About the Founder

Tariq H. Malik · Founding Director of ICOIS

Professor of Management and Innovation Economics Studies, Liaoning University, Shenyang · PhD, University of London.

This page reproduces Professor Malik's academic record. Publication entries follow the wording of his own curriculum vitae.

Current positions

Professor of Management and Innovation Economics Studies
Chief Economist, New Structural Economics (NSE) Institute, Liaoning University: Since March 2026
Founder: International Center for Organization & Innovation Studies (ICOIS): UK, Singapore, and China.

Research focus

Management and innovation / entrepreneurship, development economics
International business studies, comparative policy studies in high technologies
Philosophy of science: Q-Proximity vs A-Proximity in the era of digital technology and AI

Education and training

UK: PhD; University of London
UK: PhD: Research Methodology, London School of Economics
Germany: Research Methodology: Max Planck Institute, Jenna.
France: Research Methodology: University of Strasbourg
Sweden: Chalmers University of Technology
UK: MSc in Research (London):/ Manchester University
USA: Strategic Planning: New York/Michigan State University
USA: Digital Technology and Media Studies: New York
Yale University, Collaborative Visits

Publications

Journal articles, chapters and conference papers, most recent first.

2026

Comparative Study Culture, Technology & Coffee: Applied Economics
Technology-Driven, Regional Development: International Review of Economics and Finance
Critical Materials for High Technology Development (Biotechnology & ICT Sectors): Management Decision
Clinical Trial Results Disclosure: R&R, Journal of Business Research
China and India: Divergent Institutional Paths in Technological and Economic Development in Biotechnology and Information Technology; China Development Journal
Institutional Divergence and Technological Upgrading in Southeast Asia: A Firm- Level Comparison of the ICT Sectors in Indonesia and Vietnam; Journal of Asian Economics; 10.1016/j.asieco.2026.102211
Time for the Anti-Sanctions Law by China and South-South Economic Prosperity; China Daily:
Paths of China Innovation & Development Forum: China Watch: Think-tank.
Narrative Alignment Theory (NAT) Framework in China & the World Economy: Editorial as Special Guest Editor: China Economic Review
Chinese Economists & Nobel Prize Question: Applied Economics
Coffee firms, national culture, and industrial growth: Applied Economics (forthcoming)
Beyond Ceremony: The UK is recalibrating its relations with China based on engagement as risk management. China Watch, Global Edition (February 3), 8.
Adaptive Co-evolution: China's five-year plans promote the symbiotic development of technology and institutions. China Watch, Global Edition.

2025

Strategic Narratives of Top Enterprises in China: Long Range Planning
Rise of Coffee and Decline of Alcohol Market in the World; Review of International Economics (With Miaojie Yu.)
Dual Technology Application & China vs USA Comparative Analysis: Technology in Society
Brand orientation and firm innovation quality: the moderation role of AI development and government subsidies (with co-authors): Journal of Brand Management
Abstract and Concrete Differences in Chinese and American Negotiation Styles: A Construal Level Perspective; International Journal of Conflict Management
Western Magazines and Negative Sentiments to the BRI project; China and World Economy (Miaojie Yu & Jack Hou).
Temporal organisations-EGOS (Organisation Studies), Conference, Athens, Greece.
Clinical Trial Results Disclosure: An Institutional Logic Perspective; Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Montreal, Canada (Matthew Allen).
Institutional Sclerosis: STEM at the Expense of Arts, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference
Two Philosophies in Sino-American Technology War: LSE Business Review
China’s BRI, American Media (Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswire), and Sentiments, China Economic Review (Jack Hou).
Chinese versus Western Sport Enterprises: Narratives and Development, Sport in Society
Semiconductors: Framework for the China-United States Rivalry, Sage Handbook, Columbia University

