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Education
The Chinese University of Hong KongPh.D. Candidate in Management
Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityIntegrated Bachelor’s–Master’s Program

Research Interest
Substantive




Nonmarket Strategy
Business, Society, and Politics
Technological Change
AI Transition
Digital Activism
Methodology



Causal Inference
Natural Language Processing
Deep Learning
Network Analysis
Programming ToolPython; Stata; R; C++; VB

Community Service
Ad Hoc Reviewer



American Sociological Review
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of International Marketing
Management and Organization Review

Academic Awards
1. Kwok Leung Memorial Dissertation Fund GrantIACMR
2. Competitive Graduate Student Research GrantCUHK
3. CSR and Sustainability Research Best Paper AwardAOM-IM
4. Responsible Research Award FinalistAOM-OMT
5. Outstanding Academic PerformanceCityU
6. Best Student Paper AwardIACMR
7. GSJ Best Paper Prize FinalistIACMR
8. Best Paper Prize NominationSMS
9. Top 1% Outstanding Undergraduate ThesisXJTU

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Publications and R&Rs

Cai, Y., Yue, L. Q., Lin, F., Yan, S., & Yang, H. (2025). CSR as Hedging Against Institutional Transition Risk: Corporate Philanthropy After the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan. Administrative Science Quarterly, 70(2), 367–402.

Cai Y., Shui Y., & Yang H. Digital Social Activism, Business Group Effects, and Heightened Elite Capture. 1st Round Revision and Resubmission at Administrative Science Quarterly

Cai Y., Lin Y., & Fan Q. The Neuroticism of Our Technological Age: CEO Personality and Engagement with Technological Evolution Trajectory. 1st Round Revision and Resubmission at Strategic Management Journal