个人资料

姓名: 卢任                              职称: 教授、博导                           

所属院系: 工商管理学院                  电子邮件: biluren@qq.com

研究方向: 产业集群、企业战略、创新创业

个人简介

性格特点

我性格随和，与多数同事、学生都能轻松交流。工作上我偶尔有点“霸蛮”，生活上就是一个随遇而安的态度。

研究方向

长期从事产业集群、企业战略与创新方向的研究，近年发表也多集中在这些领域。

学生去向

我的学生多以攻读博士为目标，毕业生去往BI挪威商学院、芬兰阿尔托大学、中国政法大学、华南理工大学等知名学府继续深造。

招生要求

我只招收有“缘”的学生: 如果你幽默、勤奋、不吸烟、文字功底好、英语流利，不怨天尤人，并且还能在逆境中咬牙坚持，那么我们应该、或许、大概有缘。

招生“预警”

研究工作充满了艰辛和不确定，与我同行很辛苦，选我为师需谨慎。但请放心，我反对PUA，反对加班熬夜，反对焦虑。只要你能把毕业论文当作自己的事而不是导师的事，那我就会经常“一本正经”地把“再改一版”说成“最后一版”。

教育背景

1.博士毕业时间及毕业院校: 2013年毕业于BI挪威商学院（挪威）

2.硕士毕业时间及毕业院校: 2008年毕业于Bodo大学学院（挪威）

3.本科毕业时间及毕业院校: 2006年毕业于长春理工大学

工作经历

2019-至今: 广东财经大学工商管理学院

2013-2019: 江西财经大学产业经济研究院

主讲课程

本科生

1.管理学原理

2.运营管理

3.创业学基础

4.仿真综合实习

硕士生

1.中级管理学

2.战略管理

学术成果

期刊论文

1. Lu, R., Xia, T., Lv, D., Reve, T., & Chen, M. 2026. I am a champion: Does China’s hidden champion policy increase firms’ innovation competence? Industry and Innovation, Forthcoming.

2. Lu, R., Peng, X., & Reve, T. 2025 Firms’ digital transformation, competitive strategies, and innovation: evidence from Chinese listed companies. Journal of Management & Organization, 31(2):575-601.

3. Lu, R., Zheng, F., Ma, S.-N., & Yang, R. 2024. Unpacking the inverted U-shape between regional artificial intelligence and business performance. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 31(1): 49-70.

4. Peng, X., Lu, R.*, & Liu, Y. 2024. Internationalization duration, regional multi-cluster diversity, and international new ventures’ innovation: evidence from Guangdong province. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 21(1): 35-66.

5. Zheng, F., Li, Y., Jian, Z., & Lu, R*. 2023. Industrial productivity dilemma in management and economics: retrospect and prospect. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25(4), 666-686.

6. Lu, R., Zhao, X., Peng, X., Liu, Y., Reve, T., & Lv, D. 2023. Changes in unrelated variety and climbing the poverty ladder: a U-shaped relationship. European Planning Studies, 31(7), 1489-1509.

7. Huang, J., Ling, Z., & Lu, R*. 2023. D&O Insurance and digital transformation – the mediating role of explorative innovation. Business Process Management Journal, 29(1): 178-201.

8. Lu, R., Zong, Z., Reve, T., & Song, Q. 2022. The mediating role of cash slack in the related variety and sales growth relationship: evidence from Norway. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift/ Norwegian Journal of Geography, 76(1): 29-41.

9. Lv, D., Zhang, L., Lu, R., & Yao, J. 2022. Industry characteristics and agglomeration of heterogeneous firms. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 49(1): 31-49.

10. Chen, M., Ni, P., Reve, T., Huang, J., & Lu, R.* 2021. Sales growth or employment growth? Exporting conundrum for new ventures. Review of International Business and Strategy, 31(4): 482-506.

11. Lu, R., Song, Q., Xia, T., Lv, D., Reve, T., & Jian, Z. 2021. Unpacking the U-shaped relationship between related variety and firm sales: evidence from Japan. Papers in Regional Science, 100(5): 1136-1157.

12. Lu, R., Lu, Q., Li, S., Huang, Y., Lv, D., Jian, Z., & Reve, T. 2020. Entrepreneurship studies in the 21st century: a systematic literature review and research agenda. Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(4): 922-951.

