Jing Sun
Title
Assistant Professor of Management
Phone
313-577-5282
Office
Mike Ilitch School of Business
2771 Woodward Avenue
Room 435
Detroit, MI 48201
Academic Programs
- Management
Jing Sun
Biography
Academic appointments
- 2017-present: Assistant Professor, Mike Ilitch School of Business, Wayne State University
- 2013-2016: Lecturer, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
Professional experience
- 2008-2010: Business Development Manager, Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance
- 2005-2007: Regional Manager, Mercedes-Benz Auto Finance
- 2004-2005: Executive Advisor to the CEO of China Project, DaimlerChrysler Northeast Asia
Service
- Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meetings (BPS and OMT divisions), 2010-Present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer
- British Journal of Management, 2017-present
- Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 2015-present
- Volunteer, Academy of Management - Placement Center
Education
- Ph.D. in Strategic Management, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
- M.S. in Economics (majored in finance), Peking University, 2010
- B.A. in English Literature and International Business, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Expertise
Strategic alliances and network, Knowledge transfer and innovation performance, Strategic renewal
AACSB specialty
Strategic ManagementResearch and teaching interests
Research interests
- Strategic usage of social media
- Temporal perspective on corporate strategic activities
- Strategic alliances and networks
Teaching interests
- Strategic management
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- International management
Publications
Sun, J., Tekleab, A., Cheung, M., Wu, WP. 2022. The contingent roles of market turbulence and organizational innovativeness on the relationships among interfirm trust, formal contracts, interfirm knowledge sharing and firm performance. Journal of Knowledge Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-04-2022-0289.
Greiner, M., Sun, J. 2021. How corporate social responsibility can incentivize top managers: A commitment to sustainability as an agency intervention. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 2021; 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2148.
Caner, T., Sun, J., & Prescott, J.E. 2014. When a firm's centrality in R&D alliance network is (not) the answer for invention: The interaction of centrality, inward and outward knowledge transfer capacities, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 33(C): 193-209.
Corbo, L., Sun, J., & Shi, W. 2014. From contingencies to paradoxes: Exploring tensions in research on alliance portfolios and innovation. In T. K. Das (Ed), Strategic Alliances for Innovation and R&D, Research in Strategic Alliances 185-208.
Shi, W., Sun, J., & Prescott, J.E. 2012. A temporal perspective of merger & acquisition and strategic alliance initiatives: review and future directions, Journal of Management 38(1): 164-209.
