Overview
Background
Dr. Tao Bai is a senior 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.
Availability
- Dr Tao Bai is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Negative performance feedback, CEO power and internationalization
Bai, Tao, Zhou, Abby Jingzi, Zhou, Steven Shijin and Liesch, Peter (2025). Negative performance feedback, CEO power and internationalization. Journal of World Business, 60 (3) 101626, 101626. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101626
2025
Journal Article
Shock anticipation: voluntary turnover by foreign directors in response to sanctions on peer firms
Liu, Xiaomeng, Zhou, Abby Jingzi, Zhou, Steven Shijin, Bai, Tao and Tan, Xue (2025). Shock anticipation: voluntary turnover by foreign directors in response to sanctions on peer firms. Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1111/joms.13204
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
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) s41267-024-00695-6, 1-20. doi: 10.1057/s41267-024-00695-6
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
2024
Conference Publication
Organizational Deviance And The Voluntary Turnover Of Politician Directors
Ouyang, Can, Chen, Xuchang, Wang, Stephanie L. and Bai, Tao (2024). Organizational Deviance And The Voluntary Turnover Of Politician Directors. The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management AOM 2024, Chicago, IL United States, 9-13 August 2024. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.100bp
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Disasters and International Business: Explore the role of executives' early-life natural disaster experience in firms' internationalization decisions
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Miriam Moeller
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Doctor Philosophy
Public and Private Sector collaborations and Sustainability
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne
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Master Philosophy
Research on How Digitalization Influences Family Firm Internationalization
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Liesch
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Doctor Philosophy
Multinational enterprises' information disclosure: tailoring the information to audience based on different languages
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu
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Doctor Philosophy
Chinese expatriation in emerging markets countries: The country-of-origin theory perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yunxia Zhu
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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
Media
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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