Haibo Liu
Haibo Liu is an Assistant Professor of Management at Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), a member of The Claremont Colleges, since 2023. Before joining KGI, Dr. Liu held an Assistant Professor position at UC Riverside.
Haibo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a First Class Honours degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering). Subsequently, he obtained a joint Master's Degree in Technological Design (Product Development) from the National University of Singapore and Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. Haibo received his PhD from INSEAD (Singapore/France).
One stream of his research focuses on human capital and organizational learning, with the aim of aiding companies in cultivating a workforce that is more innovative and productive. His investigations have primarily been carried out in the context of inventors, CEOs, and Emergency Medical Service crew. His work has been published in Organization Science and Production and Operations Management. Haibo's research also focuses on organizational purpose, where he examines how organizations deal with multiple competing goals simultaneously, such as the tradeoff between financial and social dimensions. This line of work builds on prior literature in CSR, hybrid organizations, and social innovation. Dr. Liu has been actively advising and working with PhD students.
Dr. Liu has won the finalist of Best Student Paper Award in the Technology and Innovation Management Division and was nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award at the Academy of Management Annual Conference. Haibo's paper has also won second place for the Best Conference Paper Prize at the SMS Special Conference in Oslo. His dissertation has earned honorable mention for the Best Dissertation Award in the Technology Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section at INFORMS Annual Meeting. Haibo is on the Editorial Board of Management and Organization Review, and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Production and Operations Management, Research Policy, Information System Research.
- Tian Heong Chan, Haibo Liu, Steffen Keck and Wenjie Tang. "When do teams generate valuable inventions? The moderating role of invention integrality on the effects of expertise similarity, network cohesion, and gender diversity." Production and Operations Management 2023. Available on ResearchGate.
- Liu, Haibo, Jürgen Mihm, and Manuel E. Sosa. "Where do stars come from? The role of star vs. nonstar collaborators in creative settings." Organization Science 29, no. 6 (2018): 1149-1169. Available on ResearchGate.
- Timothy Gubler, Haibo Liu, Alexandru Roman. "Employee Dilemmas from Competing Organizational Goals: Insights from Emergency Medical Services." In Academy of Management Proceedings 2022.
- Tian Heong Chan, Steffen Keck, Haibo Liu and Wenjie Tang (equal contribution). "Overcoming Integration Barriers in Team Innovation: The Role of Gender Composition." In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2019.
- Ringov, Dimo, Haibo Liu, Robert Jensen, and Gabriel Szulanski. "Adaptation and unit performance in replicating organizations." In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017.
- Honorable Mention (Second Place) for the Best Conference Paper Prize at the SMS Special Conference in Oslo, Norway, 2018. - Ringov, Dimo, Haibo Liu, Robert Jensen, and Gabriel Szulanski. "Unravelling the replication dilemma." In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015.
- Liu, Haibo, Dimo Ringov, Robert Jensen, and Gabriel Szulanski. "Superior and near-Failure performance in multiunit-multimarket organizations." In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2014.
- Liu, Haibo, Jürgen Mihm, and Manuel Sosa. "Do gurus breed gurus? The role of knowledge and social effects in the emergence of design gurus." In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013.
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist in Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division, Academy of Management Annual Conference
- Nomination for Carolyn Dexter Award by Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division, Academy of Management Annual Conference