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Prof. Feng Li

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For two decades, Feng’s research has centraly focused on the intersections between information systems and changes in the strategies, business models and organisational designs of leading organisations - also known as 'strategic and organisational innovations'. He is particularly interested in the Internet and E-business, including E-Government and E-Learning. He has worked closes with organisations in banking, telecommunications, car manufacturing, retailing, electronics, the creative industries and the public sectors, through Research, Consultancy and Executive Management Programmes.

Feng and his colleagues are currently looking at the business implications of emerging technologies and applications, including Web 2.0, Social Networking and MMOROPGs - Massively multi-player online role play games. Web 2.0 and Social Networking are leveraging the so-called 'collective intelligence', which is increasingly reflected in emerging strategies, business models and organisational designs. MMORPGs are becoming an integral part of the emerging business environment with huge opportunities and challenges for businesses, government and indviduals - increasingly we have to living in 'multiple spaces' incorporating the physical, electronic and virtual spaces. Their full implications are still poorly understood today.

Newcastle University Business School Profile: www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/staff/profile/feng.li

Blog: http://professorfengli.blogspot.com/

Email:

Address:

Business School, Armstrong Building,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU

Other Expertise:

Another area of Feng’s research and consultancy is Foreign Investment and Trade in China. He is particularly interested in the process of off-shoring and out-sourcing by large multinational companies, and has been working closely with several large consulting companies on strategic issues in this area. He was the Editor of the business magazine - 'Europe in China' - published by Omega Publishing in London.

Current Work:

Feng is also leading, with Dr Savvas Papagiannidis, a KTP project with a local company - Peacocks Medical Supplies Ltd - to develop and implement an E-Business and E-Commerce system in the company (2005-2007).

Also worth mentining is a European FP6 project(2006-2009) - ImportNET (Intelligent modular Platform for intercultural and cross domain Business Network). In collaboration with Ron Jamieson, Director of RCID and Dr Joan Harvey of Psychology, the Newcastle team will work closely with international partners in Europe and China to explore critical issues involved in cross culture, cross domain, distributed collaborative designs.

Future Research:

Feng's future research focuses on a number of areas. One is the business and other implications of MMORPGs and the development of Virtual-Business (Meta-Business) - please visit our 'eBusiness' virtual island in 'SecondLife'.

Another focus of Feng's research is the rapid development of web 2.0 and social netowrking, togehter with a wide range of other developments ranging from Search to electronic markets. These developments need to be incorporated into emerging strategies, business models and organisational deisgns in all sectors.

As Director of Engagement, Feng manages the interface between the Business School and the Newcastle Science City Initiative. He is dedicating considerable time on high-tech entrepreneurship, science-based businesses and emerging business models in a range of traditional and emerging industries.

Postgraduate Supervision:

Since joining Newcastle University in early 2002, 4 of Feng's PhDs have successfully completed and two more are due to complete this year. Currently 11 doctoral researchers are under his supervision (5 near completion) - all working on issues in the broad area of Internet and E-Business.

He is interested in taking on new PhDs to research the business implications of MMORPGs, Social Networking, Emerging technologies and applications (from RFID to Mobile/ Wireless communications), as well as studies in particular countries (such as India and China) and sectors (e.g. banking, retailing, telecom etc). Please email Feng.li@ncl.ac.uk if you would like to discuss it further.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Director of Engagement, Business School and Science City
Member of Business School Executive Board

Previous Positions:

Before joining Newcastle University Business School, Feng was Director of Postgraduate Research and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management Science, Strathclyde University (Strathclyde Business School) in the UK.

Esteem Indicators:

Feng was a Council Member of the British Academy of Management, and since 2003 he has been the Chair of the BAM E-Business and E-Government Special Interest Group, and served as the Track Chair for E-Business and E-Government at BAM annual conferences. He was the winner of the Blackwell Prize for E-Business and Technology Management at BAM 2002. His work on Internet banking and on telecom value chains and new pricing models were extensively reported by various online and offline media (e.g. Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Sky News and the BBC).

