Faculty Profiles - SULLIVAN Bilian Ni | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Bilian Ni SULLIVAN
倪碧蓮

PhD in Business Administration
Stanford University, 2003

Associate Professor
Department of Management

(852) 2358 7747
mnbilian@ust.hk
Room LSK5023
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ORCID

0000-0002-4624-4575

Scopus ID

8320600800

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Research Interest

Behavioral theory of the firm
Organizational learning
Organizational change
Organizational networks
International management

Publications

All Years 47 2024 0 2023 2 2022 2 2021 2 2020 0 2019 2 2018 39

2023 2

Constrained by Localized Attention Focus: The Negative Effect of Firm-Specific Knowledge on Exploratory Firm Innovation

Management and Organization Review, September 2023, p. 1-23
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Mao, Kaixian; Wang, Heli
Article

The paradox of political legitimacy: the political inclusion and entrepreneurs’ firm strategies

Asian Business & Management, April 2023
Mao, Kaixian; Lu, Huidi; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

2022 2

Blind to the future: Exploring the contingent effect of managerial hubris on strategic foresight

Strategic Organization, v. 20, (3), August 2022, p. 565-599
Li, Anran; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Winning a Prestigious Award and Unethical Behaviors of Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2022, (1), July 2022, article number AMBPP.2022.13045abstract
Mao, Kaixian; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

2021 2

Remembering James March

Management and Organization Review, v. 17, (4), 22 October 2021, p. 644-654
Li, Peter Ping; Rhee, Mooweon; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Internal Power Dynamics: The Role of Government in the Commercialization of Firm Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2021, (1), August 2021
Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yijia
Conference paper

2019 2

Walking with a Giant: In Memory of My Enshi James G. March

Management and Organization Review, v. 15, (4), December 2019, p. 891-894
Sullivan, Bilian NI
Article

Firm-specific Knowledge Assets and Different Firm Strategies toward External Stakeholders

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2019, (1), August 2019, article number AMBPP.2019.18399
Mao, Kaixian; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

2018 1

The Negative Impact of Firm-specific Knowledge on Firm Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2018, (1), July 2018, article number AMBPP.2018.13652
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Mao, Kaixian
Conference paper

2017 4

Do Connections Always Help? Network Brokerage’s Negative Impact on the Emergence of Status

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, v. 50, 2017, p. 315-349
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Stewart, Daniel
Article

Balancing the Power of the State and the Market: A Resource Dependence Perspective on the Role of Government Policies on Firm Innovation in China’s Transitional Economy

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

Blind to the Future: Managerial Hubris and Foresight in the Innovation Context

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Li, Anran
Conference paper

How Does the Future Matter? A Contingency Perspective on the Influences of Future Focus on Firm Innovation Performance.

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, ningxing
Conference paper

2016 3

Can Mindful Firms be Innovative? The Differentiated Role of Mindfulness on Firm Innovation.

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Yang, Xinyi
Conference paper

Organization Attention and Shift of Institutional Logic for Innovation:Evidence from Chinese Firms

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

Search as Conduit and CEOs as Catalyst: Impact of Government Policies on Firm Innovations

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Gong, Tianyu
Conference paper

2015 1

Can Government Help Organizations Innovate The Effect of Government Policy on Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2015, (1), January 2015
Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian NI
Conference paper

2014 4

A Matter of Salience? The Curvilinear Effect of Experience Heterogeneity on Firm Performance in the U.S. Venture Capital Market

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 5, (4), 2014
Tang, Yi; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Persistently learning: How small-world network imprints affect subsequent firm learning

Strategic organization, v. 12, (3), August 2014, p. 180-199
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi; Marquis, Christopher
Article

Factors leading employees to help social network contacts and the benefits for helpers

Huai, Mingyun; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Chua, Roy
Conference paper

Government Policies and Novelty of Innovations: The Mediating Role of Organizational Search

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Gong, Tianyu
Conference paper

2013 1

Which signal to rely on? The impact of the quality of board interlocks and inventive capabilities on research and development alliance formation under uncertainty

Strategic organization, v. 11, (4), November 2013, p. 364-388
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Article

2012 3

Small-world Networks, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the U.S. Venture Capital Industry

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 4, (2), 2012, May, p. 149-175
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi
Article

Jumping on the Bandwagon? A Behavioral Perspective of Organizational Conformity under Institutional Pressures.

