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Dr Tianchen Li

Senior Lecturer in International Management and Innovation

Tianchen Li
  • School Faculty of Business and Law

  • Department Marketing, Enterprise & Tourism

  • Location London

Research activities

· Li, T. (2026). Linking entrepreneurial ecosystems to intrapreneurial activities: Does entrepreneurial cognition matter?. Business Strategy and the Environment, Accepted

·ÌýLi, T. (2025).The role of macro institutional factors in determining types of entrepreneurialstart-ups: a longitudinal panel study.ÌýEuropean Business Review, Ìý37 (1), 140-163

·ÌýLi, T.(2024). The joint effects of formal and informal institutions onentrepreneurial start-ups: a global perspective.ÌýInternational Studies of Management and Organization, 54 (4),306-328

· Li, T. (2023). International competitiveness readiness, home country institutions and early internationalisation. Management Decision, 61 (3), 838-860

· Li, T. (2023). What explains entrepreneurial start-ups across countries: an integrative model. Journal of General Management, 48 (2), 195-209

· Yu, C., Wang, Y., Li, T., & Lin, C. (2022).Do top management teams’ expectations and support drive management innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises? Journal of Business Research, 142, 88-99

· Li, T. (2021). Institutional environments and entrepreneurial start-ups: an international study. Management Decision, 59 (8), 1929-1953

· Yang, M., Li, T., & Wang, Y. (2020). What explains the degree of internationalization of early-stage entrepreneurial firms? A multilevel study on the joint effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship, and home-country institutions. Journal of World Business, 55(6), 1-21

· Jin, Z., Richard, L., & Li, T. (2020). A multi-level study of entrepreneurial characteristics, IPR, and the degree of internationalization. Academy of Management Proceedings. ISSN 0065-0668

· Li, T. (2019). Engagement in international entrepreneurship: interactive effects of resource-based factors and institutional environments. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 9(1), 1-17

· Li. T. (2019). A novel approach to explain the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activities. Applied Research International Proceedings. ISBN 978-1-78972-537-7

· Li, T. (2018). Internationalisation and its determinants: A hierarchical approach. International Business Review, 27(4), 867-876

· Li, T. (2018). What Explains the Varying Degree of Internationalisation? Internal or External Factors. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 6(2), 29-43

· Li, T. (2017). Internationalization Drivers of Early-stage Entrepreneurial Firms: Resources and Institutions. Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668


Biography

Dr Tianchen Li is currentlythe Programme Leader for the MSc Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship andwas formerly the Programme Leader for the BA Business Management Innovation andEntrepreneurship (general and top-up) between 2019 and 2024. He is a SeniorLecturer in International Management and Innovation at Âé¶¹TVÍøÕ¾ University.Before joining Âé¶¹TVÍøÕ¾ University, he held an academic position at theUniversity of Essex since 2014.

Dr Li holds a PhD inEntrepreneurship and an MA in Social Science Data Analysis (with Distinction)from the University of Essex, an MSc in International Business from theUniversity of Liverpool, and a BA in Computer Science and Technology fromChina. He specialises in advanced quantitative research methods, includingadvanced econometrics, panel data analysis, multilevel modelling, structuralequation modelling (SEM), and Bayesian statistics, and has extensive researchexperience across academic, public sector, and industry environments.

His research has beenpublished in leading international journals such as theÌýJournal ofWorld Business,ÌýInternational Business Review,ÌýBusiness Strategy and the Environment,ÌýJournalof Business Research,ÌýManagement Decision,ÌýEuropeanBusiness Review, andÌýInternational Studies of Management &Organization, among others. Dr Li also serves as a reviewer for severaltop-tier journals, including theÌýJournal of Business Venturing,ÌýBusinessStrategy and the Environment,ÌýJournal of International Management,ÌýInternationalBusiness Review,ÌýTechnovation, and theÌýJournal of SmallBusiness Management.

A Fellow of the HigherEducation Academy, Dr Li has substantial experience in designing, leading, anddelivering undergraduate and postgraduate modules. His teaching coversInnovation and Entrepreneurship as well as Advanced Quantitative Analysis andBusiness Analytics. He has served as Module Leader for:

Digital Marketing

MKT 3007ÌýDigitalCampaign Planning: Social Media Tactics and Analytics

MKT 2220ÌýMarketingand Digital Strategy

Innovation andEntrepreneurship

MGT 3014 InnovationManagement (ML)ÌýMGT 2225 Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship(Fast Track) (ML)

Advanced QuantitativeAnalysis and Statistics

MGT 3028 BusinessAnalytics (ML)ÌýMGT 4900 International Business Management ProjectÌýMGT4543 Management Analytics (ML)

Dr Li was nominated forthe Best Module Award at the Students’ Choice Awards of theÌý EssexStudents’ Union in 2014.

He welcomes PhD applicantsinterested in interdisciplinary research projects involving advancedquantitative methods.

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