About Dan Li

Dan Li is the L. Leslie Waters Chair and Professor of International Business at the Kelley Business School, Indiana University. She received her Ph.D. in Management from Texas A&M University. Her research and teaching focus on global strategy, particularly in the areas of international strategic alliances, and institutional influences on activities of both established multinational enterprises and international new ventures. Dan’s work has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Venturing, Management International Review, among others. She served as the Editor-in-Chief of Business Horizons and an Associate Editor and Special Issue Editor of Global Strategy Journal. She has also served on the editorial review boards of many journals, including the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies.

Dan has been a longtime and active AIB member, serving as Track Chair/Co-Chair for the AIB annual conferences in Istanbul (2013) and in Minneapolis (2018), and on the Local Arrangements Committee for the AIB conference in Indianapolis (2007). She has also co-chaired doctoral consortia, organized panels/PDWs, and served as a panelist for many AIB events over the years. Being on the executive board of the Women in AIB (WAIB), Dan served WAIB in various roles including faculty-at-large and secretary-treasurer, between 2007 and 2015.