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Hongwei Xu CV

 

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Hongwei Xu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
hongweix@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3145
Office: OB 440

Education 

  • Ph.D.  Stanford University, California, Business Administration, 2006.
  • M.A.  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Sociology, 2001.
  • M.S.  University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Biostatistics, 2001.
  • B.A.  Renmin University of China, Beijing, Sociology, 1996.

Employment Experience 

  • Associate Professor, Odette School of Business (July 1 2024-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (September 2016-June 2024)
  • Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, INSEAD (July 2007-August 2016)
  • Assistant Professor, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (June 2006-June 2007), Singapore.

Honours and Awards 

  • 2012: Invited keynote speaker, China's National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference, Hangzhou, China.
  • 2007: Best Disseration Paper Award (honourable mention), Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management.
  • 2001-2006: Stanford Graduate School of Business Fellowships
  • 2000:  Caroline Rose SOM Student Paper Competition Award, Sociologists of Minnesota.
  • 2000:  Anna Welsch Bright Memorial Award, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Articles 

  • Xu, H. & Zhao, L. (2023). Institutional survival under extreme state repression and subsequent revival.  Sociological Science, 10, 694-730, http://doi.org/10.15195/v10.a25. [October]
  • Xu, H. (2022). Integration versus segregation: Newspaper diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities 1872-1976.  Strategic Organization, http://doi.org/10.1177/14761270221141054 [November]
  • Xu, H., & Ruef, M. (2007).  Boundary formation in emergent organizations.   Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 25, 127-155, http://doi.org/10.1016/s0733-558X(06)25004-3.
  • Xu, H., & Ruef, M. (2004).  The myth of the risk-tolerant entrepreneur.   Strategic Organization, 2 (4), 331-355, http://doi.org/10.1177/1476127004047617 (Lead Article, 233 citations at Google Scholar).  The findings of this article were discussed by Malcolm Gladwell at The New Yorker (January 18, 2010); Financial Times (June 1, 2012), Forbes (June 18, 2012), and Business Times (May 28, 2012).

Conference Proceedings 

  • Xu, H., & Zhao, L. (2017).  Social status and legitimation agents: The entry of communist elites into private entrepreneurship.   Academy of Management 2017 conference, Proceedings, Atinc, G. [Ed.], Atlanta. http://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.13192abstract
  • Xu, H., & Zhao, L. (2015).  Institutional hibernation and revival: Resurgence of private entrepreneurship in post-Mao China.   Academy of Management 2015, Vancouver.
  • Xu, H., & Zhao, L. (2009).  Breaking Free: Legitimacy and private entrepreneurship in China's transitional economy, 1978-1996.   Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Chicago.
  • Xu, H. (2007).  Integration versus Segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities 1872-1976.   Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Philadelphia.

Presentations 

  • Xu, H. & Zhao, L. (2020, August). Contested idealogical imprinting: Communist state, family reading, and private entrepreneurship in post-Mao China.  Academy of Management 2020 virtual conference, Proceedings Vol. 51, Vancouver.
  • Xu, H. (2019, August). Organizational diversity and collective action: The destructive effect.  American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York City.
  • Xu, H. (2019, July). Organizational diversity and collective action: The destructive effect.  European Group for Organizational Studies 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Xu, H. (2018, July). Social status and legitimation agents: The entry of communist elites into private entrepreneurship.  European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, 34th, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Xu, H. (2017). Social status and legitimation agents: The entry of communist elites into private entrepreneurship.  American Sociological Association Annual meeting, Montreal.
  • Xu, H. (2016, February). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina.
  • Xu, H. (2016, January). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Antai School of Business, Shanghai, China.
  • Xu, H. (2016, January). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles.
  • Xu, H. (2015, December). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Xu, H. (2014, December). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. University College Dublin UCD Business School, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
  • Xu, H. (2012). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996.  American Sociological Association Annual meeting, Denver.
  • Xu, H. (2012, August). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996.  Academy of Management annual conference, Boston.
  • Xu, H. (2012, April). Hibernated legitimacy and institutional rival: The resurgence of private entrepreneurship in China's traditional economy 1976-1996. Organization Ecology conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Xu, H. (2011). How does legitimation cognitively influence actors?  Academy of Management annual conference, San Antonio.
  • Xu, H. (2010). Categorical contrast and audience response: Entrepreneurial entry into a new organization category.  Academy of Management (AoM) annual conference, Montreal.
  • Xu, H. (2009, June). Breaking Free: Legitimacy and private entrepreneurship in China's transitional economy, 1978-1996. Organization Ecology Conference, Verona, Italy.
  • Xu, H. (2008, August). Breaking Free: Legitimacy and private entrepreneurship in China's transitional economy, 1978-1996.  Academy of Management annual conference, Anaheim, California.
  • Xu, H. (2008, August). Breaking Free: Legitimacy and private entrepreneurship in China's transitional economy, 1978-1996.  American Sociological Association annual meeting, Boston.
  • Xu, H. (2007, August). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York.
  • Xu, H. (2007, August). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
  • Xu, H. (2007, February). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities 1872-1976. INSEAD Entrepreneurship Seminar, Singapore.
  • Xu, H. (2006, November). Boundary formation in emergent organizations.  National University of Singapore.
  • Xu, H. & Ruef, M. (2006, June). Boundary formation in emergent organizations. London School of Business Breaking Boundaries - Next Generation Entrepreneurship conference, London, United Kingdom.
  • Xu, H. (2006, February). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management and Organization, Hong Kong
  • Xu, H. (2006, February). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, Department of Business Policy, Singapore.
  • Xu, H. (2006, January). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  Peking University, Guanghua School of Management, Peking, China.
  • Xu, H. (2005, December). Integration versus segregation: Organizational diversity and museum formation in U.S. local communities, 1872-1976.  Texas A & M University, Laredo, Texas.
  • Xu, H. & Carroll, G. (2005, August). Diverse organizational identities of newspapers: An empirical study of election turnout in American local communities, 1870-1972.  Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu.
  • Xu, H. (2004, August). Boundary formation in emergent organizations.  American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco.
  • Xu, H. (2004, August). Boundary formation in emergent organizations.  Academy of Management annual conference, New Orleans.
  • Xu, H. (2004, May). Boundary formation in emergent organizations.  Berkeley-Stanford Organizational Behavior conference, Stanford, California.
  • Xu, H. (2004, May). Boundary formation in emergent organizations. Berkeley-Stanford Organizational Behavior conference, Stanford, California.
  • Xu, H. (2003, August). The Myth of the Risk-tolerant Entrepreneur.  Academy of Management annual conference, Seattle.
  • Xu, H. (2003, May). The Myth of the Risk-tolerant Entrepreneur.  Berkeley-Stanford Organizational Behavior conference, Stanford, California.