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Dr. Liang (Arthur) Li

PhD, MBA
Pronouns: He/him

Affiliations

Assistant Professor

Haskayne School of Business, Strategy and Global Management [SGMA]

Contact information

Email

liangarthur.li@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Portfolio website

Location

Office : Scurfield Hall SH433

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Background

Educational Background

PhD International Business, Ivey Business School, Western University , 2021

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Biography

Arthur is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and Global Management at the Haskayne School of Business. His research centers on the managerial micro-foundations of how multinational enterprises (MNEs) manage, coordinate, and evolve their foreign subsidiaries. He is especially interested in the decision-making processes of subsidiary general managers and the behavioral mechanisms that shape succession, control, and organizational change.

Before joining Haskayne, Arthur was an Assistant Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, and before that at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. He earned his PhD in International Business from the Ivey Business School, Western University, in 2021.

Arthur’s work is also shaped by the time he spent in industry before entering academia. He co-founded an international trading company, served as Managing Director of the China subsidiary of a large Swedish MNE, and worked as an Overseas Operation Manager at Haier Group. These experiences gave him a firsthand perspective on the very phenomena he now studies; and continue to make a meaningful difference in his approach to teaching.

Outside of research and teaching, Arthur serves as an Executive Board Member of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Canada Chapter, and as a Mentor at the AIB-CIBER Doctoral Academy.

Research

Areas of Research

Foreign subsidiary management, Decision making in MNEs, Microfoundations of IB strategy

Awards

  • EIBA Best Reviewer, European International Business Academy . 2025
  • Ivey IB CEMS Elective Course Teaching Excellence Award, Ivey Business School . 2024
  • 2023 IM Division Best Paper Award in OB/HRM/OT , Academy of Management . 2023
  • D’Amore-McKim Best PhD Dissertation Award Winner , Academy of Management . 2022
  • Buckley and Casson PhD Dissertation Award Finalist , Academy of International Business. 2022

Publications

Li, L., Hasse, V.C., Rickley, M., 2026. Organizational separateness and general manager turnover: Behavioral theory in the international context. Global Strategy Journal

Li, L., Ng, E., Goerzen, A., Chrysostome, E., 2026. CEO aging and MNE internationalization portfolio. Journal of World Business, 61(4), 101730

Li, L., Beamish, P.W., Schotter, A., 2024. General manager succession dynamics in MNE foreign subsidiaries. Journal of International Business Studies, 55, 1151–1169

Li, L., Schotter, A., Beamish, P.W., 2024. The origin and nationality of general manager successors in local-market-seeking MNE subsidiaries. International Business Review, 33(3), 102272

Lee, J.M., Ibarra-Olivo, E., Lavoratori, K., Li, L., 2022. Contemporary issues in international business: Inequality, geography, and global value chains, Palgrave Macmillan Cham.

Li, L. 2022. General manager successions in foreign subsidiaries of MNEs. AIB Insights, 22(4).