Lan Gao

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lan Gao is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Lan Gao has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Strategy and Management, 11 papers in Marketing and 6 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Lan Gao's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business (11 papers), International Business and FDI (8 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (6 papers). Lan Gao is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Sustainability in Business (11 papers), International Business and FDI (8 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (6 papers). Lan Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Japan. Lan Gao's co-authors include Xiaohui Liu, Shanyong Wang, Jun Li, Haidong Li, Jiangyong Lu, Eleni Lioliou, Enjun Xia, Amon Chizema, Huan Zou and Han Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Scientific Reports and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Lan Gao

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Application of the extended theory of planned behavior to understand individual’s energy saving behavior in workplaces

2017 452 citations Lan Gao, Shanyong Wang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lan Gao China	18	529	377	328	314	181	29	1.3k
Sara Walton New Zealand	18	667 1.3×	599 1.6×	215 0.7×	97 0.3×	255 1.4×	48	1.6k
Ralf Barkemeyer France	24	923 1.7×	682 1.8×	250 0.8×	179 0.6×	420 2.3×	69	2.0k
Muhammad Tahir Pakistan	22	735 1.4×	783 2.1×	376 1.1×	297 0.9×	235 1.3×	105	2.2k
John Hadjimarcou United States	14	502 0.9×	562 1.5×	323 1.0×	167 0.5×	362 2.0×	35	1.4k
Imran Khan Pakistan	16	697 1.3×	683 1.8×	346 1.1×	383 1.2×	197 1.1×	36	1.5k
David Gadenne Australia	16	1.1k 2.0×	1.1k 2.8×	485 1.5×	203 0.6×	226 1.2×	40	2.1k
Syed Shah Alam Malaysia	19	227 0.4×	412 1.1×	262 0.8×	227 0.7×	390 2.2×	56	1.6k
Ahsan Akbar Pakistan	24	580 1.1×	450 1.2×	126 0.4×	424 1.4×	192 1.1×	82	1.8k
Antonio Chamorro Mera Spain	19	512 1.0×	536 1.4×	165 0.5×	92 0.3×	214 1.2×	82	1.6k
Rüdiger Hahn Germany	28	1.2k 2.4×	1.2k 3.1×	296 0.9×	326 1.0×	338 1.9×	69	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Lan Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lan Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lan Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lan Gao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lan Gao. Lan Gao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Han, Lei, Li Yan, Fang Fang, et al.. (2025). Study on the spatial and temporal evolution of ecosystem service value based on land use change in Xi’an City. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 66–66. 6 indexed citations

Hu, Xianfeng, et al.. (2023). Policy driven or consumer trait driven? Unpacking the EVs purchase intention of consumers from the policy and consumer trait perspective. Energy Policy. 177. 113559–113559. 24 indexed citations

Hu, Xianfeng, et al.. (2023). Consumers' value perception and intention to purchase electric vehicles: A benefit-risk analysis. Research in Transportation Business & Management. 49. 101004–101004. 24 indexed citations

Hu, Xianfeng, et al.. (2023). Determinants of consumers’ intentions to switch to electric vehicles: a perspective of the push–pull–mooring framework. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 67(14). 3718–3743. 13 indexed citations

Gao, Lan, et al.. (2022). Uncertainty or trust? Political trust, perceived uncertainty and public acceptance of personal carbon trading policy. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 44(9). 3157–3171. 17 indexed citations

Gao, Lan, Haonan He, Shanyong Wang, & Jun Li. (2022). What drives resident acceptance of personal carbon trading policy in China?. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 44(9). 3007–3020. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Lan & Feng Yang. (2022). Do resource slack and green organizational climate moderate the relationships between institutional pressures and corporate environmental responsibility practices of SMEs in China?. Environment Development and Sustainability. 25(11). 13495–13520. 16 indexed citations

Yang, Feng & Lan Gao. (2021). Corporate environmental responsibility and employees’ pro-environmental behaviors at work: insights from organizational identification and workplace spirituality perspective. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 66(2). 400–423. 18 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, et al.. (2020). Development of Giant Panda Nature Reserves in China: Achievements and Problem. Journal of Forest Economics. 36(1-2). 1–25. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jun, et al.. (2018). An empirical study of the Volkswagen recall crisis in China: Customer's risk perceptions and behavior responses based on an information flow. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 25(6). 1488–1507. 7 indexed citations

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Ying, Sun, Shanyong Wang, Lan Gao, & Jun Li. (2018). Unearthing the effects of personality traits on consumer’s attitude and intention to buy green products. Natural Hazards. 93(1). 299–314. 56 indexed citations

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Xia, Han, Xiaohui Liu, Lan Gao, & Pervez Ghauri. (2017). Chinese Multinational Enterprises in Europe and Africa: How do They Perceive Political Risk?. Management International Review. 58(1). 121–146. 28 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohui, et al.. (2016). Do cross-border mergers and acquisitions increase short-term market performance? The case of Chinese firms. International Business Review. 26(1). 189–202. 108 indexed citations

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Gao, Lan, Xiaohui Liu, & Eleni Lioliou. (2015). A double-edged sword: the impact of institutions and political relations on the international market expansion of Chinese state-owned enterprises. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 13(2). 105–125. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohui, Lan Gao, Jiangyong Lu, & Eleni Lioliou. (2015). Environmental risks, localization and the overseas subsidiary performance of MNEs from an emerging economy. Journal of World Business. 51(3). 356–368. 61 indexed citations

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Lioliou, Eleni, Angelika Zimmermann, Leslie P. Willcocks, & Lan Gao. (2014). Formal and relational governance in IT outsourcing: substitution, complementarity and the role of the psychological contract. Information Systems Journal. 24(6). 503–535. 61 indexed citations

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Chizema, Amon, Xiaohui Liu, Jiangyong Lu, & Lan Gao. (2014). Politically connected boards and top executive pay in Chinese listed firms. Strategic Management Journal. 36(6). 890–906. 107 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohui, Lan Gao, Jiangyong Lu, & Yingqi Wei. (2014). The role of highly skilled migrants in the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer across borders. Journal of World Business. 50(1). 56–68. 51 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohui, Lan Gao, Jiangyong Lu, & Eleni Lioliou. (2014). Does learning at home and from abroad boost the foreign subsidiary performance of emerging economy multinational enterprises?. International Business Review. 25(1). 141–151. 40 indexed citations

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Gao, Lan, et al.. (2007). Questions and exploration: supervising graduate students of analytical psychology in China. 192–200. 1 indexed citations

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