China, talent policy, international students, returnee entrepreneurs, science parks, overseas Chinese

Liu, Kai (2011) China's talent policy towards overseas returnee entrepreneurs: origin, trends and impact. In: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2011). Academic Publishing International, Reading, UK, pp. 579-582. ISBN 978-1-908272-14-0

Freelancers, Creative industries, Relational economic geography, Projects, London

Liu, Kai, Mould, Oli and Vorley, Tim (2015) Invisible creativity? Highlighting the hidden impact of freelancing in London’s creative industries. In: Watson, Allan and Taylor, Calvin, (eds.) Rethinking creative cities policy: Invisible agents and hidden protagonists. Routledge, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781138890084

HEIs, intercultural competence, strategy implementation, middle management

Higson, Helen E. and Liu, Kai (2010) An integrative approach to developing an intercultural awareness strategy in a multicultural university. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 10 (3). pp. 219-230. ISSN 1447-9532 (Print), 1447-9583 (Online)

arts-based methods, cultural competence, intercultural training, cultural intelligence scale, training evaluation

Higson, Helen E. and Liu, Kai (2012) Business lessons without business: can arts-based training enhance cultural competence? In: Ryan, Janette, (ed.) Cross-cultural teaching and learning for home and international students: internationalisation of pedagogy and curriculum in higher education. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 110-124. ISBN 9780415630122

creative industries, economic transition, institutional thickness, creative edge,

Liu, Kai (2009) Creative edge of cities: a comparative analysis of the top 500 creative industries businesses in Beijing and Shanghai. Creative Industries Journal, 1 (3). pp. 227-244. ISSN 1751-0694 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1386/cij.1.3.227_1)

freelancers, creative industries, relational economic geography, projects, London

Mould, Oli, Vorley, Tim and Liu, Kai (2014) Invisible creativity? Highlighting the hidden impact of freelancing in London's creative industries. European Planning Studies, 22 (12). pp. 2436-2455. ISSN 0965-4313 (Print), 1469-5944 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2013.790587)

incubator, early stage ventures, start-up, shared spaces, business support, economic development

Liu, Kai (2015) Incubator. In: Cooper, Cary L., (ed.) Wiley Encyclopedia of Management. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. ISBN 9781118785317 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118785317.weom060106)

social network analysis, creative industries,Thematic analysis

Liu, Kai and Joel-Edgar, Sian (2015) Social network analysis and creative industries: Searching for the similarities in the creative domain. In: XXXV Sunbelt Conference, International Network for Social Network Analysis, 23-28 June 2015, Brighton, UK. (Unpublished)