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Overview

Sunny Li Sun is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a focus on multiple subfields including Strategy and Management, Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Business and International Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their scholarly work has contributed to various main topics of study such as Innovation and Knowledge Management, Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and Community Development and Social Impact.

Sunny Li Sun has published research in several academic journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Journal of International Management
  • Journal of Business Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Management
  • Cross Cultural & Strategic Management

Among recent publications authored by Sunny Li Sun are:

  • "Globalization and affordability of microfinance," 2020, Journal of Business Venturing
  • "Understanding institutions and entrepreneurship: The microfoundations lens and emerging economies," 2020, Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Sunny Li Sun frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • William Chongyang Zhou
  • Roberto S. Santos
  • Peiyi Jia
  • Jinyu Guo
  • Lingling Qin

This collaboration pattern reflects interdisciplinary engagement across various aspects of business and management studies.

Sunny Li Sun's work on microfinance and its implications for affordability intersects with their investigation into institutional frameworks and entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging economies. Their research output also intersects with innovation studies and knowledge management, as well as corporate governance and international business dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The Institution-Based View as a Third Leg for a Strategy Tripod.

    Mike W. Peng;Sunny Li Sun;Brian Pinkham;Hao Chen

  • A comparative ownership advantage framework for cross-border M&As: The rise of Chinese and Indian MNEs

    Sunny Li Sun;Mike W. Peng;Bing Ren;Daying Yan

  • How do networks and learning drive M&As? An institutional comparison between China and the United States

    Zhiang (John) Lin;Mike W. Peng;Haibin Yang;Sunny Li Sun

  • Sub-National Institutional Contingencies, Network Positions, and IJV Partner Selection

    Weilei Stone Shi;Sunny Li Sun;Mike W. Peng

  • An anatomy of state control in the globalization of state-owned enterprises

    Hao Liang;Bing Ren;Sunny Li Sun

  • Institutional fragility and outward foreign direct investment from China

    Weilei Stone Shi;Sunny Li Sun;Daying Yan;Zhu Zhu

  • Institutional open access at home and outward internationalization

    Sunny Li Sun;Mike W. Peng;Ruby P. Lee;Weiqiang Tan

  • Domestic alliance network to attract foreign partners: Evidence from international joint ventures in China

    Weilei (Stone) Shi;Sunny Li Sun;Brian C Pinkham;Mike W Peng

  • Social network contingency, symbolic management, and boundary stretching

    Lívia Markóczy;Sunny Li Sun;Mike W. Peng;Weilei Stone Shi

  • Human Capital and CEO Compensation during Institutional Transitions

    Mike W. Peng;Sunny Li Sun;Lívia Markóczy

  • Cutting Microfinance Interest Rates: An Opportunity Co–Creation Perspective:

    Sunny Li Sun;Junyon Im

  • Internationalization Strategy of MNEs from Emerging Economies: The Case of Huawei

    Sunny Li Sun

  • Search and execution: examining the entrepreneurial cognitions behind the lean startup model

    Xiaoming Yang;Sunny Li Sun;Xiangyang Zhao

  • Executive compensation in Asia: A critical review and outlook

    Sunny Li Sun;Xia Zhao;Haibin Yang

  • Enhancing Innovation Through International Joint Venture Portfolios: From the Emerging Firm Perspective

    Sunny Li Sun;Ruby P. Lee

  • Angel investors’ selection criteria: A comparative institutional perspective

    Zhujun Ding;Sunny Li Sun;Kevin Au

  • Future-time framing : The effect of language on corporate future orientation

    Hao Liang;Christopher Marquis;Luc Renneboog;Sunny Li Sun

  • Profits and outreach to the poor: The institutional logics of microfinance institutions

    Junyon Im;Sunny Li Sun

  • Openness to Experience and Team Creativity: Effects of Knowledge Sharing and Transformational Leadership

    Wei Zhang;Sunny Li Sun;Yuan Jiang;Wenyao Zhang

  • Board Openness During an Economic Crisis

    Sunny Li Sun;Jigao Zhu;Kangtao Ye

  • Behind M&As in China and the United States: Networks, learning, and institutions

    Haibin Yang;Sunny Li Sun;Zhiang Lin;Mike W. Peng

  • She’-E-O Compensation Gap: A Role Congruity View

    Joyce C. Wang;Lívia Markóczy;Sunny Li Sun;Mike W. Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike W. Peng
Mike W. Peng The University of Texas at Dallas
Luc Renneboog
Luc Renneboog Tilburg University
David Ahlstrom
David Ahlstrom Hong Kong Metropolitan University
John Cantwell
John Cantwell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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