New-Institutionalism Workshop, Barcelona, March 15-16 2012
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; George, Elizabeth
Conference paper

The Role of the State and Firm Innovation Performance: Evidence from China's Emerging Economy.

2012 the Fifth Biennial IACMR Conference, Hong Kong, China, June 20-24 2012
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wu, Yijin
Conference paper

2011 1

Generation of Firm-Specific Knowledge: The Role of Organizational Imprinting and Exploratory Learning

Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, United States, 2011
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, Heli; Wu, Yijin
Conference paper

2010 4

Competition and Beyond: Problems and Attention Allocation in the Organizational Rulemaking Process

Organization science, v. 21, (2), 2010, MAR-APR, p. 432-450
Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

Status in management and organizations / Edited by Jone L. Pearce. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel
Book chapter

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building In Status, Organization and Management

Cambridge University Press, Edited by Pearce, J., 2010
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.G.
Conference paper

Small-World Network Imprinting, Subsequent Firm Adaptation and Firm Performance

Academy of Management, Presented at the conference at Montreal; Accepted in January, 2010
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2009 2

Compelled to help: Effects of direct and indirect exchange on perceived obligation in professional networks

Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009, 2009
Chua, Roy Yong Joo; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Morris, Michael W.
Conference paper

Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Identity Focus on Network Dynamics in the Hong Kong Film Industry, 1981-1997

the Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, 2009
Tang, Y.; Sullivan, B.N.; Kuilman, J.
Conference paper

2008 2

Culture and Coworker Relations: Interpersonal Patterns in American, Chinese, German, and Spanish Divisions of a Global Retail Bank

Organization science, v. 19, (4), 2008, Jul-Aug, p. 517-532
Morris, Michael W.; Podolny, Joel; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Conformity for Legitimacy: A Perspective from the Learning Model of Firm Risk-taking

68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: The Questions We Ask, Anaheim, CA, United States, 8-13 August 2008, 2008, p.1-6
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2007 4

Organizations non gratae? The impact of unethical corporate acts on interorganizational networks

Organization science, v. 18, (1), 2007, JAN-FEB, p. 55-70
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Haunschild, Pamela; Page, Karen
Article

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.
Conference paper

R&D Collaborations under Environmental Uncertainty: The Influences of Interfirm Network Structures

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.
Conference paper

The Contingent Role of Small World Networks on Firm Performance: Evidence from Venture Capital Firms

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2006 3

Can Connections always Help? Network Ties and the Formation of Reputation Evaluation

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel
Conference paper

Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; Haunschild, Pamela
Conference paper

Signals for Newcomers: Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

the Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, 2006
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.; Haunschild, P.
Conference paper

2005 1

The Effects of Network Structure and Network Partner Profiles on Firm Risk Taking

the Academy of Management Meetings at Hawaii, 2005
Sullivan, B.N.; Hayes, J.
Conference paper

2004 2

Competition or Urgency?: Contextual Impact of Problem in the Process of Solution Generation.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian
Conference paper

The Evolution of a Research Community: Organization in Anglophone North America, 1945-2000.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian
Conference paper

2003 1

Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: Evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged

European Journal of Social Psychology, v. 33, 2003, p. 13-36
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Pelham, B.W.; Sheldon, O.; Jost, J.T.
Article

2002 1

Learning from complexity: Effects of accident / incident heterogeneity on airline learning

Administrative Science Quarterly, v. 47, 2002, p. 609-643
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Haunschild, P.
Article

