DEAN XU
Curriculum Vitae
August 2025
Department of Management
Monash Business School
Monash University
Level 7, N Building
Caulfield East, VIC 3145, Australia
email: dean.xu@monash.edu
Education
PhD, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, 1997–2001 (Major: Strategic Management; Minor: Organization Theory)
MBA, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Texas, 1994–1995
MA, Political Science, East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania, 1991–1993
LLM, International Politics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 1988–1991
LLB, International Politics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 1984–1988
Employment
Professor (tenured), Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, 2016–present
Professor (tenured), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, 2013–2016
Head, International Business Area, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne, 2014–2015
Associate Professor, China Europe International Business School, Shanghai, 2010–2013
Associate Professor, School of Business, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007–2010
Associate Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, 2004–2007
Assistant Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, 2001–2004
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Hong Kong, 07–08/2002
Sessional Instructor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, 1998–1999
Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Shanghai, 01–06/1991
Courses Taught
Monash University
Business Strategy (undergraduate)
International Business Strategy (graduate)
Strategic Management (graduate)
University of Melbourne
Strategic Management (graduate)
Advanced Management Theory (PhD, co-taught)
Advanced International Business (PhD, co-taught)
CEIBS
Strategic Management (MBA, co-taught)
University of Hong Kong
Multinational Firm Strategy (IMBA)
Business Policy (BBA)
Peking University
Doctoral Seminar in Strategic Management (PhD)
International Management (PhD, co-taught)
Theories in Strategic Management (graduate)
Strategic Management (MBA)
International Management (MBA)
China in Transition (MBA, co-taught)
York University
Strategic Management (BBA)
Journal Publications
Xu, Dean, Helen W. Hu., and Laszlo Tihanyi. 2025. Political promotion of CEOs of state-controlled firms in China: A state capitalism view. Leadership Quarterly, 36(5): 101908.
Ma, Pengcheng, Lin Cui, and Dean Xu. 2024. Social comparison inside business groups and strategic change: Evidence from group-affiliated Chinese firms. Journal of Management Studies, 61(8): 3533-3565.
Fang, Sheng, Dean Xu, Lixin Colin Xu, and Heba M. M. Shamseldin. 2023. Does FDI have a social demonstration effect in developing economies? Evidence based on the presence of women-led local firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(7): 1332-1350 (the first three authors contributed equally).
Xu, Dean, Kevin Zheng Zhou, and Shihua Chen. 2023. The impact of communist ideology on the patenting activity of Chinese firms (formerly titled “The impact of Maoist communist ideology on patent applications and infringement”). Academy of Management Journal, 66(1): 102-132.
Zhou, Kevin Zheng, Kui Wang, Dean Xu, and En Xie. 2022. Drinking poison to quench thirst: Does bribery foster firm performance in China? Journal of Business Research, 147: 505-517.
Hu, Helen, and Dean Xu. 2022. Manager or politician? Effects of CEO pay on the performances of state-controlled Chinese listed firms. Journal of Management, 48(5): 1160-1187 (both authors contributed equally).
Zeng, Yuping, and Dean Xu. 2021. The effect of foreign firms’ population density on exit likelihood in a host country. Management Decision, 59(1): 32-50.
Zeng, Yuping, and Dean Xu. 2020. Liability of foreignness and the constitutive legitimation of foreign firms in a host country. Journal of World Business, 55(5): 101111 (both authors contributed equally).
Xu, Dean, Kevin Zheng Zhou, and Fei Du. 2019. Deviant versus aspirational risk taking: The effects of performance feedback on bribery expenditure and R&D intensity. Academy of Management Journal, 62(4): 1226-1251.
Xu, Dean, Chuang Chen, and Xiaohui Wu. 2019. Ownership structure and the use of nonfamily executives in family-dominated Chinese listed firms: An institutional logics perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 36(3): 797-820 (all authors contributed equally).
Xu, Dean, Jane W. Lu, and Qian Gu. 2014. Organizational forms and multi-population dynamics: Economic transition in China. Administrative Science Quarterly, 59(3): 517-547.
