Dr. Mary Han
Overview
Mary Han is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy and Director, Council of International Research and Teaching at the Ted Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson University. Mary has DBA degrees in Innovation management from the University of Strathclyde. Currently, she sits on the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal. She has published teaching cases, co-edited two Hand books on SME internationalization and Asian entrepreneurship, presented more than 40 articles in academic conferences and published in academic journals. She is very active as a consultant, speaker, and executive educator to many MNEs, INVs and SMEs, amongst them International China Concern and Tata.
Organizational adaptation, multinationals, international new ventures and emerging markets.
| Most Recent Journal Articles |
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| Shi, Y., Fan, X., & Han, M. (forthcoming). The Birthplace Cultural Tightness of Provincial Party Secretaries and Innovation in Their Jurisdictions: Empirical Evidence from 31 Provinces in China, Australian Journal of Management. |
| Han, M. (forthcoming). Towards Nonlinearity in the Entrepreneurial Process: The Entrepreneurial S-Curve perspective, Journal of Enterprising Culture. |
| Han, M. & McKelvey. B. (2016). How to Grow Successful Social Entrepreneurship Firms? Key Ideas from Complexity Theory. Journal of Enterprising Culture. 24(3): 243-280 |
| Han, M. & Celly, N. (2008). Strategic Ambidexterity and Performance in International New Ventures. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 25: 335-349 |
Han, M., & McKelvey, W. (2008). Toward a social capital theory of technology-based new ventures as complex adaptive systems. International Journal of Accounting and information management, 16(1), 3-61. Paper received Highly Commended Award, 2009 from Emerald Publishing. |
| Han, M. (2008). Achieving superior international new venture (INV) performance: Exploiting short-term duration of ties. Journal of Enterprising Culture. 16(1), 43- 77. |
| Han, M. (2007). Achieving Superior Internationalization through Strategic Ambidexterity. Journal of Enterprising Culture, 15(1): 43-77 |
| Ratten, V., Dana, L., Han, M., & Welpe. I. (2007). Internationalization of SMEs: European Comparative Studies. International Journal for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 4(3): 361-379 |
| Han, M. (2006). Developing Social Capital to Achieve Superior Internationalization: A Conceptual Model. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 4(2-3): 99-112 |
| Cases and Teaching Notes |
Han, M., & Lau, P. (2021). Xiaomi: At a crossroads. Ref. No.: 21/698C. |
Celly, N., Han, M., & Lau, P. (2015). Huawei in Canada: The road ahead. Ref. No.: 15/554C. |
| Han, M. (2007). Geotech Telecom. Ivey ID 9B07M036. https://www.iveypublishing.ca/s |
Han, M. (2007). Geotech Telecom. In, G. Dess, T. Lumpkin, & B. Eisner (Eds.), Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages. (3rd ed.,) McGraw-Hill/Irwin. |
| Books |
| Dana, L., Han, M., Ratten, V., & Welpe I. (Eds.). (2009). Handbook of Research on Asian Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-research-on-asian-entrepreneurship-9781847206084.html |
| Dana, L.P., Welpe, I.M., Han, M., & Ratten, V. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Theory of Internationalization. Edward Elgar. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-research-on-european-business-and-entrepreneurship-9781845425012.html |
| Book Chapters |
| Han, M. (Forthcoming). Towards Strategic Ambidexterity: The Nexus of Pro-Profit and Pro-Growth Strategies for the Sustainable International Corporation. In H. Volberda, & T. Pedersen (Eds.), Bridging IB Theories, Constructs, and Methods Across Cultures and Social Sciences. Palgrave. |
| Han, M. (2011). Building a new venture: The S-curve analysis of the entrepreneurial process. Chapter 6 Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce. In C. Wankel (Ed.), Management through Collaboration: Teaming in a Networked World. Routledge. |
| Dana, L.P., Han, M., Ratten, V., & Welpe, I.M. (2008). Introduction. In L.P. Dana, I.M. Welpe, M. Han, & V. Ratten (Eds.), Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Theory of Internationalization. Edward Elgar. |
Dana, L.P., Han, M., Ratten, V., & Welpe, I.M. (2008). Toward a Theory of Internationalization for European Entrepreneurship. In L.P. Dana, I.M. Welpe, M. Han, & V. Ratten (Eds.), Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Theory of Internationalization (pp.743-758). Edward Elgar. |
| Speeches |
| Invitational research presentation: Hong Kong University (HKU) Research Seminar Series (Jan, 2011) |
| Panel speaker: HKUST Asian Entrepreneurship round table, Hong Kong Club, Hong Kong (March, 2011) |
| Papers in Refereed Conferences |
Nicholls-Nixon, C., Han, M., & Celly, N. (2020, July 2-4). Innovation in public private partnerships: Evidence from India [Paper presentation]. EGOS Conference, Hamburg, Germany. |
Han, M. (2019, May 9-10). Rationality, non-rationality, or both: Reconceptualizing reasoning in management education [Paper presentation]. Academy of Management Learning and Education Special Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Celly, N., & Han, M. (2017, Oct 28-31). Strategic tridexterity for large Emerging markets [Paper presentation]. Strategic Management Society, Houston, United States. |
