Yi Tang
Prof. Yi TANG
管理及商業策略
Associate Professor

3917 0017

KK 1103

Academic & Professional Qualification
  • PhD: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Master: Nanjing University
  • Bachelor: Nanjing University
Biography

Yi Tang currently is an Associate Professor (with tenure) in Strategy in the Department of Management, HKU Business School. Yi Tang received his PhD from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2009. Dr. Tang’s research and teaching interests reside in the areas of strategic leadership, firm innovation, corporate social responsibility, and interfirm social networks. His research output has been published in leading management journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, among others.

Dr. Tang currently sits on the editorial boards of Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, and Journal of Management Studies. He was also a guest editor for special issues for Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, and Family Business Review. Dr. Tang is an active member of Academy of Management (AOM) and Strategic Management Society (SMS). Dr. Tang has taught Strategic Management and its related subjects for the PhD, DBA, MBA, MSc, and Undergraduate levels.

Teaching

Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Organization Theory

Research Interest

Strategic Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility; Entrepreneurship and Firm Innovation; Social Networks within and across Firms

Selected Publications
  • Chu, J., Tang, Y., & Wan, G. (equal contribution) Do Female State Officials Improve Corporate Social Responsibility in Their Jurisdictions? A Disadvantage-Prohibiting Perspective. Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming.
  • Chen, Y., Fu, R., Tang, Y., & Zhao, X. (equal contribution) CEOs’ Pre-career Exposure to Religion and Corporate Tax Avoidance. Journal of Management Studies, forthcoming.
  • Kowalzick, M., Ahrens, J., Lauterbach, J., Tang, Y. 2024. Overconfident CEOs in Dire Straits: How Incumbent and Successor CEOs’ Overconfidence Affects Firm Turnaround Performance. Journal of Management Studies, 61(5): 1985-2032.
  • Gu, F., Leung, F., Wang, D.T., &Tang, Y. 2024. Navigating the Double-Edged Sword: Executive hubris and its impact on customer acquisition and retention. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 41(2): 362-382.
  • Weng, D., & Tang, Y. 2024. How Do Status Differentials Affect the Unplanned Dissolution of Alliances? Journal of Management Studies, 61(4): 1590-1617.
  • Ren, S., Sun, H., & Tang, Y. 2023. CEO’s Hometown Identity and Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Management, 49(7): 2455–2489.
  • Hodgkinson, G. P., Burkhard, B., Foss, N. J., Grichnik, D., Sarala, R. M., Tang, Y., & Van Essen, M. (equal contribution) 2023. The heuristics and biases of top managers: Past, present, and future. Journal of Management Studies, 60(5), 1033-1063.
  • Xu, Z., Tang, Y., & Liu, Z. 2023. Buddhist Entrepreneurs, Managerial Attention Allocation, and New Ventures’ Access to External Resources. Journal of Management Studies, 60(2): 454-494.
  • Chen, G., Luo, S., Tang, Y., & Tong, J. (equal contribution) 2023. Back to School: CEOs’ pre-career exposure to religion, firm risk-taking, and innovation. Journal of Management, 49(3): 881-912.
  • Ouyang, B., Tang, Y., Wang, C., & Zhou, J. (equal contribution) 2022.No-fly zone in the loan office: How CEO risky hobbies affect credit stakeholders’ evaluation of the firm. Organization Science, 33(1): 414-430.
  • Fu, R., Tang, Y., & Chen, G. 2020. Chief sustainability officers and corporate social (Ir)responsibility. Strategic Management Journal, 41(4): 656-680.
  • Tang, Y., Mack, D., & Chen, G. (equal contribution) 2018. The differential effects of CEO narcissism and CEO hubris on corporate social responsibility. Strategic Management Journal, 39(5): 1370-1387.
  • Chen, G., Luo, S., Tang, Y., & Tong, Y. (equal contribution) 2015. Passing probation: Earnings management by interim CEOs and its effect on their promotion prospects. Academy of Management Journal, 58(5): 1389-1418.
  • Tang, Y., Li, J., & Yang, H. 2015. What I see, what I do: How executive hubris affects firm innovation. Journal of Management, 41(6): 1698-1723.
  • Tang, Y., Qian, C., Chen, G., & Shen, R. (equal contribution) 2015. How CEO hubris affects corporate social (Ir)responsibility. Strategic Management Journal, 36(9): 1338-1357.
  • Tang, Y., & Wezel, F. (equal contribution) 2015. Up to standard? Market positioning and performance of Hong Kong films, 1975-1997. Journal of Business Venturing, 30(3): 452-466.
  • Shen, R., Tang, Y., & Chen, G. (equal contribution) 2014. When the role fits: How firm status differentials affect corporate takeovers. Strategic Management Journal, 35(13): 2012-2030.
  • Li, J., & Tang, Y. 2010. CEO hubris and firm risk taking in China: The moderating role of managerial discretion. Academy of Management Journal, 53(1): 45-68.
Service to the University/Community

a. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Academy of Management (AOM)

