TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

§ Teaching areas and courses: Management; International Business; Operations Management; Innovation and Change Management

§ Research areas: International Business; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Innovation Management

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

§ Professor of Management, Economics and Management School of Wuhan University, (2016 – current)

§ Research Fellow, China-Europe International Business School (2017.7-2018.12)

§ Assistant Dean, Economics and Management School of Wuhan University (2015-2018)

§ Associate Professor of Management, Wuhan University, Sept. 2007 – Dec. 2015.

§ Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University (USA), 2012.

§ Visiting Scholar, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University USA), 2011.

§ Research Associate, Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong, April – Oct., 2011.

§ Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, 2008.

MANAGERAL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Ÿ Manager, General Merchandise Branch, Wuhan Light Industrial Products Imp. & Exp. Corporation, 1993 – 2001.

Ÿ Deputy Manager, Export Department, Wuhan Native Produce Imp. & Exp. Corp., 1987-1992

CONSULTING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE (GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE)

Ÿ The Optimization of Sunjex’s Regional Logistics System, Sunjex Logistics Co., Ltd (Shanghai), 2012-2013.

Ÿ  Industrial Development Plan for Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province, 2010

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International in English)

§ Huang, Q., Liu, X. & Li, J. 2019. Contextualization of Chinese entrepreneurship research: an overview and some future research directions. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. (DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2019.1640437 )

§ Liu, X., Zhao, H., Zhao, X., 2018. Absorptive capacity and business performance: The mediating effects of innovation and mass customization, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Vol. 118 Issue: 9, pp.1787-1803.(https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-09-2017-0416)

§ Liu, X., Huang, Q., Dou, J. & Zhao, X., 2017, The impact of informal social interaction on innovation capability in the context of buyer-supplier dyads, Journal of Business Research，Vol 78 (2017), pp.314-322. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.12.027)

§ Jin, Z., Lynch, R., Liu, X et al., 2014. The Relationship between consumer ethnocentrism, cosmopolitanism and product country image among younger generation consumers: The moderating role of country development status, International Business Review (2014.9). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.08.010

§ Wu, X., Liu, X. & Huang, Q., 2012. Impact of the institutional environment on the choice of entry mode: evidence from Chinese enterprises. China: An International Journal. Vol 10 (1).

Journal Papers (in Chinese)

§ Liu, X., Ding, W. & Zhao, X. 2016. Strength of ties with innovation partners, absorptive capacity and innovation performance in the Chinese manufacturing industry. Nankai Business Review. Vol. 19 (1), p30-42.

§ Liu, X., Sun, M. & Chu, W. 2015. A study on the e-vehicle innovation development in China. Science and Technology Progress and Policy, Vol. 32 (21), p77-83.

Cases and Practical Papers

§ Liu, X. 2014. Cross-Cultural Management: Constructing Trust, Peking University Business Review, May, 2014

§ Liu, X. 2012. China’s tactics under the re-shoring initiatives of US manufacturers, Peking University Business Review, April, 2012.

Conference Papers (International)

§ Liu, X., et al., 2016. The impact of formal and informal interaction to knowledge acquisition and innovation capability, Proceedings of Production and Operations Management (POMS) Annual Conference, Orlando, USA

§ Liu, X. et al, 2016. Innovation and Business Performance: The Mediating Roles of Mass Customization and Absorptive Capacity, Proceedings of Production and Operations Management (POMS) Annual Conference, Orlando, USA

§ Liu, X. et al., 2016. The impact of downstream quality management on quality performance: the moderating role of internal quality management, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Chongqing University Business School, Chongqing, China, July 17-20, 2016.

§ Liu, X., et al, 2016. The impact of supply chain relationship quality on a firm’s quality performance: the mediating role of SC leader’s support, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Chongqing University Business School, Chongqing, China, July 17-20, 2016.

§ Liu, X. et al., 2016. Absorptive capacity and business performance: the mediating roles of innovation and mass customization capability, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Chongqing University Business School, Chongqing, China, July 17-20, 2016.

§ Liu, X., Zhao, X. & Ding, W., Strength of ties with innovation partners, absorptive capacity, and innovation performance, 2014 Annual Meeting Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute, Tampa, USA. Nov. 22-25, 2014.

