Songcui Hu McClelland Hall 405MM 1130 E. Helen St. P.O. Box 210108 Tucson, AZ, 85721 songcuih@email.arizona.edu 520-626-0722 Fax: 520-621-4171 Academic Employment Assistant Professor: Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (May 2012 Present) Education Ph. D. Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina 2012 M. A. Master in Business Administration, Zhejiang University, China 2007 Graduation Distinction (top 1%) B. A. Bachelor in Management and Economics, Zhejiang University, China Graduation Distinction (top 1%) 2005 Research Interests Behavioral Strategy Behavioral Theory of the Firm Adaptive Aspirations (Goals) and Attention Allocation Firm Risk Taking Organizational Learning Peer Reviewed Journal Publications 1. Hu, S., & Bettis, R. Multiple organizational goals with feedback from shared task environments. Conditionally accepted. Organization Science. 2. *Schilke, O., Hu, S., & Helfat, C. E. Quo Vadis, Dynamic Capabilities? A Content-Analytic Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Research. Forthcoming. Academy of Management Annals. * The first two authors contribute equally to the paper. 3. Bettis, RA., & Hu, S. Bounded Rationality, Heuristics, Computational Complexity and Artificial Intelligence. Forthcoming. Advances in Strategic Management. Special issue on behavioral strategy. 4. Hu, S., He, Z., Blettner, D., & Bettis, R. 2017. Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms. Strategic Management Journal, 38(7): 1435-1454. 5. Blettner, D., He, Z., Hu, S., & Bettis, R. 2015. Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points. Strategic Management Journal, 36(7): 987-1005. Songcui Hu - Page 1 of 5
6. Hu, S., Blettner, D., & Bettis, RA. 2011. Adaptive aspirations: Risk taking at extremes and alternative reference groups. Strategic Management Journal, 32: 1426-1436. Other Publications Hu, S., & Bettis, RA. 2013. Adaptive Aspirations. Book chapter in Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Augier, M., Teece, DJ. (eds). Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke and New York, NY. Blettner, D., He, Z., Hu, S., & Bettis, RA. 2011. Heterogeneity in Adaptive Aspirations and Reference Groups. 2011 Academy of Management BPS Division Best Paper Proceedings. Working Papers *Hu, S., Gu, Q., & Xia, Jun. Integrating Behavioral and Social Network Perspectives: Risk Taking of Venture Capital Firms Revise & Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal with a different title. * The first two authors contribute equally to the paper. *Hu, S., Bettis, RA., & Anderson, TJ. Bowman s Paradox, Outliers and Fat Tail Distributions: The Importance of Graphing Data Under review at Strategic Management Journal with a different title. * The first two authors contribute equally to the paper. Zhu, Q., Hu, S., & Shen, W. New CEOs Prior Board Experience and Firm Strategic Change Under review at Strategic Management Journal with a different title. Hu, S., & Posen, H. Aspiration Adaptation, Change, and Risk-taking Reject & Resubmit. Under review at Strategic Management Journal with a different title. Bettis, RA., Blettner, D. & Hu, S. Theoretical Platform for Distinct Theorizing in Strategic Management In preparation for submission to Academy of Management Review. Foreign Market Entry in Family Business: The Effects of Performance Feedback and Socioemotional Wealth Configuration (with Q. Gu & L. Lu) Under the Radar Understanding the Effects of No or Low Reputation Firms (with S. Boivie, RG Gentry, & S. Graffin) Behavioral Explanation for Social Changes in Global Microfinance Industry (with Eric Zhao) The Impact of Psychological Attributes on Aspiration Adaptation and Innovative Strategies (with D. Blettner & RA. Bettis) Songcui Hu - Page 2 of 5
Research Awards Hu, S., He, Z., Blettner, D., & Bettis, R. An examination of the behavioral mechanism underlying attention shifts in adaptive aspirations. 2013 Strategy Process Best Proposal Award in Strategic Management Society Conference, Atlanta, GA. Oct, 2013. Fellowships and Honors Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award Management and Organization Dept. UofA (2015) Peggy Lee - Sunil Wahal PhD Award Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC (2011) Future Faculty Fellowship Graduate School, UNC (2010) SMS Doctoral Consortium Fellowship Strategic Management Society (2009) Ph.D. Fellowship University of North Carolina (2007-2011) Graduation Distinction Zhejiang University (2005 & 2007) First Prize of Excellent Scholarship Zhejiang University (2001-2006) Grants and Funded Research Eller College Small Research Grant: Awarded $2,400 for Foreign Market Entry in Family Business: The Effects of Performance Feedback and Socioemotional Wealth Configuration. 2017 fall. Management and Organization Department Small Research Grant: Awarded $2,400 for Foreign Market Entry in Family Business: The Effects of Performance Feedback and Socioemotional Wealth Configuration. 