• 2022.3-Present: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University

Journal Papers

• Li, J., Li, M., Wang, X., & Jason, T. (2021). Strategic directions for AI: The role of CIOs and boards of directors. MIS Quarterly, 45(3), 1603-1643.
• Li, Y., Wang, X., Gong, T., & Wang, H. (2023). Breaking out of the pandemic: How can firms match internal competence with external resources to shape operational resilience?. Journal of Operations Management, 69(3), 384-403. (2024 Jack Meredith Best Paper Award Honorable Mention).
• Wang, X., Li, Y., Tian, L., & Hou, Y. (2023). Government digital initiatives and firm digital innovation: Evidence from China. Technovation, 119, 102545.
• Wang, X., Hou, Y., Cheng, W., & Guo, J. (2023). How do competitors and partners shape corporate R&D investments. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(3), 1106–1125.
• Wang, X., & Gong, T. (2024). Digital-enabled supply chain innovation and CO2 emissions: The contingent role of first-tier supplier's structural holes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201, 123252.
• Wang, X., Gong, M., & Gong, T. (2024). External shocks, R&D investment, and firms’ first-time digital innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 14824 - 14835.

Research Projects

• “Operations and innovation management”, Natural Science Foundation of China Grant, Project No. 71421002, participant.
• “Major project performance and governance model under the perspective of high quality development”, Project No. 19BGL022, participant.

• 2024.9-Present：Youth editorial board member of Project Management Technology
• 2025.9-Present：Youth editorial board member of Journal of Engineering Management

• 2023, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Chinese Association for Science of Science and S&T Policy.

• 2023, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Chinese Society of Management Modernization

• 2021, Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai