2021.4-present, Research Associate Professor at Advanced Institute of Business, Tongji University

2015.06-2021.04, Research Assistant at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

PAPER PUBLISHED

• Tian, L., Wang, X., Xia, J., & Li, Y. (2024). Departures of Tainted Outside Directors: A Threshold Approach From Two Competing Theoretical Perspectives. Business & Society.
• Tian, L., Jiang, Y., & Yang, Y. (2023). CEO childhood trauma, social networks, and strategic risk taking. Leadership Quarterly, Volume 34, Issue 2.
• Wang,X., Li, Y., Tian, L., Hou, Y. (2023). Government digital initiatives and firm digital innovation: Evidence from China. Technovation, Volume 119. (correspondent)
• Tian, L., Li, P.P., Xie, E., & Li, Y. (2022) Not All Types of Social Networks Are Good: The Dual Effects of Social Networks on Courtesy Stigma. Management and Organization Review, Vol: 18, Issue: 4, Page: 717-754.
• Tian, L., Caleb, T., Xiang, X., Li, Y., & Pan, Y. (2021) Social movements and International Business Activities of Firms, Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 1200-1214.
• Bodla, A. A., Li, Y., Khan, A.N., Tian, L. Foreign Entrepreneurs’ Social Networks and Business Performance: Contingent Effects of Political Networking and Policy Uncertainty, European Journal of International Management, accepted.
• Wang, X., Sun, J., Tian, L., Guo, W., & Gu, T. (2020). Environmental dynamism and cooperative innovation: the moderating role of state ownership and institutional development. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-32.
• Bao, F., Zhao, Y., Tian, L., & Li, Y. (2019). From financial misdemeanants to recidivists: The perspective of social networks. Management and Organization Review, 15(4), 809-835. (correspondent author)
• Wang, H., Tian, L., & Li, Y. (2019). A tale of two cultures: Social networks and competitive advantage. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 36(2), 321-347.
• Tian, L., & Li, Y. (2017). Double-edged sword effect of independent innovations and foreign cooperation: evidence from China. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(6), 1276-1291.
• Peng, M. W., Li, Y., & Tian, L. (2016). Tian-ren-he-yi strategy: An Eastern perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 33(3), 695-722.

RESEARCH FUND

• Research on the Relationship between IPR System Heterogeneity among Host Countries and Digital Technology Innovation, Supported by the Special Funds of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 7/2023-7/2026.7. 
• How Can High - tech Enterprises in Shanghai Break through the "Ecological Bottleneck"? A Perspective Based on Complex Innovation Networks, Supported by Shanghai Soft Science Research Project, 2022-2023.