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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 is the Programme Leader for the MScInnovation Management and Entrepreneurship and a Senior Lecturer inInternational Management and Innovation at Middlesex University. Before joiningMiddlesex University, he held an academic position at the University of Essexfrom 2014 onwards.

Dr Li holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and an MAin Social Science Data Analysis (with Distinction) from the University ofEssex, an MSc in International Business from the University of Liverpool, and aBA in Computer Science and Technology from China. He specialises in advancedquantitative research methods, including advanced econometrics, panel dataanalysis, multilevel modelling, structural equation modelling (SEM), and Bayesian statistics, and has extensiveresearch experience across academic, public sector, and industry environments.

His research work has been publishedin leading international journals such as Journalof World Business, International Business Review, Journal of Business Research,Management Decision, European Business Review, and International Studies of Management & Organization,among others. Dr Li also serves as a reviewer for several top-tier journals,including Journal of Business Venturing,Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of International Management,International Business Review, Technovation, and Journal of Small Business Management.

A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, DrLi has substantial experience in designing, leading, and deliveringundergraduate and postgraduate modules. His teaching covers Innovation andEntrepreneurship as well as Advanced Quantitative Analysis and BusinessAnalytics. He has served as Module Leader for:

Innovationand Entrepreneurship

·     MGT 3014 Innovation Management (ML)

·     MGT 2225 Principles of Innovation andEntrepreneurship (Fast Track) (ML)

AdvancedQuantitative Analysis and Statistics

·     MGT 3028 Business Analytics (ML)

·     MGT 4900 International Business ManagementProject

·     MGT 4543 Management Analytics (ML)

Dr Li was nominated for the Best Module Awardat the Students’ Choice Awards of the University of Essex Students’ Union in2014.

He welcomes PhD applicants interested ininterdisciplinary research projects involving advanced quantitative methods.

 

Publications

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