2024

Construal Levels and Innovation Project Time Estimations in Mental Health Management Intervention: Visual vs Acoustic, Current Psychology
Home City Norms in Foreign Equity Size and the Isomorphic Decision of Firms in the ICT Sector, Academy of Management Proceedings
Inter-Firm Alliance Portfolio Distance and the Partners’ Preferences for the Distal Governance Modes to Manage Endogenous Uncertainty in the Biotechnology Sector, International Studies of Management & Organization
The Q-Proximity vs A-Proximity and the University Students’ Learning Preference and Performance in China: A Construal Level Analysis, Current Psychology
Storytelling Makes the Difference Between Success and Failure for Chinese Tech Firms, LSE Business Review
Temporal and Social Distances of the Estimated Duration of R&D Projects in the Biopharma Industry, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
National Wealth, Cultural Moderators and Pollution Mortality: A Panel Analysis of 170 Countries, Digital Economy and Sustainable Development
Semiconductor Paradox: China 70% of Silicon Input; USA 70% of the Value, Emerald Handbook
Concrete Narrative and Media Ranking Effect on Consumer Satisfaction of DiDi Services in China, Digital Economy & Sustainable Development

2023

Digital Entrepreneurship and Growth-Oriented Performance: Commercialisation Narrative of SMEs in the ICT Sector in China, Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Legal and Cultural Contingencies in the Foreign Portfolio vs Foreign Direct Investment Decisions Across Countries, Journal of the Knowledge Economy
ICT Disciplines Across Chinese Universities and Students’ Satisfaction Based on Construal Level Theory, Digital Economy and Sustainable Development
K-pop Music Industry Diffusion Across Asia: Korea, China, Japan, and Vietnam, Asian Pacific Business Review
Science and Sequestration, Digital Economy and Sustainable Development
Tension and Transition Between Technical and Conformance Devices in Sino-Foreign University Alliances Towards Innovativeness, International Journal of Chinese Education
Risk-Taking Under Time-Sensitivity in Sino-Pak Negotiation in the Context of the BRI Project, Journal of General Management
Tension Between Conformance and Innovation Performance Devices in Sino-Foreign University Alliances, International Journal of Chinese Education

2022

Cultural Moderation in the Formation of Depression from Work Stress, Cross-Cultural Research
Legal Distance Moderation in the Inter-Partner Distance on Cross-Country Equity Investments, Journal of General Management
Project Prestige and Risk of Scopes in High Technology Product Development, Global Business Review

2021

Military-Civilian Partner Selection in High Technology Projects: Mental Health Management Clinical Trials, Ethics, Medicine and Public Health
The Role of Media Coverage in the Audience’s Legitimacy Judgment About Disruptive Innovation: An Empirical Study of DiDi in China, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
University-Industry Relations and Entrepreneurial Development in the Cities in China, Triple-Helix
Sino-Russian Negotiation Styles and Implications for BRI (Belt and Road Initiative), Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

2020

Culturally Imprinted Anxiety and the Itinerary of Clinical Trial Projects for its Management, Cross-Cultural Research
BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) Legitimacy Development in the American and European Media, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics
Bricolage & Inter-Institutional Logic in the Founder’s Apprehension, Management Revue

2019

Sino-Foreign University Alliance: Inter-Temporal and Inter-Spatial Effects on the Duration Decision, Social Sciences and Humanities
SAF (Security Analyst Firms) Reputation and Market Response, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
Founder’s Apprehension About Inter-Generational Succession of Small Family Businesses in Thailand, Sage Open

2018

Social-Nature-Technology Nexus in Innovation Projects in a High Technology Sector: China & India, Technology Forecasting and Social Change
Food Security and Poverty, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

2017

Defence-Commercial Technology Transfer: A Panel Analysis of the Moderating Role of Published Science, Patented Product and High Technology Exports, Technology Forecasting & Social Change
Institution and the Transformation of National Science to National Product: Vertical Technology Transfer, Technology Forecasting & Social Change

2016

The Negotiator's Power as Enabler and Cultural Distance as Inhibitor in the International Alliance Formation, International Business Review
Foreign Innovation Projects in the Biopharmaceutical Industry in China: An Analysis of Operational Complexity and Inter-Organizational Alliance, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

2014

2014 Onwards: Workshops, lectures, and seminars organized in China.

2013

University-Industry Link and International Technology Transfer, Research Policy
Institutional Barriers in the Diffusion of a High Technology: A Case of Biotechnological Innovation from a Chinese University, Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship
2013: Euromoney Conference in Riyadh, based in the United Kingdom.