§ Liu, X., Luo, L., Zhao, X. & Barbara, F. 2013. Product Recall and Supply Chain Quality Management in China--A Comparative Cross-Industry Case Study. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

§ Liu, X., Luo, L., Zhao, X., Flynn, B. & Boyer, K.: Partner Relationship, Social Capital and Absorptive Capacity in Building Innovation Capability: Evidence from China, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Xi’an, China, July 14-18, 2012.

§ Liu, X., Luo, L., Zhao, X., Flynn, B. & Boyer, K.: Antecedents in Business Performance Enhancement through Mass Customization: An Empirical Study on Chinese Manufacturing Firms, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Xi’an, China, July 14-18, 2012.

Textbooks

§ Liu, X., 2013. Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach, 3rd Edition (Chinese Translation of the English version by Wisner, Tan & Leong, Cengage Learning), China Machine Press.

§ Liu, X., 2012. Experiencing Strategic Management with Great Masters (Chinese Translation and Re-Editing of John Gamble & Arthur Thompson, Jr.: Strategic Management: Quest for Competitive Advantage), Post and Telecom Press.

Monograph

§ Liu, X., Sharp, J. & Deng, B., 2009. The Agility of Business Process Improvement. Beijing, China: The Science Press.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

§ “The transitional upgrading paths and countermeasures of Chinese manufacturers’ innovative development under the new situations”, National Social Science Fund (NSSF), Ref. 20BGL104, RMB200,0000, 2020-2023, chair.

§ “Supply chain management, innovation and the international competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing firms”, MoE Research Fund for Social Science & Humanity Studies, Ref. 17YJA630061, RMB100,000; 2018-2020, chair.

Corporate-funded grants

§ The Optimization of Sunjex’s Logistics System and the Plan of Its Regional Logistic Project (Shanghai), RMB530,280, 2011-2014（Ref: 105-231986）

§ The Plan for Kaiyuan City’s Industrial Development” (Yunnan Province), RMB100,000, 2010 (Ref:105-231986）

International collaborative grants

§ Developing the Mass-Customization Capability through Supply Chain Learning, 2010, a collaborative research project sponsored by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

§ The Customers’ Attitudes towards the New Energy Development of the Motor Vehicles. 2010-2011, a collaborative research jointly sponsored by Seoul National University and Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul, Korea.

§ A comparative Study on Innovation Management, 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, MMUBS（Ref No.：105-237128）

§ Branding Wuhan as an International Tourist Destination, 2008 Ryerson University Business School（Ref：105-237127）

AWARDS AND HONORS

§ Best Track Paper Award on the 6th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (2012, Xi’an, China): “Partner Relationship, Social Capital and Absorptive Capacity in Building Innovation Capability: Evidence from China” (Liu, Luo, Zhao & Flynn)

§ Best Track Paper Award on the 3rd International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (2009, Wuhan, China)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

§ Guest editor, Special Issue of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Entrepreneurship in China (2016-2018)

§ Reviewers for Journal of World Business, Journal of Operations Management (JOM) and Journal of Supply Chain Management (JSCM)

MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS

§ President, Association of Supply Chain and Operations Management (2015-2017)

§ Co-Chair of the 6th International Conference on Global Management, Wuhan, China, May 9-14, 2014, jointly held with Laurentian University, Canada

§ Member of Academy of Management (AOM), Academy of International Business (AIB) and Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE

§ Keynote speech: “The challenges and opportunities of the E-vehicles’ development in China”, International Conference on the Automobile Industry in Korea, Japan and China, Korean Automobile Manufacturing Institute, Seoul, Korea, July 7^th, 2016.

§ Keynote speech: “The impact of employees’ informal interaction on innovation capability in the context of buyer-supplier dyads”, The 3^rd International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Chin, Lancaster University Business School, Lancaster, UK, July 4^th – 7^th, 2016.

§ “China streamlines business registration to encourage startups”, China Radio International (http://english.cri.cn/7146/2015/06/18/3641s883541.htm) June 18, 2015.

§ “China’s Economic Development and Its Enterprises Going Global”, a guest speech made at Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, March 21st, 2012.

§ “China’s Automobile Industry and Market–The Challenges and Opportunities for Hyundai-Kia”, a Keynote Speech made at the International Seminar of Korean Academy on Motor Industry, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 8th, 2010.