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Fields of Specialization

Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Human Capital, Technological Change

Publications

Ding, Y., Åstebro, T., & Braguinsky, S. (2023). Declining science‐based startups: Strategic human capital and the value of working in startups versus established firms. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(4), 830-856. 

Working Papers

Ding, Yuheng. Complex Innovation and the "Visible Hand": the Role of Knowledge Interdependence in Employee Entrepreneurship. (2023). Ed Snider Center Working Paper No.5. [Link] [Revise and Resubmit at Management Science]

• Best Paper Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

• Finalist of the William H. Newman Award of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

• Finalist of the TIM Best Student Paper Award of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management

• Finalist of the 42nd SMS Annual Conference Ph.D. Paper Prize, 2022

*Assenova, Valentina, Yuheng Ding, and Audra Wormald. (2024). "Beyond Technology Adoption: The Critical Role of Digital Technology Integration in SME Growth and Scalability". [Under Review]

*Braguinsky, Serguey, Joonkyu Choi, Yuheng Ding, Karam Jo, and Seula Kim. (2023). Mega Firms and Recent Trends in the U.S. Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Patent Data. NBER Working Paper No. 31460. [Link]

Ding, Yuheng. (2022). The Burdens of Technology Adoption on Entrepreneurship: How does the Adoption of EHRs Impact Physician Self-employment in the U.S. Healthcare Sector?

*Ding, Yuheng, Karam Jo, and Seula Kim. (2022). Improving Patent Assignee-Firm Bridge with Web Search Results. Working Papers 22-31, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, 2022. [Link]

* All authors contributed equally.

Works in Progress

"Compensation Dispersion among Inventive Talents: Assortative Matching and Premium to Complex Innovation" with Rajshree Agarwal, Serguey Braguinsky, and Jungwon (Alex) Son.

"Technology Divide between Entrants and Incumbents in Developing Countries: The Role of Managerial Human Capital" with Xavier Cirera

”Management and Organizational Practices, Business Dynamism, Employee Sorting, and Entrepreneurship” with Rajshree Agarwal, Serguey Braguinsky, Seth Carnahan, Joonkyu Choi, Martin Ganco, John Haltiwanger, Florence Honore, Seula Kim, and Evan Starr, (Data analysis stage with U.S. Census data)

Research and Relevant Work Experience

Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC) Researcher, U.S. Census Bureau, 2021 - 2023

Research Assistant, Prof. Rachelle Sampson, University of Maryland, 2016 - 2017

Research Assistant, Prof. Yi Xu, University of Maryland, 2015

Invited Presentations

Hitotsubashi University (2024)

Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting (2023, 2024)

NBER Mega Firms and the Economy Conference (2023)

Ed Snider Center Research Conversation, University of Maryland (2023)

The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (2022)

Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (2022, 2024)

Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC), Doctoral Conference (2022)

Federal Statistical Research Data Center Annual Research Conference (2022)

Doctoral Consortium on Smith Entrepreneurship Research Conference (2021)

Technology and Declining Economic Dynamism Conference (2020)

Refereeing

Management Science, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Small Business Economics, World Development, Academy of Management Annual Meeting

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Strategic Management (Upper-level Undergraduate), University of Maryland, Summer and Fall, 2020-2021

Teaching Assistant, Entrepreneurial Capitalism Around the World (Upper-level Undergraduate), University of Maryland, Fall, 2021-2022

Teaching Assistant, Business Consulting: Technology Entrepreneurship (MBA), University of Maryland, Fall, 2019-2020

Teaching Assistant, Financial Econometrics (Master of Finance), University of Maryland, Fall, 2015-2016

Grants and Awards

Finalist of the William H. Newman Award of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2023

  Finalist of the TIM Best Student Paper Award of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2023

Best Paper Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2023

Nancy S. and Edward F. Ebert Graduate Award in Free Enterprise, 2023

Finalist of the 42nd SMS Annual Conference Ph.D. Paper Prize, 2022

Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2022

International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland, 2022

Graduate Assistantship, Management and Organization Department, University of Maryland, 2017 - Present

University of Maryland Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2017 - Present

Tianjin University Outstanding Graduate Honor, 2014

Honorable Mention in COMAP Mathematics Contest in Modeling, 2013

References

Serguey Braguinsky

Professor

R.H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland, College Park

sbrag@umd.edu

(301)-405-9712

Rajshree Agarwal

Rudolph Lamone Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy

R.H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland, College Park

rajshree@umd.edu

(301)-405-2250

Brent Goldfarb

Dean’s Professor of Entrepreneurship

R.H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland, College Park

brentg@umd.edu

(301)-405-9672