13. Huang, J., Liu, L., & Lu, R.* 2020. Industry risk-taking and risk-taking strategy of born-global firms: an empirical study based on industrial variety perspective. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 12(1): 2-22.

14. Lu, R., Reve, T., Huang, J., Jian, Z., & Chen, M. 2018. A literature review of cluster theory: are relations among clusters important? Journal of Economic Surveys, 32(4):1201-1220.

15. Lu, R., Ruan, M., & Reve, T. 2016. Cluster and co-located cluster effects: an empirical study of six Chinese city regions. Research Policy, 45(10): 1984-1995.

16. Lu, R., & Reve, T. 2015. Relations among clusters. European Planning Studies, 23(4): 828-845.

17. Lu, R., Zhang, R., & Reve, T. 2013. Relations among clusters in six Chinese city regions. European Planning Studies, 21(8): 1189-1209.

18. Lu, R., & Cao, J. 2012. Relationships among homogeneous clusters in adjoining cities. Regional Insights, 3(2): 12-14.

19. Lu, R., & Reve, T. 2011. Guanxi, structural hole and closure. Journal of Strategy and Management, 4(3): 275-288.

20. Lu, R., & Ma, J. 2011. Can Western interorganizational governance mechanisms be applied to a guanxi-based market? Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 3(2): 114-131.

21. 卢任, 赵相英, & 吕大国. 2024. 企业数字化转型，管理者时间导向与核心技术能力: 一个倒U型关系. 《科技进步与对策》, 第41期: 11-20页（Lu, R., Zhao, X., & Lv, D. (2024). Enterprise Digital Transformation, Managers’ Time Orientation and Core-technology Competence: an inverted U-shape. Science & Technology Progress and Policy,Vol.41, pp.11-20）

22. 黄静, 陈倩雯, & 卢任. 2022. 商业银行数字化转型的成效检验—基于数字化创新的文本分析. 《新金融》, 第11期:53-61页(Huang, J., Chen, Q-w., Lu, R. 2022, Research on the effectiveness of banks’ digital transformation strategies: a textual analysis based on digital innovation. New Finance, Vol.11, pp.53-61)

23. 闫泽斌, 谢恩, 路江涌, & 卢任. 2022. 供应商网络中关系强度差异对采购企业知识获取的影响. 《管理学报》, 第19期: 1-9页(Yan, Z-b., Xie, E., Lu, J-y., Lu, R. 2022, How relationship strength among supply networks influences knowledge acquirement of purchasing firms. Chinese Journal of Management, Vol.19, pp.1-9)

24. 郑飞, 申香华, & 卢任* 2021. 政府补贴对企业绩效的异质性影响--基于产业生命周期视角，《经济经纬》, 第38期: 96-104页(Zheng, F., Sheng, X-h., Lu, R*. 2021, Heterogeneous Influence of Government Subsidies on Enterprise Performance: Based on the Perspective of Industry Life Cycle. Economic Survey, Vol.38, pp.96-104)

25. 吕大国，耿强，简泽，& 卢任*. 2019.“市场规模、劳动力成本与异质性企业——中国地区经济差距与生产率差距之谜的一个解释”,《经济研究》，第2期，第36-53页 (Lv, D., Geng, Q., Jian, Z., & Lu, R*. 2019. Market size, labor cost and location of heterogeneous firm: an explanation for the riddle of the economic gap and the productivity gap between Chinese regions. Economic Research Journal, Vol.2, p.36-53)

26. 简泽，徐扬，吕大国，卢任，& 李晓萍. 2018.“中国跨企业的资本配置扭曲: 金融摩擦还是信贷配置的制度偏向”,《中国工业经济》，第11期，第24-41页。(Jian, Z., Xu, Y., Lv, D., Lu, R., & Li, X. 2018. Capital misallocation across firms in China: financial frictions or institution bias of credit allocation. China Industrial Economics, Vol. 11, p.24-41)

会议论文

1.Lu, R. 2017. “Co-located cluster effect and cluster life phase on total factor productivity: an empirical study of Chinese firms.” The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Boston, USA, 5-9 April.

