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Yong Li

Associate Professor
Operations Management and Strategy Department

Education

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006

Research Interests 

• Venture capital and financing entrepreneurship 
• Real options
• International entrepreneurship 
• Investment strategies in emerging markets
• Corporate governance in entrepreneurial firms

Recent Publications

• Li, Y. & T. Chi. "Venture capitalists' decision to withdraw: The role of portfolio configuration from a real options lens." Strategic Management Journal.

• Li, Y. & S. Zahra. "Formal Institutions, Culture, and Venture Capital Activity: A Cross-Country Analysis." Journal of Business Venturing. 

• Tong, T. & Y. Li "Real Options and Investment Mode Decision: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital and Acquisition". Organization Science.

• Li, J. & Y. Li. "Flexibility versus Commitment: MNEs' Ownership Strategy in China". Journal of International Business Studies.
• Iriyama, A., Y. Li, & R. Madhavan. Spiky Globalization of Venture Capital Investments: The Influence of Prior Human Networks. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
• Li, Y. & J. Mahoney. "When Are Venture Capital Projects Initiated?" Journal of Business Venturing 

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Honors

• Dean's Fellowship in Research, 2010
• Selected for the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2009, 2010
• Nominated for SMS Best Paper, 2007, 2009 
• List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, Illinois, Fall 2004

Teaching

• Undergraduate: Strategic Management (MGO403), New Venture Creation (UE149)
• MBA: Technology Entrepreneurship (MGO696)
• PhD: Seminar in Strategy (MGO796)

Dr. Yong Li currently serves as the Academic Director of the undergraduate Entrepreneurship Academy, University at Buffalo.