Prof. Haibin YANG (楊海濱)

Haibin YANG received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests include strategic networks, innovation, entrepreneurship, and transition economy. His teaching interests are strategic management, international business, and China business. His research works have appeared in some top-tier management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, and Journal of Management, etc.

• Strategic Networks
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Competition in Transition Economy

Participating in or organising a conference / an event

Presented Conference Papers

• Zhong, W., & Yang, H. (2014), "Illegitimacy Recovery: The Role of Strategic Networking", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Zhong, W., Yang, H., & Zhang, Y. (2014), "Political Ties and Business Exchange Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Su. Z., & Yang, H. (2014), "The effects of business and political ties on exploratory innovation.", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Su, Z., & Yang, H. (2014), "Managerial ties and exploratory innovation: An opportunity-motivation-ability perspective", presented at Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain.
• Zhong, W., Yang, H., & Wang, J. (2013), "Will you get what you want? Managerial ties, knowledge acquisition, and firm performance in China", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
• Shi, W., Yang, H., & Prescott, J. (2013), "In the eye of the beholder: Managers’ long-term time orientation and firm decision making processes", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
• Shi, W., Prescott, J., & Yang, H. (2012), "Time orientation, strategic decision making and the contingency", presented at Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Yang, H., Zheng, Y., & Zhao, X. (2012), "Allying with large partners: Small firms’ alliance strategy in exploration and exploitation", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Cui, V., Vertinsky, I., & Yang, H. (2012), "‘Will you act like we have never kissed’: The impact of strategic alliances on subsequent competitions", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Zhang, G., Kim, K., & Yang, H. (2012), "Status and reproduction of structural holes", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Shi, W., & Yang, H. (2011), "Managerial networks, organizational innovation, and firm performance in a transition economy", presented at Academy of International Business, Nagoya, Japan.
• Qian, C., Yang, H., & Tang, Y. (2011), "or competition? Knowledge spillover from domestic firms to foreign firms in a transition economy", presented at Academy of International Business, Nagoya, Japan.
• Yang, H., & Zhang, G. (2011), "Why birds of a different feather flock together? A social exchange perspective on asymmetric alliance formation", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonia, TX.
• Yang, H., and Dess, G. (2010), "Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance: The moderating effects of intra- and inter-organizational contexts.", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Zheng, Y., Yang, H., and Zaheer, A. (2010), "Asymmetries in learning capabilities and returns from alliances.", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
• Lin, Z., Chen, H., & Yang, H. (2009), "The performance consequence of CEO successions: Human capital, social networks and industry environment", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago. IL.
• Chen, H., Yang, H., & Lin, Z. (2009), "The moderating roles of human and social capital in CEO successions: Bridging the resource-based view and the social network perspective", presented at Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Lin, Z., and Yang, H (2008), "Network expansion and consolidation through partner selections: Firm characteristics, environmental conditions, and network attributes", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. USA.
• Atuahene-Gima, K., and Yang, H (2008), "Market orientation, managerial interpretation, and the nature of innovation competence development", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. USA.
• Yang, H., Demirkan, I., and Lin, Z (2008), "Strategic alliance formation as firms’ external exploration and exploitation: An extended resource-based perspective", presented at 28th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society, Cologne, Germany.
• Liu, W., & Yang, H (2008), "Does family business excel in firm performance? An institutional comparison", presented at Asia Academy of Management Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Lin, Z, Peng, M, Yang, H, and Sun, L (28-30 May 2007), "How do M&As in China and America differ? The Roles of Network Embeddedness and Behavioral Learning", presented at Strategic Management Society (SMS) Special Conference on China Strategies, Shanghai, China.
• Yang, H, Lin, Z, and Peng, M (2007), "Behind Mergers and Acquisitions: Alliance Network Embeddedness and Learning Approaches", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Yang, H, and Atuahene-Gima, K (2007), "Ambidexerity in Product Innovation Management: The Direct and Contingent Effects on Product Development Performance", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Yang, H, Lui, S, and Lin, Z (2007), "Alliance Scope Diversity and Firm Performance: An Organizational Identity Approach", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• Yang, H, and Zhao, X (2007), "Dancing with the Wolf: A Longitudinal Study of How Entrepreneurial Firms Benefit From Strategic Alliances with Large Firms", presented at the 27th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society, San Diego, CA.
• Yang, H, and Robins, J (29 October - 1 November 2006), "The impact of organizational embeddedness on inter-firm differences: A road towards homogeneity or heterogeneity?", presented at the 26th Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society, Vienna, Austria.
• Lin, Z, Yang, H, and Demirkan, I (11-16 August 2006), "Exploration and exploitation in strategic alliance formations: Antecedents and consequences", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Lin, Z and Yang, H (5-10 August 2005), "The Performance Consequences of Ambidexterity in Strategic Alliance Formations: Empirical Investigation and Computer Theorizing", presented at 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• Yang, H and Dess, G G (5-10 August 2005), "Where Do Entrepreneurial Orientations Come From? An Investigation on Their Social Origin", presented at 65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• Yang, H and Lin, Z (2005), "Interfirm Distances as Channels for External Resources: The Choice Between Alliances and Mergers & Acquisitions", presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Yang, H (2004), "Networking Capabilities and Governance Structure: A Choice between Alliances and Mergers and Acquisitions", presented at the 24 Annual International Conference of Strategic Management Society, Puerto Rico.
• Lin, Z and Yang, H (2004), "Alliance Partners and Firm Performance: Resource Complementary or Association for Legitimacy", presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Yang, H (2004), "Leveraging Social Networks to Cultivate Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Organizational Embeddedness Perspective", presented at the 2004 Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
• Yang, H and Lin, Z (2004), "The Impact of Alliance Network on the Formation of Mergers and Acquisitions: An Organizational Embeddedness Perspective", presented at the 2004 Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
• Beydoun, A and Yang, H (2004), "Resource Development of Organization Task Environments", presented at the 2004 Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Minneapolis, MN.