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Two papers in Science, work across Technovation, JMIS, Organization Science, the Journal of Operations Management and the Academy of Management — and a deep pipeline of manuscripts in revision and review at the field's leading venues.

01 — Publications

Peer-reviewed & in-pipeline

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Published & Accepted — Peer-Reviewed

Including two cross-domain papers in Science and a Technovation lead article.

A Loneliness Cure

D. Teng

Science

DOI 10.1126/science.adp6654

PublishedCross-Domain Top 1
Changing Outdated Expectations

G. Singh, D. Teng, H. Turki, et al.

Science

DOI 10.1126/science.adn4211

PublishedCross-Domain Top 1
Gen-AI's Effects on New Value Propositions in Business Model Innovation: Evidence from the Information Technology Industry

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Technovation, 143 (2025): 103191

DOI 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103191

PublishedInnovation Top 5 · ABS 3
Beyond the Hype: Distinguishing LLM Agents from Gen-AI Startups Through Model Context Protocol

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026

Accepted
Comparing Human and AI Persuaders: An Empirical Study of Differential Persuasive Effects

X. Yang, D. Teng

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2026

Accepted
Hacking Innovation: An Improvisation Perspective of Orchestrating for Grand Challenges

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025

DOI 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.13980abstract

Published
Federated Diversity & Inclusion-focused NLP-based Supply Chain Risk Prediction System

D. Teng, V. Martinez

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023

DOI 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.11312abstract

Published
Shaping the Future of Work in the AI Era: Business Model Innovation in Digitalisation for Decent Work and Economic Growth

C. Ye, D. Teng

INFORMS International Conference on Service Science, 2025

DOI 10.1007/978-3-032-13116-4_3

Published
Deutsche Bank (China) Digital Transformation: Innovative Practices in Fintech

D. Wang, D. Teng

Information Technology and Business Journal

DOI 10.19358/j.issn.2096-5133.2021.07.003

Published
Improving Transparency and Credibility of Students' Educational Records using a School-Operated Blockchain System

D. Teng, T. Yang, Y. Yue, Q. Chen, X. Huang, C. Dai

International Conference on Information and Computer Technologies, 2021

DOI 10.1109/icict52872.2021.00050

Published
Beyond Excuses: Securing Manufacturing Supply Resilience in Volatile Markets

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Accepted in Principle

Revise & Resubmit / Major Revision

Threat-Driven Capital Allocation: How Major Cyberattacks on Critical National Infrastructure Reshape Cybersecurity Venture Investment

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Journal of Management Information Systems

FT50 · ABS 4 · Domain Top 3

Revise & Resubmit
Navigating the Automation and Augmentation Paradox: Evidence from the UK Algorithmic Trading Industry

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Long Range Planning

ABS 4 · Strategy Top 3 · 2nd Round Resubmitted

Major Revision
Coding Regulatory Society: How RegTech Programmes Structure Inclusion, Complexity, and Legitimation Across Functional Systems

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Information Technology & People

ABS 3

Major Revision

Under Review

The Stratified Flexibility Paradox: Mechanism Differentiation in Remote Work Operations

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Journal of Operations Management

UTD-24 · FT50 · Domain Top 3

Under Review
Sail the Stranded Ship: The Serendipitous Rise of the 'Blue Ways' Business Ecosystem

D. Teng, C. Ye

Journal of Management Studies

FT50 · ABS 4 · Domain Top 5

Under Review
The Democratization Paradox: Venture Capital and the Restructuring of Media Industries in the GenAI Era

D. Teng, C. Ye, X. Yang

Journal of Management Information Systems

FT50 · ABS 4 · Domain Top 3

Under Review
Ecosystem Depth, Sector Specialization, and Venture Capital Deal Size

D. Teng, C. Ye

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

FT50 · ABS 4 · Entrepreneurship Top 3

Under Review
When Founder Identity Aligns with Market Mission: Reversing the Gender Funding Gap in Femtech

D. Teng, M. Huang

Journal of Business Venturing

FT50 · ABS 4 · Entrepreneurship Top 3

Under Review
Grand Challenges, Small Exits: The Soft-Technology Paradox in Climate-Vulnerable Regions

