Staff Profile

Prof. Ahlstrom David Christopher 教授

Associate Dean (Research)
Professor
Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration

Biography

Prof. David Ahlstrom is an Associate Dean (Research) and a Professor in the Lee Shau Kei School of Business and Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He is also Emeritus Professor with The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received a PhD in Management and International Business from New York University after having worked in the data communications industry for several years. His research includes managing in Asia, innovation and entrepreneurship, decision-making, firm growth and economic history. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed publications, and was awarded the Clarivate (formerly Thomson-Reuters) Highly Cited Researcher Award, given to professor / researchers in the top 0.1% of all researchers for having a number of highly cited published papers over the previous ten-year period (awarded 3 years running: 2017, 2018, and 2019). He also also been in the Stanford University - John Ionnidis 'Top 2% Scientists Worldwide' in terms of career citations, from 2021.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

Teaching includes: Innovation and entrepreneurship, Strategy and Strategic Leadership, Organizational Behavior. Research areas are Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Decision-making, Economic and company growth, Managing in Asia, Institutional Theory

Academic & Professional Experience

Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, Department of Management and Strategy, 2023-

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK Business School, 1996 – 2023

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business (Washington, DC) 1997 – 2010 (Visiting Associate Professor, Summer Int'l Program)

New York University, Stern School of Business (New York, NY, USA), 1993-1996.

Mercer County Community College, Arts & Sciences Division (West Windsor, NJ, USA), 1993-1996

Rutgers University, Rutgers School of Business-Camden (Camden, NJ, USA), 1988-1989

Peirce College (Philadelphia, PA, USA), 1988-1989

Avant-Garde Computing, Marketing rep, Marketing manager--Small Systems Group (Mt. Laurel, NJ, and Honolulu, HI USA), 1982-1987

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Chen, S. Y., & Ahlstrom, D. (2018). Human resource management in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. In F. L. Cooke & S. Kim (Eds.). Routledge handbook of human resource management in Asia: 314-332. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Ahlstrom, D. (2015). Innovation and growth in emerging economies. In Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (Ed.). Designing the future: Economic, societal, and political dimensions of innovation: 353-387. Vienna: Echomedia.

