Academic Positions

• 9/2004 – 9/2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 9/2008 – 7/2013: Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 6/2011 – 7/2013: Tengfei Distinguished Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 7/2013 – 7/2017: Professor of Strategy and Marketing, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 7/2017 – Present: Professor of Strategy and Marketing, Advanced Institute of Business, Tongji University.

Administrative Roles

• 1/2009 – 7/2011: Head of the Marketing Department, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
• 7/2011 – 7/2017: Vice Dean, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University (On leave: September 2014 – September 2015).
• 7/2017 – Present: Vice Dean, Advanced Institute of Business, Tongji University.
• 11/2022 – 1/2024: Vice Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University.
• 1/2024 – Present: Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Yan, Z., Yang, Z., Yang, H., & Xie, E. Differentiated Relational Strategies in Major Supplier Networks: A Blessing or a Curse in Collectivist Cultures? Journal of Supply Chain Management, forthcoming, 2025.
2. Xie, E., Lin, J., & Zou, H. How does Outward FDI in Developed Economies Affect the R&D of Emerging Economy Firms? An Attention-Based View. Journal of International Management, Vol. 31, Issue 1, 2025.
3. Xie, E., Li, F., Wu, Z., & Kumar, V. State Ownership and Chinese Private Firms’ OFDI in Developed Economies. Journal of World Business, Vol. 59, Issue 3, 2024.
4. Wei, H., Xie, E., & Gao, J. R&D Investment and Debt Financing of High-Tech Firms in Emerging Economies: The Role of Patents and State Ownership. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 71, pp. 753–770, 2024.
5. Zou, H., Xie, E., & Mei, N. Political Connections and Firms’ Trade Credit in Emerging Economies. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 633–650, 2024.
6. Peng, M. W., Wang, J. C., Xie, E., & Lebedev, S. Theorizing about Emerging Multinationals' Cross-Border Acquisitions. Global Strategy Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 683–708, 2024.
7. Gong, T., Wang, X., Zhang, L., Gao, X., & Xie, E. Symbolic or Substantial? Different Responses of State-Owned and Privately Owned Firms to Government Innovation Policies. Technovation, Vol. 127, 2023.
8. Xie, E., Zou, H., & Liang, J. Momentum, Imitation and Partner Selection in Nascent and Mature Product Markets. British Journal of Management, Vol. 34, pp. 1534–1554, 2023.
9. Xie, E., Li, H., Gong, T., & Zou, H. How does OFDI in Developed Economies Benefit EEFs? A Composite View of Market and Nonmarket Strategy. Proceedings, 2023.
10. Cheng, L., Xie, E., Fang, J., & Mei, N. Performance Feedback and Firms’ Relative Strategic Emphasis: The Moderating Effects of Board Independence and Media Coverage. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 139, pp. 218–231, 2022.
11. Bi, J., Xie, E., & Sheng, S. Tie Strength Dispersion and Alliance Portfolio Performance: The Moderating Effects of CEOs’ Political and International Experience. British Journal of Management, Vol. 33, pp. 997–1023, 2022.
12. Zhou, K. Z., Wang, K., Xu, D., & Xie, E. Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst: Does Bribery Foster Firm Performance in China? Journal of Business Research, Vol. 147, pp. 505–517, 2022.
13. Tang, Q., Xie, E., & Reddy, K. S. Global Production Aspirations and Internationalization by State-Owned Enterprises: A Co-Evolutionary View of State-Driven Industrialized Economy. International Journal of Innovation Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 276–285, 2022.
14.  Xie, E., Fang, A. J., Chen, X., Wu, Z., & Kumar, V. Performance Feedback on Sales Growth Goal and OFDI Location Choices for Firms in Emerging Economies.Journal of World Business, Vol. 57, Issue 4, 2022.
15. Tian, L., Li, P. P., Xie, E., & Li, Y. Not All Types of Social Networks Are Good: The Dual Effects of Social Networks on Courtesy Stigma. Management and Organization Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 717–754, 2022.
16. Huang, Y., Xie, E., & Wu, Z. Portfolio Characteristics of Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Dynamic Performance of Emerging Economy Firms: An Option Portfolio Perspective. International Business Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2021.
17. Nawaz, A., Xie, E., Raza, M. Y., Khan, N. A., & Ali, A. Sectorial Study of Technological Progress and CO₂ Emission: Insights from a Developing Economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 151, 2020.
18. Bi, J., Xie, E., Jin, J., & Lu, J. Ties’ Repeatedness, Partners’ Social Value, and Alliance Portfolio Performance in Emerging Economy: The Moderating Roles of Firm-Government Linkages. Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 91, pp. 537–550, 2020.