Ji, X., Lin, X., Han, M., Li, Y., & Guo, Y. (2016, June 4-6). What drives FDIs operate different in mainland China? A review work of research in international journal [Paper presentation]. ASAC annual meeting, Edmonton, Canada |
Han, M., Lai, M., & Lun, V. (2016, May 10-11). Implementing strategic ambidexterity in the container shipping industry [Paper presentation]. “Logistics & Maritime studies on One belt, One road” conference, Hong Kong, China. |
Han, M., Cheng, E., Lai, M., & Lun, V. (2016, January 25-26). Building Intermodal Capability in Shipping Industry: An Organizational Ambidexterity Perspective [Paper presentation]. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & Ryerson University Research Conference, Hong Kong, China. |
Han, M., Lai, M., Lun, V., & Cheng, E. (2015, August 20-21). Building innovation in shipping industry: An organizational ambidexterity perspective of intermodal capability [Paper presentation]. Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship meetings, Toronto, Canada. |
Han, M. (2014, Dec 6-8) Collaboration and competition: How should the international development of universities forges forward in dynamic Asia? [Panel Session, Proposal Accepted]. Strategic Management Society Conference, Sydney, Australia. |
| Kathuria, A., Celly, N., Han, M. & Andrade, M. (Dec, 2014) Succeeding in emerging markets: Towards Strategic Multidexterity. Presented at the SMS-Sydney Conference. |
| Han, M. (August, 2012) Cognitive ambidexterity: Antecedent to Organizational ambidexterity. Paper presented at the Academy of Management annual meetings, Boston, USA. |
| Celly, N. & Han, M. (June, 2011) SME Internationalization: Can SMEs Overcome Liabilities of Foreignness and Smallness through International and Product Diversification? Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Conference, Nagoya, Japan. |
| Subramanian V., Celly, N. & Han, M. (March 2011) Market-seeking Emerging Market Strategies: The Role of Institutional Arbitrage and Industry Voids. Paper presented at the Re-Assessing Emerging Market Multinationals’ Evolving Competitive Advantage Conference, Cambridge UK. |
| Han, M. & Hitt, M. (Sept 12-15, 2010) Towards Social Cognitive Theory of Knowledge Management: A Multi-Level Analysis. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meetings, Rome, Italy. |
| Han, M. (Sept 12-15, 2010) Cognitive Ambidexterity, Dynamic Capability and Firm Performance: Evidence from Messier Downty, Globalive and Lululemon Athletica. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meetings, Rome, Italy. |
| Han, M. & Celly, N. (June 24-27, 2010) Professional CEO, independent directors, innovation and family controlled firms’ performance. Paper presented at the International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship world conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Han, M. & McKelvey, W. (April 30-2 May, 2010) Building sustainable social entrepreneurship: A complexity theory model. Paper presented at the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, & Complexity, New York, USA. |
| Han, M. & McKelvey, W. (Oct 12-14, 2008) Achieving via Adaptive Tension: Evidence from GE’s Performance in Emerging Economies. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Meetings, Cologne, Germany. |
| Han, M. & Carsrud, A. (August 3-8, 2008) "Managing Nonlinearity: Toward Entrepreneurial S-Curve Logic for the Entrepreneurial Process," Paper presented at the 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. |
| McKelvey, W. & Han, M. (April 24-26, 2008) Toward a Pareto-based Entrepreneurial Science: TNVs as CAS. Paper presented at the First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking, and Complexity at Adelphi University, New York, New York. |
| Han, M. & McKelvey, W. (Feb 6-10, 2008) Toward a social capital theory of technology-based new ventures as complex adaptive systems. Paper presented at the Organization Science Winter Conference, Squaw Creek Resort, Olympic Valley, CA. |
| Lin, H., Han, M. Hassay, D. (June 7-9, 2007) Foreignness and Newness as Ethnic Advantages: Evidence from Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing Organizations. Paper presented at Babson Entrepreneurship Frontier conference, Madrid, Spain. |
| Han, M. (August 3-8, 2007). Toward a Social Capital Theory of Technology-Based New Ventures as Complex Adaptive Systems. Paper presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Han, M. & Celly, N. (August 3-8, 2007). Pro-Profit, Pro-Growth, or Both? Strategic Ambidexterity and Performance in International New Ventures. Paper presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Selected as Best Paper Proceedings). |
| Han, M. (August 3-8, 2007). The Entrepreneurial Advantage of Smallness, Foreignness, and Newness: New Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneur in the Canadian Real Estate Industry. Paper presented at symposium “Community Entrepreneurship in the International Context” at the 2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Han, M., Ratten, V., Welpe, I., Dana, L. (June 25-28, 2007) Internationalization of SMEs in the Diverse European Context: Evidence and Implications of a New Theory. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| Han, M. & McKelvey, W. (Sept 27-29, 2006). Redefining the Social Capital Basis of Technology-Based New Ventures: Lessons from Adaptation and Complexity Theories. Paper presented at the Technology-Transfer Society Annual Conference, Atlanta. |
