Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Business Administration), Nankai University, Sept. 1998 - Jul. 2001.
M.E. (Majored in Business Administration), South-Central University for Nationalities, Sept. 1995 - Jul. 1998.
B.E. (Majored in Business Administration), South-Central University for Nationalities, Sept. 1991- Jul. 1995.
Overseas Visiting and Training
Visiting Scholar, San Francisco State University, Aug. 2020- May. 2021
Visiting Scholar, San Jose State University, Jan. 2014- May. 2014
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Aug. 2013- Dec. 2013
Visiting Scholar, Bath University, Jan. 2006- Dec. 2006.
Courses Taught
Postgraduate: Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Venture Capital
Work Experiences
Jul. 2001 - Present: Lecturer/ Associate Professor/ Professor, Department of Business Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Research Interests
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, with special focus on Founding Teams and New Venture Formation, Innovation Strategy and Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economy, and Venture Capital
Representative Research Projects
1. The Setting, Behavioral Integration of Functional Executives and Firm Growth in Startups (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
2. Entrepreneurial Improvisation in the Context of Transient Competition: Based on the Perspective of Effectuation (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
3. The Impact of Cognitive System and Knowledge Integration of Entrepreneurial Teams on the Competitiveness in Accidental Events (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
4. The Impact of Transferability and Peer Effects of Job-Embedded Capital on Entrepreneurial Path Selection (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
5. Key Issues of Innovation-Driven Development (National Soft Science Research Program)
6. The Impact of Political Embedding on the Creation and Growth of Startups (Doctoral Supervisor Program Foundation of Ministry of Education of China)
7. Corporate Social Entrepreneurship Strategy under the Concept of Social Responsibility for Promoting Employment (Humanities and Social Science Research Project of the Ministry of Education)
8. The Impact of Regulatory Costs and Resource Endowment on Regional Innovative Industries (Social Science Fund Project of Hubei Province)
Representative Research Papers
1. Luo XR, Mai YY*, Ye ZX*, When do Close Ties to Service Intermediaries Lead to Entrepreneurial Improvisation? Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(3), 612-632, 2023
2. Wang LY, Li J*, Mai YY, Ye ZX, Blessing or Curse? The link between Firm CSR Practices and Leaders’ Unethical Decisions: The Mediating role of Moral Cognition, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2023
3. Yuan ZY, Li N, Mai YY, Ye ZX*, Yu J, Making the Right Friends: A Social Network Perspective on Newcomer Socialization in Teams, Human Resource Management, 59(6), 585-597, 2020
4. Zhang WG, Li J*, Mai YY, The Effect of Industry Association on Firm Innovation in Chinese Private Ventures, Management Decision, 57(9), 2414-2435, 2019
5. Zheng YF, Mai YY. 2013. A Contextualized Transactive Memory System View on How Founding Teams Respond to Surprises: Evidence from China, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 7(3): 197-213.
6. Mai YY, Zheng YF. 2013. How On-the-job Embeddedness influences New Venture Creation and Growth, Journal of Small Business Management , 51(4): 508–524.
Representative Monographs/Textbooks/Cases
1. Mai YY, Wang LH*, Ye ZX, Zang SR, Pinduoduo: The Pioneer in Social E-Commerce, Asian Case Research Journal, 25(4), 383-407, 2021
Representative Grants and Awards
1. Third Prize of the 8th Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) of the Ministry of Education
2. Second Prize of the 11th Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award of Hubei Province
3. Second Prize of 2011 Excellent Paper of China Society of Technical Economics
4. The Third National 100 Excellent Management Cases Teaching Award
