Introduction

Dr. Gao, Xudong is professor of the School of Economics and Management (SEM), Tsinghua University；Chief Professor of the Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University；and senior research fellow and vice director of the Tsinghua University Research Center for Technological Innovation. He also serves on the Information and Telecom Economy Expert Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, People’s Republic of China. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT Sloan School of Management (2003), a M.A. from Renmin University of China (1991), and a B.E. from Harbin Institute of Technology (1988).

Professor Gao offers courses such as Technology Strategy, Managerial Thinking, Strategic Management, and High Tech Entrepreneurship.

Professor Gao’s major research interests are in technology strategy, management of technological innovation, and strategic management. He has published 18 papers in English (including one reprint) on journals such as Research Policy, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Telecommunications Policy, Research Technology Management, International Journal of Technology Management, Industry and Innovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, etc., and more than 50 journals papers in Chinese.

His book, Indigenous innovation at firms: Strategy and methods (In Chinese, 2007, the Intellectual Property Right Press), is among the first books in managing indigenous innovation in China.

Education

1997-2003 Ph.D. in Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, U.S.A.

1988-1991 M.A. in Industrial Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

1984-1988 B.E. in Industrial Management Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Professional Experience

1991-1996. Assistant Professor (from 1993), Institute of Industrial Economics, CASS

2003- 2005，Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, SEM

2006-, Associate Professor, Vice-Chair, Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2008- 2011, Director, Tsinghua SEM MBA Programs

2011-, Vice Director, Tsinghua University Research Center for Technological Innovation

2013-, Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy

2015-, Chief Professor, Schwarzman College

2018, Professor, Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy