
Guoli Chen
Professor of Strategy
The Mubadala Chaired Professor in Corporate Governance and Strategy
Chair, Strategy Area
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Additional Information
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Research Areas
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- CEOs and Top Management Teams
- CEO Succession
- Executive Compensation
- Corporate Governance and Board of Directors
- Organisational Renewal and Growth
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Teaching Areas
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- Strategy Implementation and Organisational Change
- Corporate Strategy and Corporate Governance
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.
Publications
Case Studies
19 Oct 2022
By Ma J., Peng Y., Pathak A., Chen G.
16 Dec 2021
By Chen G., Chen M., Zhang F.
09 Jul 2021
By Chen G., Zhuang X., Liu Z., Li J.
27 Jul 2020
By Zhuang X., Chen G.
22 Jul 2020
By Chen G., Wu K., Tong T.
06 Feb 2020
By Chen G., Wu K., Tong T., Su X.
24 Jan 2020
By Li D., Xiao Y., Tong T., Chen G.
30 Jul 2018
By Kim W. C., Olenick M., Mauborgne R., Chen G.
26 Jun 2018
By Xiao Y., Wu K., Tong T., Chen G.
26 Mar 2018
By Chen G., Han N., Tong T., Xiao Y.
11 Dec 2017
By Chen G., Wu K., Tong T., Su X.
27 Feb 2017
By Xiao Y., Wu K., Tong T., Chen G.
14 Nov 2016
By Chen G., Wu K., Tong T., Su X.
26 Sep 2016
By Chen G., Poddar S., Zhu S. H.
26 Sep 2016
By Chen G., Poddar S., Zhu S. H.
26 Sep 2016
By Chen G., Poddar S., Zhu S. H.