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Xiaolan Fu is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The main subfields of their research include Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Business and International Management, Information Systems, and Management of Technology and Innovation. Their studies frequently address topics such as Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Firm Innovation and Growth, International Business and Foreign Direct Investment, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Economic Growth and Development, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Economic Growth and Productivity.

Among Xiaolan Fu's recent publications are:

  • "Varieties in state capitalism and corporate innovation: Evidence from an emerging economy," 2021, Journal of Corporate Finance
  • "Green windows of opportunity: latecomer development in the age of transformation toward sustainability," 2020, Industrial and Corporate Change
  • "Modeling the influence of critical factors on the adoption of green energy technologies," 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Diffusion of industrial robotics and inclusive growth: Labour market evidence from cross country data," 2020, Journal of Business Research
  • "Digital platforms and development: a survey of the literature," 2021, Innovation and Development

Xiaolan Fu has also contributed a book titled ICT Adoption and Innovation in Ghana, published in 2020 by the University of Lincoln.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xiaolan Fu include:

  • Pervez Ghauri
  • Jun Hou
  • Xiaoqing Fu
  • Xuechen Ding
  • Wenwu Xu

The primary publication venues where Xiaolan Fu's work appears most often are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • Journal of International Business Policy
  • Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies

Best Publications

  • The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching-up

    Xiaolan Fu;Carlo Pietrobelli;Carlo Pietrobelli;Luc Soete

  • Foreign Direct Investment, Absorptive Capacity and Regional Innovation Capabilities: Evidence from China

    Unknown

  • Indigenous and foreign innovation efforts and drivers of technological upgrading:evidence from China

    Xiaolan Fu;Yundan Gong

  • The Creation and Diffusion of Innovation in Developing Countries : A Systematic Literature Review

    Giacomo Zanello;Xiaolan Fu;Pierre Mohnen;Marc Ventresca

  • Varieties in state capitalism and corporate innovation: Evidence from an emerging economy

    Unknown

  • International research collaboration: An emerging domain of innovation studies?

    Kaihua Chen;Yi Zhang;Xiaolan Fu

  • Limited linkages from growth engines and regional disparities in China

    Xiaolan Fu

  • Innovation and productivity in formal and informal firms in Ghana

    Xiaolan Fu;Pierre Mohnen;Giacomo Zanello

  • Drivers of Export Upgrading

    Shujin Zhu;Xiaolan Fu

  • Organisation structure and innovation performance in different environments

    Andy Cosh;Xiaolan Fu;Alan Hughes

  • The Impact of Mobile Phone Technology on Agricultural Extension Services Delivery: Evidence from India

    Xiaolan Fu;Shaheen Akter

  • Technology transfer, indigenous innovation and leapfrogging in green technology: the solar-PV industry in China and India

    Xiaolan Fu;Jing Zhang

  • FDI and environmental regulations in China

    Unknown

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Managerial Knowledge Spillovers through the Diffusion of Management Practices

    Xiaolan Fu

  • Exports, Foreign Direct Investment and Employment: The Case of China

    Xiaolan Fu;V. N. Balasubramanyam

  • How does openness affect the importance of incentives for innovation

    Xiaolan Fu

  • Green windows of opportunity: Latecomer development in the age of transformation toward sustainability

    Rasmus Lema;Xiaolan Fu;Roberta Rabellotti;Roberta Rabellotti

  • Evaluation of multi-period regional R&D efficiency: An application of dynamic DEA to China's regional R&D systems ☆

    Kaihua Chen;Kaihua Chen;Mingting Kou;Mingting Kou;Xiaolan Fu

  • Exploring the cross-country gap in patenting: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

    Xiaolan Fu;Qing Gong Yang

  • China's Path to Innovation

    Xiaolan Fu

  • Township and Village Enterprises in China

    Xiaolan Fu;V.N. Balasubramanyam

  • Exports, technical progress and productivity growth in a transition economy: a non-parametric approach for China

    Xiaolan Fu

  • The Case of China

    Guanghua Wan;Miao Fu;Xiaolan Fu;Tieli Li

  • Diffusion of industrial robotics and inclusive growth: Labour market evidence from cross country data

    Xiaoqing (Maggie) Fu;Qun Bao;Hongjun Xie;Xiaolan Fu

  • Collaboration with foreign universities for innovation: evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms

    Xiaolan Fu;Jizhen Li

  • China's Path to Innovation: Foreign direct investment, absorptive capacity and regional innovative capabilities: Evidence from China

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris W. Clegg
Chris W. Clegg University of Leeds
Pierre Mohnen
Pierre Mohnen Maastricht University
Wing Thye Woo
Wing Thye Woo University of California, Davis
Roberta Rabellotti
Roberta Rabellotti University of Pavia
Raphael Kaplinsky
Raphael Kaplinsky University of Sussex
Luc Soete
Luc Soete Maastricht University
Uwe Aickelin
Uwe Aickelin University of Melbourne
Carlo Pietrobelli
Carlo Pietrobelli Roma Tre University
Keijiro Otsuka
Keijiro Otsuka Kobe University
John Knight
John Knight University of Oxford

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