Dr Yichen Xi

Dr Yichen Xi

Department of Management
Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Contact details

Email
y.xi.2@bham.ac.uk
Address
Birmingham Business School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Yichen Xi is a Research Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Birmingham, UK. Since 2018, he has specialised in blockchain technology and its sophisticated applications. He is a certified Chartered Manager by the Chartered Management Institute and an Associate Fellow of the Advance Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom. His work has been presented and published not only in leading management journals, such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, but also in top research institutes, such as the Alan Turing Institute. Driven by a passion for blockchain healthcare, he strives to make groundbreaking contributions to both the conceptual and pragmatic ramifications of the field.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Management, University of Birmingham
  • MSc in Entrepreneurship, University of Warwick
  • BEng in Automotive Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

Research

  • Blockchain Decentralised Ecosystem
  • Decentralised Trust
  • Metaverse
  • Public Sector Entrepreneurship
  • Public Sector Marketing
  • Decentralised Finance (Defi)
  • IoT+
  • Cryptocurrency

Publications

Xi, Y., Kromidha, E., Shiu, E. (2024). The importance of trust in fostering a digital blockchain infrastructure in China’s healthcare system. The Alan Turing Institute, ahead of print (ahead of print). 

Xi, Y., Kromidha, E., Shiu, E. (2024). A decentralized trust approach to a public-private blockchain entrepreneurial ecosystem. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 13315). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.