科研项目

1.2022-2027: 教育部人文社科基金（在研）

2.2020-2022: 广东省社科基金（结项优）

3.2016-2018: 国家自然科学基金（结项良）

荣誉及奖励

2025年: 广东财经大学优秀教学质量奖

2025年: 广东财经大学优秀班主任

2024年: 广东财经大学优秀教学质量奖

2024年: 广东财经大学工商管理学院优秀教学奖

2024年: 广东财经大学工商管理学院优秀科研奖

2023年: 广东财经大学优秀硕士生论文指导老师

2023年: 交通银行《新金融》杂志优秀论文二等奖

2021年: 广东财经大学工商管理学院优秀科研奖

2019年-2022年: 广东财经大学南岭学者

2018年: 《Chinese Management Studies》杰出审稿人（由Emerald出版集团颁发）。

2018年: 江西财经大学国际学院最受本科生欢迎教师

2017年: 江西财经大学国际学院最受本科生欢迎教师

2016年: 江西财经大学国际学院优秀班主任

2016年: 江西财经大学优秀员工

2015年: 江西财经大学国际学院优秀班主任

2011年: 中国政府杰出自费留学生奖（由中国留学基金委员会颁发）。

2008至2012年: 博士全额奖学金（由BI挪威商学院颁发）。

2006至2008年: 非挪威学生全额奖学金（由挪威诺德兰大学颁发）

Updated: Jan, 2026

CURRICULUM VITA

Ren LU

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

July 2025 – now: Professor of Management and Doctoral Supervisor

School of Business Administration

Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou, China

Feb 2019 – July 2025: Associate Professor

School of Business Administration

Guangdong University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou, China

Jan 2014 – Jan 2019: Lecturer / Associate Professor

Institute of Industrial Economics

Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

Dec 2008 – Dec 2013: PhD Candidate

Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

BI Norwegian Business School (BI-NBS), Oslo, Norway

Areas of Specialization: Business Strategy and Economic Geography

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Industrial Cluster, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

TEACHING

Entrepreneurship, Operation Management, and Strategic Management

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Papers in English

Lu, R., Xia, T., Lv, D., Reve, T., & Chen, M. 2026. I am a champion: Does China’s hidden champion policy increase firms’ innovation competence? Industry and Innovation, Forthcoming.

Lu, R., Peng, X., & Reve, T. 2025 Firms’ digital transformation, competitive strategies, and innovation: evidence from Chinese listed companies. Journal of Management & Organization, 31(2):575-601.

Lu, R., Zheng, F., Ma, S.-N., & Yang, R. 2024. Unpacking the inverted U-shape between regional artificial intelligence and business performance. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 31(1): 49-70.

Peng, X., Lu, R.*, & Liu, Y. 2024. Internationalization duration, regional multi-cluster diversity, and international new ventures’ innovation: evidence from Guangdong province. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 21(1): 35-66.

Zheng, F., Li, Y., Jian, Z., & Lu, R*. 2023. Industrial productivity dilemma in management and economics: retrospect and prospect. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25(4), 666-686.

Lu, R., Zhao, X., Peng, X., Liu, Y., Reve, T., & Lv, D. 2023. Changes in unrelated variety and climbing the poverty ladder: a U-shaped relationship. European Planning Studies, 31(7), 1489-1509.

Huang, J., Ling, Z., & Lu, R*. 2023. D&O Insurance and digital transformation – the mediating role of explorative innovation. Business Process Management Journal, 29(1): 178-201.

Lu, R., Zong, Z., Reve, T., & Song, Q. 2022. The mediating role of cash slack in the related variety and sales growth relationship: evidence from Norway. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift/ Norwegian Journal of Geography, 76(1): 29-41.

Lv, D., Zhang, L., Lu, R., & Yao, J. 2022. Industry characteristics and agglomeration of heterogeneous firms. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 49(1): 31-49.

Chen, M., Ni, P., Reve, T., Huang, J., & Lu, R.* 2021. Sales growth or employment growth? Exporting conundrum for new ventures. Review of International Business and Strategy, 31(4): 482-506.

Lu, R., Song, Q., Xia, T., Lv, D., Reve, T., & Jian, Z. 2021. Unpacking the U-shaped relationship between related variety and firm sales: evidence from Japan. Papers in Regional Science, 100(5): 1136-1157.

