Dr Tao Bai
Dr

Tao Bai

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Background

Dr. Tao Bai is a lecturer in International Business. His research interests include multinational firm strategy, non-market strategy including political activity and social activity, and the intersection between, with the focus on emerging market multinationals as a field of research and practice. He has published articles at Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Research Policy, Long Range Planning, Management International Review, and Journal of Business Research, and in top Chinese academic and practical journals.

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Dr Tao Bai is:
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Fields of research

Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility Entrepreneurship International business Organisation and management theory Stakeholder engagement Strategy Strategy, management and organisational behaviour

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16 works between 2018 and 2024
All (16) Journal Article (16)

1 - 16 of 16 works

2024

Journal Article

How do university-firm interactions affect firm innovation speed? The case of Chinese science-intensive SMEs

Zhang, Jing A., O'Kane, Conor and Bai, Tao (2024). How do university-firm interactions affect firm innovation speed? The case of Chinese science-intensive SMEs. Research Policy, 53 (7) 105027, 105027. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.105027

How do university-firm interactions affect firm innovation speed? The case of Chinese science-intensive SMEs

2024

Journal Article

Revealed and reserved: a compensating approach of voluntary disclosure by family multinationals

Gu, Qian, Wang, Stephanie Lu and Bai, Tao (2024). Revealed and reserved: a compensating approach of voluntary disclosure by family multinationals. Journal of International Business Studies, 55 (7) ARTN s41267-024-00695-6, 1-20. doi: 10.1057/s41267-024-00695-6

Revealed and reserved: a compensating approach of voluntary disclosure by family multinationals

2024

Journal Article

Overcoming the liability of origin by hiring foreign independent directors: evidence from Chinese firms' cross-border M&As

Yu, Lin, Bai, Tao, Yin, Jingwei and Tan, Xue (2024). Overcoming the liability of origin by hiring foreign independent directors: evidence from Chinese firms' cross-border M&As. Journal of World Business, 59 (2) 101520, 101520. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101520

Overcoming the liability of origin by hiring foreign independent directors: evidence from Chinese firms' cross-border M&As

2023

Journal Article

How political connections affect entrepreneurial risk-taking in SMEs: a symmetric assessment and a configurational approach

Zhang, Jing A., Bai, Tao and O’Kane, Conor (2023). How political connections affect entrepreneurial risk-taking in SMEs: a symmetric assessment and a configurational approach. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 41 (7), 685-713. doi: 10.1177/02662426221122845

How political connections affect entrepreneurial risk-taking in SMEs: a symmetric assessment and a configurational approach

2023

Journal Article

The impact of nonfamily CEOs on family firms’ pursuit of political connections: The theory of bounded reliability perspective

Yu, Yang, Bai, Tao, Tang, Fei and Liu, Yulong (2023). The impact of nonfamily CEOs on family firms’ pursuit of political connections: The theory of bounded reliability perspective. Family Business Review, 36 (3), 1-32. doi: 10.1177/08944865231182194

The impact of nonfamily CEOs on family firms’ pursuit of political connections: The theory of bounded reliability perspective

2023

Journal Article

Navigating disruptive events to strengthen global managerial resilience

Moeller, Miriam, Maley, Jane F., Wechtler, Heidi, Bai, Tao and Zheng, Linglin (2023). Navigating disruptive events to strengthen global managerial resilience. AIB Insights, 23 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.46697/001c.75449

Navigating disruptive events to strengthen global managerial resilience

2022

Journal Article

The development of individual ambidexterity across institutional environments: symmetric and configurational analyses

Zhang, Jing A., Bai, Tao, Tang, Ryan W., Edgar, Fiona, Grover, Steven and Chen, Guoquan (2022). The development of individual ambidexterity across institutional environments: symmetric and configurational analyses. Management International Review, 62 (4), 517-540. doi: 10.1007/s11575-022-00477-y

The development of individual ambidexterity across institutional environments: symmetric and configurational analyses

2022

Journal Article

Organizational goals and resource allocation to overseas foreign direct investment

Bai, Tao and Liesch, Peter (2022). Organizational goals and resource allocation to overseas foreign direct investment. Journal of World Business, 57 (3) 101308, 101308. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2022.101308

