Shaomin Li (Ph.D., Princeton University) is Eminent Scholar and Professor of International Business at Old Dominion University. He studies the global environment of business with a focus on the governance environment in changing societies. He has written for Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and The New York Times. The Economist featured his research on rule-based versus relation-based governance twice. His most recent book, “Bribery and Corruption in Weak Institutional Environments,” is published by Cambridge University Press, and he serves as Executive Editor of the journal “Modern China Studies.” In 2008, the governor of Virginia presented him the Outstanding Faculty Award. Shaomin went to an art school when he was young and remains an avid artist. He especially likes to draw portraits and cartoons.