Yuan Shi

Biography

Yuan Shi is an assistant professor of management and organizations, with a focus on strategy, at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He earned a doctorate in strategic management and entrepreneurship from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Shi’s research examines the long-term effects of market evaluation processes — including ranking, funding and pricing — on innovation and entrepreneurship. His work spans multiple sectors, including entertainment, technology and venture capital, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Strategy Research Foundation.

His research has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, Scientometrics and Sociological Science. His work has also been cited by the United Nations, McKinsey Global Institute and media outlets including Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, The Boston Globe, The Hill and Vox.

Education

PhD University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
MS National University of Singapore, 2013
BMS Fudan University, 2011

Research

• Yayavaram, Sai; Shi, Yuan. "What Is the Price of Spanning Domain Boundaries? Distant Recombination and the Market Valuations of Firm Inventions"Organization Science. (forthcoming).
• Shi, Yuan; Sampson, Rachelle; Goldfarb, Brent; Corredoira, Rafael. "The Changing Nature of Firm Innovation: Short-Termism and Influential Innovation in U.S. Public Firms"Management Science. (forthcoming).
• Shi, Yuan; Sorenson, Olav; Waguespack, David. "The new argonauts: The international migration of venture-backed companies"Strategic Management Journal. 45.8 (2024): 1485-1509
• Shi, Yuan. "A change of tune: Democratization of market mediation and crossover production in the U.S. commercial music industry"Administrative Science Quarterly. 68.2 (2023): 319-354
• Sampson, Rachelle; Shi, Yuan. "Are US firms becoming more short-term oriented? Evidence of shifting firm time horizons from market discount rates, 1980-2013"Strategic Management Journal. (2020): 1-33
• Corredoira, Rafael; Goldfarb, Brent; Shi, Yuan. "Federal funding and the rate and direction of inventive activity"Research Policy. 47.9 (2018): 1777-1800
• Shi, Yuan; Sorenson, Olav; Waguespack, David. "Temporal issues in replication: The stability of centrality-based advantage"Sociological Science. 4 (2017): 107-122

Awards

• Best Reviewer Award, TIM Division (2019) Academy of Management
• Runner-up, Best Student Paper Award, OMT Division (2018) Academy of Management
• SRF Dissertation Scholar (2017) Strategic Management Society
• Research Honors Award (2016) Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland