Contact: ylei7@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: Entrepreneurship, Large Incumbent Firms’ Innovation Strategy

Lei Yu is the assistant professor of Business School in Sun Yat-sen University. He receives his PhD from Guanghua School of Management in Peking University. He was also a visiting Ph.D. student in London Business School during 2018-2019. Lei’s research focuses on entrepreneurship and large incumbent firms’ innovation strategy. Specifically, he examines the influence of incumbent-startup interactions on the incumbent firm’s strategic behaviors and performance. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Management World, and Research Policy. His research has received support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, etc.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Guanghua School of Management, Peking University (2021)

M.A. School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University (2014)

B.A. School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology (2012)

B.A. School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (2012)

EXPERIENCE: ACADEMIC

2021-Present Assistant Professor, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University

2018-2019 Visiting Ph.D. Student, London Business School

EXPERIENCE: NON-ACADEMIC

2014-2015 Investment Manager, Poly Real Estate Corporation

PUBLICATIONS

Yu, L., 2022, “How Does Corporate Venture Capital Influence Entrepreneurial Firms’ Growth”, In Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research. Ed. Yang Jun, Zhu Hang, Yu Xiaoyu. Beijing: China Machine Press

Dushnitsky, G. & Yu, L.#, 2022, “Why Do Incumbents Fund Startups? A Study of the Antecedents of Corporate Venture Capital in China”, Research Policy, 51(4),104463. (#Equal Contribution)

Dushnitsky, G. & Yu, L., 2022, “Corporate Venture Capital.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Management. Ed. Ricky Griffin. New York: Oxford University Press

Dushnitsky, G., Yu, L.*, & Lu, J, 2021, “Corporate Venture Capital: Literature Review and Future Directions”, Journal of Management World, 37(7), 198-216. (*Corresponding Author)

Ren, R., Yu, L.*, & Zhu, Y., 2016, “Innovation-orientation, dynamic capabilities and evolution of the informal ShanZhai firms in China: A case study”, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 8(1), 45-59. (*Corresponding Author)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Yu, L. 2023. Performance Feedback, Resource Deployment, and Corporate Venture Capital in China. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 17182). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Yu, L. & Lu, J., 2023, “When Does Corporate Venture Capital Create Value for Incumbent Firms in China: a Corporate Governance Perspective”, Presented in 10th Biennial IACMR Conference (Hong Kong)

Yu, L. & Dushnitsky, G., 2020, “Harnessing Innovative Startups: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital in China”, Presented in 40th Annual Conference of Strategic Management Society (Online)

Dushnitsky, G & Yu, L., 2019, “Lost in Translation: Studying the Antecedents of Corporate Venture Capital in China”, Presented in 79th Academy of Management Annual Conference (Boston, USA) & Imperial Innovation & Entrepreneurship Conversation 2019 (London, UK)

Yu, L., 2017, “Corporate venture capital as innovation search: environmental and resource antecedents for exploration and exploitation”, Presented in 77th Academy of Management Annual Conference (Atlanta, USA)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Second Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chinese Academy of Management (2021)

Outstanding Graduate of Peking University (2021)

Grand Prize in 13th “Challenge Cup” National Science and Technology Works Competition (2013)