IACMR Awards

Li Ning Dissertation Grant
Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award

Li Ning Dissertation Grant

The Li Ning Dissertation Grant, sponsored by Li Ning Company, is established to encourage doctoral students to conduct the dissertation research that borrows existing theories, with appropriate contextualization, to analyze Chinese management phenomena, as well as develops context-specific theories to explain unique Chinese management phenomena.

2010 Winner

First Prize Awards

Xiao Chen (Peking University, China)
Dong Liu (University of Washington, USA)
Yi Ou (Arizona State University, USA)
Shanshan Qiu (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Jun Zhao, (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

Second Prize Awards

Yuanjie Bao (University Rameon Llull, Spain)
Zhiyu Cui (Fudan University, China)
Qian Gu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Xinhui Jiang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Katie Ka Yee Lau, (Australian National University, Australia)
Judy Yi Sun, (University of Texas at Tayler, USA)

Emerald/IACMR Chinese Management Research Fund Award

This award supports the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for mainland China. At least one member of the research team was to be based in mainland China. Each application is judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must (i) be of significance, and in particular, illustrate how it will benefit the social good; (ii) demonstrate originality and innovation; (iii) make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application; (iv) illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology; and (v) demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice.

The winner receives a prize fund of £3,000 to go towards their research project. The IACMR is pleased to offer both the winner and the “Highly Commended” runner-up a complimentary membership, which includes a subscription to Management and Organization Review, for a limited time of 12 months. In addition to this, the winners will also be offered a free 12-month personal online subscription to Emerald’s Chinese Management Studies journal.

2009 Winner

Bin Yang (Tsinghua University, China)
Jin Dai (Tsinghua University, USA)
Fan Wu, (Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet, Germany)
"Information dissemination as an anti-corruption mechanism"

2009 Highly Commended

Dongwei Su (Jinan University, China)
Xingxing He (Jinan University, China)
Haijian Zeng (Jinan University, China)
Dapang Lin (Jinan University, China)
"Corporate social responsibility, structural change and firm performance in China"　

2009 Highly Commended

Daniel Lund (Fudan University, China)
Isabel Ng (Fudan University, China)
Peter Woods (Griffith University, Australia)
Yang Yang (Fudan University, China)
"Young female Chinese entrepreneurs in China"　


2008 Winner

Dr. Min Wu (Sichuan University, China)
Dr. Wei Zheng (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Dr. Xu Huang, (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
"Crisis Leadership - Lessons from the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake"

2008 Highly Commended

Dr. Xianzheng Fei (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China)
Dr. Shuhua Zhou (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA)
"When the city gate catches fire, the fishes in the moat suffer? Research on corporate social responsibility spillover effect"　


2008 Research Committee Judging Panel

Marjorie Lyles, Indiana University (Chair)
Ingmar Bjorkman, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
George Chen, Australian National University
Andrew Delios, National University of Singapore
Chung Ming Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kevin Steensma, University of Washington
Baiyin Yang, Tsinghua University
Changhui Zhou, Peking University