Personal Profile

Junhan Wang is an Associate Professor at Shenzhen Audencia Financial Technology Institute, Shenzhen University, and an appointee under the university’s “Hundred Talents Program.” She holds a Ph.D. in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy from Tsinghua University. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hong Kong.

Her research focuses on innovation strategy, basic science and technological innovation, and technology sanctions. Her work has appeared in Academy of Management Proceedings and China Population, Resources and Environment. Her honors include the Best Paper Award at the Frontiers in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Workshop and the National Scholarship.

Research Interests

Innovation Strategy; Basic Science and Technological Innovation; Technology Sanctions and Corporate Innovation; Employee Entrepreneurship; ESG and Innovation; Big Data and Machine Learning Applications in Management Research.

Academic Appointments

2026-Present, Associate Professor, Shenzhen Audencia Financial Technology Institute, Shenzhen University

2025-2026, Postdoctoral Fellow (URC-funded), The University of Hong Kong

Education

2020-2025, Ph.D. in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy, Tsinghua University. Advisor: Prof. Xibao Li

2023-2025, Visiting Ph.D. Student in Management and Strategy, The University of Hong Kong. Advisor: Prof. Yanbo Wang

2018-2020, Master’s Degree in Technical Economics and Management, Renmin University of China. Advisor: Prof. Huanguang Qiu

2014-2018, Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Lanzhou University

Selected Publications

1. Junhan Wang, Xibao Li*, Yanbo Wang*. Geopolitical Tensions with the U.S. Accelerate Chinese Firms’ Leveraging of Science. 2026. Conditionally accepted at Science.

2. Junhan Wang, Xibao Li. Patent Novelty and the Dual-Application Strategy of the Firm. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024.

3. Junhan Wang, Xibao Li. Deregulation and Employee Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Patent Law Industry in China. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023.

4. Junhan Wang, Xibao Li, Yanbo Wang. Forced to Pursue Science: Entity List Triggers Science-Seeking Innovation. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026.

5. Yumei Chen, Junhan Wang. Political Turnover and Firm R&D: The Role of Multi-City Operations. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026.

6. Luyao Wang, Junhan Wang, Guannan Qu, Xibao Li. How Complementary Assets Matter in Employee Entrepreneurship? Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025.

7. Junhan Wang, Ze Zhang, Shipeng Yan*. Direct Carbon Emissions of Chinese firms: A Remote Sensing-Based Dataset. HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute Paper, 2025.

8. Junhan Wang, Wen Li, Ganxiao Leng, Huanguang Qiu*. The Impact of Poverty-Alleviation Relocation on the Livelihood Capital and Livelihood Strategies of Poor Households: Evidence from Three Waves of Microdata Covering 16 Counties in Eight Provinces. China Population, Resources and Environment, 2020, 30(10): 143-153.

Working Papers

1. Science as a Global Public Good: The Growing Use of Chinese Science in U.S. Innovation Despite U.S.–China Geopolitical Tensions, with Xibao Li, and Yanbo Wang.

2. Measuring the Technological Impact of Chinese Patents with Textual Information, with Jiehao Zhang, Ning Wang, and Xibao Li.

3. Gatekeepers or Guardians? Patent Office Responses to Geopolitical Sanctions, with Zitai Hu, Wenlong He, and Yanbo Wang.

4. The Rise of China’s Biotech Sector, with Zhixin Xu, Jiehao Zhang, and Yanbo Wang.

5. Sanctioned into Collaboration? U.S. Trade Restrictions and Innovation Partner Formation among Chinese Firms, with Fengyi Zhang, Xibao Li, and Yanbo Wang

6. A Dataset of Simultaneous Discoveries in China’s Scientific Literature, with Yujing Jiang, Jiehao Zhang, and Xibao Li.

7. Standing on Shaky Shoulders: The Diffusion and Containment of Patent Citations to False Science, with Jiehao Zhang, and Xibao Li.