2001 1

Learning from Others" Errors: The impact of industry error structure on airline accident/incident rate and severity

the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Washington DC., August 2001
Sullivan, B.N.; Haunschild, P.
Conference paper

Article 2

Constrained by Localized Attention Focus: The Negative Effect of Firm-Specific Knowledge on Exploratory Firm Innovation

Management and Organization Review, September 2023, p. 1-23
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Mao, Kaixian; Wang, Heli

The paradox of political legitimacy: the political inclusion and entrepreneurs’ firm strategies

Asian Business & Management, April 2023
Mao, Kaixian; Lu, Huidi; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Article 1

Blind to the future: Exploring the contingent effect of managerial hubris on strategic foresight

Strategic Organization, v. 20, (3), August 2022, p. 565-599
Li, Anran; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Conference paper 1

Winning a Prestigious Award and Unethical Behaviors of Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2022, (1), July 2022, article number AMBPP.2022.13045abstract
Mao, Kaixian; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Article 1

Remembering James March

Management and Organization Review, v. 17, (4), 22 October 2021, p. 644-654
Li, Peter Ping; Rhee, Mooweon; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Conference paper 1

Internal Power Dynamics: The Role of Government in the Commercialization of Firm Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2021, (1), August 2021
Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yijia

Article 1

Walking with a Giant: In Memory of My Enshi James G. March

Management and Organization Review, v. 15, (4), December 2019, p. 891-894
Sullivan, Bilian NI

Conference paper 1

Firm-specific Knowledge Assets and Different Firm Strategies toward External Stakeholders

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2019, (1), August 2019, article number AMBPP.2019.18399
Mao, Kaixian; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Conference paper 1

The Negative Impact of Firm-specific Knowledge on Firm Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2018, (1), July 2018, article number AMBPP.2018.13652
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Mao, Kaixian

Article 1

Do Connections Always Help? Network Brokerage’s Negative Impact on the Emergence of Status

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, v. 50, 2017, p. 315-349
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Stewart, Daniel

Conference paper 3

Balancing the Power of the State and the Market: A Resource Dependence Perspective on the Role of Government Policies on Firm Innovation in China’s Transitional Economy

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Blind to the Future: Managerial Hubris and Foresight in the Innovation Context

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Li, Anran

How Does the Future Matter? A Contingency Perspective on the Influences of Future Focus on Firm Innovation Performance.

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, ningxing

Conference paper 3

Can Mindful Firms be Innovative? The Differentiated Role of Mindfulness on Firm Innovation.

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Yang, Xinyi

Organization Attention and Shift of Institutional Logic for Innovation:Evidence from Chinese Firms

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Search as Conduit and CEOs as Catalyst: Impact of Government Policies on Firm Innovations

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Gong, Tianyu

Conference paper 1

Can Government Help Organizations Innovate The Effect of Government Policy on Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2015, (1), January 2015
Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian NI

Article 2

A Matter of Salience? The Curvilinear Effect of Experience Heterogeneity on Firm Performance in the U.S. Venture Capital Market

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 5, (4), 2014
Tang, Yi; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Persistently learning: How small-world network imprints affect subsequent firm learning

Strategic organization, v. 12, (3), August 2014, p. 180-199
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi; Marquis, Christopher

Conference paper 2

Factors leading employees to help social network contacts and the benefits for helpers

Huai, Mingyun; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Chua, Roy

Government Policies and Novelty of Innovations: The Mediating Role of Organizational Search

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Gong, Tianyu

Article 1

Which signal to rely on? The impact of the quality of board interlocks and inventive capabilities on research and development alliance formation under uncertainty

Strategic organization, v. 11, (4), November 2013, p. 364-388
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi

Article 1

Small-world Networks, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the U.S. Venture Capital Industry

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 4, (2), 2012, May, p. 149-175
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi

Conference paper 2

Jumping on the Bandwagon? A Behavioral Perspective of Organizational Conformity under Institutional Pressures.

