Curriculum Vitae - UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Curriculum Vitae - UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Curriculum Vitae - UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Y. Lisa Zhao, Ph.D.Department of Global <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong>Henry W. Bloch School of ManagementUniversity of Missouri - Kansas City5100 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499Phone: (816)235-5153 Email: zhaol@umkc.eduCURRICULUM VITAEACADEMIC POSITIONSAssociate Professor of <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong>, Sept. 2012 -presentAssistant Professor of <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong>, Sept. 2007-August, 2012Henry W. Bloch School of ManagementUniversity of Missouri - Kansas CityDirector, Ph.D. Program in <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong>, 2010 – presentHenry W. Bloch School of ManagementUniversity of Missouri - Kansas CityVisiting Assistant Professor/Research Scholar 1998-1999The Eli Broad School of BusinessMichigan State UniversityResearch Associate, 1987-1988Cornell-Simmental Data Management <strong>and</strong> Data Analysis ProjectCornell UniversityEDUCATIONABD (with major course concentration in finance), the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,Tennessee, August, 1993 - May, 1996Ph.D. (with major course concentration in statistics), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,August 1987M.S. (with major course concentration in statistics), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,August 1985B.S. (with major course concentration in animal science <strong>and</strong> quantitative modeling), ShanxiAgricultural University, Shanxi, China, January, 1982
HONORS AND AWARDSAcademy of Management International Management Division Robert H. Schaffer Award <strong>for</strong>the Best Paper in Applied International Management: “Cutting Microfinance Interest Rates,”coauthored with Li, Sunny Sun <strong>and</strong> Junyon Im <strong>and</strong> presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting ofthe Academy of Management, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL, August 9-13Henry W. Bloch School of Management Richard <strong>and</strong> Laura Cray Award <strong>for</strong> Innovativeteaching, 2011- 2012Top 50 <strong>Innovation</strong> Management Scholars, “Perspective: Ranking of the World’s Top<strong>Innovation</strong> Management Scholars <strong>and</strong> Universities,” Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong>Management, March, 2012; honored by the Mayor of Kansas City <strong>and</strong> in a resolution passedby the Missouri House of RepresentativesCornell University Henry Strong Denision Fellowship, 1986-1987Cornell University Schuyler-Gage Fellowship, 1985-1986Cornell University Strong Denision Fellowship, 1984-1985Chinese Department of Education Merit Scholarships, 1983-1984INDUSTRY/CONSULTING EXPERIENCEConsultant, Novel Biologicals, Inc., Houston, Texas, 12/2012 –present.Co-founder, GlobalTech <strong>and</strong> Investment Management, 1999-2007Consultant, General Company Powertrain Division, 1998-1999Financial Analyst, Financial Strategy Analyst, Inc., 1988-1989Charlottesville, VirginiaREFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS1. Y. Lisa Zhao, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Mark E. Parry, “A Comparative Study of PioneerEntry Decisions in the United States <strong>and</strong> China,” Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong>Management, accepted2. Tang Wang, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Y. Lisa Zhao, “Legitimacy <strong>and</strong> the Value of EarlyCustomers,” Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong> Management, accepted3. Song, Michael, Soheil Hooshangi, Y. Lisa Zhao, <strong>and</strong> Johannes I.M. Halman, “HowDoes Technological Regime Affect The Per<strong>for</strong>mance Of Technology DevelopmentProjects?” Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong> Management, accepted
4. Ad De Jong, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Lisa Z. Song, “How Leader Founder Personality AffectsNew Venture Per<strong>for</strong>mance: The mediating Role of Team Conflict,” Journal ofManagement, Published online be<strong>for</strong>e print, May 17, 20115. Y. Lisa Zhao, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Greg Storm, “Founding Team Capabilities <strong>and</strong> NewVenture Per<strong>for</strong>mance: A Mediating Role of Positional Advantages,” <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong>Theory <strong>and</strong> Practice, (2013), 37(4): 789-8146. Y. Lisa Zhao <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “Designing Service Quality to Survive:Empirical Evidence from Chinese New Ventures,” Journal of Business Research (2013),66(8): 1098-11077. Michael Song, Y. Lisa Zhao, <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “Do Perceived PioneeringAdvantages Lead to First-Mover Decisions in Service Industry?” Journal of