Research areas

• International reconfiguration of multinational enterprises
• Internationalization of creative economies

Qualifications

• PhD, The University of Western Australia
• MSc, University of International Business and Economics
• BA(Hons.), University of International Business and Economics
   

Biography

Dr Xinli Huang is a Senior Lecturer in International Business and Strategy at the Research School of Management, The Australian National University. She received her PhD in International Business from The University of Western Australia. Prior to joining ANU, she worked at the University of Sheffield and Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU).

Her research focuses on two interconnected areas of international business and strategy. The first examines the international reconfiguration of multinational enterprises, with particular attention to how firms adapt their strategies, organizational boundaries, and international networks in response to uncertainty and changes in the global environment. The second investigates the internationalization of creative economies, focusing on how institutions and cross-country differences shape firm internationalization and entrepreneurial activity across creative and digital contexts.

Her research has been published in academic journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, Regional Studies, and Public Administration Review, among others. Her work has received the Best Paper Award from the International Management Division of the Academy of Management, along with other Best Paper Awards and finalist recognition.

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Publications

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• You, Y., Huang, X., & Li, R. (2026). How ecosystem density shapes entrepreneurial engagement: The moderating role of digital infrastructure. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 231, 124811.
• He, X., Fan, D., Huang, X., & Peng, M. W. (2026). Behind emerging market firms’ internationalization, diversification, and innovation: A geographic relational approach. Journal of Management, 52(5), 2033–2060.
• Wu, S., Huang, X., Fan, D., & Su, Y. (2026). Home-country imprinting and the international experience–growth relationship: A meta-analysis. Journal of International Management, 32(2), 101336.
• Huang, X., Fan, D., & Soo, C. (2025). A social influence view of the internationalization of cultural products. Journal of International Business Studies, 56(8), 990–1009.
• Xu, Q., Chen, C., Huang, X., & Yang, W. (2025). Assessment of residential renewable energy investment under dynamic market environment: Aspect from household benefits. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124060.
• Huang, X., Liang, Y., & Webber, D. (2024). Strategic asset-seeking acquisitions by emerging market multinational enterprises and the liability of emergingness. Journal of International Management, 30(4), 101157.
• Fan, D., Zhang, Y., Huang, X., & Su, Y. (2023). Varieties of institutional systems, the Belt-Road Initiative, and the patterned investment flows. International Business Review, 32(4), 102123.
• Wu, S., Huang, X., Fan, D., Li, Y., & Su, Y. (2023). Cluster linkages in the global production networks: Exploring the impacts on the expansion of emerging market multinationals. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 171, 103039.
• Huang, X., Gao, Q., Fan, D., & Hassan, Z. (2022). How do consulting firms share knowledge with clients in the Arab world? A cultural embeddedness perspective. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 20(4), 580–592.
• Fan, D., Su, Y., & Huang, X. (2022). Nursery city innovation: A CELL framework. Public Administration Review, 82(4), 764–770.
• Zhang, T., & Huang, X. (2022). Viral marketing: Influencer marketing pivots in tourism: A case study of meme influencer instigated travel interest surge. Current Issues in Tourism, 25(4), 508–515.
• Huang, X., & Fan, D. (2021). Global connectedness, local embeddedness and creative economies in European cities. Regional Studies, 55(7), 1265–1281.
• Huang, X., Fan, D., He, X., & Su, Y. (2021). The micro-foundation of ambidextrous foreign direct investment. Management and Organization Review, 17(3), 551–582.
• Fan, D., Zhu, C. J., Huang, X., & Kumar, V. (2021). Mapping the terrain of international human resource management research over the past fifty years: A bibliographic analysis. Journal of World Business, 56(2), 101185.
• Ren, S., Fan, D., Huang, X., & Li, Z. (2021). The micro-foundation of ambidextrous opportunity identification in international expansion. International Business Review, 30(1), 101764.
• Fan, D., Zhu, C. J., Timming, A. R., Su, Y., Huang, X., & Lu, Y. (2020). Using the past to map out the future of occupational health and safety research: Where do we go from here? The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31(1), 90–127.
• Gao, Q., Li, Z., & Huang, X. (2019). How EMNEs choose location for strategic asset seeking in internationalization? Based on strategy tripod framework. Chinese Management Studies, 13(3), 687–705.