Recently, the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality issued the Decision on Commending the Winners of the 18th Beijing Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, conferring 5 Special Prizes, 40 First Prizes, and 165 Second Prizes. A total of 210 achievements across the city were honored. A number of outstanding achievements from Beijing Normal University (BNU) that focus on academic frontiers and serve national strategies received recognition, including 1 Special Prize, 6 First Prizes, and 18 Second Prizes—25 in total. BNU ranked 3rd among Beijing’s universities in the total number of awards, and tied for 2nd in the combined count of Special and First Prizes.

Professor Jiao Hao of the School, focusing on corporate dynamic capabilities, published his sole-authored book On Corporate Dynamic Capabilities: A Strategic Actor Perspective in 2024. This work is the companion volume to his 2013 monograph On Corporate Dynamic Capabilities: An Entrepreneurial Innovation Perspective. Having previously won the 17th Beijing Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, Professor Jiao receives this prestigious honor once again.

Second Prize, 18th Beijing Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award

Achievement Introduction

In an increasingly volatile and complex environment, enterprises generally lack internal routines and processes conducive to strategic change. The emergence of dynamic capabilities enables firms to purposefully create, extend, and modify existing resources, continuously recombine resources, alter existing knowledge structures, and ultimately achieve sustained competitive advantage. To a certain extent, dynamic capabilities refer to a firm’s ability to integrate and reconfigure resources, with organizational learning and knowledge management as its core, and the goal of effectively addressing a turbulent, complex environment.

Author Biography

Jiao Hao, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He is a National High-Level Leading Talent, recipient of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, and Chief Expert for Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China.

He has received numerous provincial and ministerial awards, including the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Young Teacher Award (Ministry of Education), Second and Third Prizes for Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences Research in Higher Education (Ministry of Education), First Prize of the 17th Beijing Municipal Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, Baosteel National Outstanding Teacher Award, China Management Science Society Award, Beijing Municipal Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award, Excellent Project Award for Social Research by Young Teachers in Beijing Universities, and Excellent Advisor Award for the 6th China International "Internet+" College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

His research focuses on platform strategy, innovation management and policy, and digital transformation. He has led research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Fund of China, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education, and Beijing Social Science Fund.

His work has been published in academic journals such as Management World and Economic Research Journal, as well as in media outlets including People's Daily and Guangming Daily.

Established in 1987, the Beijing Municipal Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences is presented every two years, with 18 editions awarded to date. Upholding the highest standards and a commitment to excellence, the award aims to advance philosophical and social scientific research in the capital, recognize outstanding scholars, and support Beijing’s development. It represents the highest level of humanities and social science research in Beijing.

Since 2023, the capital’s philosophy and social science community, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and President Xi Jinping’s important instructions for Beijing, has focused on interpreting the Party’s innovative theories, building an independent knowledge system for Chinese philosophy and social sciences, and serving the capital’s development in the new era. A number of original, insightful, and influential achievements have been produced, making significant contributions to the prosperity of philosophy and social sciences in Beijing.

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Edited by Sun Yue

Reviewed by Hu Conghui