Feng has also served as the Guest Editor and is on the Editorial Boards of several journals, including International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Journal of E-Commerce in Organisations, E-Commerce Research and Applications, Electronic Journal of E-Government, Journal of Management Systems, Networks and Communications, and Telecommunications policy.

Funding:

Below are some recent fundings Feng received in the last few yaers.

• Economics-Inspired Instant Trust Mechanisms for the Service Provision Industry [2008-2009. Funded by EPSRC, jointly with Dr Dr Aad van Moorsel and Dr Graham Morgan, School of Computing]

• Identifying and promoting sustainable business models in creative industries [2007-2008, funded by ESRC, with Dr Sally Jane Norman, Joanna Berry, David Butler and Judy Seymour].

• ImportNET - Intelligent modular Platform for intercultural and crossdomain Business Network [2006-2009. EU FP6 Integrated Project, with Ron Jamieson of RCID and Dr Joan Harvey of Psychology]

• Developing and Implementing an E-Business System in Peacocks Medical Group [2005-2007, KTP project, with Dr Savvas Papagiannidis]

• Metaverse and Virtual World: Development of the E-Business Virtual Island in SecondLife [2005 – now, with Dr Savvas Papagiannidis, funded through various external incomes]

• Exploitation of North-East Region Digital Technology Strengths [2003-2004. Joint research and consultancy project with Ovum (London) and funded by One NorthEast through Codeworks]

• Development and Implementation of the Online Resource Portal for British Academy of Management (BAM) [2006, with Dr Savvas Papagiannidis]

• Work Related Learning - from modern apprentice to graduate and beyond [2002-2003, funded by Tyne & Wear LSC under European Single Framework]

Publications:

What is Ebusiness?

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• 1 Introduction.pdf
• 2 What is e-Business.pdf
• 3 ICT Revolution and Information Economy.pdf
• 4 Network Economy and New Rules of the Game.pdf
• 5 How the Internet Redefines Organisational Boundaries.pdf
• 6 Web Strategy, Business Unbundling and Virtual Organisations.pdf
• 7 Disruptive Strategic Innovations.pdf
• 8 Strategic Reorientations from Products and Services to Solutions and Experiences.pdf
• 9 Emerging e-Business Models.pdf
• 10 Structural Innovations.pdf
• 11 Process Innovations.pdf
• 12 From Teleworking to Virtual Teams.pdf
• 13 Inter-Organisational Innovations.pdf
• 14 Conclusions and Future Research.pdf
• 15 Bibliography.pdf

Books:

• Li, Feng, 'What is E-Business? How the Internet Transforms Organisations'. Blackwell, Oxford (UK), 2007.
• Li, Feng (ed.) Social Implications and Challenges of e-Business . Information Science Reference, Hershey (USA), 2007.

Selected journal special issues that Feng edited:

• 'E-Business and Information Systems Research - Towards a Common Research Agenda’ , International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management. Special issue on Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2007
• ' Making sense of the E Phenomenon'. Special issue of International Journal of Information Technology and Management (ITIJM) Vol.6 No. 2/3/4, 2007.
  
• ' New Frontiers in e-Business and e-Government' Special Issue of International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2007
  
• ' Social aspect of e-Business' Special Issue of Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2005
  
• ' Understanding e-Business' Special Section in Electronic Commerce Research and Applications. Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005
  
• ' The evolving telecommunications value chains and market structure' Double Special Issues of Telecommunications Policy. Vol. 26, Issues 9-10, Pages 447-591. 2002

Selected Publications:

