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Tian XIAOCONG

Tian XIAOCONG
Professor
Business Administration
Email:tian.xiaocong@nankai.edu.cn
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中文
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Research Areas

International Business, Corporate Governance


Education

2016   The Chinese University of Hong Kong, PhD

2012   Tsinghua University, Master's degree
2009   Zhengzhou University, Bachelor 

2015.10-2016.01 Stanford University, Visiting student researcher


Professional Experience

2026- Nankai University, Professor
2021-2026 Shandong University, Associate Professor
2016-2021 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor 


Awards

  • Shandong University Humanities and Social Sciences Young Scholars Outstanding Achievement Award, 2024.
  • Finalist for Buckley & Casson Dissertation Award, Academy of International Business (AIB), 2017.
  • CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017.
  • CUHK Golden Jubilee Postgraduate Scholarship, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015.


Social Service

  • Editorial Board: Journal of International Business Studies (UTD 24), Journal of World BusinessInternational Business Review, Australian Journal of Management, Advanced Management Studies (former Quarterly Journal of Management)
  • Guest Editor: Management and Organization Review, special issue on "Global Disorder and Firm Strategies"


  • Wang, C., Tian, X., Tong, L., Xiao, T.*, & Zhang, Y. 2025. Investing from the heart: The influence of home country political sentiment on cross-border venture capital investment. Management and Organization Review, 1, 34. (ABS 3共同一作)
  • Eesley, C., Tian, X. *, Yang, D.*, & Lee, Y. 2025. University education reform and entrepreneurship. Management and Organization Review, 21(4), 634–664. (ABS 3共同一作)
  • Cui, V., Tian, X.*, & Yu, R. 2025. Fragmentation in international business: A geographic-and-geopolitical perspective. International  Business Review, 34(4), 102458.  (ABS 3)
  • Tian, X., Xu, Y. *, & Yiu, D. W. 2025. Foreign director exit in the midst of deteriorating bilateral political relations. Journal of Management51(8): 3426–3456. (FT 50)
  • Yiu, D. W. *, Wan, W. P., Chen, K. X., & Tian, X*. 2024. A theory of host country sentiments: An illustration in cross-border acquisitions. Academy of Management Journal, 67(4), 1024–1054.  (UTD 24)
  • Xiao, S., & Tian, X*. 2023. Performance feedback and location choice of foreign direct investment. International Business Review, 32(4), 102104. (ABS 3共同一作)
  • Tian, X*. 2022. The art of rhetoric: Host country political hostility and the rhetorical strategies of foreign subsidiaries in developing economies. Journal of World Business, 57(5), 101360. (ABS 4)
  • Yiu, D. W., Wan, W. P., Chen, K. X., & Tian, X. 2022. Public sentiment is everything: Host-country public sentiment toward home country and acquisition ownership during institutional transition. Journal of International Business Studies, 53: 1202–1227. (UTD 24)

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Teaching