Dr. Bai is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. He joined the university in 2021 and obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Business at Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2017. From 2018 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at Uppsala University.
Dr. Bai has long been dedicated to research on international intellectual mobility, the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship development of high-tech firms in emerging markets, and international strategic management of multinational corporations in emerging markets. He has made significant contributions to explaining how SMEs make internationalization decisions and engage in international activities in uncertain environments. His latest research focuses on SME participation in digital platforms and international innovation and entrepreneurship. Over the past five years, he has published 11 academic papers in high-impact SSCI journals, including several as the first or corresponding author in internationally important journals such as the *Journal of World Business*, *Journal of International Marketing*, and *Industrial Marketing Management*. He serves on the editorial board of the *Journal of Business Research* and is a reviewer for several prominent international journals, including *Journal of Business Venturing*, *Journal of World Business*, and *Global Strategy Journal*.
2021.10–present, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
2021.01–present, Visiting Scholar, Department of Business, Uppsala University, Sweden
2021.01–present, Visiting Scholar, Centre for Asian and African Studies, University of Aberdeen, UK
2017.04–2020.12, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Business, Uppsala University, Sweden
2018.06–2020.06, Broman Entrepreneurship Research Fellow, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Organizer of the 40th European International Business Academy Conference
Editorial board member of *Journal of Business Research* and *Foreign Economics & Management*
Reviewer for journals such as *Journal of World Business*, *International Business Review*, *Journal of Business Venturing*, *Technovation*, *Journal of International Marketing*, *Global Strategy Journal*, *Thunderbird International Business Review*, *International Journal of Emerging Markets*, *Asia Pacific Journal of Management*, *Asian Business and Management*, and *Baltic Journal of Management*
Reviewer for conferences such as the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, and Chinese International Business Management Association
Member of associations such as the Academy of International Business, Strategic Management Society, European International Business Academy, and Chinese International Management Association
Yang, B., Kao, P., Bai, W., Jiang, T. “Responding to the multi-faceted liabilities of origin for emerging market MNEs: a cognitive institutional entrepreneurship perspective”, European Journal of International Management, forthcoming. SSCIQ3, ABS**
Bai, W., Johanson, M., Oliveira, L., Ratajczak-Mrozek, M., & Francioni, B. (2022). “Where liabilities of foreignness and outsidership meet: Business networks and institutions in internationalization decision-making under uncertainty”, Journal of International Management, 28 (1), 100904. SSCI Q2, ABS***
Martín Martín, O., Chetty, S., &Bai, W. (2022). “Foreign market entry knowledge and international performance: The mediating role of international market selection and network capability”, Journal of World Business, 57 (2), 101266. SSCI Q1, ABS****
Bai, W., Johanson, M., Oliveira, L, Ratajczak-Mrozek, M. (2021). “The Role of Business and Social Networks in The Effectual Internationalization: Insights from Emerging Market SMEs”, Journal of Business Research, 129 (5), 96-109. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W., S., Kao, P., Wu, J. (2021), “Returnee entrepreneurs and the performance implications of political and business relationships under institutional uncertainty”, Journal of Business Research, 128(5), 245-256. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W., S., Liu, R., Zhou, LX. (2020), “Enhancing learning advantages of newness: The role of internal social capital in international performance of young entrepreneurial firm”, Journal of International Management, 26 (2), 100733. SSCI Q2, ABS***
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2019), “Dual business relationships, opportunity knowledge, and new product development: A study on returnee young ventures”, Journal of International Marketing, 27(3), 26-42. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W., S. (2019), “From Periphery to Centre: Unfolding the Development of a Scientific Based Returnee Entrepreneurial Firm”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 36 (1/2), 15-40. ABS**
Bai, W., S., Holmström Lind, C., Johanson, M. (2018), “Network Capability, Opportunity Creation Knowledge and the Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Ventures”, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 34(1), 51-62. SSCI Q2, ABS**
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M. (2018), “International Opportunity Networks”, Industrial Marketing Management, 70(1), 167-179. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2017), “Knowledge and Internationalization of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms”, International Business Review, 26(4), 652-665. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W., S., Holmström Lind, C., Johanson, M. (2016), “The performance of International Returnee Ventures: The Role of Networking Capability and the Usefulness of International Business Knowledge”, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(9-10), 657-680. SSCI Q1, ABS***
Bai, W. and Kao, P.T. (2022), “Catch 22? Technology-Advanced Returnee Entrepreneur, Home-Country Political Relationships and Challenges From Increasing Geopolitical Tension”, Latukha, M. (Ed.) Diversity in Action, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 151-167.