2012

Cultural Distance and Its Implication for the Duration of the International Alliance in a High Technology Sector, International Business Review
First-Mover, Strategic Alliances and Performance: Context of Turmoil in China, Chinese Management Studies
Non‐Exclusive Attention‐Structure for Inter‐Organizational Knowledge Flow and Performance of the Pharmaceutical Firm, Journal of Knowledge-Based Innovation

2011

Disparate Association Between Alliance Social Capital and the Global Pharmaceutical Firm’s Performance, International Business Review
Vertical Alliance and Vertical Integration for the Inflow of Technology and New Product Development in Pharmaceutical Industry, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

Conference papers and invited lectures (1992–2010)

2010

Inter-university collaboration: The three Leading Korean Universities,

2009

Academy of International Business, USA
University of London

2008

Academy of Management Conference, USA
Academy of International Business, Milan, Italy

2007

Balancing roles of institutions governing high technology innovation (Intellectual Property Rights), University of London, London, UK.
Paper 1: Academy of Management Conference, USA
Paper 2: Academy of Management Conference, USA

2006

British Academy of Management, Belfast, UK
Entrepreneurial Structure for Learning Dynamics and Economic Opportunities in the Biotechnology Industry, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
Stable Institutions & Novel Technologies: A Comparison between Chinese & Indian Biotechnology System of Innovation, Scientificommons
Entrepreneurial activity in the biotechnology sector: role of academia in clusters, Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany.
A simulation model of information flow and structural change, Strasburg University, Strasburg, France.
Inter-firm relations and vertical transformation of science to technology: University of Paris, Paris, France.
Network structure and technological capability of organizations: Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2005

Institutional Sclerosis and Malfunctions and Entrepreneurial Firms’ Mortality in Developing Countries, AOM Conference; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

2002

Knowledge management: The storage device of the tangible and intangible data in the ‘network of everything’, Birmingham, UK.

2001

Bioinformatics and Biotechnology: The enabling role of ICT in the Emerging phenomenon of sciences: Frankfurt & Munich, Germany. 1999: New media and its role in the institutionalization of physical and social technologies, New York, USA.
1997: Misfit between the desire for high technologies and motions of rigid institutions: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1996: Interloping of technologies, societies, and economics: Centre for Strategic Planning, Michigan, USA.
1996: Beyond the obvious question: an international perspective and national retrospection of organizations, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1995: Profusion of technologies in the infusion of academic questions, Manchester, UK.
1994: Management Perspectives: in academia and in practice, Hong Kong.
1994: Leadership: stable landscape institutions and unstable terrain entrepreneurial evaluation, Singapore.
1992: Commercial Aviation: Emerging role of private aviation/piloting in Asia (emerging economies), Manila, the Philippines.

Under review

Manuscripts currently under review at the following journals — not yet accepted for publication.

Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Humanities and Social Science Communication
Research Policy
Journal of Law & Economics
Asian Journal of Comparative Politics
Science and Public Policy
Others

Books and chapters

2024: Institutional sclerosis in the Chinese High-Tech sector, Sage Handbook, Ron Schramm, Professor, Columbia University.
2024: Global Semiconductor Sector and Chinese industries. Chapter: EIBA Emerald
2023: Institutionally Manifested Mortalities Religiosity Mitigates Suicides; Uncertainty Intolerance Eclipses: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change: p (1-27)
2001: Industrial technology spill-over from secrecy to society as Industrial Privilege or social Adversity, iUniverse Press (Book); Bloomington, IN, US
1999: Meliorism of Research Methodology: MCM (ICOIS, London, Singapore)
Sweep Valley: Technology transfer from Arts to Commercial Products
Primers of Decisions: On-going
Entrepreneurship: On-going

