Dr. Xia is a Research Fellow of GBIC. He is also an Assistant Professor of Organizations, Strategy and International Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. His current research interests include: 1) Organization theories (resource dependence, power and institutional process); 2)Corporate strategies (antecedents of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures); 3)Social networks (outcomes of embeddedness); 4)International business (foreign market expansion, state ownership).
Dr. Xia received his PhD from Texas Tech University (2006), his MBA from Xavier University and his bachelor degree from East China Shipbuilding Institute.