I study how technology, geopolitics, and institutions shape firms’ international strategy. Across these projects, I ask how firms pursue international opportunities while protecting the knowledge and relationships that create value.
Zhao, J., Liu, T., Fan, D., Luo, Y., & Liu, W. (2026). Global on a Shoestring: How Digital Platform-based Firms Achieve Internationalization. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
Liu, T., Liu, J., Li, Q., & He, S. (2025). Digital technologies and Chinese digital firms’ green innovation. Chinese Management Studies, 19(3), 938–956.
Chinese Digital Firms in a Fractured World: How Geopolitics Shapes the Influence of Firm Capabilities and Technological Sensitivity on FDI Entry
Liu, T., Gaur, A.S., & Taussig, M.
Revise & Resubmit — Global Strategy Journal
Examines how technological capabilities and technological sensitivity interact with geopolitics to shape digital firms’ foreign investment.
Sanctions, Stigma Spillovers, and the Reconfiguration of Cross-Border Acquisitions
Gaur, A.S., Hu, Z., Liu, T., & Wang, Z.
Editorial revision invited prior to external review — Journal of Business Ethics
Examines how sanctions spill over to non-sanctioned firms and redirect cross-border acquisitions toward third-country buyers.
Crossing the Information Barrier: Artificial Intelligence Technology and Corporate Cross-Cultural Internationalization
Chen, Z., Liu, T., Jiang, M., Cao, M., & Luo, Y.
Revise & Resubmit — Cross Cultural & Strategic Management
See my Curriculum Vitae for the complete research record.