Xu, Dean, and Klaus E. Meyer. 2013. Linking theory and context: “Strategy research in emerging economies” after Wright et al. (2005) (invited paper). Journal of Management Studies, 50(7): 1322-1346.
Zhou, Kevin, and Dean Xu. 2012. How foreign firms curtail local supplier opportunism in China? Detailed contracts, centralized control, and relational governance. Journal of International Business Studies, 43(7): 677-692 (both authors contributed equally).
Wu, Jianfeng, Dean Xu, and Phillip H. Phan. 2011. The effects of ownership concentration and corporate debt on corporate divestitures in Chinese listed firms. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 28(1): 95-114 (all authors contributed equally).
Kim, Tai-Young, Andrew Delios, and Dean Xu. 2010. Organizational geography, experiential learning, and subsidiary exit: Japanese foreign expansions in China, 1979-2001. Journal of Economic Geography, 10(4): 579-597.
Xu, Dean, Changhui Zhou, and Phillip H. Phan. 2010. A real options perspective on sequential acquisitions in China. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(1): 166-174 (the first two authors contributed equally).
Xu, Dean. 2009. Opportunities and challenges for academic returnees in China (invited paper). Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26(1): 27-35.
Chang, Sea-Jin, and Dean Xu. 2008. Spillovers and competition among foreign and local firms in China. Strategic Management Journal, 29(5): 495-518 (both authors contributed equally).
Delios, Andrew, Dean Xu, and Paul W. Beamish. 2008. Within-country product diversification and foreign subsidiary performance. Journal of International Business Studies, 39(4): 706-724.
Su, Yiyi, Dean Xu, and Phillip H. Phan. 2008. Principal-principal conflict in the governance of the Chinese public corporation. Management and Organization Review, 4(1): 17-38 (all authors contributed equally).
Xu, Dean, and Jane W. Lu. 2007. Technological knowledge, product relatedness, and parent control: The effect on IJV survival. Journal of Business Research, 60(11): 1166-1176.
Xu, Dean, Yigang Pan, Changqi Wu, and Bennett Yim. 2006. Operational performance of domestic and foreign-invested enterprises in China. Journal of World Business, 41(3): 261-274.
Lu, Jane W., and Dean Xu. 2006. Growth and survival of international joint ventures: An external-internal legitimacy perspective. Journal of Management, 32(3): 427-448.
Xu, Dean, Yigang Pan, and Paul W. Beamish. 2004. The effect of regulative and normative distances on MNE ownership and expatriate strategies. Management International Review, 44(3): 285-307.
Xu, Dean, and Oded Shenkar. 2002. Institutional distance and the multinational enterprise. Academy of Management Review, 27(4): 608-618.
Publications in Chinese Academic Outlets
Dean Xu（许德音），“普适理论、中国情景与管理实践”，《管理学季刊》，2017年第3期，第164-169页（应邀撰写）。
许德音、吕文珍、Qian Gu（井润田改写），“中国民企逆袭路的‘神队友’”，《管理视野》，第4期，2015年12月，第20-24页。
武亚军、冯晓岚、许德音，“战略理论的隐喻、范式及整合意义”，《浙江大学学报》（人文社会科学版），第40卷第2期，2010年3月，第98-109页。
张翼、李习、许德音，“代理问题、股权结构与公司多元化”，《经济科学》，2005年第3期， 第90-99页。
许德音、周长辉，“中国战略管理学研究现状评估”，《管理世界》，2004年5月，第76-87页。
潘意刚、许德音，“竞争力：谁说本土不如外资”，《哈佛商业评论》（中文版），2004年2月，第14-17页。
Conference Proceedings
Liang, Feng and Dean Xu. 2011. Knowledge network and innovation activities by MNC subsidiaries: The effects of internal and external knowledge resources. Technology Management Conference (ITMC), 2011 IEEE International, 388-393. DOI: 10.1109/ITMC.2011.5995971.