BusinessResearch (2013), 66(8): 1143-11528. Y. Lisa Zhao, O. Homer Erekson, Tang Wang, <strong>and</strong> Michael Song, “PioneeringAdvantages <strong>and</strong> First-Mover Decisions: Empirical Evidence from US <strong>and</strong> China,”Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong> Management (2012), 29(S1), 190-210.9. Y. Lisa Zhao <strong>and</strong> Mark E. Parry, “Mental Models <strong>and</strong> Successful First-Mover EntryDecisions: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Entrepreneurs,” Journal of Product<strong>Innovation</strong> Management (2012), 29(4), 590-60710. Song, Michael, Subin Im, Hans van der Bij, <strong>and</strong> Lisa Z. Song. “Does Strategic PlanningIncrease or Decrease the Number of New Product Development Projects <strong>and</strong> FirmPer<strong>for</strong>mance?” Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong> Management, (2011), 28 (4): 503-52011. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “Resources, SupplierInvolvement, Product Launch Advantages, <strong>and</strong> First Product Per<strong>for</strong>mance,” Journal ofOperations Management (2011), special issue on Operations Management,<strong>Entrepreneurship</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Value Creation: Emerging Opportunities in a Cross-DisciplinaryContext, 29(1-2): 86-10412. Lisa Z. Song <strong>and</strong> Michael Song, “The Role of In<strong>for</strong>mation Technologies in EnhancingR&D–Marketing Integration: An Empirical Investigation,” Journal of Product<strong>Innovation</strong> Management (2010), 27: 382-40113. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song, Mark E. Parry, “Perspective: Economic Conditions,<strong>Entrepreneurship</strong>, First-Product Development, <strong>and</strong> New Venture Success,” Journal ofProduct <strong>Innovation</strong> Management (2010), 27: 130-13514. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “A Staged Service<strong>Innovation</strong> Model,” Decision Sciences Journal (2009), 40(3): 571-599
15. Lisa Z. Song, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, <strong>and</strong> Michael Song, “Competitive Advantages inthe First Product of New Ventures,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management(2009), 57(1): 88-10216. C. Anthony Di Benedetto <strong>and</strong> Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Lisa Z. Song, “The StrategicAdvantage of New Product Pioneering: Perception of Senior Managers in China,” SCMSJournal of Indian Management (2006), 13 (2), 24-3717. X. Michael Song, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, <strong>and</strong> Lisa Z. Song, “Pioneering Advantagesin New Service Development: A Multi-Country Study of Managerial Perceptions,”Journal of Product <strong>Innovation</strong> Management (2000), 17 (5), 378-39218. X. Michael Song, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, <strong>and</strong> Yuzhen Lisa Zhao, "PioneeringAdvantages in Manufacturing <strong>and</strong> Service Industries: Empirical Evidence from NineCountries,” Strategic Management Journal (1999), 20 (9), 811-83619. X. Michael Song, Sabrina M. Neeley, <strong>and</strong> Yuzhen Lisa Zhao, “Managing R&D-Marketing Integration in the New Product Development Process,” Industrial MarketingManagement (1996) 25 (6), 545-55320. Ramon P. DeGennaro <strong>and</strong> Yuzhen Lisa Zhao, “Stock Returns <strong>and</strong> Volatility: AnotherLook,” Journal of Economics <strong>and</strong> Finance (1998), 22(1), 5-1821. R. L Quaas, Yuzhen Zhao, <strong>and</strong> E. J. Polak , “Describing Interactions in Dystocia Scoreswith a Threshold Model,” Journal of Animal Science (1988), 66, 396-399CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/ PRESENTATIONS1. Li, Sunny Sun, Y. Lisa Zhao, Junyon Im, “Cutting Microfinance Interest Rates,” 2013Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL, August 9-13; won<strong>for</strong> theRobert H. Schaffer Award <strong>for</strong> the Best Paper in Applied International Management2. Li, Sunny Sun, Y. Lisa Zhao, Junyon Im, “Cutting Microfinance Interest Rate: AMultiple Stakeholders` Approach to a Social <strong>Innovation</strong>,” 2013 Industry StudiesAssociation Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, May 28-31, 20133. Li, Sunny Sun, Y. Lisa Zhao, Junyon Im, “Balance Multiple Stakehold Benefits to CutMicrofinance Interest Rates,” Presented at Sustainability, Ethics, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong>Conference, Denver, CO, April 9-12, 20134. Y. Lisa Zhao, Carla Pavone, <strong>and</strong> Michael Song “Marketing or R&D,” 2012 Academyof Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 3-7, 20125. Song, Lisa Z., Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di. Benedetto, “Resources, SupplierInvestment, Product Launch Advantages, <strong>and</strong> First Product Per<strong>for</strong>mance,” Presented atProduct Development <strong>and</strong> Management Association, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s Chapter, May 2011.