Organizational goals and resource allocation to overseas foreign direct investment

2021

Journal Article

Formal and informal influences of the state on OFDI of hybrid state-owned enterprises in China

Bai, Tao, Chen, Stephen and Xu, Youzong (2021). Formal and informal influences of the state on OFDI of hybrid state-owned enterprises in China. International Business Review, 30 (5) 101864, 101864. doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101864

Formal and informal influences of the state on OFDI of hybrid state-owned enterprises in China

2021

Journal Article

How digitalization affects the effectiveness of turnaround actions for firms in decline

Wang, Jingyi and Bai, Tao (2021). How digitalization affects the effectiveness of turnaround actions for firms in decline. Long Range Planning, 57 (1) 102140, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2021.102140

How digitalization affects the effectiveness of turnaround actions for firms in decline

2021

Journal Article

Cleaning house before hosting new guests: A political path dependence model of political connection adaptation in the aftermath of anticorruption shocks

Jiang, Han, Jia, Nan, Bai, Tao and Bruton, Garry D. (2021). Cleaning house before hosting new guests: A political path dependence model of political connection adaptation in the aftermath of anticorruption shocks. Strategic Management Journal, 42 (10) smj.3315, 1793-1821. doi: 10.1002/smj.3315

Cleaning house before hosting new guests: A political path dependence model of political connection adaptation in the aftermath of anticorruption shocks

2021

Journal Article

Signaling information management in entrepreneurial firms’ financing acquisition: an integrated signaling and screening perspective

Zheng, Leven Jianwen, Bai, Tao and Cross, Adam R. (2021). Signaling information management in entrepreneurial firms’ financing acquisition: an integrated signaling and screening perspective. Journal of Global Information Management, 29 (6) 90. doi: 10.4018/JGIM.287590

Signaling information management in entrepreneurial firms’ financing acquisition: an integrated signaling and screening perspective

2019

Journal Article

Does attention from headquarters influence subsidiary behavior? A social psychological perspective

Yu, Yang, Liu, Yulong and Bai, Tao (2019). Does attention from headquarters influence subsidiary behavior? A social psychological perspective. Long Range Planning, 52 (4) 101877, 101877. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2019.03.003

Does attention from headquarters influence subsidiary behavior? A social psychological perspective

2019

Journal Article

How home-country political connections influence the internationalization of service firms

Bai, Tao, Chen, Stephen and He, Xiao (2019). How home-country political connections influence the internationalization of service firms. MIR: Management International Review, 59 (4), 541-560. doi: 10.1007/s11575-019-00386-7

How home-country political connections influence the internationalization of service firms

2019

Journal Article

Integrating corporate social and corporate political strategies: performance implications and institutional contingencies in China

Du, Jialin, Bai, Tao and Chen, Stephen (2019). Integrating corporate social and corporate political strategies: performance implications and institutional contingencies in China. Journal of Business Research, 98, 299-316. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.02.014

Integrating corporate social and corporate political strategies: performance implications and institutional contingencies in China

2018

Journal Article

Performance of foreign subsidiaries "in" and "from" Asia: A review, synthesis and research agenda

Bai, Tao, Du, Jialin and Solarino, Angelo M. (2018). Performance of foreign subsidiaries "in" and "from" Asia: A review, synthesis and research agenda. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 35 (3), 607-638. doi: 10.1007/s10490-017-9552-x

Performance of foreign subsidiaries "in" and "from" Asia: A review, synthesis and research agenda

Availability

Dr Tao Bai is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Disasters and International Business: Explore the role of executives' early-life natural disaster experience in firms' internationalization decisions

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Miriam Moeller

  • Master Philosophy

    MNCs' information disclosure strategy toward the dual pressure from the host and home-country institutions

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Chinese expatriation in emerging markets countries: The country-of-origin theory perspective

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu

Enquiries

Contact Dr Tao Bai directly for media enquiries about:

  • China
  • emerging market
  • ESG
  • foreign operation method
  • geopolitical tension
  • global strategy
  • information disclosure
  • Merger and Acquisition
  • political connection

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