Lu, R., Lu, Q., Li, S., Huang, Y., Lv, D., Jian, Z., & Reve, T. 2020. Entrepreneurship studies in the 21st century: a systematic literature review and research agenda. Journal of Economic Surveys, 34(4): 922-951.

Huang, J., Liu, L., & Lu, R.* 2020. Industry risk-taking and risk-taking strategy of born-global firms: an empirical study based on industrial variety perspective. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 12(1): 2-22.

Lu, R., Reve, T., Huang, J., Jian, Z., & Chen, M. 2018. A literature review of cluster theory: are relations among clusters important? Journal of Economic Surveys, 32(4):1201-1220.

Lu, R., Ruan, M., & Reve, T. 2016. Cluster and co-located cluster effects: an empirical study of six Chinese city regions. Research Policy, 45(10): 1984-1995.

Lu, R., & Reve, T. 2015. Relations among clusters. European Planning Studies, 23(4): 828-845.

Lu, R., Zhang, R., & Reve, T. 2013. Relations among clusters in six Chinese city regions. European Planning Studies, 21(8): 1189-1209.

Lu, R., & Cao, J. 2012. Relationships among homogeneous clusters in adjoining cities. Regional Insights, 3(2): 12-14.

Lu, R., & Reve, T. 2011. Guanxi, structural hole and closure. Journal of Strategy and Management, 4(3): 275-288.

Lu, R., & Ma, J. 2011. Can Western interorganizational governance mechanisms be applied to a guanxi-based market? Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 3(2): 114-131.

*: corresponding author

Refereed Papers in Chinese

郑飞, 刘梦欣, 贺翔, & 卢任*. 2024. 智能制造对企业间生产率差距的影响研究——基于管理者时间导向的调节效应. 《管理学刊》，第 3期: 78-94页（Zhen, F., Liu, M., He, X., & Lu, R. (2024). Research on the impact of intelligent manufacturing on the productivity gap of enterprises: the regulatory effect based on manager’s time orientation. Journal of Management, Vol.3, pp.78-94）

卢任, 赵相英, & 吕大国. 2024. 企业数字化转型，管理者时间导向与核心技术能力: 一个倒U型关系. 《科技进步与对策》,第7期:11-20页（Lu, R., Zhao, X., & Lv, D. (2024). Enterprise digital transformation, managers’ time orientation and core-technology competence: an inverted u-shape. Science & Technology Progress and Policy, Vol.7, pp.11-20）

黄静, 陈倩雯, & 卢任. 2022. 商业银行数字化转型的成效检验—基于数字化创新的文本分析. 《新金融》, 第11期:53-61页(Huang, J., Chen, Q-w., Lu, R. 2022, Research on the effectiveness of banks’ digital transformation strategies: a textual analysis based on digital innovation. New Finance, Vol.11, pp.53-61)

闫泽斌, 谢恩, 路江涌, & 卢任. 2022. 供应商网络中关系强度差异对采购企业知识获取的影响. 《管理学报》, 第19期: 1-9页(Yan, Z-b., Xie, E., Lu, J-y., Lu, R. 2022, How relationship strength among supply networks influences knowledge acquirement of purchasing firms. Chinese Journal of Management, Vol.19, pp.1-9)

郑飞, 申香华, & 卢任* 2021. 政府补贴对企业绩效的异质性影响--基于产业生命周期视角，《经济经纬》, 第38期: 96-104页(Zheng, F., Sheng, X-h., Lu, R*. 2021, Heterogeneous influence of government subsidies on enterprise performance: based on the perspective of industry life cycle. Economic Survey, Vol.38, pp.96-104)

吕大国，耿强，简泽，& 卢任*. 2019.“市场规模、劳动力成本与异质性企业——中国地区经济差距与生产率差距之谜的一个解释”,《经济研究》，第2期，第36-53页 (Lv, D., Geng, Q., Jian, Z., & Lu, R^*. 2019. Market size, labor cost and location of heterogeneous firm: an explanation for the riddle of the economic gap and the productivity gap between Chinese regions. Economic Research Journal, Vol.2, p.36-53)

简泽，徐扬，吕大国，卢任，& 李晓萍. 2018.“中国跨企业的资本配置扭曲: 金融摩擦还是信贷配置的制度偏向”,《中国工业经济》，第11期，第24-41页。(Jian, Z., Xu, Y., Lv, D., Lu, R., & Li, X. 2018. Capital misallocation across firms in China: financial frictions or institution bias of credit allocation. China Industrial Economics, Vol. 11, p.24-41)

*: Corresponding author

Book Chapters

Lu, R. 2019. Multi-cluster perspective: Where do we stand, what challenges do we face, and where should we go? In G. Benito, & R. Lunnan (Eds.), Voyages of a Scholar: Navigating Companies, Channels, and Clusters. Norway: Fagbokforlaget.