| Han, M. (August 10-16, 2006). Managing Paradoxical Modes of Governance—Profit and Growth: Towards Aligned and Co-Evolved Structural, Strategic, and Cognitive Ambidexterity. Presented at the 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta. |
| Han, M. (August 10-16, 2006). The Entrepreneurial S-Curve Logic: A Conceptual Model for Managing Entrepreneurial Process. Presented at the 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta. |
| Han, M. (August 10-16, 2006). Developing Social Capital to Achieve Superior Internationalization: A Conceptual Model. Presented at the 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta. |
| Han, M., Welpe, I., Ratten, V. & Dana, L.-P. (June 23-26, 2006). Internationalization of SMEs in Europe: A Comparative Study. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Studies Meeting, Beijing, China. |
| Han, M. (June 23-26, 2006). Towards Strategic Ambidexterity: The Nexus of Pro-Profit and Pro-Growth Strategies for the Sustainable International Corporation. Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Studies Meeting, Beijing, China. |
| Celly, N., Han, M., & Nia, M. (2005, October). Building a Sustainable Startup: A Conceptual Model. Presented at the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Waterloo, ON. |
| Han, M. (2005, September).Towards Strategic Ambidexterity: The Nexus of Pro-Profit and Pro-Growth Strategies for the Sustainable International Corporation. Proceedings of the 3rd JIBS/AIB/CIBER Annual Invitational Conference, Rotterdam. |
| Han, M. (2005, August). Towards Strategic Ambidexterity: The Nexus of Pro-Profit and Pro-Growth for Corporate Venturing. Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu. |
| Han, M. (2005a, July). Building Social Capital to Achieve Superior Internationalization: A Conceptual Model. Presented at the 2nd Annual JIBS/AIB Paper Development Workshop, Academy of International Business Annual Conference, Quebec City. |
| Han, M. (2005b, July). Exploiting Short-Term Ties (STT) and Portfolio of Ties (PoT): Achieving Superior International Startup Performance. Presented at the Singapore Management University (SMU EDGE) 2005 Conference, Singapore. |
| Han, M. (2005c, July). Internationalization through Strategic Ambidexterity: An Integrative Approach. Presented at the Singapore Management University (SMU EDGE) 2005 Conference, Singapore. |
| Han, M. (2005, June). The Entrepreneurial S-Curve: A Conceptual Model for Entrepreneurial Life Cycle. Presented at the International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Washington, DC. |
| Han, M. (2005, May). Building Social Capital as Startup Internationalization Strategies: A Conceptual Model. Presented at the European Academy of Management Conference, Munich. |
| Han, M. (2004a, November). Entrepreneurial S-Curve: A Conceptual Model for Managing Entrepreneurial Process. Presented at the Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT XVIII), Copenhagen. |
| Han, M. (2004b, November). Towards Ambidexterity: The Nexus of Pro-Profit and Pro-Growth Business Models—Winning Entrepreneurial Strategies. Presented at the Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT XVIII), Copenhagen. |
| Han, M. (2004, October). Managing Innovation: An Integrative Strategy for Organizational Change. Presented at the Conference on Emerging Issues in Business and Technology, Myrtle Beach, SC. |
| Han, M. (2004, September). Towards Hybridization: An Integrative Strategy for Managing Rapid Growth and Internationalization. Presented at the 4th Biennial McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Montreal. |
| Conference Proceedings and Editorials |
Han, M. (2012). Antecedents of organizational ambidexterity: Towards cognitive ambidexterity capability reasoning. Proceedings of the Academy of Management annual meetings, USA, Vol 2012(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.16026abstract (external link) |
Han, M., & Celly, N. (2010). Professional CEO, independent directors, innovation and family-controlled firms’ performance. Proceedings of the International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, USA, "[Abstract]" 70-90. https://icsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ICSB-2010-Program_FINAL.pdf |
Han, M., & Celly, N. (2007). Pro-Profit? Pro-Growth? Or Both? Strategic Ambidexterity and Performance in International New Ventures (INV). In G. T. Solomon (Ed.), Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Vol. 2007 (1): 1-6 https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2007.26530001 (external link) |
| Han, M., Ratten, V., & Welpe, I. (2007). Editorial. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Special Issue, 4(3): pp. 211-213. |
Han, M. (2005). The Entrepreneurial S-Curve: A Conceptual Model for Entrepreneurial Life Cycle. Proceedings of the International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, USA, "[Abstract]" |
| Significant Professional contributions |
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| Editorial board member for Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) since 2009. |
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Journal of Business Venturing (JBV), Journal of Business Research (JBR), Journal of International Entrepreneurship (JIE), Journal of Contemporary Business Issues (JCBI), Decisions Support Systems (DSS), Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (JSBE).
