Stephanie Wang

Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy
Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor of Entrepreneurship

Department: Management and Entrepreneurship

Campus: Bloomington

Biography

Dr. Stephanie Lu Wang is Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor & Associate Chair at the Department of Management and

Dr. Stephanie Lu Wang is Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor & Associate Chair at the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Stephanie's primary research interests lie at the intersection of internationalization and social/environmental sustainability. She is particularly interested in studying emerging market multinationals and cultural industries as research contexts. Stephanie has won numerous international awards, such as the Poets & Quant’s Best 40-Under-40 Business School Professors in 2022, Alan Rugman Fellow in 2021, Emerging Scholar Award in International Management from the Academy of Management (AOM) in 2019, the Academy of International Business (AIB) Best Paper Award in 2018, the Inaugural Journal of Word Business (JWB) Best Phenomenon-Based Article Award in 2018, the Woman AIB Emerging Scholar Award in 2017, the International Management Division Best Dissertation Award (finalist) in 2015, the Best Paper Award from the AOM in 2015, Excellent Service Award from both AOM and AIB, and others. Stephanie serves as an Associate Editor for the Global Strategy Journal, an Associate Editor for the Business Horizons, a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies, a Consulting Editor for the Journal of International Management, and an editorial board member of the Academy of Management Review. She is the Research Director of Women in the Academy of Business (WAIB) and faculty advisor for the Indiana University Chapter of Ascend, the largest non-profit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America, and the founding faculty advisor of Quant Consulting Club at Kelley School of Business. Stephanie is a Non-Resident Research Fellow of the Core Research Team at the Center for Emerging Markets of Nanyang Business School at the Nanyang Technological University. Stephanie received her Ph.D. from the University of Miami, a master's degree from Peking University, and an undergraduate degree from the Renmin University of China.

Areas of Expertise

Sustainability, corporate social responsibility, Internationalization, emerging markets, cultural industries

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Strategy and International Business, University of Miami, 2014
M.S. in Strategic Management, Peking University, 2009
B.A. in Human Resource Management, Renmin University of China, 2006

Professional Experience

Associate Editor, Global Strategy Journal
Special Issue Editor and Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Business Studies
Consulting Editor, Journal of International Management
Co-host, Journal of International Business Studies/Journal of International Business Policy Webinar/Podcast Series
Global Strategy Interest Group Leadership Team, Strategic Management Society
Program Chair, Bi-Annual Conference of “Innovation to Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges” conference

Awards, Honors & Certificates

SMS Strategic Leadership and Governance Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society, 2024
Management and Organization Review 20th Anniversary Best Practice Impact Paper Award, 2024
Academy of Management Review Best Bridge Reviewer Award, 2023
Poets & Quants’ Best 40-Under-40 Business School Professors, 2022
Academy of Management Review Best Reviewer Award, 2022
Journal of International Business Studies Best Reviewer Award, 2022
Alan Rugman Fellow, University of Reading, 2021
Emerging Scholar in International Management, Academy of Management 2019 Annual Meeting
Temple/AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business 2018 Annual Meeting
Inaugural JWB Best Phenomenon-Based Article Award, 2018
Women Academy of International Business Emerging Scholar, Academy of International Business 2017 Annual Meeting
IM Division D'Amore-McKim Award for the Best Dissertation Award (finalist) Academy of Management 2015 Annual Meeting
Global Leadership: IM Division Best Paper in OB/HRM/OT Session, Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting
Emerging Market Firms: IM Division GWU-CIBER Best Paper Award (Finalist), Academy of Management 2014 Annual Meeting
Inaugural Graduate Student Exemplar (Finalist), University of Miami, 2014
Excellent Service Award, International Management Division, Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting
Excellent Service Award, Academy of International Business 2006 Annual Meeting
Merit Student of Beijing City, 2006
Excellent Graduate of Beijing City, 2006

Selected Publications

Bu, J., Wang, S. L, Lee, Y., and Li, D. (2025). Not in my homeland: Immigrant CEOs and the geography of corporate social irresponsibility. Strategic Management Journal, 46(7), 1606-1638.. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3702
Chen, X., Maksimov, V., Mathias, B., and Wang, S. L. (2025). The spirit of the times: Historical conditions and market-seeking FDI strategies by U.S. alcohol firms. Journal of International Business Studies, in press (equal authorship).
Bu, J., Cuervo-Cazurra, A., Luo, Y., and Wang, S. L. (2024). Mitigating soft and hard infrastructure deficiencies in emerging markets. Journal of World Business, 59(4), 101540.
Wang, S. L., Lee, Y., and Li, D. (2024). Smart Disclosure: An Enabler for Multinationals to Reduce Human Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains. Journal of International Business Studies, 55, 450–469. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-024-00698-3
Gu, Q., Wang, S. L., and Bai, T. (2024). Revealed and reserved: A compensating approach of voluntary disclosure by family multinationals. Journal of International Business Studies, 55, 914–933.
Bacq, S., and Wang, S. L. (2024). The lean impact start-up framework: Fueling innovation for positive societal change. Journal of Management, 50(8), 3139-3161 (equal authorship).
Mathias, B., and Wang, S. L. (2023). Not so silent partners: Exploring the interconnected roles of entrepreneurs and their spouses. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(4), 106312.
Maksimov, V., Wang, S. L., and Yan, S. (2022). Global connectedness and dynamic green capabilities in MNEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 53(4), 723-740 (equal authorship).
Liu, C., Wang, S. L., and Li, D. (2022). Hidden in a Group? Market Reactions to Multi-violator Corporate Social Irresponsibility Disclosures. Strategic Management Journal, 43(1), 160-179.
Wang, S. L., Gu, Q., Von Glinow, and Hirsch, P. (2020). Cultural industries in international business research: Progress and prospect. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(4), 665-692.
Wang, S. L., and Li, D. (2019). Responding to the public disclosure of corporate social irresponsibility in host countries: Information control and ownership control. Journal of International Business Studies, 50(8):1283-1309.
Wang, S. L., Luo, Y., Maksimov, V., Sun, J. and Celly, N. (2019). Achieving temporal ambidexterity in new ventures. Journal of Management Studies, 56(4), 788-822.
Wang, S. L., and Cuervo-Cazurra, A. (2017). Overcoming human capital voids in underdeveloped countries. Global Strategy Journal, 7(1), 36-57.
Maksimov, V., Wang, S. L., Luo, Y. (2017). Reducing poverty in the least developed countries: The role of small and medium enterprises. Journal of World Business, 52(2), 244-257.
Maksimov, V., Wang, S. L. and Luo, Y. (2017). Imprinting effects and strategic initiatives during institutional transitions: Implications for product innovation of private firms in transition economies. Journal of World Business, 52(6), 854-865.
Wang, S. L., Luo, Y., Lu, X., Sun, J., and Maksimov, V. (2014). Autonomy delegation to foreign subsidiaries: An enabling mechanism for emerging market multinationals. Journal of International Business Studies, 45(2), 111-130.
Luo, Y., Wang, S. L., Jayaraman, V, and Zheng, Q. (2013). Governing business process offshoring: Properties, processes, and preferred modes. Journal of World Business, 48(3), 407-419.
Luo, Y., Wang, S. L., Zheng, Q., and Jayaraman, V. (2012). Task attributes and process integration in business process offshoring: A perspective of service providers from India and China. Journal of International Business Studies, 43(5), 498-524.
Wang, S. L., and Luo, Y. (2012). Foreign direct investment strategies by developing country multinationals: A diagnostic model for home country effects. Global Strategy Journal, 2(3), 244-261.

Edited on December 8, 2025