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Henry Han

Xu (Henry) Han, PhD

Assistant Professor of Management, College of New Jersey; Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Fellow, Management Department, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests:corporate entrepreneurship; business model innovation

About Xu (Henry)

Xu Han (“Henry”) is an assistant professor of management at the College of New Jersey and an adjunct associate professor and senior fellow in the Management Department at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Han earned his bachelor's in International Law from China Foreign Affairs University and PhD in Management (Strategy) from Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.

Professor Han's broad research interest lies in understanding how firms create value and sustained competitive advantage through corporate entrepreneurship and business model innovation. He is particularly interested in firms in fintech and renewable energy sectors. Professor Han's research has been published in influential academic and practitioner-oriented journals and presented in multiple international conferences. He received the “Best Empirical Paper Award” from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. He is also a member of the editorial board of Management and Organization Review.

Professor Han's teaching is focused on a diverse set of strategy and entrepreneurship related topics (e.g., business model innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, digital transformation and disruption, early stage financing) in undergraduate, MBA, and Executive Education programs. He also writes teaching cases on these topics. Professor Han received a Wharton Teaching Excellence Award in 2020. Besides research and teaching, Professor Han co-founded and runs a venture-backed climate-tech company, which received grants and prizes from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. He also advises a number of start-up and established companies on various strategy and entrepreneurship issues.