Journal Articles

Xiao, Y., Xue, L., Ahlstrom, D., Zheng, C. Hao, X. (2024). To conform or not to conform? The role of social status and firm corporate social responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 193(3), 655–677.
Sabar, S., Sukoco, B. M., & Ahlstrom, D. (2024). Cynicism, justice, and behavioral support for change: A moderated mediation analysis. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 45(8), 1568-1587.
Maharani, I. A. K., Sukoco, B. M., Ahlstrom, D., & Usman, I. (2024). Rhythm and shift frequency of strategic renewal in Indonesian firm performance. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 18(6), 1687-1709.
Horak, S., Klein, A., Ahlstrom, D., & Li, X. (2024). Resilience or decline of informal networks? Examining the role of trust context in network societies. International Business Review, 33(4), 102301.
Xiao, Y., Liu, Z., Ahlstrom, D., & Bai, Y. (2024). Entrepreneurs' personality traits and social enterprise: A legitimation perspective. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 14(3), 1133-1159.
Ahlstrom, D., & Lee, Y. (2024). Broadening the entrepreneurship lens: beyond gazelles and unicorns. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 27(1), 9-17.
Zhang, C., Wang, T., & Ahlstrom, D. (2024). Entrepreneurs' Networking Styles and Normative Underpinnings during Institutional Transition. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 14(2), 457-489.
Maharani, I. A. K., Sukoco, B. M., Usman, I., & Ahlstrom, D. (2024). Learning-driven strategic renewal: systematic literature review. Management Research Review, 47(5), 708-743.
Guan, X., Ahlstrom, D., & Liu, J. (2024). Infrastructure collaboration along China's Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for corporate social responsibility and political activity. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, 8(8), 4705
Ciravegna, L. Ahlstrom, D., Michailova, S., Oh, C-H., & Gaur, A. (2023). Exogenous shocks and MNEs: Learning from pandemics, conflicts, and other major disruptions. Journal of World Business, 58(6), 1-10.
Chen, S., Ahlstrom, D., & Xiao, T. (2023). Too complex to handle: Goal conflict and tourist preference for simple aesthetics. Annals of Tourism Research, 102, 103639.
Si, S., Hall, J., Suddaby, R., Ahlstrom, D., & Wei, J. (2023). Technology, entrepreneurship, innovation and social change in digital economics. Technovation, 119, 102484.
Wei, S., Su, Z., Ahlstrom, D., & Wu, Z. (2023). State fragility and informal entrepreneurship: The moderating effects of human capital under varying temporal orientations. Journal of International Management, 29(1), 100992.
Javadian, G., Nair, A., Ahlstrom, D., Moghaddam, K., Chen, L. W., & Lee, Y. (2023). Transitional entrepreneurship: unleashing entrepreneurial potential across numerous challenging contexts. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 26(2), 78-87.
Zhao, L., Huang, J., Gu, H., Yue, C., Parasuram, U., & Ahlstrom, D. (2023). Consumers' risk perception and willingness to pay for abnormally shaped vegetables in China. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 26(5), 837-860.
Uen, J. F., Chen, S. Y., Ahlstrom, D., & Yang, M. C. (2023). The power of employee exchange belief: How psychological contract strength mediates the relationship of HR practice consistency and organizational commitment. Current Psychology, 42(25), 21746-21758.
Lin, W. T., Lee, C. L., & Ahlstrom, D. (2023). Internationalization and breaking the glass ceiling: An institutional perspective. International Business Review, 32(1), 102068.
Ye, W., Su, Z., & Ahlstrom, D. (2022). Bankruptcy laws, entrepreneurs' socio-cognitions, and the pursuit of innovative opportunities. Small Business Economics, 59(3), 1005-1022.
Xu, Y., Ma, X., & Ahlstrom, D. (2022). Why some entrepreneurial firms seldom invest in corporate social responsibility. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022(1), 11137abstract.
Ahlstrom, D., & Wang, L. C. (2021). Temporal strategies and firms' speedy responses to COVID19. Journal of Management Studies, 58(2), 592-596.
Lin, W. T., Chen, Y. Y., Ahlstrom, D., & Wang, L. C. (2021). Does international expansion constrain growth? Business groups, internationalization, institutional distance, and the Penrose effect. Multinational Business Review, 29(1), 70-95.
Chen, S. Y., Lee, A. Y. P., & Ahlstrom, D. (2021). Strategic talent management systems and employee behaviors: the mediating effect of calling. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 59(1), 84-108.
Ahlstrom, D., Arregle, J. L., Hitt, M. A., Qian, G., Ma, X., & Faems, D. (2020). Managing technological, sociopolitical and institutional change in the New Normal. Journal of Management Studies, 57(3), 411-437.
Tomizawa, A., Zhao, L., Bassellier, G., & Ahlstrom, D. (2020). Economic growth, innovation, institutions, and the Great Enrichment. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37(1), 7-31.
Si, S., Ahlstrom, D., Wei, J., & Cullen, J. (2020). Business, entrepreneurship and innovation toward poverty reduction. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(1-2), 1-20.
Li, Y., & Ahlstrom, D. (2020). Risk-taking in entrepreneurial decision-making: A dynamic model of venture decision. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37(3), 899-933.
Ahlstrom, D., Chang, A. Y., & Cheung, J. S. (2019). Encouraging entrepreneurship and economic growth. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 12(4), 178.
Ahlstrom, D., Yang, X., Wang, L., & Wu, C. (2018). A global perspective of entrepreneurship and innovation in China. Multinational Business Review, 26(4), 302-318.