Conference Papers
Jiang, Han, Dean Xu, and Linyi Zhang. 2005. How imprints of environmental turbulence influence board chairs’ political network adaptation. Paper presented at the 2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
Ye, Quinn, Helen W. Hu, Dean Xu, and Kwanghui Lim. 2025. Imprint phenotypic plasticity: The impact of CEO military experience on firm IPR engagements. Paper presented at the 2025 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
Ye, Quinn, Helen Wei Hu, Dean Xu and Kwanghui Lim. 2023. The imprinting effects of Great Leap Forward and Great Famine on CEOs’ innovation orientation. Paper presented at the 2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Yang, Ling, Jane Lu, Dean Xu, and Jinxing Qu. 2019. Family, state, and quasi-market: institutional logics and the adoption of old-age insurance practice. Paper presented at the 2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
Xu, Dean, and Yuping Zeng. 2017. Liability of foreignness and organizational ecology. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business annual meeting in Dubai, UAE.
Xu, Dean, Chuang Chen, and Xiaohui Wu. 2016. Ownership concentration and managerial professionalization in family-controlled firms. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2016 Academy of Management annual meeting in Anaheim, CA.
Xu, Dean, and Zhenyan Lu. 2014. Symbiosis, commensalism, and competition: The effect of foreign firm density on local firm exit. Paper presented at the 2014 Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Zeng, Yuping, and Xu, Dean. 2010. Moderating influences on density and exit: Foreign firms in China. Paper accepted at the 2010 Academy of International Business, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cui, Hao, Wu, Changqi, and Xu, Dean. 2009. Shareholder-specific resources, ownership structure, and firm performance: Empirical evidence from China. Paper presented at the 2009 Strategic Management Society annual meeting, Washington, DC.
Cui, Hao, and Xu, Dean. 2009. Institutional capital, resource capital, and the ownership structure of the listed SOEs in China. Paper presented at the 2009 Academy of Management annual meeting, Chicago.
Gao, Yong, Xu, Dean, and Pan, Yigang. 2009. From international joint venture to wholly owned subsidiary: A real options perspective on ownership change. Paper presented at the 2009 Academy of International Business annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
Chang, Sea-Jin, Chung Jaiho, and Xu, Dean. 2008. FDI and technology spillovers in China. Paper presented at the 2008 Academy of International Business annual meeting, Milan.
Zhang, Yi, Xu, Dean, and Delios, Andrew. 2008. Corporate diversification, group diversification, and firm performance in China. Paper presented at the 2008 Academy of International Business annual meeting, Milan.
Chang, Sea-Jin, and Xu, Dean. 2006. Competitive dynamics among foreign entrants and local firms in an emerging market. Paper presented at the 2006 Academy of International Business annual meeting, Beijing.
Su, Yiyi, and Xu, Dean. 2006. Board monitoring as a signal of agency problems in Chinese listed firms. Paper presented at the 2006 Academy of International Business annual meeting, Beijing.
Su, Yiyi, and Xu, Dean. 2006. Agency problems and the costs of board monitoring: An examination of listed firms in China. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2006 Academy of Management annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.
Xu, Dean, and Zhou, Changhui. 2005. Sequential acquisition strategy in an emerging market context. Paper presented at the 2005 Academy of Management annual meeting, Honolulu. Presentation of the paper also invited at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2005.
Xu, Dean, and Zhou, Changhui. 2005. Large share purchases as a process: Evidence from listed firms in China. Paper presented at the 2005 Academy of International Business annual meeting, Quebec City.
Xu, Dean, and Lu, Jane. 2004. SOE status, age, and product relatedness: The local parent’s role in joint venture survival. Paper presented at the 2004 Academy of Management annual meeting, New Orleans.
Lu, Jane, and Xu, Dean. 2004. Knowledge, control, and joint venture survival: The role of product relatedness. Paper presented at the 2004 Academy of International Business annual conference, Stockholm.
Delios, Andrew, Xu, Dean, and Beamish, Paul W. 2003. Host country product diversity and foreign subsidiary survival: An empirical examination of Japanese MNEs. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Monterey, CA; Best Paper Finalist.