• Papagiannidis, S., Bourlakis, M.A. & Li, F. (Forthcoming). Fulfilling the e-supply chain of digital print. International Journal of Information Technology and Management.
• Papagiannidis, S., Berry, J., & Li, F. (2006). Well beyond streaming video: IP6 and the next generation television. Technical forecasting and social change, 73 (5), 510-523
• Papagiannidis, S., Berry, J., & Li, F. Internet Protocol version 6: An assessment and analysis of its potential effects. Australia: Idea Group Reference, 2005.
• Papagiannidis, S. & Li, F. Management and delivery of digital print via the web: A case study of Gaia Fulfilment. International Journal of Cases of Electronic Commerce 2005, 1(1), 1-18.
• Ghasemiyeh, Rahim & Li, Feng A contngency framework of the relationship between the use of IT and organisational design variables. International Journal Information System and Technology 2004, 2(1).
• Hassan, Shahzan & Li, Feng IGV approach towards identifying factors affecting web usability. Journal of Information & Communication Technology 2003, 2(2), 25-40.
• Li, Feng Implementing E-Government in Scotland: Current Situation and Emerging Issues. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organisations 2003, 1(2), 44-65.
• Li,Feng Internet banking: from new distribution channel to new business models. International Journal of Business Performance Management, special issue on E-Strategy 2002, 4, 136-160.
• Li,Feng & J Whalley The deconstruction of the telecommunications industry: from value chains to value networks. Telecommunications Policy 2002, 9, 1-22.
• Li, Feng, J Whalley & H Williams Between the Electronic and Physical spaces: Implications for Organisations in the Networked Economy. Environment & Planning A 2001, 33, 699-716.
• Li, Feng & H Williams New Collaboration between Firms: The Role of Inter-Organisational Systems. in Bunt, B & Barnes, S (eds) E-Commerce and V-Business, Butterworth-Heinemann, London 2001.
• Li,Feng The Internet and De-construction of the Integrated Banking Model. British Journal of Management, Vol 12, 307-322 2001.
• Li, Feng Living in 'Two Spaces': New Progress in Geography and the Implications for Organisations. Networks and Communications Studies NETCOM Vol 14 (3-4): 359-377 2000.
• Li, Feng & H Williams Living in ‘Two Spaces’: Organisations in the Information Economy. Information Systems Review, 1(1): 23-42 2000.
• Li, Feng and Jing Li Foreign Investment in China. Macmillan, Basingstoke 1999.
• Li, Feng & H Williams Inter-Firm Collaboration through Inter-Firm Networks. Information Systems Journal 9(2): 103-117 1999.
• Li, Feng, H Williams and M Bogle The Millennium Bug: its Origin, Potential Impact and Possible Solutions. International Journal of Information Management, February 19(1999): 3-15 1999.
• Li, Feng From Compromise to Harmony: Organisational Innovations through Information Systems. International Journal of Information Management 17(6): 451-464 1997.
• Li, Feng Team Telework and the New Geographical Flexibility for Information Workers. in Igbaria, M & M Tan (eds.) The Virtual Workplace, Idea Group Publishing, Virginia, ISBN 1-878289-47-0, pp301-319 1997.
• Li, Feng Corporate Networks and the Spatial and Functional Reorganisation of Large Firms. Environment and Planning A, 27 (10): 1627-1645 1995.
• Li, Feng Structural Innovations through Information Systems: Some Emerging Tendencies in Europe. Journal of Management Systems, 6(4): 13-28 1995.
• Li, Feng The Geography of Business Information: Corporate Networks and the Spatial and Functional Corporate Restructuring. John Wiley and Son, Chichester 1995.

Undergraduate Teaching:

BUS304 - Electronic Business (20 credit, Honours Year Undergraduate Module)

Postgraduate Teaching:

NSM895 - Exploring E-Business (EMBA/MBA)
NSM926 - Exploring E-Business (IBM/HRM/IHRM)

I led the development and launch of the new MSc on E-Business and Information Systems, a joint programme between the Business School and the School of Computing. I am currently involved in the teaching of the following modules on this course:

BSM803 E-Business & Internet Technologies (EBIS)
BSM806 Advanced Seminars (EBIS)