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Mengge Li

Associate Professor
Marketing, Management, and Supply Chain

Office Building: Business Administration Building
Office Room: Room 203
Phone: (915) 747-7742
Email: mli3@utep.edu

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Bio

Dr. Mengge Li is an Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Marketing, Management, and Supply Chain at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He teaches strategic management, global strategy, and international business. Dr. Li earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Houston and his M.S. in Information Systems and Operations Management from the University of Florida. His research focuses on strategic leadership, corporate governance, competitive strategies, and innovation management. Dr. Li’s work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Management, Group & Organization Management, Journal of Business Ethics, European Journal of Marketing, and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Research Award - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Excellence in Teaching Innovation - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Management Outstanding Research Award - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)

Education

Ph D in Business Administration, University of Houston (2015)
MS in Information Systems, University of Florida (2009)
BS in Food Science, South China Agricultural University (2006)

Publications

Strategic Temporal Transitions: Performance Implications of Exploration and Exploitation Transition. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice (2025), Jinxin Yang, Mengge Li, Thomas Kiu.
Bonding versus Bridging: Disentangling the Effects of CEO Social Capital on Firm Exploratory Innovation. R&D Management (2024), Jinxin Yang, Sergio A. Grove, Mengge Li.
What Happens When Your Hand is in My Pocket: The Foreign Policy Effects of China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Africa. Journal of Business Ethics (2024), Hermann Ndofor, Carla Jones, Mengge Li.
More or Complex Actions? Effects of Supply Networks on Firms' Competitive Aggressiveness. International Journal of Operations & Production Management (2024), Yang (Sophie) Yang, Xiaojin Sun, Mengge Li, Tingting Yan.
Consumer responses to CEO activism: an impression management approach European Journal of Marketing (2024), Frank G. Cabano, Mengge Li, Fernando R. Jiménez.
Consumer Responses to CEO Activism: An Impression Management Approach European Journal of Marketing 56 5 (2024), Frank G. Cabano, Mengge Li, Fernando R. Jimenez-Arevalo.
CEO Vigilance and Hypercompetition: CEO Attention in Resource Utilization and Firm Competitive Aggressiveness. Management Decision (2023), Mengge Li, Jinxin Yang.
Let's Explore with a Divided Team! Subgroup Division of TMT and Technological Exploration. Journal of Management & Organization (2022), Mengge Li, Kun (Carl) Liu.
Audit Committee Diversity and Financial Restatements. Journal of Management & Governance (2021), Seemantini Pathak, Codou Samba, Mengge Li.
Mapping Patent Usage in Management Research: The State of Prior Art. Journal of Management (2020), Jeff Savage, Mengge Li, Scott Turner, Donald Hatfield, Laura Cardinal.

Presentations

Know Your Enemies via Your Friends:The Effects of Firms’ Co-embeddedness in Competition-Value Networks on Firms’ New Product Introduction (2023), Volume Atlanta, GA, Yang (Sophie) Yang, Mengge Li, Xiaojin Sun, Tingting Yan.
How TMT Faultlines Affect Corporate Fraud (2023), Volume Toronto, Candana, Da Teng, Mengge Li, Shuai Chen.
It Takes Two To Tango: The Effect Of Dyadic Structural Characteristics On Competitive Dynamics (2022), Volume Houston, TX, Mengge Li, Xiaojin Sun, Yang (Sophie) Yang, Tingting Yan.
The Implications of Chinese Economic Engagement in Africa (2022), Volume Virtual, Ndofor, Carla Jones, Mengge Li.
Structural Embeddedness of CEO Social Networks and Firm Exploratory Innovation (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Mengge Li, Jinxin Yang.
Structural Embeddedness of CEO Social Networks and Firm Exploratory Innovation (2021), Volume Virtual, Mengge Li, Jinxin Yang.
The Effects of Supply Networks on Firm Competitive Behavior (2020), Volume Virtual, Mengge Li, Xiaojin Sun, Yang (Sophie) Yang.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16911
Fall 2025	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	16680
Fall 2025	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	17049
Fall 2025	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	10527
Summer 2025	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	34046
Summer 2025	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	34047
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31625

