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Heli C. WANG

Associate Professor

Email: mnheli@ust.hk
 

Ph.D.

The Ohio State University, Strategic Management
 
 
 

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Associate Professor, since Jan 2009, Assistant Professor, July 2002 - Dec 2008.

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

 

  • Wang, H. & Qian, C. 2011. Corporate philanthropy and financial performance of Chinese firms: The roles of social expectations and political access. Academy of Management Journal, 54: 1159-1181. (Download here)

  • Wang, H., & Choi, J. Forthcoming. A new look at the corporate social–financial performance relationship: The moderating roles of temporal and inter-domain consistency in corporate social performance. Journal of Management. (Download here)

  • Wang, H., & Chen, W. R. 2010. Firm-specificity in technological innovation and rent appropriation: The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity. Research Policy, 39: 141-154. (Download here)

  • Choi, J., & Wang, H. 2009. Stakeholder relations and the persistence of corporate financial performance. Strategic Management Journal, 30:895-907. (Download here)

  • He, J., & Wang, H. (Authorship in alphabetical order.) 2009.  Innovative knowledge assets and economic performance: The asymmetric roles of incentive and monitoring. Academy of Management Journal, 52: 919-938. (Download here)

  • Wang, H., He, J., & Mahoney, J. 2009.  Firm-specific knowledge resources and competitive advantage: The roles of economic- and relationship-based employee governance mechanisms. Strategic Management Journal, 30: 1265-1285. (Download here)

  • Wang, H., Choi, J., & Li, J. T. 2008. Too little or too much? Untangling the relationship between corporate philanthropy and firm financial performance. Organization Science,19: 143-159 (Download here)

    • Winner of Best Paper Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, Honolulu.

  • Wang, H., & Li, J. T. 2008. Untangling the effects of over-exploration and over-exploitation on organizational performance: The moderating role of environmental dynamism. Journal of Management, 34: 925-951. (Download here)

  • Wang, H. & Lim, S.  2008. Real options and real value: The role of employee incentives to make specific human capital investments. Strategic Management Journal, 29: 701–721.(Download here)

  • Takeuchi, R., Lepak, D. P., Wang, H., & Takeuchi, K. 2007. An empirical examination of the mechanisms mediating between high performance work systems and the performance of Japanese organizations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 1069-1083.(Download here)

  • Choi, J. & Wang, H. 2007. The promise of a managerial values approach to corporate philanthropy. Journal of Business Ethics, 75: 345-359. (Download here)

  • Lim. S. & Wang, H. (Authorship in alphabetical order.) 2007. The effect of financial hedging on the incentives for corporate diversification: The role of stakeholder firm-specific investments. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 62(4): 640-656.(Download here)

  • Wang, H. & Barney, J. B. 2006. Employee incentives to make firm specific investment: Implications for resource-based theories of corporate diversification. Academy of Management Review, 31: 466-476.(Download here)

 

Book Chapters

  • Wang, H. & Reuer, J. 2006. Risk reduction through acquisitions: The roles of firm-specific investments and agency hazards." In Cooper, C. L., Finkelstein, S. (Eds.), Advances in mergers and acquisitions. Volume 5: 25-49.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • Wang, H. & Chen, WR. 2006. Firm-specificity in technological innovation and rent appropriation: The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity. The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings [BPS Division], Atlanta.

  • Wang, H., Choi, J., & Li, J.T. 2005. Too little or too much? Reexamining the relationship between corporate charitable giving and corporate financial performance. The Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings [SIM Division], Hawaii.

 

 

SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • He, J & Wang H. 2008. Knowledge assets and economic performance: The moderating role of corporate governance mechanisms. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.

  • Wang, H. & Chen, W. R. 2006. Firm-specificity in technological innovation and rent appropriation: The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta.

  • Wang, H., Choi, J. & Li, J. T. 2005.Too little or too much? Reexamining the relationship between corporate charitable giving and corporate financial performance. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu.

 

 

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

  • Member of Editorial Board:

    • Strategic Management Journal (2007 - present)

    • Journal of Business Research (2007 - present)

    • Strategic Organization (2011 - present)

    • Management & Organization Review (2010 - present)

  • Ad Hoc Reviewer

    • Academy of Management Journal

    • Academy of Management Review

    • Journal of Business Ethics

    • Organization Science

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Resource-Based Theory of the Firm

  • Organizational Knowledge and Employee Human Capital

  • Risk management

  • Corporate diversification and M&A

  • Stakeholder Management and Corporate Social Performance

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2005. Winner of Best Paper Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management, Honolulu.

    • Wang, H.,  Choi, J. &  Li, J.T. “Too little or too much? Reexamining the relationship between corporate charitable giving and corporate financial performance.”