Guoli Chen
Professor of Strategy
Biography
Guoli Chen is a Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from the Pennsylvania State University. He teaches Strategy, Value Innovation, Incentives Design, and Corporate Governance courses to the MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programme participants.
Guoli's research focuses on the influence of CEOs, top executives, and boards of directors on firms' strategic choices and organisational outcomes, as well as the interaction and dynamics in the top management team and CEO-board relationships. He is interested in organisational growth, renewal, and corporate development activities, such as IPOs, M&As, innovation, globalisation. He has published in several top academic journals, such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Leadership Quarterly, and Strategic Organization. His papers have received awards at the Academy of Management Conference and Strategic Management Society Conference. He was a representative-at-large of the Corporate Strategy and Corporate Governance interest group of the Strategic Management Society and serves on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal.
Before starting his academic career, Guoli worked as an investment banker at Daiwa Securities SMBC. He provided financial consulting in the areas of IPOs, fundraising, and company restructuring.
Guoli's research focuses on the influence of CEOs, top executives, and boards of directors on firms' strategic choices and organisational outcomes, as well as the interaction and dynamics in the top management team and CEO-board relationships. He is interested in organisational growth, renewal, and corporate development activities, such as IPOs, M&As, innovation, globalisation. He has published in several top academic journals, such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Leadership Quarterly, and Strategic Organization. His papers have received awards at the Academy of Management Conference and Strategic Management Society Conference. He was a representative-at-large of the Corporate Strategy and Corporate Governance interest group of the Strategic Management Society and serves on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal.
Before starting his academic career, Guoli worked as an investment banker at Daiwa Securities SMBC. He provided financial consulting in the areas of IPOs, fundraising, and company restructuring.
Latest posts
Why Some CEOs Are More Likely to Downsize
Guoli Chen
A firm’s decision on whether to downsize when facing performance shortfalls may depend on the CEO’s internal attribution tendency.
How Overconfidence Affects CEOs’ Investment Decisions
Guoli Chen
In uncertain climates, overconfident CEOs tend to invest less in assets that allow a firm to maintain strategic flexibility compared to non-overconfident CEOs.
Super Apps in Asia, “Everything App” in the US?
Guoli Chen
All-in-one apps that dominate China and other Asian markets may soon materialise in the United States, albeit with significant variations.
Demystifying China’s Internet Giants
Guoli Chen
A behind-the-scenes look at what makes or breaks China’s Big Tech flagbearers and their foreign exploits.
China is Back: What Its Reopening Means for the World
L. Fang, C. Lin, G. Chen, X. R. Luo, B. Zhou, A. Fatás
What the world economy, businesses and investors could expect from China’s return to the fray.
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China’s Internet Giants: The Nuts and Bolts of Going Global
G. Chen, J. Li
The lowdown on how ByteDance, Shein and Xiaomi succeeded outside of China while WeChat failed.
Will China’s Internet Giants Conquer the World?
G. Chen, J. Li
Dissecting the success and strategies of Chinese internet firms as more of them venture overseas.
How the “Butterfly Effect” Can Harm Firm Performance
I. Stern, G. Chen
Firms need to develop appropriate HR risk management strategies to lessen the impact of unanticipated employee departures.
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CEOs Who Play to Type Win the Market
Guoli Chen
An important CEO attribute that shapes firm strategies such as mergers and acquisitions is uncovered.
Do CEOs Matter?
S. H. Lee, G. Chen
Conditions that underpin the power and impact of chief executives vary widely, with remarkable results.
What the War Between Alibaba and Tencent Says About Strategy
Guoli Chen
In emerging markets or nascent industries, plan-as-you-go has proved to be a winner many times over.
How to Make the Most of a Chief Sustainability Officer
Guoli Chen
Shift the focus from doing less bad to doing more good.