Topic: Concentration in Cross-Border Research Collaborations and MNCs’ Knowledge Creation in a Host Country

Guest: Prof. Jiatao LI,

l Chair Professor, Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

l Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor

Date:  March 11th, 2026 (Wednesday)

Time: 13:30-14:30

Venue: T2-306

Language: English

Lecture mode: On-site participation

Abstract

Cross-border collaborations within multinational corporations (MNCs) significantly contribute to knowledge creation despite management challenges. We investigate how concentrating the cross-border co-inventing linkages on one or a few inventors within a host country is associated with local knowledge creation. Results of our MNC-country-year-level analysis based on American pharmaceutical MNCs data from 1980 to 2008 support our hypotheses.

About the Speaker

Jiatao (JT) Li is Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business and Chair Professor of Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor. He is an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB). His research interests include organizational learning, strategic alliances, corporate governance, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on issues related to global firms and those from emerging economies. His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of Management. He is serving as an Area Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies (2016-Now), and a Department Editor at Management Science (2026-Now). He served as an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal from 2009 to 2016. He is also serving as a member of the editorial boards of leading journals.