The Seventh Session of Academic Forum of Excellence 2023 of the Business School for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Establishment of the Business School and the MBA Education Center Successfully Organized

On the afternoon of June 06, 2023, the Business School held the Seventh Session of Academic Forum of Excellence 2023 of the lecture series of the Business School for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Establishment of the Business School and the MBA Education Center in Conference Room 615 of the Main Teaching Building of the Xueyuan South Road Campus of Central University of Finance and Economics. The lecture invited Dr. Li Jiatao, the endowed chair of the Li Guowei Business School at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chair Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Business Strategy and Innovation at HKUST Business School, and Fellow of the Academy of International Business, as the guest speaker. More than twenty people, including faculty, doctoral students, master students, and undergraduates, participated in this event.

The lecture was moderated by Professor Lin Song, Dean of the Business School and Director of the MBA Center. Professor Li Jiatao, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, served as Senior Deputy Dean of the HKUST Business School from 2013 to 2017 and is an authoritative expert in international business strategy. He currently serves as an Associate Editor-in-chief for the top international business journal, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) (2016–2025). He also served as an Associate Editor-in-chief for the leading strategic management journal, Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) (2009-2016). Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), from 2009 to 2016. He has published numerous articles in top international journals, including Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), and Organization Science.

Professor Li Jiatao shared the latest cutting-edge topics in the field of international business. The theme of this lecture was "Managing Disruption in International Business: Effectuation, Business Model Innovation, and Channel Resilience." The article draws on international marketing and entrepreneurship literature and uses data from 115 international companies in Wuhan, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the "black box" mechanisms between effectuation and channel resilience. Research findings indicate that business model innovation partially mediates the relationship between effectuation and channel resilience, and both stages are moderated by deep uncertainty. Following Professor Li's insightful presentation, the attending teachers and students engaged in a lively discussion on topics such as the research sample, research methods, and future research directions. This further enhanced the depth of academic exchange.

The “Academic Forum of Excellence” is an academic exchange platform established by the Business School to fulfill its mission of "contributing new knowledge to management.” It focuses on cutting-edge theoretical issues and organizational development challenges in the discipline of business administration and Chinese enterprise management practices. By aggregating cutting-edge thoughts and innovative viewpoints from both domestic and international sources, it seeks to explore Chinese solutions for the social and economic development of China.