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| Chair (2009), MBA Major Research Projects, Defense Committee (for 59 MBAs) |
Chair of Distinguished speakers organizing committee, CCSBE conference organizing board.
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| Chair of the Curriculum committee for the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Department (2008 to 2009) |
| Developed MBA Entrepreneurial Thinking curriculum (2007-2008) |
| Member of the Merit Committee for faculty award (2008-2009) |
| Member of the Faculty Appeal Committee (2008 to 2009) |
| Chair of the Best Paper selection committee for ENT ASAC 2005-2006; 2006-2007 |
| Chair of the Best Paper selection committee for IB ASAC 2005-2006; 2006-2007 |
Co-organized professional development workshop (PDW) at the Academy of Management (AOM) 2006 entitled ‘Sharing Experience from Entrepreneurship PhD Programs around the World’
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| Co-editor, Newsletter for ASAC International Business Division, 2006-2007 |
| Co-chair of the professional development workshop at Academy of Management Meeting 2006 |
| Editor, ASAC International Business Division Conference Proceedings, 2005 |
Co-organizer and Co-Chair of the “International Business and Entrepreneurship” track at European Academy of Management, 2005
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Co-organizer and Co-Chair of the “Developing Strategic Entrepreneurship in Small Business” workshop at the International Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2005
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Co-organizer and Co-Chair of the Sunrise Caucus “Developing the Field: International Entrepreneurship” at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2005
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| Academic Reviewer for Entrepreneurship Division, International Management Division, and Technology Innovation Management Division at Academy of Management, 2004, 2005 and 2006 |
| Faculty advisor for Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship at Ryerson University 2004-2005 |
| MBA courses: |
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| Entrepreneurial Mindset |
| Undergraduate courses: |
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| Strategic Management |
| Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Strategy |
| New Venture Startup |
| Studies in Entrepreneurship |
| Family Business in Canada |
| Honour / Award |
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| Co-authored paper with Bill McKelvey, UCLA (2009). Received “Highly Commended Award” by the Emerald Publishing. |
Received Outstanding Reviewer Award (2008). by the Strategic Management and International Business Division, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS). |
Paper selected for the AOM (2007). Best Paper Proceedings, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management. |
| Merit award for Professorship, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (2008-2009) |
| Merit award for Professorship, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (2007-2008) |
| Merit award for Professorship, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (2006-2007) |
| Merit award for Professorship, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (2005-2006) |
| Merit award for Professorship, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University (2003-2004) |
| Research funding |
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| Co-investigator (2007-2009). $80,434, Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing |
Principle investigator (2009-2010). $5000, Strategic ambidexterity and new venture performance 4A SSHRC award, Ryerson University |
Co-Investigator with Mike Lai, Venus Lun and Dean Edwin Cheng (2014-2015). $10,000, Strategic ambidexterity in the Shipping Industry: Managing Intermodal. RU & PolyU HK Joint research grant. |
Co-Investigator with Charlene Nicholls-Nixon, Howard Lin, Mike Lai, Venus Lun and Dean Edwin Cheng (2016-2018). $15,000, Entrepreneurial Orientation in Family Businesses: A Comparative Study of Canada and China. RU & PolyU HK Joint Research Grant. |
Principle Investigator (2021-2022). $7000, Don’t leave me behind: Advancing indigenous peoples with university education: A Stakeholders’ perspective. TRSM Research Development Grant |
| Media interviews |
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BNN Bloomberg Online News (2018, May 11). ‘Stick to tech’: How Elon Musk’s foray into candy could lead him astray by Nicole Gibillini, https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca. |
Toronto Star (2014, July). Interviewed by Rosemary Westwood on Canadian firm exporting to China. |
Financial Post (2008, April 14th) Interview published under Small Business section, Full page FP4, on “Fish out of water in second career”, Written by Eva Salinas. |
Globe and Mail (2007, November 13). Interview published under Small Business section, on succession planning of family business (full page mention) |