Awards and recognition

2025: Best Reviewer Award: International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR); Xian Jiaotong University, Xian.
2024: Best Paper Award, R&D Management Symposium, HUST, China
2024: Best Paper Award: Sports, Business & Society, Neoma Business School, France, 2024.
2020: Outstanding Contribution to IMBA Development Programme, North- Eastern University, Shenyang, China.
2019: Honorary Professorship, Thailand.
2018: Outstanding Reviewer Award, for contribution to the quality: Research Policy & Elsevier Group.
2016: Best Theme Anthem by the Chinese Government, Beijing: Poem for the International Tourism Conference for the promotion of tourism, green travelling, economic development, and wellbeing.
2014: Most Favourite Foreign Teacher in China, National Award by the Central Government, Beijing, China
2013: Liaoning Provincial Government’s Honorary Award for Foreign Experts for making a significant economic, social, and cultural contribution.
2013: Best University Teacher Award, 2013, Honorary Credentials, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics
2012/2013: Graduates’ Most Favourite Teacher; Surrey International Institute, (University of Surrey)
2008: Best Reviewer Award: AIB conference, 2008, Milan, Italy
2007: Best Reviewer Award: AIB conference, 2007, Indianapolis,
2006: Best Reviewer Certificate of Recognition; Entrepreneurship (AOM)
2005: Scholarship Award; University of London,
1998: Recommendation of the National Energy Commission (Nuclear Science & Technology) for the Education of Philosophy of Science & Methodology, 1998
1993/1995: Achievement Award for the development of Database and Digitalisation of Records at Royal Palaces, in the Gulf Region.

Editorial boards

China Development Journal
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
Guest Co-Editor: China Economic Review
Asian Business Management
Socio-Economic Studies (Management Review)
Digital Economy and Sustainable Development (Executive Co-Editor-2022 to
Revista de Administração de Empresas
Asia Pacific Business Review
Africa Management Review

Reviewing

Journals and conferences for which Professor Malik has served as a reviewer.

Academy of Management Journal
Strategic Management Journal
Organization Science
Journal of Business Venturing
Research Policy (Outstanding Reviewer Award)
R&D Management
International Business Review
Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Best Reviewer Awards: AOM and AIB conferences Last Year – to date
Group Decision and Negotiation
Asia Pacific Business Review
Environment, Development and Sustainability
Technology Forecasting and Social Change
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
Revista de Administração de Empresas
Socio-Economic Studies
Journal of Infection and Public Health
PLOS one
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
FIIB Business Review
Energy and Environment
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change
International Business Review
SAGE Open
Academy of Management Meetings & Conferences
International Journal of Environmental Health Research
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development
Research Policy
Asia Pacific Business Review
Philosophy of Management
Current Psychology
Others (Web of Science)

Visiting positions

Yale University, New Heaven, United States
Peking University (collaborating with Justin Yifu Lin)
Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China
Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, 2014-
University of London, King’s College, UK, 2012-2014
Purdue University, USA (2011-2013)
University of London, Birkbeck, UK, 2011-2013
Others: Thailand, Singapore, China, Middle East

Conference sessions chaired

2024: NEOMA Business School Conference, France; Sport, Business & Society:
2023: EIBA conference in 2023: Strategy Track Session, Lisbon, Portugal
2020: Varieties of Capitalism, National University of Singapore (2020)
2018: European International Business Association (2018)
2018: Schumpeter Entrepreneurial Society, Seoul, Korea (2018)
2008: Academy of Management
2013: Academy of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Oxford University conferences (2013)
2007: Academy of International Business
2007: British Academy of Management Other regional and international conferences

Conferences organised

2024: Special Issue Conference, Liaoning University
2020: Sustainability conference 2020, Thailand
2019: Workshop at Liaoning University,
2013: Journal of Institutional Economics, special workshop; Dalian, China, 2013.
2011: International Conference, Dalian,
2011-today Seminars organized between China and Foreign Universities

External committees and examining

2025: PhD Proposal Evaluator: Mcquire University, Australia.
2024: External Committee for Promotion to Associate Professorship: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2020: Advisor and co-organiser of Sustainability conference, Thailand.
2018: External Reviewer for Reader/Professorial Promotion, Westminster University, London.
2015: PhD External Examiner/Chair of the thesis committee: The UK, China, South Korea
2014: Committee Chair: The Chancellor’s Award for Community Service; Hamdan University, UAE.
2013: Doctoral Curriculum and Degree Approval Committee Chair: Ministry of Education, UAE, for a government Higher Education University.
2009: Reviewer: Carolyn Dexter, Awards at AOM by Technology Innovation Management Division
2009: External Funding Proposal Reviewer: The British Government Research Funding for Technology and Innovation