Book Reviews

Lu, R. 2011. Building engines for growth and competitiveness in China: experience with special economic zones and industrial clusters (by Douglas Zeng, 2010, Washington, D.C. The World Bank). Regional Studies, 45(9): 1292-1293.

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Lu, R. 2017.  “Co-located cluster effect and cluster life phase on total factor productivity: an empirical study of Chinese firms.” The Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Boston, USA, 5-9 April.

GRANTS AND FUNDS

July 2022 - July 2025:  Promoting hidden champion’s core technologic competence: in the viewpoint of spatial agglomeration, supported by the Humanity and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China, Grant No: 22YJCZH117.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022: Born globals’ innovation dilemma in the multiple-cluster context: evidence from Guangdong Province, supported by the Social Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, Grant No: GD19CGL05; and it was rated as excellent.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2018: Co-agglomeration Effect of Multi-Clusters on Cluster Efficiency, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No: 71503112; and it was rated as good.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Anonymous Referee

Business Process Management Journal by Emerald Publication.

Growth and Change, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Regional Studies, published by Taylor & Francis Group.

Technological Forecasting & Social Change, published by Elsevier.

Chinese Management Studies, published by Emerald Publication.

European Planning Studies, published by Taylor & Francis Group.

Anonymous referee for National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Class Tutor

2022.08 – now Business Administration Class 1, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics.

2015.08 - 2017.08 Class CFA152, International School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2025The Outstanding Education Quality Award (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2025The Outstanding Class Tutor (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2025The Excellent Staff (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2024The Outstanding Education Quality Award (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2023Distinguished Master’s Thesis Advisor (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2019-2023Academic Designation: Nanling Scholar (awarded by Guangdong University of Finance and Economics).

2018The Outstanding Reviewer for Chinese Management Studies in the 2018 Literati Awards (awarded by Emerald Publishing Group).

2018 The Most Popular Teacher for Undergraduates (awarded by International School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics).

2017 The Most Popular Teacher for Undergraduates (awarded by International School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics).

2016The Outstanding Class Tutor (awarded by International School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics).

2016The Excellent Staff (awarded by Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics).

2015The Outstanding Class Tutor (awarded by International School, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics).

2011Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (awarded by the China Scholarship Council).

2008-2012Full Scholarship for PhD (awarded by BI-Norwegian Business School).

2006-2008Full Scholarship for non-Norwegian Students (awarded by Nord University, Norway).

OTHERS

Personality

I'm easygoing, approachable, and can chat comfortably with most colleagues and students. When it comes to work, I have a bit of that tough perseverance spirit; but in life, I just go with the flow.

Research Interests

I have long been engaged in research on industrial clusters, corporate strategy, and innovation, with my recent scholarly output heavily concentrated in these areas.

Where My Students Go

Most of my students aim for PhD programs. My alumni have gone on to prestigious institutions like BI Norwegian Business School, Aalto University in Finland, China University of Political Science and Law, and South China University of Technology.

Who I'm Looking For

I only recruit students with whom I have a connection: If you are humorous, diligent, a non-smoker, possess strong writing skills, are fluent in English, don't blame others for your setbacks, and can grit your teeth and persist through adversity, then we “probably”, “perhaps”, and “maybe” have a connection.

A Fair Warning

Research is full of hardship and uncertainty. Walking this path with me is tough, so choose me as your supervisor with caution. But rest assured, I strictly reject toxic mentorship (PUA). I don't encourage working late hours or spreading anxiety. As long as you treat your thesis as your own passion project rather than a chore for your supervisor, I will often 'deadpan' tell you that 'this is the final revision' right before asking for 'one more round.'

Languages

Chinese (native), English (fluent), Norwegian (basic).

CONTACT DETAILS

Room 613, Lide Building, 21 Luntou Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China

E-mail: biluren@qq.com