He received his PhD from the Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada. His research on regional innovation, location strategy, and institutional theory has appeared in leading academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, among the others. He co-edited the Thunderbird International Business Review special issue on ‘Opportunities and Threats for Chinese Multinationals’, and he is currently co-editing the Multinational Business Review special issue ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China: A Global Perspective’.