Oliveira, L., Bai, W., Johanson, M., Ratajczak-Mrozek, M., & Francioni, B. (2019). “Uncertainty and Decision-Making in SME Internationalization: The Importance of Control, Prediction, and Knowledge. International Business in a VUCA World: The Changing Role of States and Firms” (Progress in International Business Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, 333-355.
Song, H., Bai, W., S. (2017), “The leading Chinese firms in the biopharmaceutical industry”, In: The Rise to Market Leadership New Leading Firms from Emerging Countries / [ed] Franco Malerba, Sunil Mani and Pamela Adams, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017, 43-67.
Bai, W., S., Kao, P., “The performance of returnee ventures under condition of uncertainty: the mediating effects of political and business relationships”. Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Copenhagen, June 24-27, 2019
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Oliveira, L., and Ratajczak-Mrozek, M. (2018), “Effectuation and Performance in Firm Internationalization”, Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Minneapolis, June 27-30, 2018.
Bai, W., S., Francioni, B., Johanson, M., Oliveira, L., and Ratajczak-Mrozek, M. (2018), “Uncertainty and decision-making in SME internationalization: The importance of control, prediction, and knowledge”. 22nd Mcgill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Halmstad, August 22-24, 2018
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2017), “The Best of Both Worlds: Returnee Firms’ Domestic and International Relationships, Opportunity Knowledge and Innovation”, Strategic Management Society 37th annual conference, Houston, Oct 28-30, 2017.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M. (2016), “International Opportunity Networks and Internationalization of Emerging Market Firms: A Capability and Creation View”, Strategic Management Society Special conference, Hong Kong, Dec 10-12, 2016.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M. (2016), “International Opportunity Networks and Internationalization of Emerging Market Firms”, 32nd IMP conference, Poznan, 30 August-3 September.
Bai, W., S. (2016), “High Tech Venture Growth in an Emerging Economy: A Longitudinal Study of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firm”, the biennial conference of International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Hangzhou, June 16-20, 2016.
Bai, W., S., Holmstrom Lind, C., Johanson, M. (2016), “Network Capability, Opportunity Creation Knowledge and the Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Ventures”, Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB), New Orleans, June 27-30, 2016.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2015), “Network Relationships and Resource Procurement: A Study of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms’ Innovation Performance”, 35th Annual Conference of the Strategy Management Society (SMS), Denver, October 3-6, 2015.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2015), “Network Relationships and Resource Procurement: A Study of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms’ Innovation Performance”, 5th Asian Management and Entrepreneurship Workshop, Shanghai, May 27-30, 2015.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M., Martín Martín, O. (2014), “Returnee Entrepreneur Firms: A Knowledge-Driven Model of Internationalization”, 40th Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Uppsala, December 11-13, 2014.
Bai, W., S., Holmstrom Lind, C., Johanson, M. (2014), “International Networking and the Performance of International Returnee Ventures: A Dynamic Capability Approach”, 40th Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Uppsala, December 11-13, 2014.
Bai, W., S., Johanson, M. (2012), “Chinese Firms’ Internationalization: A Review and Future Research Topic”, 38th Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Sussex, December 7-9, 2012.