Xu, Dean. 2003. Agency and institutional explanations of compensation strategy for the foreign subsidiary: A research proposal. Paper accepted for presentation at the inaugural conference of IACMR, Beijing, China.
Delios, Andrew, Xu, Dean, and Beamish, Paul W. 2002. The moderating effect of host country institutional context on the relationship between product diversification and MNE performance in host countries. Paper presented at the Third Asia Academy of Management Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
Xu, Dean, Pan, Yigang, and Beamish, Paul W. 2002. The effect of regulative and normative distances on MNE entry and expatriate strategies. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Nguyen, Adam, Xu, Dean, and Pan, Yigang. 2000. Is guanxi a distinctive concept? Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Xu, Dean. 2000. The effect of institutional distance on multinational enterprise strategy: An empirical examination of Japanese firms. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Toronto.
Xu, Dean. 1999. The effect of host-country institutional environment on the patterns and performance of Japanese FDI. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC.
Xu, Dean. 1999. Institutional pressures, strategic responses, and foreign subsidiary performance. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago.
Articles and Commentaries in Non-Academic Outlets
“Emerging dragons: The rise of the Chinese multinational.” Insights, Volume 15, April 2014, pp. 47-53. This is a condensed version of my inaugural lecture at the University of Melbourne on November 12, 2013.
“马奇的企业行为理论与中国企业的两种冒险行为”，《经济观察报》，2018年11月19日。
“中国民企逆袭路的‘神队友’”（和吕文珍、Qian Gu），《管理视野》，2015年12月，第22-24页。
“再谈中国企业国际化”，《经济观察报》，2011年9月5日。
“我为什么不主张低汇率”，《经济观察报》，2010年10月28日。
“福州·上海·北京·香港：一個家族的四個產權故事”，《明報》（副刊），2010年3月6日。
“‘野蛮人’并未到来”，《21世纪经济报道》，2008年5月19日。
“上海为什么出不了马云”（原题“寻找失落的‘冒险家乐园’”），《南方周末》，2008年3月13日。
“海归战略的两难选择：流动性第一？”《21世纪经济报道》，2007年9月21日。
“迟到的管理学界‘海归’”，《21世纪经济报道》，2007年9月13日。
“一个管理学教授的二十一条戒律”，《21世纪经济报道》，2006年3月6日，第27页。
“‘中国式管理’还未通过检验”，《21世纪商业评论》，2005年9月，第104-107页。
“汇率与企业竞争力”，《IT经理世界》，2005年5月5日,第14页。
“合资中的动平衡”，《IT经理世界》，2005年5月5日,第68页。
“象牙塔里看郎氏风波”，《IT经理世界》，2004年10月5日,第20页。
“中国战略管理研究现状”（和周长辉），《经济观察报》，2004年7月26日。
“波特的贡献与不足”，《IT经理世界》，2004年7月20日，第95-96页。
“商学院发展重在学术研究”，《21世纪经济报道》，2003年1月9日，第30页。重印于《经济研究资料》2003年3月，第55-57页。
“中国企业有本土优势吗？”，《经济观察报》，2002年6月24日，第C4页。
“从联想分拆看中国企业管理官僚成本的无奈”（和王野青），《经济观察报》，2002年6月24日，第C6页。
“‘数量偏好’与浮躁学风”，《文汇报》，2002年4月16日，第5页。
Cases
Acquisition of Hummer: M&A Challenges Faced by Chinese Firms Overseas (with Penelope Chan), HKU893-PDF-ENG.
Ready to Take Off (A): The Global Large Civil Aircraft Industry (with Isabella Chan), HKU788-PDF-ENG.
Ready to Take Off (B): China's Re-Entry into Global Aerospace (with Isabella Chan), HKU790-PDF-ENG.
Honors and Awards
Research Grants
Principal investigator, “Competition and mutualism: Foreign entrants and local firms in China”. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), #71272222, 2013-2016, RMB600,000.
“Economic transition in China: An organizational ecology perspective”, CEIBS Faculty Research Grant, 2012-2014, RMB120,000.
“Mutualism and competition between foreign entrants and local firms in China”, CEIBS Faculty Research Grant, 2010-2012, RMB360,000.