New-Institutionalism Workshop, Barcelona, March 15-16 2012
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; George, Elizabeth

The Role of the State and Firm Innovation Performance: Evidence from China's Emerging Economy.

2012 the Fifth Biennial IACMR Conference, Hong Kong, China, June 20-24 2012
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wu, Yijin

Conference paper 1

Generation of Firm-Specific Knowledge: The Role of Organizational Imprinting and Exploratory Learning

Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, United States, 2011
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, Heli; Wu, Yijin

Article 1

Competition and Beyond: Problems and Attention Allocation in the Organizational Rulemaking Process

Organization science, v. 21, (2), 2010, MAR-APR, p. 432-450
Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Book chapter 1

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

Status in management and organizations / Edited by Jone L. Pearce. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel

Conference paper 2

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building In Status, Organization and Management

Cambridge University Press, Edited by Pearce, J., 2010
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.G.

Small-World Network Imprinting, Subsequent Firm Adaptation and Firm Performance

Academy of Management, Presented at the conference at Montreal; Accepted in January, 2010
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi

Conference paper 2

Compelled to help: Effects of direct and indirect exchange on perceived obligation in professional networks

Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009, 2009
Chua, Roy Yong Joo; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Morris, Michael W.

Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Identity Focus on Network Dynamics in the Hong Kong Film Industry, 1981-1997

the Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, 2009
Tang, Y.; Sullivan, B.N.; Kuilman, J.

Article 1

Culture and Coworker Relations: Interpersonal Patterns in American, Chinese, German, and Spanish Divisions of a Global Retail Bank

Organization science, v. 19, (4), 2008, Jul-Aug, p. 517-532
Morris, Michael W.; Podolny, Joel; Sullivan, Bilian Ni

Conference paper 1

Conformity for Legitimacy: A Perspective from the Learning Model of Firm Risk-taking

68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: The Questions We Ask, Anaheim, CA, United States, 8-13 August 2008, 2008, p.1-6
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi

Article 1

Organizations non gratae? The impact of unethical corporate acts on interorganizational networks

Organization science, v. 18, (1), 2007, JAN-FEB, p. 55-70
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Haunschild, Pamela; Page, Karen

Conference paper 3

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.

R&D Collaborations under Environmental Uncertainty: The Influences of Interfirm Network Structures

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.

The Contingent Role of Small World Networks on Firm Performance: Evidence from Venture Capital Firms

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi

Conference paper 3

Can Connections always Help? Network Ties and the Formation of Reputation Evaluation

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel

Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; Haunschild, Pamela

Signals for Newcomers: Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

the Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, 2006
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.; Haunschild, P.

Conference paper 1

The Effects of Network Structure and Network Partner Profiles on Firm Risk Taking

the Academy of Management Meetings at Hawaii, 2005
Sullivan, B.N.; Hayes, J.

Conference paper 2

Competition or Urgency?: Contextual Impact of Problem in the Process of Solution Generation.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian

The Evolution of a Research Community: Organization in Anglophone North America, 1945-2000.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian

Article 1

Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: Evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged

European Journal of Social Psychology, v. 33, 2003, p. 13-36
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Pelham, B.W.; Sheldon, O.; Jost, J.T.

Article 1

Learning from complexity: Effects of accident / incident heterogeneity on airline learning

Administrative Science Quarterly, v. 47, 2002, p. 609-643
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Haunschild, P.

Conference paper 1

Learning from Others" Errors: The impact of industry error structure on airline accident/incident rate and severity

the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Washington DC., August 2001
Sullivan, B.N.; Haunschild, P.

