Moderator: Junior Associate Research Fellow Chaowen Deng

Time: 10:00-11:30, Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Venue: Guoshun Campus, Starr Building, Room 410

Topic: A Bounded Rationality Perspective of Strategic Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, and Entrepreneurial Financing

Abstract:

This lecture adopts bounded rationality as a core analytical framework to reflect on research findings in strategic leadership and entrepreneurial financing, as well as the latest developments in academic research involving artificial intelligence (AI).

First, drawing on my published study on CEO humility in Organization Science, I discuss the fundamental distinctions between leadership research in organizational behavior and strategic leadership research. I also explore the manifestations of bounded rationality and feasible approaches to mitigate its impacts.

Second, shifting the perspective to academic researchers themselves, I combine my experience as an associate editor to analyze how bounded rationality constrains the practical application of AI in academic publishing. While we expect AI to augment scholarly capabilities, unrecognized personal biases and blind spots may instead diminish the real impact of our research outputs.

Third, I invite feedback on an ongoing research project concerning entrepreneurial financing. This study regards personal chemistry between participants as a manifestation of bounded rationality, and examines how real-time interaction dynamics between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs determine the formation of investment partnerships.

Speaker: Associate ProfessorAmy Ou, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Bio:

Dr. Amy Ou is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Management, Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review, and a member of the Editorial Review Board of Organization Science.

She holds a PhD from Arizona State University. Her main research interests cover strategic leadership (with a focus on CEO humility), women’s career development, organizational culture and cross-cultural management. Her research works have been published in top-tier academic journals including Organization Science, Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal.

Dr. Ou has received the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award and multiple Best Paper Awards. Her research on CEO humility has been reported by mainstream media including Forbes China, USA Today and The Business Times.