Strategic Management Society (SMS)

International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR)

b. GUEST EDITORSHIPS

Long Range Planning, Special issue on “Emotion in the Strategic Management of Family Business”, Deadline: Dec 31, 2010

Journal of Management Studies, Special issue on “Biases and Heuristics of Top Managers”, Deadline: Feb 29, 2020

Family Business Review, Special issue on “Psychological Foundation in Family Business”, Deadline: Feb 28, 2019

c. EDITORIAL BOARDS

Organization Science, since 2023

Journal of Management, since 2020

Strategic Management Journal, since 2014

d. AD HOC REVIEWS (partial list)

Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal,  Organization Science, Journal of International Business Studies,   Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing

e. DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Departmental Executive Committee, 2018-2019, Hong Kong Baptist University

Departmental Search Committee, 2017-2019, Hong Kong Baptist University

Departmental Staffing Committee, 2013-2017, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Recent Publications
信佛的创業者、注意力分配和新創企業对外部資源的獲取

新創企業經常面對資源短缺問題,影響其生存和發展。本研究通過分析一個針對中國私營创業者的大型調查,就新創企業如何更輕易獲得外部資源提供新的見解。我們發現,在中國,相對於不信佛的创業家,信佛的创業家較注重對外活動,並更有可能獲得社會政治上的認受性,從而有較大機會獲得外部資源,例如銀行貸款。另一方面,若新創企業所在地區的政府干預較少,且市场机制發展較成熟,將減低信佛的创業家對提高社會政治認受性來獲得外部資源的依賴,其對外活動的投入力度亦有所減弱。

重返校園:行政總裁職業生涯前所接觸的宗教信仰、公司的風險承擔與創新

最新的研究表明,CEO早年的個人經歷对其后来作为企业高管的決策有影响。我們的研究延伸了这一研究领域,探討了CEO在職業生涯前对宗教信仰的接觸如何影響其公司的風險承擔及創新表现。借鑒發展心理學和烙印理論相關的研究,我們認為那些曾就讀有宗教背景學校的CEO更有可能有风险規避思维和心态。這種思維和心态會延續到他们的高管职业生涯,导致公司采取避险行为,降低企业創新水平。通过使用美國上市公司的大批樣本,我們的假设得強大支持:我们发现曾就讀有宗教背景學校的的行政總裁所管理的公司往往采取比较保守的企业创新决定;当公司董事会成员的职业前宗教接触更多时,這種效应更為強烈。此外,公司风险承担行为有助減輕CEO職前的宗教接触与公司创新之间的负相关关系。我们讨论了本研究对戰略領導文獻、公司風險承擔和創新研究等方面帶來的啟示。

貸款機構的禁飛區 — 首席執行官的高風險嗜好如何影響信貸持份者對企業的評價

目前的研究大多專注於企業行政人員的職業相關資歷。然而,他們的工餘活動其實也能帶來啟示。以首席執行官駕駛私人飛機這項高風險嗜好作為新的考量因素,此研究藉銀行貸款合同的情況探討信貸利益相關者就首席執行官的高風險嗜好對企業評價的影響。研究利用於1993年至2010年,就多個行業的美國大型上市機構首席執行官所獲得的數據,發現以駕駛私人飛機為嗜好的首席執行官所領導的企業在申請銀行貸款時,無論是要取得擔保、訂立更多契約,還是獲得銀團貸款,往往都會產生更高的貸款成本。這主要是因為銀行認為此等企業的違約風險較高,而首席執行官在企業扮演越重要的角色,及/或他在決策方面有更大的控制權時,情況尤甚。配合實地採訪和實驗,我們的研究結果對於使用不同設計的內生變量檢查(如Heckman 兩階段模型、傾向性評分匹配法、雙重差分模型,以及干擾變量的影響閾值等)的穩健性相當重要。

Chief Sustainability Officers and Corporate Social (Ir)responsibility

How will a chief sustainability officer (CSO) influence corporate social performance? Building upon the upper echelons perspective and the attention‐based view, this study argues that while a CSO helps channel managerial attention to a firm's social domain, managerial attention is more likely to be directed to negative issues than to positive issues. In addition, such relationships are contingent on the focal firm's governance design and its industry culpability. Analysis of a sample of S&P 500 firms for the period of 2005–2014 largely renders support to our predictions.