2018 1

The Negative Impact of Firm-specific Knowledge on Firm Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2018, (1), July 2018, article number AMBPP.2018.13652
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Mao, Kaixian
Conference paper

2017 4

Do Connections Always Help? Network Brokerage’s Negative Impact on the Emergence of Status

Research in the Sociology of Organizations, v. 50, 2017, p. 315-349
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Stewart, Daniel
Article

Balancing the Power of the State and the Market: A Resource Dependence Perspective on the Role of Government Policies on Firm Innovation in China’s Transitional Economy

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

Blind to the Future: Managerial Hubris and Foresight in the Innovation Context

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2017, (1), August 2017
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Li, Anran
Conference paper

How Does the Future Matter? A Contingency Perspective on the Influences of Future Focus on Firm Innovation Performance.

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, ningxing
Conference paper

2016 3

Can Mindful Firms be Innovative? The Differentiated Role of Mindfulness on Firm Innovation.

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Yang, Xinyi
Conference paper

Organization Attention and Shift of Institutional Logic for Innovation:Evidence from Chinese Firms

Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Conference paper

Search as Conduit and CEOs as Catalyst: Impact of Government Policies on Firm Innovations

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2016, (1), January 2016
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Gong, Tianyu
Conference paper

2015 1

Can Government Help Organizations Innovate The Effect of Government Policy on Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2015, (1), January 2015
Gong, Tianyu; Sullivan, Bilian NI
Conference paper

2014 4

A Matter of Salience? The Curvilinear Effect of Experience Heterogeneity on Firm Performance in the U.S. Venture Capital Market

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 5, (4), 2014
Tang, Yi; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Persistently learning: How small-world network imprints affect subsequent firm learning

Strategic organization, v. 12, (3), August 2014, p. 180-199
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi; Marquis, Christopher
Article

Factors leading employees to help social network contacts and the benefits for helpers

Huai, Mingyun; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Chua, Roy
Conference paper

Government Policies and Novelty of Innovations: The Mediating Role of Organizational Search

Sullivan, Bilian NI; Gong, Tianyu
Conference paper

2013 1

Which signal to rely on? The impact of the quality of board interlocks and inventive capabilities on research and development alliance formation under uncertainty

Strategic organization, v. 11, (4), November 2013, p. 364-388
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Article

2012 3

Small-world Networks, Absorptive Capacity, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the U.S. Venture Capital Industry

International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM), v. 4, (2), 2012, May, p. 149-175
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi
Article

Jumping on the Bandwagon? A Behavioral Perspective of Organizational Conformity under Institutional Pressures.

New-Institutionalism Workshop, Barcelona, March 15-16 2012
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; George, Elizabeth
Conference paper

The Role of the State and Firm Innovation Performance: Evidence from China's Emerging Economy.

2012 the Fifth Biennial IACMR Conference, Hong Kong, China, June 20-24 2012
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wu, Yijin
Conference paper

2011 1

Generation of Firm-Specific Knowledge: The Role of Organizational Imprinting and Exploratory Learning

Academy of Management Meeting, San Antonio, United States, 2011
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Wang, Heli; Wu, Yijin
Conference paper

2010 4

Competition and Beyond: Problems and Attention Allocation in the Organizational Rulemaking Process

Organization science, v. 21, (2), 2010, MAR-APR, p. 432-450
Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

Status in management and organizations / Edited by Jone L. Pearce. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel
Book chapter

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building In Status, Organization and Management

Cambridge University Press, Edited by Pearce, J., 2010
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.G.
Conference paper

Small-World Network Imprinting, Subsequent Firm Adaptation and Firm Performance

Academy of Management, Presented at the conference at Montreal; Accepted in January, 2010
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2009 2

Compelled to help: Effects of direct and indirect exchange on perceived obligation in professional networks

Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009, 2009
Chua, Roy Yong Joo; Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Morris, Michael W.
Conference paper

Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Identity Focus on Network Dynamics in the Hong Kong Film Industry, 1981-1997

the Academy of Management Meetings, Chicago, 2009
Tang, Y.; Sullivan, B.N.; Kuilman, J.
Conference paper