Principal investigator, “Corporate diversification, group diversification, and the performance of Chinese listed firms”, General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR Government, #753608, 2008-2010, HKD464,000, with an additional HKD50,000 matching fund from HKU.
Principal investigator, “The interaction effect of firm-level diversification and group-level diversification on corporate performance”, Seed Funding Program for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong Research Committee, #200801159004, 2008-2009, HKD120,000, with an additional HKD80,000 matching fund from the Faculty.
Co-investigator, “Internationalization of Chinese firms”, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Grant, #70532005, 2006-2009, RMB900,000.
Co-investigator, “Location and modal choices of Chinese FDI”, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), #70472023, 2005-2007, RMB150,000.
Principal investigator, “Strategic responses to institutional pressures – strategy and performance of non-state-owned Chinese enterprises”, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), #70272004, 2003-2005, RMB130,000.
“Diversification strategy of Chinese firms”, Chinese Ministry of Education Start-Up Fund, 2002, RMB20,000.
Scholarships, Awards, and Recognitions
Emerald Citations of Excellence for 2016
Elsevier Most Cited Scholars in China, 2014, 2015, and 2016
Best Reviewer Award, Management and Organization Review, 2010-2012
Academy of International Business Best Paper Finalist, 2003
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship, 2000 ($17,700)
Seymour Schulich Scholarship of Merit, York University, 1997 and 1998 ($20,000 per year)
Financial Management Association (FMA) National Honor Society, Baylor Chapter, 1995
Tuition Fellowship (100%), Baylor University, 1994-1995
Professional Activities
School and Public Services
Research Committee, IACMR, 2010-2013
Strategy faculty search committee, CEIBS, 2010-2011
Strategy and IB faculty search committee, School of Business, the University of Hong Kong, 2007-2008
PhD Coordinator, Department of Strategic Management, Guanghua School of Management, 2004-2006
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Strategy and Public Policy, Guanghua School of Management, 2002-2004
Selection Committee, Scholarship and Grant Programs, the Canadian Embassy in Beijing
Editorial Board
Journal of Management Studies, 2023-
Management and Organization Review, 2010-2016
Multinational Business Review, 2005-2008
Quarterly Journal of Management (Chinese), 2016-2018
Nankai Management Review (Chinese), 2007-2013
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
California Management Journal
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Global Strategy Journal
Journal of Business Research
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management
Journal of Management Studies
Journal of World Business
Long Range Planning
Management and Organization Review
Organization Science
Research Policy
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Strategic Management Journal
Academy of Management (AoM) annual meetings
Academy of International Business (AIB) annual meetings
International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR) meetings
Strategic Management Society (SMS) annual meetings
Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Conference Session Chair
Academy of International Business, 2014, 2008, 2006, 2003
Conference/Workshop Panels
Coordinator, PhD Dissertation Proposal Development Workshop, IACMR, June 2012.
Faculty mentor, Management and Organization Review Paper Development Workshop, IACMR, June 2012.
Co-chair and faculty mentor, Management and Organization Review Paper Development Workshop, IACMR, June 2010.
Faculty mentor, Doctoral Student Consortium, Academy of International Business, San Diego, June 27, 2009
Panelist, “FDI in China: Barbarians at Bay?” Academy of International Business Special Session, Beijing, June 24, 2006
Professional Membership
Academy of Management
Academy of International Business
International Association for Chinese Management Research (Founding Member)
Strategic Management Society
Professional Development
Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School, July/August 2009 and February 2010
IM Division Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, August 2001
Academy of Management Review Theory Development Workshop, August 2000
BPS Division Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, August 2000
Doctoral Consortium, Academy of International Business, November 1999
Teaching with Cases Workshop, York University, March 1999
New Faculty Workshop, York University, October 1998 and October 1999
Research Practicum Workshop, York University, Spring 1998 and Spring 1999
Facilitator, MBA-level Management Skills Course, York University, 1999 – 2001
Personal Information
Born in Shanghai; Australian and Canadian dual citizenship