Shanming Liu

Shanming Liu is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Management Control at ESSEC Business School (France). He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Management from Università Bocconi (Italy), an M.Sc. in Analytics from The University of Manchester (UK), and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Exeter (UK). His research focuses on innovation performance dynamics, award impacts, human-AI collaboration, and gender influences in performance evaluations. Key contributions include studies on 'Oscar Curse' phenomena in open innovation communities and the effects of work hours compliance in professional service firms.

Research Interests:

• Innovation Management & Open Innovation
• Reward Systems and Recognition Effects
• Human-AI Collaboration Dynamics
• Organizational Behavior in Professional Services
• Gender Equity in Evaluation Processes

Grants & Awards:

• 2025: CY Initiative Grant (CY Cergy Paris University)
• 2024: Institute of Management Accountants Research Foundation Grant
• 2020: Best Emerging Scholar Paper Award (UC Berkeley)

Recent Research Trends: His work increasingly explores how recognition mechanisms affect long-term innovation performance, with particular attention to AI-driven collaboration challenges and gender role activation in evaluation contexts. Cross-disciplinary approaches bridge accounting practices with organizational behavior theories.