19. Chen, X., Xie, E., Peng, M. W., & Pinkham, B. C. Behind the Length of Contract During Market Transitions. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2020.
20. Van Essen, M., Heugens, P. P. M. A. R., Duran, P., Saleh, S. F., Sauerwald, S., van Oosterhout, H., & Xie, E. How Concentrated Owners Improve the Performance of Asian Firms: Filling Voids or Imposing Effective Governance? Multinational Business Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 39–63, 2020.
21. Tang, Q., Gu, F. F., Xie, E., & Wu, Z. Exploratory and Exploitative OFDI from Emerging Markets: Impacts on Firm Performance. International Business Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2020.
22. Wang, Q., Miao, F., Tayi, G. K., & Xie, E. What Makes Online Content Viral? The Contingent Effects of Hub Users Versus Non-Hub Users on Social Media Platforms. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2019.
23. Xie, E., Huang, Y., Stevens, C. E., & Lebedev, S. Performance Feedback and Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Emerging Economy Firms. Journal of World Business, 2019.
24. Yang, Z., Jiang, Y., & Xie, E. Buyer-Supplier Relational Strength and Buying Firm's Marketing Capability: An Outside-In Perspective. Industrial Marketing Management, 2019.
25. Li, P. P., & Xie, E. The Unique Research on the Informal Ties and Social Networks in East Asia: Diverse Perspectives and New Research Agenda. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2019.
26. Xie, E., Yang, Z., & Reddy, K. S. Institutional Environment and Inter-Firm Collaborative Relationships: An Introductory Perspective and Ideas for Future Research. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 2019.
27. Chen, X., Xie, E., & Van Essen, M. Performance Feedback and Firms' R&D Frequency: A Comparison Between State-Owned and Private-Owned Enterprises in China. Asian Business & Management, 2019.
28. Xie, E., & Redding, K. S. State-Owned Enterprises in the Contemporary Global Business Scenario: Introduction. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2018.
29. Redding, K. S., Xie, E., & Tang, Q. Institutionalization to Internationalization: The Transformational Dynamics and Outward Foreign Direct Investment of State-Owned Enterprises. International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 31, 2018.
30. Xie, E., Reddy, K. S., & Liang, J. Country-Specific Determinants of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comprehensive Review and Future Research Directions. Journal of World Business, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 127–183, 2017. [SSCI, 2015 Impact Factor 2.811/3.729].
31. Reddy, K. S., & Xie, E. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions by Oil and Gas Multinational Enterprises: Geography-Based View of Energy Strategy. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 72, pp. 961–980, 2017. [SCIE, 2015 Impact Factor 6.798/7.896].
32. Li, Y., Xie, E., & Cheng, L. The Effect of Market Orientation on New Product Development: A Literature Review. Chinese Management Studies, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 582–598, 2017.
33. Yang, Z., Zhang, H., & Xie, E. Relative Buyer-Supplier Relational Strength and Supplier's Information Sharing with the Buyer. Journal of Business Research, Vol. 78, pp. 303–313, 2017.
34. Huang, Y., Xie, E., Li, Y., & Reddy, K. S. Does State Ownership Facilitate Outward FDI of Chinese SOEs? Institutional Development, Market Competition, and the Logic of Interdependence Between Government and SOEs. International Business Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 176–188, 2016.
35. Reddy, K. S., Xie, E., & Huang, Y. Cross-Border Acquisitions by State-Owned and Private Enterprises: A Perspective from Emerging Economies. Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 1147–1170, 2016.
36. Xie, E., Huang, Y., Reddy, K. S., & Li, Y. Performance Implications of Ties to Large-Scale State-Owned Enterprise and Banks in An Emerging Economy. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2016 (Online).
37. Xie, E., Huang, Y., Peng, M., & Zhuang, X. Resources, Aspirations, and Emerging Multinationals. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 141–161, 2016.
38. Xie, E., Liang, J., & Zhou, K. Z. How to Enhance Supplier Performance in China: An Integrative View of Partner Selection and Partner Control. Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 56, pp. 156–166, 2016.
39. Stevens, C. E., Xie, E., & Peng, M. W. Toward a Legitimacy-Based View of Political Risk: The Case of Google and Yahoo in China. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 945–963, 2016.
