctoral Support Program of Tsinghua University (2016~2018)
Selected Excellent Paper Award of Management World in 2015
