> 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 PennsylvaniaResearch Interests:corporate entrepreneurship; business model innovation About Xu (Henry) Xu Han (“Henry”) is an associate 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, University of Pennsylvania. He earned his PhD in Management (Strategy) from Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. Professor Han’s research examines how firms create value and sustain competitive advantage through corporate entrepreneurship and business model innovation. He also studies entrepreneurial team formation, learning, and the commercialization of innovative technologies, with a focus on FinTech and renewable energy. His work has been published in leading academic and practitioner-oriented journals, presented at international conferences, and received the 2024 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Best Paper Prize and the Best Empirical Paper Award from the Academy of Management’s Entrepreneurship Division. He serves on the editorial board of Management and Organization Review. Professor Han teaches a range of strategy and entrepreneurship topics, including business model innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, design thinking, early-stage financing, and digital transformation and disruption, across undergraduate, MBA, and Executive Education programs. He also authors teaching cases on these subjects and has received the Wharton Teaching Excellence Award. In practice, Professor Han co-founded a venture-backed climate-tech company focused on sustainability and deep tech innovation. He also advises startups and established firms on strategy and entrepreneurship challenges.
