Dr Tianchen Li

Senior Lecturer in International Management and Innovation

Tianchen Li

  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Marketing, Enterprise & Tourism

  • Location London

Research activities

· Li, T. (2024). The role of macro institutional factors in determining types of entrepreneurial start-ups: a longitudinal panel study. European Business Review, Accepted

· Li, T. (2024). The joint effects of formal and informal institutions on entrepreneurial start-ups: a global perspective. International Studies of Management and Organization, Accepted

· Li, T. (2023). International competitiveness readiness, home country institutions and early internationalisation. Management Decision, 61 (3), 838-860

· Li, T. (2023). What explains entrepreneurial start-ups across countries: an integrative model. Journal of General Management, 48 (2), 195-209

· Yu, C., Wang, Y., Li, T., & Lin, C. (2022).Do top management teams’ expectations and support drive management innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises? Journal of Business Research, 142, 88-99

· Li, T. (2021). Institutional environments and entrepreneurial start-ups: an international study. Management Decision, 59 (8), 1929-1953

· Yang, M., Li, T., & Wang, Y. (2020). What explains the degree of internationalization of early-stage entrepreneurial firms? A multilevel study on the joint effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship, and home-country institutions. Journal of World Business, 55(6), 1-21

· Jin, Z., Richard, L., & Li, T. (2020). A multi-level study of entrepreneurial characteristics, IPR, and the degree of internationalization. Academy of Management Proceedings. ISSN 0065-0668

· Li, T. (2019). Engagement in international entrepreneurship: interactive effects of resource-based factors and institutional environments. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 9(1), 1-17

· Li. T. (2019). A novel approach to explain the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activities. Applied Research International Proceedings. ISBN 978-1-78972-537-7

· Li, T. (2018). Internationalisation and its determinants: A hierarchical approach. International Business Review, 27(4), 867-876

· Li, T. (2018). What Explains the Varying Degree of Internationalisation? Internal or External Factors. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 6(2), 29-43

· Li, T. (2017). Internationalization Drivers of Early-stage Entrepreneurial Firms: Resources and Institutions. Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668


Biography

Dr Tianchen Li the Program Leader of BA BusinessManagement Innovation and Entrepreneurship (general & top-up) and a SeniorLecturer in International Management and Innovation at Middlesex University.Prior to joining Middlesex Business School, he held a teaching position atUniversity of Essex since 2014.

 

He holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and an M.A. inSocial Science Data Analysis from University of Essex, a MSc. in InternationalBusiness from University of Liverpool and a B.A. in Computer Science andTechnology from China. He specialises in the use of advanced quantitativemethods, including econometrics, paneldata analysis, multilevel models and bayesian statistics, and hasexperience of research in both academic and industrial contexts.

 

Tianchen’s research interests are in the areas ofthe entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management, internationalizationof firms, and global strategy. He has published in a number of top journalssuch as Journal of World Business,International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, European BusinessReview, International Studies of Management & Organization, ManagementDecision, Journal of General Management, among others. He has reviewed fora number of leading journals, such as Journal of Business Venturing, Journal ofInternational Management, International Business Review, and Journal of GeneralManagement.

 

Tianchen is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academyand has substantial experience of high-quality teaching at undergraduate and postgraduatelevels. He has experience of designing, leading, and delivering modules in thefollowing fields:

 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

MGT 3014 Innovation Management (ML);

MGT 2225 Principle of Innovation andEntrepreneurship (Fast Track) (ML)

 

Advanced Quantitative Analysis and Statistics:

MGT 3028 Business Analytics (ML)

MGT 4900 International Business Management Project

MGT 4543 Management Analytics (ML)

Tianchen was nominated for the Best Module Award forthe Students' Choice Awards of the University of Essex Students' Union, UK,2014

Tianchen welcomes PhD students who are interested ininterdisciplinary topics using advanced quantitative methods. 

Qualifications

Title: Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship

Institution: University of Essex


Title: M.A. Social Science Data Analysis with Distinction

Institution: University of Essex


Title: MSc. International Business with Merit

Institution: University of Liverpool


Publications

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