D. Teng, Z. Wang

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

FT50 · ABS 4 · Entrepreneurship Top 3

Under Review
Leadership Relational Infrastructure and Firm Funding Outcomes in AI-Classified Sectors: A Humanness-Paradox Interpretation

D. Teng, M. Huang, X. Yang

Human Relations

FT50 · ABS 4 · Domain Top 3

Under Review
Internal Substitutes, External Complements: A Dual-Network Theory of Digital Diversification

D. Teng, C. Ye

Long Range Planning

ABS 4 · Strategy Top 3

Under Review
The Conditional Value of Transformative Business Models: Evidence from Venture Capital Markets

D. Teng

California Management Review

ABS 3

Under Review
Beyond Orchestration: A Resource Altruism Perspective Towards Ecosystem Leadership

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Technovation

ABS 3 · Innovation Top 5

Under Review
People-Centred AI Adoption in Resource-Constrained New Firms: A Qualitative Study of Human–Technology Integration

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez

Technovation

ABS 3 · Innovation Top 5

Under Review
Beyond the Hype: Distinguishing LLM Agents from Generative AI Startups Through a Natural Experiment

D. Teng, C. Ye, V. Martinez, A. Chan

Technovation

ABS 3 · Innovation Top 5

Under Review
Navigating Global Disruptions: Geopolitical Risk, Supply Chain Financing, and the Reconfiguration of the Semiconductor Industry

D. Teng, C. Ye, H. Shi

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

ABS 3

Under Review
When Does Responsible AI Attract Investors? Technology, Institutional, and Ecosystem Boundaries in Healthcare AI Ventures

D. Teng, C. Ye

Information Systems Frontiers

ABS 3

Under Review

02 — Conference Presentations

On the podium

Presentations, workshops and demos at the leading venues in management, operations and human–algorithm interaction.

