Professor Tony TONG
Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations Division
Guggenheim Endowed Chair in Business Design and Innovation
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder
Biography
Professor Tony Tong is the Chair of the Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Operations (SEO) Division and a Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business. His research spans firm strategy, innovation management, and international business, with specific focus areas including knowledge and innovation, corporate strategy, digitization, intellectual property rights, and interfirm relationships, particularly in global and technological contexts. He has published extensively in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Nature Scientific Data, Organization Science, Research Policy, Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Organization, and Strategy Science. Selected Publications- Chen, L., Yi, J., Li, S., & Tong, T. W. (2022). Platform governance design in platform ecosystems: Implications for complementors’ multihoming decision. Journal of Management, 48(3), 630-656. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206320988337.
- Han, N., Zhang, Y., & Tong, T. W. (2024). Appropriability risk and knowledge search on digital platforms. Research Policy, 53(7), 105028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105028.
- Li, Z., Tong, T. W., & Xu, M. (2023). Property rights and firm scope. Journal of Management, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231195595.
- Prud’homme, D., & Tong, T. W. (2024). Rethinking firm-specific advantages from intellectual property rights: Boundary conditions for MNEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 55(1), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00631-0.
- Xiao, Y., Han, N., Li, R., Ran, H., Zhou, S., & Tong, T. W. (2024). Trademarks and firm market value: Evidence from new trademark-firm linked data in China. Research Policy, 53(2), 104941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104941.
- Zhang, J., Li, X., & Tong, T. W. (2024). A tale of two types of standard setting: Evidence from artificial intelligence in China. Journal of Management, 50(4), 1393-1423. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221145130.
- Zhang, Y., Li, J., & Tong, T. W. (2022). Platform governance matters: How platform gatekeeping affects knowledge sharing among complementors. Strategic Management Journal, 43(3), 599-626. http://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3191.
- Zhao, J., Zhu, L., He, W., & Tong, T. W. (2024). Isolating the effect of social risk on MNEs' CSR reporting: A new approach based on China's Belt & Road Initiative. Management and Organization Review, 20(3), 425-465. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2024.5.
