Fei Qin

Dr Qin's research interest lies at the intersection of international management, labor market studies, and entrepreneurship, covering three areas. One concerns global talent mobility, international entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial and executive labor markets. A second stream of her research focuses on comparative entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems, investigating the interplay of technological, institutional, and social forces in shaping the development of entrepreneurial capabilities. A third area of her work explores the impact of new technologies on future of work, particularly workforce reskilling and upskilling.

She has published in journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, and Small Business Economics, among others. Her joint paper with Richard Locke and Alberto Brause on work organization and labor standards in Nike’s global supply chain received Emerald Citations of Excellence Award. She serves on the Editorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies.

She holds a PhD in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, US and a BA in economics (with highest honors) from Peking University in Beijing, China. Prior to joining Bath, she worked as an Assistant Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Phelan Fellow of International Institute for Labour Studies at International Labour Organization (ILO) headquarters in Geneva. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of Imperial College London. 

She currently serves at the Senate of University of Bath as an elected senator from her home faculty, where she is also Director of Cross Faculty Studies. She serves on the local organising committee of 2024 European Academy of Management Annual Conference.

Skills and Innovation, Entrepreneurial Learning, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Technology Entrepreneurship, Global Talent Mobility and Innovation, Work Organization in Global Value Chains