2024-12-17 ~ 2024-12-23

Data, Method, and Emerging Markets Economic Research

Lecturer: Yanbo Wang (王砚波, Visiting Scholar)

Weekday: Mon,Tue,Fri

Time: 09:30-12:00

Venue: A3-2-303

Zoom: 815 762 8413

Password: BIMSA

Introduction

One key goal in social science research is causal mechanism identification, which typically requires reliable data to model real-world social and economic dynamics accurately. However, datasets from emerging markets often contain significant flaws that hinder this objective. Developing unique research designs to leverage these flawed datasets has become an essential skill for scholars in this field. In this lecture series, our speaker will share his research experience, demonstrating how to creatively use flawed datasets to gain theoretical insights into emerging market economies, particularly in contexts where resource allocation processes are characterized by high levels of information asymmetry and moral hazards.

Lecturer Intro

Yanbo Wang is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on technology-based entrepreneurship, particularly examining how institutions influence strategic decisions, organizational structures, and financial performance of startup firms. He’s currently studying the design, implementation, and impact of innovation policy programs, with a particular focus on judgement formation and information aggregation in expert evaluation of early-stage startup firms. He also conducts research on academic entrepreneurship, venture capital, as well as the cross-border flow of scientific knowledge and talents between China and the West in an increasingly politicized world.

Dr. Wang has served as a senior editor of Organization Science and editorial board member of Administrative Science Quarterly, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal. He is also an executive board member of the Asia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (AIEA) and has published in academic journals such as Management Science, Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly. Yanbo Wang received his Bachelor Degree from Peking University and his PhD from MIT.