6. Song, Michael, Lisa Z. Song, Dirk Libaers, “ Developing New Venture’s First Product,”2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 7-117. Wang, Tang, Michael Song, Lisa Z. Song, “Legitimacy <strong>and</strong> New Venture: EmpiricalEvidence from Kauffman Firm Survey, " 2009 Academy of Management AnnualMeeting, Chicago, IL, August 7-118. Lisa Z. Song. Michael Song <strong>and</strong> Greg Storm, “Founding Team Capabilities <strong>and</strong> NewService Venture per<strong>for</strong>mance: A Conceptual Model <strong>and</strong> Empirical Evidence,” BabsonCollege <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> Research Conference, Wellesley, MA, June 3-6 , 20099. Libaers, L. Dirk, Lisa Z. Song, <strong>and</strong> Michael Song “How to Develop Successful FirstProduct in Chinese Ventures?” Babson College <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> Research Conference,Wellesley, MA, June 3-6 , 200910. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Mark Parry, “Perspectives on Economic Conditions,<strong>Entrepreneurship</strong>, First-Product Development, <strong>and</strong> New Venture Success,” presented byas Keynote address titled “Radical <strong>Innovation</strong>s vs. Incremental <strong>Innovation</strong>s in NewVentures,” at the16 th International Product Development Management Conference on“Managing Dualities in the <strong>Innovation</strong> Journey”, Twente, The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, June 7-9,200911. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “How to Create SuccessfulChinese New Service Ventures,” 2008 International Conference on Chinese EnterpriseResearch, Beijing, China, Nov. 200812. Lisa Z. Song Dirk Libaers, Michael Song, <strong>and</strong> Zongxian Feng, “How to DevelopSuccessful First-Products in Chinese New Ventures” 2008 International Conference onChinese Enterprise Research, Beijing, China, Nov. 200813. Lisa Z. Song, Dirk Libaers, <strong>and</strong> Michael Song, “A Resource-Based View of ProductDevelopment: an Empirical Examination of a New Venture’s First ProductPer<strong>for</strong>mance,” Product Development <strong>and</strong> Management Annual Association 2008Research Conference Proceedings, Orl<strong>and</strong>o, FL, Sept, 200814. Lisa Z. Song, Michael Song , <strong>and</strong> C. Anthony Di Benedetto, “Perceived PioneeringAdvantages <strong>and</strong> First Mover Decisions in Service Industries,” Association of PrivateEnterprise Education Annual Conference Annual Conference, Los Vegas, NV, April,200815. Song, Michael <strong>and</strong> Lisa Z. Song, “Role of In<strong>for</strong>mation Technologies in EnhancingR&D-Marketing Integration,” Proceeding, International Business <strong>and</strong> Economics AnnualConference , Las Vegas, NV, Oct. 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCEDoctoral Courses Developed <strong>and</strong> Taught: at <strong>UMKC</strong> Research Design Theoretical Foundation of <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> Statistical Methods Multivariate StatisticsMBA Course Developed <strong>and</strong> Taught at <strong>UMKC</strong>: Entrepreneurial Finance <strong>and</strong> Venture Capital InvestmentUndergraduate Course Developed <strong>and</strong> Taught at <strong>UMKC</strong> Entrepreneurial Finance <strong>and</strong> Venture Capital Investment Entrepreneurial ManagementExecutive MBA Module Developed <strong>and</strong> Taught at <strong>UMKC</strong> Entrepreneurial Finance<strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> Scholars Program Workshops Developed <strong>and</strong> Taught at <strong>UMKC</strong> Financial Projections New Venture Valuation Funding Requirements <strong>and</strong> Raising Funds Exit StrategiesBloch Executive Education How to Fund Ventures Venture Capital <strong>and</strong> Entrepreneurial Finance
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