Research

Yun Hou, Ivan P.L. Png, Xi Xiong, When stronger patent law reduces patenting: Empirical evidence, Strategic Management Journal, 44.4 (2023): 977-1012. 

• Replication package here

Yun Hou, Ivan P.L. Png, Xi Xiong, The Federal Circuit enriched patent owners without eliciting better inventions, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, 31(2023): 295-326

• Replication package here

Experimental studies

• Yun Hou and Ivan P.L Png, Learning to let go: A field experiment on benchmarking information and entrepreneurial exit

  • For a introduction of this study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5199jyOjSQI

• Yun Hou and Ivan P.L Png , Comparing in-person and virtual interactions in the workplace: A field experiment

• Yun Hou, Being aspired to achieve: Two experiments on the effect of relative performance feedback on entrepreneurial growth aspiration

• Yun Hou and Ivan P.L Png, Benchmarking: Field Evidence

Archival data studies

• Fangwen Lin and Yun Hou, Cosmetic innovation in the crosshairs: Navigating geopolitical tensions in China’s beauty industry

• Yun Hou, Ivan P.L. Png, Xi Xiong, Patent Law, Appropriability, and External R&D: Empirical Evidence

• Product innovation in China's medical device industry

• Patent litgations in China

• USPTO patent examination process

• Policy mixes for sustainability and green innovation

• Immigrant entrepreneurs and legislative attention

• New venture ESG