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xiaolan.fu@qeh.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 281836

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Industrialisation/technology and development; foreign direct investment and economic development in China; emerging Asian economies; innovation in US/EU

Xiaolan Fu

Professor of Technology and International Development

Xiaolan Fu (傅晓岚) is the Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Professor of Technology and International Development, Fellow of Green Templeton College and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Founder of OxValue.AI.

She was appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Ten-Member High Level Advisory Group of the UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism and to the Governing Council of the UN's Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. She is also a member of the UN SDSN Leadership Council led by Jeffrey Sachs. She is winner of a 2021 Falling Walls Scientific Breakthrough Award, the 2019 winner of the CFA Asia-Pacific Research Exchange Award (CFA Insitute), the 2018 winner of the Best Journal Paper of the Year Award (European Academy of International Business), and the 2017 winner of the Best Paper Award (European Association of Management (EURAM) Innovation Strategic Interest Group).

Her research interests include innovation, technology and industrialisation; trade, foreign direct investment and economic development; emerging Asian economies; innovation and productivity in the UK/US.

She has published extensively in leading international journals independently or in collaboration with others. Her recent books include Innovation under the Radar (forthcoming), China's Path to Innovation, China’s Role in Global Economic Recovery and The Rise of Technological Power in the South. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, and serves on the editorial boards of Industrial and Corporate Change, International Journal of Technology Management, and four other international journals.

Professor Fu has received large research grants from funding bodies that include the European Commission, ESRC, EPSRC, British Academy, DFID, and the Cairncross Foundation. She also received the European Commission EFMD Gate2Growth 2005 'European Best Paper' Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 Outstanding Paper Award, and European Association of Management (EURAM) annual conference Innovation Strategic Interest Group 2017 Best Paper Award.

She has been a consultant for UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNIDO, the World Bank, the OECD, the European Commission, the ILO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, UKTI and the Chinese government. Professor Fu serves on the Advisory Expert Group of the OECD Global Investment Forum and the DFID/ESRC Economic Growth Directorate (DEGP), and was President of the Chinese Economic Association (Europe) and CEA (UK) in 2010-11. She currently serves on the Management Committee of the Oxford University China Centre. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and University of Tsinghua, and a Visiting Professor at Fudan University. As a leading China expert, she has participated in various media interviews and panel discussions including for the BBC, Sky News, CCTV, CGTN, People's Daily, and China Daily. In 2014 she was invited to address the UN General Assembly on ‘Science, technology and innovation in developing countries’.

Professor Fu came to Oxford from Cambridge University, where she was a Senior Research Fellow. Before coming to the UK, she had five years’ work experience in the business sector in China before embarking on her academic career.

See also: Professor Xiaolan Fu | TMCD (oxfordtmcd.org) 

Xiaolan Fu teaches Quantitative Research Methods for the MPhil in Development Studies and the MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy. She also contributes to the MPhil core course and offers an option on Technology and Industrialisation in Developing Countries.

  • Chapters

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    G Essegbey, G Frempong ( ) MNEs and capabilities building in Ghana . In Xiaolan Fu, Pervez N Ghauri, Juha Väätänen Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development , London and New York: Emerald
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    G Essegbey, G Frempong ( ) Multinational enterprises, sustainable development and poverty alleviation: Past, present, and future . Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development , London and New York: Emerald
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    S Akter, L Bremermann, M Rosa, V Nattrodt, J Väätänen, R Teplov and I Khairullina ( ) MNEs’ contribution to sustainable energy and development: the case of "Light for All" program in Brazil . In Xiaolan Fu, Pervez N Ghauri, Juha Väätänen Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development , London and New York: Emerald
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    ( ) Innovations in the Informal Economy: Recent research development and areas for future research . In Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Erika Kraemer-Mbula The Informal Economy in Developing Nations: Hidden Engine of Innovation? - New economic insights and policies , Cambridge University Press
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    J Hou ( ) Key Determinants of Technological Capabilities for a Green Economy in Emerging Economies . In R Vos, D Alarcon Going Green. Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development , World Bank
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    D Xu ( ) The Private Sector and the Sustainability of China's Export Growth . In X Fu China's Role in the Global Economic Recovery , Routledge
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    R Kaplinsky, D Kale ( ) Global Manufactures Prices: How Do China's Exports Compare? . X Fu (ed) China's Role in the Global Economic Recovery , Routledge
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    Q Sun ( ) China in the Global Economic Crisis: Impact and Adjustment . In X Fu China's Role in the Global Economic Recovery , Routledge
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    L Soete, L Sonne ( ) Science, Technology and Development: Emerging Concepts and Visions . In Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete The Rise of Technological Power in the South , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
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    C Polzin ( ) Sustainability of Technology Intensive Social Innovations: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and User Freedom of Choice . In Xiaolan Fu, Luc Soete The Rise of Technological Power in the South , Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
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    ( ) Exports, FDI, Linkages and Regional Disparities in China . In S Yao, J Chen Globalization, Competition and Growth in China , London: Taylor and Francis pp 163-81
  • Working papers

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    S Liu, T Li ( ) The determinants and impact of outward direct investment from China: evidence from Guangdong Survey . TMD Centre Working Paper No 051
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    P-O Siebers et al ( ) Enhancing Productivity: The Role of Management Practices . Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Working Paper 065
    Fu, Xiaolan
    M Fu, T Li ( ) International and Intra-national Technology Spillovers and Technological Development Paths in Developing Countries . UNU-WIDER Research Paper No 2008/96
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    A Eisengerich, R De Hoyos ( ) Clusters of Management Practices, Structural Embeddedness and Firm Productivity . SLPTMD Working Paper Series 008 , University of Oxford
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