Xia Li

Xia Li is an Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Her research focuses on sustainability and innovation. Her first research stream examines how firms respond to systemic risks such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and geopolitical risk. Her second research stream investigates firms' investment in and adoption of innovations, particularly green technologies. Her work has been published in Strategic Management Journal and Nature Communications, and has been featured by Newsweek and the UN PRI. She serves on the editorial review board of Strategic Management Journal.

Dr Li earned her PhD in Management (Strategy and Innovation) from Boston University's Questrom School of Business. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and earned her undergraduate degrees (BA, BSc in Economics) from Peking University. Before entering academia, she worked as a Regional Associate Director at Aon and as a Consultant at Environmental Resources Management. She has lived and pursued professional opportunities in Hong Kong SAR, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.