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Wenjing (Vincy) Zhu

Ph.d. Fellow

Subjects
Strategy Innovation Entrepreneurship

Primary research areas

Stra­tegic Hu­man Cap­it­al and In­nov­a­tion
This study ex­am­ines how di­git­al hu­man cap­it­al in­ter­acts with firms’ in­nov­at­ive and sci­entif­ic re­sources to in­flu­ence em­ploy­ees’ ca­reer paths. Us­ing large-scale, matched em­ploy­er-em­ploy­ee data from Den­mark, the study ex­plores the in­flu­ence of the com­ple­ment­ar­ity between di­git­al hu­man cap­it­al and firm-level in­nov­a­tion on wage growth and pro­mo­tion op­por­tun­it­ies. The find­ings sug­gest that di­git­al gradu­ates in in­nov­at­ive firms may en­counter dis­tinct­ive trade-offs between tech­nic­al spe­cial­iz­a­tion and or­gan­iz­a­tion­al ad­vance­ment. This of­fers new in­sights into how di­git­al­iz­a­tion re­shapes ca­reer de­vel­op­ment in in­nov­at­ive-driv­en en­vir­on­ments.
The Equal­iz­ing Po­ten­tial of Di­git­al Hu­man Cap­it­al
This pro­ject ex­plores the in­clus­ive as­pects of di­git­al trans­formation. Spe­cific­ally, it ex­am­ines wheth­er di­git­al hu­man cap­it­al — the skills and know­ledge in­di­vidu­als gain through di­git­al edu­ca­tion — can help nar­row wage gaps between dif­fer­ent groups in the labor mar­ket, fo­cus­ing on im­mig­rant em­ploy­ees. Us­ing ex­tens­ive Dan­ish re­gister data, the study traces how di­git­al cap­ab­il­it­ies in­flu­ence wage pro­gres­sion in vari­ous work­places and in­dus­tries. By re­veal­ing how and when di­git­al­iz­a­tion sup­ports equit­able ca­reer de­vel­op­ment, the re­search aims to in­form or­gan­iz­a­tion­al prac­tices and pub­lic policies to build a fairer di­git­al eco­nomy.

I study how di­git­al­iz­a­tion af­fects hu­man cap­it­al and in­nov­a­tion with­in firms.

I am a PhD fellow in the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. My research examines the relationship between digital human capital and innovation within firms. Specifically, I explore how digitalization transforms human capital into labor market outcomes and innovation performance. 

Using large-scale Danish register data, I study how the complementarity between digital human capital and firm-level innovation shapes individual career trajectories. Additionally, I investigate whether digital human capital can mitigate wage discrimination against specific groups, such as immigrants and women. My research aims to help organizations develop fairer and more effective talent strategies in the digital transformation era. 

My PhD is supervised by Prof. Christoph Grimpe and Prof. Wolfgang Sofka. I hold a bachelor's degree (BSc) in Economics and Finance and a master's degree (MSc) in Information Management, with a research focus on informetrics and patent-based innovation.