Research grants

Team Member: Natural Science Foundation of China: (with Liaoning University Team): 2021: Liaoning University, Shenyang, China)
Team Member: Natural Science Foundation of China: (with Chinese collaborators):
2016: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China)
Team Member: Chinese Ministry of Education, Humanity and Social Sciences: (2015, with Chinese collaborators, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics)
Team Member: British Academy: Small Research Grant # SG113237: (2012, Dynamics of Confucius Capitalism - Institutional Changes in the Chinese Model, Nielsen, Klaus, University of London, Birkbeck)
Team Member: Natural Science Foundation of China: # 71272054 (2012, with Chinese collaborators), Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Team Member: Natural Science Foundation of China, # 71272052; (2012, with Chinese collaborators, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics)

Professional memberships

Founding member for Life: WINIR (World Institutional Network of Researchers)
Academy of Management
Academy of International Business
British Academy of Management (past)
Regional Studies
SASE member
Organisation Studies

Teaching and training models developed

Narrative Alignment Theory (NAT):
Learning Models:
Presented versus Discovery Learning Questions
W-Model of Teaching & Learning: Communication apprehension management
Philosophy of Science courses
Taught and trained in:
Research Methodology / Philosophy of Science
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Policy Studies
International Business
Institutional/Organisational Theory
Technology transfer and commercialization
Institutional Theory & Socio-Economic Development

Institution building and working history

Founding Director: 1990 – 1995, the Department of Information System in the Royal Palaces: Special Affairs, Director of Technology Management (Data Management), 1991 to 1995 (Database Development and Management of Medical Records of 4000 Members, Royal Palaces, Saudi Arabia)
Founding Associate: /Adjunct Faculty at Institute of Management Studies: 1996- 1997, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Founder: 1997-1999: Biotechnology Development Enterprise, lead member of the enterprise
1999-2001- Technical Director, SABRE (Rural Enterprises, Alabama, USA).
Founded: 2008- 2010: Melliorium Research Institute (TAG Technology in collaboration with Singapore & Leeds, UK)
Founder and co-creator Global Institute of Management & Economics with ICOIS incorporation, Dalian; served on the Governance Board of the Institute.
2010- August to July 2017: Surrey University International Branch, China, Jointly with Dongbei University of Finance & Economics, in China
Wuhan University, IMBA, Wuhan, China (2013 to 2014)
Northeast University, IMBA, Shenyang, China (2016 to 2018)

Earlier associations

Royal Palaces, Digital Data Management Executive, 1988 -1991
Institute of Public Administration, Middle East (1995 to 1997)
Melliorium Consulting International, Singapore, 1998 to 2001
London Metropolitan University (2002 to 2003)
Birkbeck, University of London (2004 to 2008) 2014 Onwards: Workshops, lectures and seminars organized in China. 2013 Euromoney Conference in Riyadh, organization based in the United Kingdom. 2010 Inter-university collaboration: The three Leading Korean Universities, Seoul 2007 Balancing roles of institutions governing high technology innovation (Intellectual Property Rights), University of London, London, UK 2006 Entrepreneurial activity in the biotechnology sector: role of academia in clusters, Max Plank Institute, Jena, Germany 2006 A simulation model of information flow and structural change, Strasburg University, Strasburg, France 2006 Inter-firm relations and vertical transformation of science to technology: University of Paris, Paris, France 2006 Network structure and technological capability of organizations: Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden 2002 Knowledge management: The storage device of the tangible and intangible data in the ‘network of everything’, Birmingham, UK 2001 Bioinformatics and Biotechnology: The enabling role of ICT in the Emerging phenomenon of sciences: Frankfurt & Munich, Germany 1999 New media and its role in the institutionalization of physical and social technologies, New York, USA 1997 Misfit between the desire for high technologies and motions of rigid institutions: Dubai, United Arab Emirate 1996 Interloping of technologies, societies, and economics: Centre for Strategic Planning, Michigan, USA, 1996 1996 Beyond the obvious question: an international perspective and nation retrospection of organizations, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1995 Profusion of technologies in the infusion of academic questions, Manchester, UK 1994 Management Perspectives: in academia and in practice, Hong Kong 1994 Leadership: stable landscape institutions and unstable terrain entrepreneurial evaluation, Singapore 1992 Commercial Aviation: Emerging role of private aviation/piloting in Asia (emerging economies), Manila, the Philippines

Columns and essays

China Daily (Monthly column writer)
South China Morning Post (contributor)
London School of Economics Magazine
The Star (Malaysia) -