Peng, X., Zhao, L., Yue, C., & Ahlstrom, D. (2018). Are different income sources fungible? The effects of agricultural subsidy and disaster relief on household consumption in China. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 21(8), 1153-1166.
Peng, M. W., Ahlstrom, D., Carraher, S. M., & Shi, W. S. (2017). An institution-based view of global IPR history. Journal of International Business Studies, 48(7): 893-907.
Ahlstrom, D., Cumming, D. J., & Vismara, S. (2017). Corporate governance implications of new methods of entrepreneurial firm formation. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 25(1), 41-57.
Newman, A., Schwarz, S., & Ahlstrom, D. (2017). Microfinance and entrepreneurship: An introduction. International Small Business Journal, 35(7), 787-792.
Peng, M. W., Ahlstrom, D., Carraher, S. M., & Shi, W. S. (2017). History and the debate over intellectual property. Management and Organization Review, 13(1), 15-38.
Zhao, L., Wang, C., Peng, X., Liu, B., & Ahlstrom, D. (2017). The pricing strategy of oligopolistic competition food firms with the asymmetric information and scientific uncertainty. Journal of Food Quality, 2017(1), 4628905.
Li, Y., & Ahlstrom, D. (2016). Emotional stability: A new construct and its implications for individual behavior in organizations. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 33(1), 1-28.
Huang, L. C., Ahlstrom, D., Lee, A. Y. P., Chen, S. Y., & Hsieh, M. J. (2016). High performance work systems, employee well-being, and job involvement: An empirical study. Personnel Review, 45(2), 296-314.
Guo, H., Su, Z., & Ahlstrom, D. (2016). Business model innovation: The effects of exploratory orientation, opportunity recognition, and entrepreneurial bricolage in an emerging economy. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 33(2), 533-549.
Bruton, G. D., Peng, M. W., Ahlstrom, D., Stan, C., & Xu, K. (2015). State-owned enterprises around the world as hybrid organizations. Academy of Management perspectives, 29(1), 92-114.
Li, Y., Yao, F. K., & Ahlstrom, D. (2015). The social dilemma of bribery in emerging economies: A dynamic model of emotion, social value, and institutional uncertainty. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32(2), 311-334.
Ahlstrom, D. (2015). From the editors: Publishing in the journal of world business. Journal of World Business, 50(2), 251-255.
Ahlstrom, D., Levitas, E., Hitt, M. A., Dacin, M. T., & Zhu, H. (2014). The three faces of China: Strategic alliance partner selection in three ethnic Chinese economies. Journal of World Business, 49(4), 572-585.
Young, M. N., Tsai, T., Wang, X., Liu, S., & Ahlstrom, D. (2014). Strategy in emerging economies and the theory of the firm. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 31(2), 331-354.
Ahlstrom, D., & Ding, Z. (2014). Entrepreneurship in China: an overview. International Small Business Journal, 32(6), 610-618.
Ahlstrom, D. (2014). The hidden reason why the First World War matters today: The development and spread of modern management. Brown Journal of World Affairs, 21(1), 201-218.
Su, Z., Ahlstrom, D., Li, J., & Cheng, D. (2013). Knowledge creation capability, absorptive capacity, and product innovativeness. R&D Management, 43(5), 473-485.
Zhao, L., Gu, H., Yue, C., & Ahlstrom, D. (2013). Consumer welfare and GM food labeling: A simulation using an adjusted Kumaraswamy distribution. Food Policy, 42, 58-70.
Liu, Y., Wang, L. C., Zhao, L., & Ahlstrom, D. (2013). Board turnover in Taiwan's public firms: An empirical study. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 30(4), 1059-1086.
Uen, J. F., Ahlstrom, D., Chen, S. Y., & Tseng, P. W. (2012). Increasing HR's strategic participation: The effect of HR service quality and contribution expectations. Human Resource Management, 51(1), 3-23.
Lohrke, F. T., Ahlstrom, D., & Bruton, G. D. (2012). Extending turnaround process research: Important lessons from the US Civil War. Journal of Management Inquiry, 21(2), 217-234.
Li, Y., Chun, H., Ashkanasy, N. M., & Ahlstrom, D. (2012). A multi-level study of emergent group leadership: Effects of emotional stability and group conflict. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 29(2), 351-366.
Gong, Y., Chow, I. H. S., & Ahlstrom, D. (2011). Cultural diversity in China: Dialect, job embeddedness, and turnover. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 28(2), 221-238.
Young, M. N., Ahlstrom, D., Bruton, G. D., & Rubanik, Y. (2011). What do firms from transition economies want from their strategic alliance partners?. Business horizons, 54(2), 163-174.
Ahlstrom, D. (2010). Innovation and growth: How business contributes to society. Academy of management perspectives, 24(3), 11-24.
Bruton, G. D., Ahlstrom, D., & Li, H. L. (2010). Institutional theory and entrepreneurship: where are we now and where do we need to move in the future?. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 34(3), 421-440.
Bruton, G. D., Ahlstrom, D., & Puky, T. (2009). Institutional differences and the development of entrepreneurial ventures: A comparison of the venture capital industries in Latin America and Asia. Journal of International Business Studies, 40, 762-778.
Ahlstrom, D., Lamond, D., & Ding, Z. (2009). Reexamining some management lessons from military history. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 26(4), 617-642.
Ahlstrom, D., & Wang, L. C. (2009). Groupthink and France's defeat in the 1940 campaign. Journal of Management History, 15(2), 159-177.
Young, M. N., Peng, M. W., Ahlstrom, D., Bruton, G. D., & Jiang, Y. (2008). Corporate governance in emerging economies: A review of the principal–principal perspective. Journal of Management Studies, 45(1), 196-220.

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