Jun 2026The Cost of Invisibility: Strategic Evasion and the Safety–Wealth Trade-off in the Gen-AI BoomDRUID26 · Copenhagen · 8–10 June · oral presentation & discussant (with Chen Ye)DRUID · Oral
Jun 2025JPIM Workshop on Radical Innovation for Creative IndustriesStockholm School of Economics · hosted by Roberto Verganti (SSE) & Gerda Gemser (University of Melbourne)JPIM · Workshop
Jun 2026PDW: Reimagining Spaces for Innovation in an Era of Co-creation8 June · 10:00–18:00 (UTC+1) · hosted by Prof. Luigi De Luca, Anna, Sanne, Paul & DebbieJPIM · Workshop
Apr 202611th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference7–10 April · University of Liverpool Management SchoolEaP · Conference
2026Beyond the Hype: Distinguishing LLM Agents from Gen-AI Startups Through Model Context Protocol86th Academy of Management Annual Meeting · Philadelphia · TIM Division (with Chen Ye & Veronica Martinez)AOM · Accepted
Jun 2026Digital Globalization in an Age of Geopolitical Turbulence WorkshopAIB 2026 · Manchester · 29 June · AIB Digitalization SIG · co-chairs Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen (ESPM) & Noman Shaheer (Sydney)AIB · Accepted
Jun 2026Geopolitical Risk & the Fragmentation of Global Value Chains: Evidence from Semiconductor Investment BifurcationJIBS Paper Development Workshop · AIB 2026 · Alliance Manchester Business School · 29 June (with Chen Ye & Hanning Shi)JIBS · PDW
Jun 2026LLMxLaw Conference — Trusting AI in High-Stakes Legal DomainsCambridge Judge Business School · 27 JuneConference
Jun 2026Grand Challenges, Small Exits: The Soft-Technology Paradox in Climate-Vulnerable RegionsCambridge Climate & Nature Research Showcase · 26 June · Poster P33 (with Ziming Wang)Cambridge Zero · Poster
2026The Human in the Loop: A Symposium on Human–AI Collaboration in Language AssessmentALTA Institute · Dept. of Computer Science & Technology & Faculty of Education · University of Cambridge · PosterSymposium · Poster
May 2026Digital Economy, AI & Energy Systems WorkshopUniversity of Warwick · 7 May · panellist alongside ONS & Energy Systems CatapultPanellist
May 2026AI Plus Management Doctoral ConsortiumUCL School of Management · London (org. A. Doshi, O. Hauser, H. Lifshitz, P. Ozcan)Doctoral Consortium
2026Human–Algorithm Interactions for Analytical Creativity: Evidence from Algorithmic TradingInnovation Growth Lab (IGL) Idea Pitch Session · NestaIGL · Pitch
Mar 2026Journal of Management Studies Professional Development Workshop 2026JMS & SAMS · Møller Institute, Cambridge · 23 March · doctoral publishing workshopJMS · PDW
2026Sail the Stranded Ship: The Serendipitous Rise of the 'Blue Ways' Business EcosystemL+QC Annual Research Day · Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London · discussant Prof. Alessandro Giudici (with Chen Ye)L+QC · Presented
2026Beyond the Hype: LLM Agents vs. Generative AIThe Psychometrics Centre · University of Cambridge · invited by Luning Sun, discussion with Prof. David StillwellInvited Talk
Dec 2025Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery (C2D3) ECR & Student ConferenceDept. of Computer Science & Technology · University of Cambridge · 10 December · NeurIPS@CamC2D3 · Presented
2025Hacking Innovation: An Improvisation Perspective of Orchestrating for Grand ChallengesAcademy of Management Annual Meeting · ChicagoAOM · Presented
2025Gen-AI & Business Model Innovation35th Annual POMS Conference · MinneapolisPOMS · Presented
2025Shaping the Future of Work in the AI EraINFORMS International Conference on Service ScienceINFORMS · Presented
2025CHIA Annual ConferenceCentre for Human-Inspired AI · University of CambridgeBest Demo
2025AI@Cam Annual ConferenceUniversity of CambridgePoster
2024Federated D&I NLP-based Supply Chain Risk PredictionAcademy of Management Annual Meeting · CopenhagenAOM · Presented
2024Human in the Center of the Human–Algorithm Collaboration in Analytical and Creative Tasks1st Human–Algorithm Interaction Workshop · University of OxfordWorkshop
20243-Minute Research PresentationLiverpool PhD Summer School · OSCMFirst Place & People's Choice
2023IfM PhD ConferenceUniversity of CambridgePresented
2020A Transparent and Trustable Approach for Donation Fund Tracing using Blockchain Technology6th Intl. Conference on Industrial & Business Engineering · MacauSession Best Presenter

03 — Collaborative Institutions

Research network

Co-authors, hosts and partners span universities and research institutes across the UK, Europe, North America and Asia.

Co-author: A target paper in development with colleagues willing to be co-authors.
Collaboration: Active research discussion with early results and follow-ups scheduled.
Network: A shared community network for research exchange and presentation.
Funding Partner: Funding proposals submitted together.

A University of Cambridge

Institute for ManufacturingHome Dept.

Judge Business SchoolEx-Research Affiliation

Centre for Human-Inspired AIEarly Career Community

Psychometrics CentreNetwork

University of Cambridge — Department of Land Economy — Department of Land EconomyCo-author

University of Cambridge — Department of Computer Science and Technology — Department of Computer Science & TechnologyCollaboration

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk — Centre for the Study of Existential RiskMPhil Thesis Supervisor

Girton College, Cambridge — Girton CollegeCollege

University of Cambridge — Department of Engineering — Department of EngineeringFaculty

University of Cambridge — Faculty of Mathematics — Faculty of MathematicsCollaboration

Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven Discovery (C2D3) — Cambridge Centre for Data-Driven DiscoveryNetwork

ai@cam — ai@camNetwork

Cambridge University Libraries — Data Champions — Data ChampionsActive Member · Cambridge University Libraries

Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery — Accelerate Programmefor Scientific Discovery

Cambridge Digital Humanities — Cambridge Digital HumanitiesPrevious · Policy Project

B United Kingdom

Imperial College London — Imperial College LondonCo-author

University of Oxford — University of OxfordCo-author

University College London — University College LondonCo-author

The University of Edinburgh — The University of EdinburghFunding Partner

King's College London — King's College LondonFunding Partner

The London School of Economics and Political Science — London School of EconomicsCo-author

