贸易经济系学术讲座系列2021年第2讲

主 题：Design Iteration, Institutional Uncertainty, and Digital Product Innovation: Evidence from the Global Mobile Application Industry

主讲人: 李卅立 (南卡罗莱纳大学)

协调人: 陈志远

时 间：2021-03-31 09:00

地 点：Zoom会议室

语 言：中英文

Zoom会议：https://zoom.com.cn/j/63393734328

会议号：633 9373 4328

讲座摘要：

Focusing on nascent industries, this paper infuses opportunity logic with the institutional perspective to address the questions, how various institutional contexts shape firm innovation and how firms take iterative actions to navigate such institutional contexts. We propose that there is a U-shape relationship between institutional uncertainty and digital product innovation, by considering both the challenges and opportunities firms confront in nascent industries. Furthermore, we focus on firms’ iteration of product design and argue that frequent iterations enable firms to better innovate under high institutional uncertainty. Using 4,629 firms from 54 countries in the global mobile app industry, our empirical results provide support for all hypotheses. We discuss implications for opportunity logic, a dynamic view of institutions, and the digital innovation phenomenon. 

主讲人简介：

Sali Li (PhD University of Utah, 2007) is a Professor and Research Fellow at the Sonoco International Business Department at the Darla Moore School of Business.

Professor Li teaches Global Strategy and Negotiation course in the MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs and has received several teaching awards. His research on internationalization of digital innovation was awarded the Rugman Prize by the Academy of International Business and he was recognized as the most promising scholar under the age of 40 in the field of international business. Professor Li’s research on FDI in Africa won the GWU-CIBER Best Paper Award on Emerging Markets at Academy of Management. In addition, he also serves as associate editor of Journal of Management and Journal of World Business.