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16911
Fall 2025	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	16680
Fall 2025	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	10527
Spring 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26839	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26880	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	25734	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	26775
Spring 2025	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20405	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy	17695	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16520	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16522	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MGMT 6398 - Management Dissertation I	18019
Fall 2024	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	17349	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	27303	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	27055	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16798	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16806	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MGMT 6354 - Management Topics in Intl Bus	17334	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MKT 6354 - Marketing Topics in Intl Bus	17354	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26876	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21015	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	23959	Syllabus
Fall 2022	MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy	17871	Syllabus
Fall 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	18371	Syllabus
Fall 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	18379	Syllabus
Summer 2022	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	36589
Spring 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	28355	Syllabus
Spring 2022	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	28576
Spring 2022	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21300	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II	19760
Fall 2021	MGMT 6389 - Management Independent Study	19960	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MGMT 3304 - Organization Development	11342	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11344	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11348	Syllabus
Spring 2021	BUSN 6399 - Dissertation II	25892
Spring 2021	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	27766	Syllabus
Spring 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20751	Syllabus
Spring 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20752	Syllabus
Fall 2020	BUSN 6398 - Dissertation I	19784
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11398	Syllabus
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11402	Syllabus
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	19681	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20857	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21596	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	27230	Syllabus
Fall 2019	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	17275	Syllabus
Fall 2019	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11487	Syllabus
Fall 2019	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11491	Syllabus
Spring 2019	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20899	Syllabus
Spring 2019	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21687	Syllabus
Spring 2019	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	28376	Syllabus
Fall 2018	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11596	Syllabus
Fall 2018	IBUS 6354 - Topics in Internatl Business	17151	Syllabus
Spring 2018	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	22783	Syllabus
Spring 2018	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21798	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26839	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26880	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	25734	Evaluation
Spring 2025	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20405	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16520	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16522	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	17349	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	27303	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha	27055	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16798	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	16806	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	26876	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21015	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	23959	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy	17871	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	18371	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	18379	Evaluation
Spring 2022	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	28355	Evaluation
Spring 2022	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21300	Evaluation
Fall 2021	MGMT 3304 - Organization Development	11342	Evaluation
Fall 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11344	Evaluation
Fall 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11348	Evaluation
Spring 2021	MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt	27766	Evaluation
Spring 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20751	Evaluation
Spring 2021	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20752	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11398	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	11402	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	19681	Evaluation
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	20857	Evaluation
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	21596	Evaluation
Spring 2020	MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management	27230	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Research Award - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Excellence in Teaching Innovation - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Management Outstanding Research Award - College of Business Administration (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)

Ph D in Business Administration, University of Houston (2015)
MS in Information Systems, University of Florida (2009)
BS in Food Science, South China Agricultural University (2006)

Publications

Strategic Temporal Transitions: Performance Implications of Exploration and Exploitation Transition. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice (2025), Jinxin Yang, Mengge Li, Thomas Kiu.
Bonding versus Bridging: Disentangling the Effects of CEO Social Capital on Firm Exploratory Innovation. R&D Management (2024), Jinxin Yang, Sergio A. Grove, Mengge Li.
What Happens When Your Hand is in My Pocket: The Foreign Policy Effects of China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Africa. Journal of Business Ethics (2024), Hermann Ndofor, Carla Jones, Mengge Li.
More or Complex Actions? Effects of Supply Networks on Firms' Competitive Aggressiveness. International Journal of Operations & Production Management (2024), Yang (Sophie) Yang, Xiaojin Sun, Mengge Li, Tingting Yan.
Consumer responses to CEO activism: an impression management approach European Journal of Marketing (2024), Frank G. Cabano, Mengge Li, Fernando R. Jiménez.

Presentations

Know Your Enemies via Your Friends:The Effects of Firms’ Co-embeddedness in Competition-Value Networks on Firms’ New Product Introduction (2023), Volume Atlanta, GA, Yang (Sophie) Yang, Mengge Li, Xiaojin Sun, Tingting Yan.
How TMT Faultlines Affect Corporate Fraud (2023), Volume Toronto, Candana, Da Teng, Mengge Li, Shuai Chen.
It Takes Two To Tango: The Effect Of Dyadic Structural Characteristics On Competitive Dynamics (2022), Volume Houston, TX, Mengge Li, Xiaojin Sun, Yang (Sophie) Yang, Tingting Yan.
The Implications of Chinese Economic Engagement in Africa (2022), Volume Virtual, Ndofor, Carla Jones, Mengge Li.
Structural Embeddedness of CEO Social Networks and Firm Exploratory Innovation (2021), Volume New Orleans, LA, Mengge Li, Jinxin Yang.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16911

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

16680

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

17049

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

10527

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

34046

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

34047

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31625

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16911

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

16680

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

10527

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26839

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26880

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

25734

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

26775

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20405

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy

Section

17695

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16520

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16522

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 6398 - Management Dissertation I

Section

18019

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

17349

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

27303

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

27055

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16798

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16806

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MGMT 6354 - Management Topics in Intl Bus

Section

17334

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MKT 6354 - Marketing Topics in Intl Bus

Section

17354

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26876

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21015

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

23959

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy

Section

17871

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

18371

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

18379

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

36589

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

28355

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

28576

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21300

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 6399 - Management Dissertation II

Section

19760

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 6389 - Management Independent Study

Section

19960

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 3304 - Organization Development

Section

11342

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11344

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11348

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BUSN 6399 - Dissertation II

Section

25892

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

27766

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20751

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20752

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BUSN 6398 - Dissertation I

Section

19784

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11398

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11402

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

19681

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20857

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21596

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

27230

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

17275

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11487

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11491

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20899

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21687

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

28376

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11596

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

IBUS 6354 - Topics in Internatl Business

Section

17151

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

22783

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21798

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26839

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26880

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

25734

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20405

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16520

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16522

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

17349

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

27303

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MGMT 3303 - Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha

Section

27055

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16798

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

16806

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

26876

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21015

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

23959

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 6351 - International Mgmt & Strategy

Section

17871

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

18371

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

18379

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

28355

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21300

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 3304 - Organization Development

Section

11342

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11344

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11348

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 5335 - International Strategic Mgmt

Section

27766

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20751

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20752

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11398

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

11402

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

19681

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

20857

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

21596

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MGMT 4300 - Strategic Management

Section

27230

Evaluation

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