2008 2

Culture and Coworker Relations: Interpersonal Patterns in American, Chinese, German, and Spanish Divisions of a Global Retail Bank

Organization science, v. 19, (4), 2008, Jul-Aug, p. 517-532
Morris, Michael W.; Podolny, Joel; Sullivan, Bilian Ni
Article

Conformity for Legitimacy: A Perspective from the Learning Model of Firm Risk-taking

68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: The Questions We Ask, Anaheim, CA, United States, 8-13 August 2008, 2008, p.1-6
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2007 4

Organizations non gratae? The impact of unethical corporate acts on interorganizational networks

Organization science, v. 18, (1), 2007, JAN-FEB, p. 55-70
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Haunschild, Pamela; Page, Karen
Article

Divergence in Status Evaluation: Theoretical Implications for a Social Construction View of Status Building

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Stewart, D.
Conference paper

R&D Collaborations under Environmental Uncertainty: The Influences of Interfirm Network Structures

the Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, 2007
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.
Conference paper

The Contingent Role of Small World Networks on Firm Performance: Evidence from Venture Capital Firms

67th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3-8 August 2007, 2007
Sullivan, Bilian Ni; Tang, Yi
Conference paper

2006 3

Can Connections always Help? Network Ties and the Formation of Reputation Evaluation

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Stewart, Daniel
Conference paper

Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta, Academy of Management Meetings in Atlanta
Sullivan, Bilian; Tang, Yi; Haunschild, Pamela
Conference paper

Signals for Newcomers: Learning Capability and Firm Networks in Formation of Strategic Alliances for Start-up Companies

the Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, 2006
Sullivan, B.N.; Tang, Y.; Haunschild, P.
Conference paper

2005 1

The Effects of Network Structure and Network Partner Profiles on Firm Risk Taking

the Academy of Management Meetings at Hawaii, 2005
Sullivan, B.N.; Hayes, J.
Conference paper

2004 2

Competition or Urgency?: Contextual Impact of Problem in the Process of Solution Generation.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian
Conference paper

The Evolution of a Research Community: Organization in Anglophone North America, 1945-2000.

Academy of Management Annual Meetings, New Orleans, 2004
Sullivan, Bilian
Conference paper

2003 1

Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: Evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged

European Journal of Social Psychology, v. 33, 2003, p. 13-36
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Pelham, B.W.; Sheldon, O.; Jost, J.T.
Article

2002 1

Learning from complexity: Effects of accident / incident heterogeneity on airline learning

Administrative Science Quarterly, v. 47, 2002, p. 609-643
Sullivan, Bilian NI; Haunschild, P.
Article

2001 1

Learning from Others" Errors: The impact of industry error structure on airline accident/incident rate and severity

the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Washington DC., August 2001
Sullivan, B.N.; Haunschild, P.
Conference paper

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Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 6 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 3 2022-23 Summer 0

MGMT5410	Strategic Management
MIMT5110	Doing Business in Asia

BIBU1010	Biotechnology and Business Seminar
BIBU4840	Biotechnology and Business Capstone Project
BIBU4850	Biotechnology and Business Project Research
MGMT4240	Strategic Management in China
MGMT5480	Strategic Management in China
MIMT5110	Doing Business in Asia

BIBU4840	Biotechnology and Business Capstone Project
MGMT5410	Strategic Management
MIMT5110	Doing Business in Asia

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

AYEGBA, Shem Ikoojo (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship)

Master of Philosophy

LU, Jingxuan
Management

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

MAO, Kaixian
Management( Completed in 2022 )
LI, Anran
Management( Completed in 2021 )

Master of Philosophy

ZHU, Qiaozhou
Management( Completed in 2021 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 1

No Projects.
The Role of Social Networks in the Online Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending Market Leading

Central Reserve Fund - School-based Initiatives
Project Team (HKUST)
SULLIVAN Bilian Ni (Lead)
2019 - 2022