Staff profile

Dr Xinwei Jason Shi

Xinwei Jason Shi is an Assistant Professor in Strategy at Durham University Business School. He earned a PhD from Durham University and completed postdoctoral research at Tsinghua University.

Before joining Durham University, he worked as a Lecturer at Newcastle University, a Lecturer and Chief Youth Professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tsinghua University.

His research has been published in top and leading international academic journals, e.g., Production and Operations Management, Long Range Planning, Technovation, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Business Review, and Journal of Digital Economy.

He currently sits on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning, Management and Organization Review, Journal of International Business Policy.

Research interests

My research addresses core questions in strategy, particularly the conditions shaping long-term firm trajectories in complex international environments.

I welcome prospective PhD students interested in rigorous and forward-looking strategy research.

Teaching activity

• Module leader - BUSI1171 Changing World of Business

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=EKnj0mcAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID Profile https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-2303-0870

• My research addresses core questions in strategy, particularly the conditions shaping long-term firm trajectories in complex international environments.

Journal Article

• Beyond Adaptation: Institutional Anchoring for Multinationals in Conflict Zones
  
  Shi, X., Lu, Y., & Chen, W. (2026). Beyond Adaptation: Institutional Anchoring for Multinationals in Conflict Zones. AIB Insights. https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.159489
• Platform-based multinational corporations (PMNCs):A research agenda in the field of international business
  
  Kang, Z., Kou, H., Zhou, D., Shi, X., Parente, R., & Rong, K. (2025). Platform-based multinational corporations (PMNCs):A research agenda in the field of international business. International Business Review, 34(3), Article 102386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102386
• China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance
  
  Shi, X., Williams, C., & Rong, K. (2025). China’s technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance. Technovation, 139, Article 103137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103137
• An ‘EDGES’ framework for navigating MNE strategy in a fragmented world: A systematic literature review on anti-globalization and deglobalization
  
  Shi, X., Qian, H., & Chen, W. (2025). An ‘EDGES’ framework for navigating MNE strategy in a fragmented world: A systematic literature review on anti-globalization and deglobalization. Journal of Digital Economy, 4, 29-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2025.05.006
• How do platform multinational corporations address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A ‘READ’ framework
  
  Parente, R., Rong, K., Shi, X., Kang, Z., & Zhou, D. (2024). How do platform multinational corporations address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A ‘READ’ framework. Long Range Planning, 57(5), Article 102455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2024.102455
• The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions
  
  Wang, H., Shi, X., Chen, W., Chen, Z., & Wang, Z. (2024). The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions. International Business Review, 33(4), Article 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102297
• Situating artificial intelligence in organization: A human-machine relationship perspective
  
  Li, X., Rong, K., & Shi, X. (2023). Situating artificial intelligence in organization: A human-machine relationship perspective. Journal of Digital Economy, 2, 330-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2024.01.001
• A SEED model for constructing the data factor market: Evidence from Guiyang Global Big Data Exchange (GBDEx) in China
  
  Ye, Y., Zhou, A., Shi, X., & Huang, C. (2022). A SEED model for constructing the data factor market: Evidence from Guiyang Global Big Data Exchange (GBDEx) in China. Journal of Digital Economy, 1(3), 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2023.03.002
• Patent- and Trademark-Seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Role of Business Group Affiliation
  
  Shi, X., Williams, C., Sutherland, D., & Rong, K. (2022). Patent- and Trademark-Seeking Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Role of Business Group Affiliation. Industrial and Corporate Change, 31(3), 838-862. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtab073
• Social Information Disclosure of Friends in Common in an E‐commerce Platform Ecosystem: An Online Experiment
  
  Rong, K., Zhou, D., Shi, X., & Huang, W. (2022). Social Information Disclosure of Friends in Common in an E‐commerce Platform Ecosystem: An Online Experiment. Production and Operations Management, 31(3), 984-1005. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13591
• Sharing Economy Platforms: Co-creating Shared Value by Embedded Virtues
  
  Rong, K., Li, B., Peng, W., Zhou, D., & Shi, X. (2021). Sharing Economy Platforms: Co-creating Shared Value by Embedded Virtues. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 169, Article 120804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120804
• Chinese MNE Acquisition of Unrelated Foreign Businesses: The Role of Diversified Business Group Affiliation, Private Ownership and Strategic Asset Seeking
  
  Shi, X., Sutherland, D., Williams, C., & Rong, K. (2021). Chinese MNE Acquisition of Unrelated Foreign Businesses: The Role of Diversified Business Group Affiliation, Private Ownership and Strategic Asset Seeking. Journal of Business Research, 129, 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.02.036