2017 spring. Eller College Small Research Grant: Awarded $1,000 for Disentangle Change from Risk: The Effect of CEO Political Affiliation and Compensation on Firm Decision Making. 2016 fall. Management and Organization Department Small Research Grant: Awarded $1,310 for Disentangle Change from Risk: The Effect of CEO Political Affiliation and Compensation on Firm Decision Making. 2016 fall. Management and Organization Department Small Research Grant: Awarded $600 for Under the Radar Understanding the Effects of No or Low Reputation Firms. 2016 spring. Eller College Small Research Grant: Awarded $1,000 for The Impact of Psychological Attributes on Aspiration Adaptation and Strategic Change. 2015 fall. McGuire Entrepreneurship Research Small Grant Awards: Awarded $4,500 for How Do Firms Become Competent? Concentration and Specialization in R&D. 2013. Songcui Hu - Page 3 of 5
Teaching Strategic Management: Doctoral seminar Spring 2017, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 5/5) Spring 2015, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.6/5) Strategic Management: Undergraduate level Spring 2017, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.5/5, and 4.1/5) Spring 2016, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.9/5, 4.4/5 and 4.8/5) Spring 2015, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.7/5 and 4.7/5) Spring 2014, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.5/5, 4.7/5, and 4.5/5) Spring 2013, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona (overall evaluation 4.3/5 and 3.9/5) Summer 2010, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (overall evaluation 4.52/5) Professional Service Editorial Board Member for Strategic Management Journal (2013-present) Ad-hoc journal reviewer for Strategic Management Journal (2009-2013) Ad-hoc journal reviewer for Organization Science (2009-present) Conference reviewer for AOM Annual Meeting, SMS Conference (2009-present) Member of the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and INFORMS Conference Presentations Foreign Market Entry in Family Business: The Effects of Performance Feedback and Socioemotional Wealth Configuration (with Q. Gu, & L. Lu) Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Houston, TX, 2017. Integrating Behavioral and Social Network Perspectives: Risk Taking of Venture Capital Firms (with Q. Gu, & X. Jun) Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2017. Under the Radar Understanding the Effects of No or Low Reputation Firms (with S. Boivie, RG Gentry, & S. Graffin) Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, Germany. 2016. Songcui Hu - Page 4 of 5
The Impact of Psychological Attributes on Aspiration Adaptation and Innovative Strategies (with D. Blettner & RA. Bettis). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Denver, CO. 2015. Psychological Variation among Senior Managers: Effect on Performance Feedback Interpretation and Strategic Change (with D. Blettner & RA. Bettis). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Madrid, Spain. 2014. Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting Content Analysis PDW Roundtables, Philadelphia, PA, 2014. Two Faces of Experience in Organizational Learning: Aspiration Adaptation and Belief Adaptation (with H. Posen). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Madrid, Spain. 2014. Behavioral Strategy as Arbitrage Opportunity: Decision Making with Bounded Rationality. Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference Sunday Panel on Behavior Strategy, Atlanta, GA. 2013. An Examination of the Behavioral Mechanism Underlying Attention Shifts in Adaptive Aspirations (with D. Blettner, Z. He, & RA. Bettis). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2013. Attention Allocation in Multiple-Inconsistent-Goal Context: An Empirical Examination of the Automotive Industry. Presented at the Consortium for Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2011. Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Miami, FL. 2011. Heterogeneity in Adaptive Aspirations and Reference Groups (with D. Blettner, Z. He, & RA. Bettis). Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. 2011. The Portfolio of Learning: A NK Model Based Study (with RA. Bettis). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy. 2010. How Do Firms Become Competent? Concentration and Specialization in R&D (with A. Nerkar). Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Rome, Italy. 2010. Adaptive Aspirations: A Three-Reference Point Risk Preference Function and Satisficing. (with D. Blettner & RA. Bettis). Presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2009. Presented at Strategic Management Society Conference, Washington DC. 2009. Songcui Hu - Page 5 of 5