40. Su, Z., Peng, M., & Xie, E. A Strategy Tripod Perspective on Knowledge Creation Capability. British Journal of Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 58–76, 2016.
41. Reddy, K. S., Xie, E., & Huang, Y. The Causes and Consequences of Delayed/Abandoned Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition Transactions: A Cross-Case Analysis in the Dynamic Industries. Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 917–962, 2016.
42. Lebedev, S., Peng, M., Xie, E., & Stevens, C. E. Mergers and Acquisitions in and Out of Emerging Economies. Journal of World Business, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 652–662, 2015.
43. Gao, G., Xie, E., & Zhou, K. How Does Technological Diversity in the Supplier Network Drive Buyer Innovation? Relational Process and Contingencies. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 36, pp. 165–177, 2015.
44. Su, Z., Xie, E., Wang, D. Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in New Ventures and Established Firms. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 228–248, 2015.
45. Zhou, K., Zhang, Q., Sheng, S., Xie, E., & Bao, K. Are Relational Ties Always Good for Knowledge Acquisition? Buyer-Supplier Exchanges in China. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 88–98, 2014.
46. Su, Z., Xie, E., Liu, H., & Sun, W. Profiting from Product Innovation: The Impact of Legal, Marketing, and Technological Capabilities in Different Environmental Conditions. Marketing Letters, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 261–276, 2013.
47. Xie, E., Peng, M., & Zhao, W. Uncertainties, Resources, and Supplier Selection in an Emerging Economy. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1219–1242, 2013.
48. Su, Z., Xie, E., Li, Y. Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in New Ventures and Established Firms. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 558–577, 2011.
49. Su, Z., Xie, E., Wang, D., Li, Y. Entrepreneurial Strategy Making, Resources, and Firm Performance: Evidence from China. Small Business Economics, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 235–247, 2011.
50. Li, Y., Xie, E., Teo, H., & Peng, M. W. Formal Control and Social Control in Domestic and International Buyer-Supplier Relationships. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 28, pp. 333–344, 2010.
51. Xie, E., Li, Y., Su, Z., & Teo, H. The Determinants of Local Suppliers' Trust Towards Foreign Buyers: Evidence from Sino-Foreign Cooperation. Management International Review, Vol. 50, pp. 585–611, 2010.
52. Peng, M. W., Li, Y., Xie, E., & Su, Z. CEO Duality, Organizational Slack, and Firm Performance in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 611–624, 2010.
53. Su, Z., Xie, E., Wang, D., Li, Y. Impacts of Environmental Uncertainty and Firm’s Capabilities on R&D Investment: Evidence from China. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 269–282, 2010.
54. Su, Z., Xie, E., Li, Y. Organizational Slack and Firm Performance during Institutional Transitions. *Asia Pacific Journal 26, 75–91, 2009.
55. Xie, E., Teo, HH. & Wan, W. Volunteering personal information on the internet: Effects of reputation, privacy notices, and rewards on online consumer behavior. Marketing Letters 17, 61–74, 2006.

GRANTS

1. Research on the Mechanism and Strategy of Chinese Enterprises' Internationalization and Institutional Evolution, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program), Grant #71832009, 2019-2023.
2. Promotion, Application, and Demonstration of Innovation Methods in Innovative Cities, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Special Project on Innovation Methods of MOST), Grant #2019IM040200, 2019-2021.
3. Research on the Mode Selection of Integrating Overseas R&D and Local R&D Alliance Portfolio by Chinese Enterprises and Its Impact on Innovation: From the Perspective of Resource Dependence, National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), Grant # 72372117, 2024-2027.
4. Research on Organizational Learning and Innovation Ecosystem Construction Integrated with Large Models, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Special Research Project), Grant # 72342026, 2024-2027.
5. Research on the Modernization and Development of China's Digital Society, Innovation-driven Development Center, National Development and Reform Commission (Consulting Service), 2024-2024.
6. Research on the Path of Science and Technology Associations Serving Strategic Emerging Industries and Future Industries during the "15th Five-Year Plan" Period, Strategic Development Department, China Association for Science and Technology (Consulting Service), 2024-2025.