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Chi, Tailan

Chi, Tailan

Associate Professor


226-N Summerfield
University of Kansas, School of Business
1300 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7585

P: (785) 864-7593
F: (785) 864-5328
chi@ku.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Washington, 1990.
M.A. in Economics, University of Washington, 1988.
M.B.A., University of San Francisco, 1985.
B.E. in International Trade, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 1983.

Joined the University of Kansas in 2003
Academic Areas
International Business
Strategic Management
Interests
I have taught a variety of international business courses at the undergraduate, M.B.A. and Ph.D. levels. My current teaching interests include the global regime of international business and business in China.

My current research interests include (1) choice of foreign market entry modes, (2) organization structures of multinational corporations, and (3) market evaluations of a firm's intangible assets.
Current Activities
On the editorial boards of Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, and International Journal of Strategic Change Management.
Selected Publications

Tailan Chi & Anju Seth. 2008. A dynamic model of the choice of mode for exploiting complementary capabilities. Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.

Moses Acquaah & Tailan Chi. 2007. A longitudinal analysis of the impact of firm resources and industry characteristics on firm-specific profitability. Journal of Management and Governance, 11:179–213.

Tailan Chi. & Edward Levitas. 2007. An examination of options embedded in a firm’s patents: The value of dispersion in citations. In Jeffrey J. Reuer and Tony Tong, editors, Advances in Strategic Management: Real Options Theory of Strategic Alliances. Elsevier Science, The Netherlands.

Anju Seth & Tailan Chi. 2005. What does a real options perspective add to the understanding of strategic alliances? In Oded Shenkar and Jeffrey J. Reuer, editors, Handbook of Strategic Alliances. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Tailan Chi, Paul C. Nystrom & Philipp Kircher. 2004. Knowledge-based resources as determinants of MNC structure: Tests of an integrative model. Journal of International Management, 10: 219-238.

Anju Seth, Tailan Chi & Sarabjeet Seth. 2003. International strategy and structure: The tradeoff between productive and motivational efficiency. In Alan Rugman, editor, Leadership in International Business Education and Research. Elsevier Science, The Netherlands.

Edward Levitas & Tailan Chi. 2002. Rethinking Rouse and Daellenbach’s rethinking: Isolating versus testing for sources of sustainable competitive advantage. Strategic Management Journal, 23: 957-962.

Tailan Chi & Anju Seth. 2002. Joint ventures through a real options lens. In Farok J. Contractor and Peter Lorange, editors, Cooperative Strategies and Alliances. Elsevier Science, The Netherlands.

Tailan Chi & John Liu. 2001. Product life cycle, and market entry and exit decisions under uncertainty. IIE Transactions, 33 (9): 695-704.

Tailan Chi. 2000. Option to acquire and divest a joint venture. Strategic Management Journal, 21: 665-687.
Reprinted in Alan Rugman & Jing Li,, Editors. 2005. Real Options and International Investment. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc, Northampton, MA.
Tailan Chi & Paul C. Nystrom. 1998. An economic analysis of matrix structure, using multinational corporations as an illustration. Managerial and Decision Economics, 19: 141-156.

Tailan Chi & Thomas W. Roehl. 1997. The structuring of interfirm exchanges in business know-how: Evidence from international collaborative ventures. Managerial and Decision Economics, 18: 279-294.

Tailan Chi & Dashan Fan. 1997. Cognitive limitations and ‘investment myopia’. Decision Sciences, 28(1): 27-57.

Tailan Chi, John Liu & Hong Chen. 1997. Optimal stopping rule for a project with uncertainty completion time and partial salvageability. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 44(1): 54-66.

Tailan Chi & Donald J. McGuire. 1996. Collaborative ventures and value of learning: Integrating the transaction cost and strategic option perspectives on the choice of market entry modes. Journal of International Business Studies, 27(2): 285-307.
Reprinted in Jeffrey J. Reuer, Editor. 2004. Strategic Alliances: Theory and Evidence. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Reprinted in Alan Rugman & Jing Li, Editors. 2005. Real Options and International Investment. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc, Northampton, MA.
Tailan Chi. 1996. Performance verifiability and output sharing in collaborative ventures. Management Science, 42(1): 93-109.

Tailan Chi & Paul C. Nystrom. 1995. Decision dilemmas facing managers: Recognizing the value of learning while making sequential decisions. Omega—The International Journal of Management Science, 23(3): 303-312.

Tailan Chi. 1994. Trading in strategic resources: Necessary conditions, transaction cost problems, and choice of exchange structure. Strategic Management Journal, 15(4): 271-290.