Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Spring 2026
Professor and Lee Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2019-present
Research Director, Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2019-present
Assistant/Associate Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006-2018
Academic Director, Entrepreneurship Academy, SUNY Buffalo, 2012-2015
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2006
Major concentration: Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Minor concentration: International business
Over the years, I have learned a great deal from faculty at Illinois: Joseph Mahoney (Dissertation advisor), Rajshree Agarwal, Ruth Aguilera, Tailan Chi, Glenn Hoetker, Matt Kratz, Huseyin Leblebici, Steve Michael, and Anju Seth, among others.
MBA, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2000
Venture capital, technology and innovation management, corporate and international strategy
Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Innovation, International business, and these topics in the age of AI
Co-Editor, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2023~
Editorial boards (former and current):
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of International Business Studies
Research
SMS Paper Prize Finalist, 2023
IACMR Best Macro Paper, 2021
Finalist, GSJ Best Paper Prize, 2021
New State of the Art Research, Strategic Management Society, 2020
Finalist, Carolyn Dexter Award, Academy of Management, 2010
Finalist, 3rd Israel Strategy Conference Best Paper Award, 2010
Teaching
Best Case Award in Strategy and General Management, The Case Centre, 2022
Best-Seller Award, The Case Centre, 2017, 2021-2024
Teachers Rated as Excellent, 2004. University of Illinois
Service
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Review, 2022
Undergraduate
Strategic Management
*New Venture Creation, an Entrepreneurship Academy/Launchpad course
MBA/EMBA/Masters
New Venture Feasibility, MBA
New Venture Creation, MBA
*Technology Entrepreneurship, MBA and Masters in Engineering
*Entrepreneurship Lab (eLab), a credit-bearing seed-funding program
Strategic Management, EMBA
*Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI, MBA
*Entrepreneurial Strategy in the Age of AI Agents, EMBA
PhD
*Seminar in Strategy
*Seminar in Entrepreneurship
* developed
Contact Information
Yong Li
Lee Business School
University of Nevada Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 456034
Las Vegas, NV 89154
(702) 895-1286
yong.li@unlv.edu