London Business School — London Business SchoolCollaboration

University of Southampton — University of SouthamptonCo-author

University of Warwick — University of WarwickFunding Partner

The Open University — The Open UniversityFunding Partner

Lancaster University — Lancaster UniversityCollaboration

University of Nottingham — University of NottinghamFunding Partner

University of Sheffield — University of SheffieldFunding Partner

University of Liverpool — University of LiverpoolAlma Mater

University of York — University of YorkCo-author

University of SussexCo-author

Henley Business School, ReadingCo-author

University of Surrey — University of SurreyFunding Partner

The Alan Turing InstituteNetwork

C Europe

Stockholm School of Economics — Stockholm School of EconomicsCollaboration

Grenoble École de Management — Grenoble École de ManagementCollaboration

Technical University of Munich — Technical University of MunichCo-author

Maastricht University — Maastricht UniversityCollaboration

Politecnico di Torino — Politecnico di TorinoCollaboration

D Asia

Tsinghua UniversityCollaboration

Zhejiang UniversityCollaboration

Peking UniversityNetwork

Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCollaboration

Fudan University — Fudan UniversityCo-author

National University of SingaporeNetwork

Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityNetwork

The University of Tokyo — The University of TokyoCo-author

GLOBIS University — GLOBIS UniversityFunding Partner

The University of Hong Kong — The University of Hong KongFunding Partner

China Europe International Business School — CEIBSCo-author

Nara Institute of Science and Technology — Nara Institute of Science & TechnologyFunding Partner

Chinese Academy of Sciences — Chinese Academy of SciencesPrevious Internship

Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences — Institute of Software, CASPrevious Internship

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University — Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityAlma Mater

E North America

Stanford University — Stanford UniversityTraining

University of Pennsylvania — University of PennsylvaniaNetwork

McGill University — McGill UniversityCo-author

University of Pittsburgh — University of PittsburghNetwork

F International Research Community

Academy of Management — Academy of ManagementSociety

INFORMS — INFORMSSociety

Strategic Management Society — Strategic Management SocietySociety

RADMA — RADMASociety

Academy of International Business — Academy of International BusinessSociety

DRUID Society — DRUID SocietySociety

Society for the Advancement of Management Studies — Society for the Advancement of Management StudiesSociety

Production and Operations Management Society — Production & Operations Management SocietySociety

LLM+ Research Community — LLM+ Research CommunityFounder · 18+ universities

04 — Patents

Intellectual property

Granted invention patents arising from applied engineering work.

2022

A SPA Apparatus for Efficient Spraying

A portable apparatus and mechanism for efficient spraying — design, structure and method of use.

Invention Patent · CN112022679A

Granted

05 — Peer Review

Editorial & reviewing

Ad hoc reviewing for journals across management and computing.

2026 –ACM Transactions on Social ComputingAd Hoc ReviewerReviewer
2026 –California Management ReviewAd Hoc ReviewerReviewer
2024 –Journal of Operations ManagementAd Hoc Reviewer · FT50Reviewer
2025 –Industrial Management & Data SystemsAd Hoc ReviewerReviewer
2024 –International Journal of Logistics ManagementAd Hoc ReviewerReviewer
2025 –Journal of Knowledge ManagementAd Hoc ReviewerReviewer
2023 –Journal of Asset ManagementAd Hoc Reviewer · quantitative methods in quant financeReviewer
2024 –Academy of Management Annual MeetingAnnual Conference ReviewerReviewer
2023 –Strategic Management Society Annual ConferenceAnnual Conference Reviewer · business model innovation & digital technologyReviewer

06 — Book

Book contribution

Invited chapter in an edited volume on innovation ecosystems.

Empirical Study on Technology Transfer: Lessons from Emerging and Advanced Economies

D. Teng

Innovation Ecosystems: Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and the Commercialisation of Knowledge · Elsevier

Edited Volume · Chapter 16

Book Chapter

Author abbreviation — D. Teng = Dequn Teng. Full citations & preprints available on request.