Biography
Lin Li earned his Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from the School of Accounting and Finance at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Shandong University, China. Before joining HKMU, he was an Associate Professor of Finance at Audencia Business School. He previously held appointments as an Assistant Professor of Accounting at both The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Shenzhen University. At the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he has taught courses such as Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, and Financial Statement Analysis.
Professor Li's research interests center on information disclosure in financial markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. His work has been published in leading accounting and finance journals and has also been featured in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
Teaching Areas & Research Interests
- Teaching Areas: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, Mergers &Acquisitions, Corporate Governance
- Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Corporate Valuation, Mergers &Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Information Disclosure, CEO Incentive, Financial Reporting
Academic & Professional Experience
2026- Associate Professor Hong Kong Metropolitan University
2024-2025 Associate Professor Audencia Business School
2017-2023 Assistant Professor Shenzhen University
2009-2016 Assistant Professor The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- 1. The Role of Intangible Investment in predicting Stock Returns: Six Decades of Evidence, Financial Management, 2026, solo author
- 2. The Intangible Shift: Redefining the Dynamics of Market-to-Book Ratios, Journal of Corporate Finance 94, 2025, (with Wilson H.S. Tong, Peter Cheng, and Chingfu Tsai)
- 3. How Do Acquirers Bid? Evidence from Serial Acquisitions in China, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 94, 2025, (with Yaru Ren, Yiwei Yao & Lintin Zhang)
- 4. When Acquirers are Short on Cash Flow in M&A Deals, International Review of Financial Analysis 94, 2024 (with Yaru Ren, Wilson H.S. Tong & Peter Lam)
- 5. CEO Turnovers Due to Poor Industry Performances: An Examination of the Boards' Retention Criteria, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 44, March-April, 2024, (with Wilson H.S. Tong, Peter Lam, & Justin Law)
·Featured in “Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance”
- 6. Who Shall Succeed? An Examination of Manager Overconfidence and CEO Selection, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 49, p1736-1783, 2022, (with Wilson H.S. Tong)
·Short-listed for the Best Paper on the 2013 American Financial Management Association (FMA)
Asian Conference in Shanghai, China
- 7. Changes in the Incentive Contracts of Takeover Targets after Merger Failures, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance 37, p143-172, 2022, (with Peter Cheng & Wilson H.S. Tong)
- 8. Information Uncertainty and Target Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions, Journal of Empirical Finance 45, p84-107, 2018, (with Wilson H.S. Tong)
- 9. Target Information Asymmetry and Acquisition Price, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 43, p976-1016, 2016, (with Peter Cheng & Wilson H.S. Tong)
- 10. What Triggers the Top Management Changes in China? Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 4, p50-87, 2008, (with Peter Cheng & Wilson H.S. Tong)
Modified Date: 22 Jan, 2026
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