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Yameng is an Associate Professor at International Business School Suzhou (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA), Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University. She takes the position of Programme Director of BA International Business with Language, and she is awarded as Innovation and Entrepreneurship Doctor by Jiangsu Talent Programme (江苏省“双创”博士) in 2020 and evaluated as Key Talents in Science and Education (科教区骨干人才) by Science Suzhou Industrial Park in 2023. Previously, Yameng obtained her PhD. degree from Adam Smith Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests lie at the nexus of strategic management and international business (IB), particularly focusing on the impacts of institution and stakeholder network on firms strategies. Yamengs research has published in some good-quality international journals such as International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and one of her IB paper was finalized as Thats Interesting! Award from Academy of International Business Annual Meeting in 2019. She is a principal investigator of the project The Study on the Mechanism and the Dynamic Relationships between International Friendship Cities and Outward Foreign Direct Investment, funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Cooperated with a European Research Council Advanced Project (REDEFINE), Yameng successfully obtained National Natural Science Foundation of China and the European Commission China-EU Talent Project in 2021.Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=22AW1vYAAAAJhl=zh-CNcitsig=AMD79opQcZPD8M4XuGGugcIiJCOFbr3pRg
Research interests
Strategic leadership and corporate governance
Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
International Business
Experience
PhD supervisor, 2021 to present
Visiting researcher, The Open University, 2022
Visiting researcher, The University of Sydney Business School, 2017
Post-doc researcher, Business School, Sun Yat-sen University, 2018-2019
Teaching
IOM445 Advanced Methods, 2023
SMO412 Doing Business with Chinese companies and Chinese Customers, 2023
SMO008 Trends in Management, 2021
SMO405 Management Dissertation, 2019-present
SMO201 Corporate Social Responsibility, 2020-present
MAN016 Introduction to Business in China, 2020
MAN103 Introduction to Leadership, 2019
BUB303 Final Year Project, 2019-present
Awards and honours
教育部学位中心全国本科毕业论文(设计)抽检评审专家 (2023)
“Key Talents in Science and Education” by Suzhou Industrial Park (2023)
Innovation and Entrepreneur Doctor by Jiangsu Talent Programme (2020)
Principals Early Career Scholarship (2017)
Co-scholarship from Chinese Scholarship Council and the University of Glasgow (2014-2018)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PGcert Certificate, 2020
PhD. University of Glasgow, 2018
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Development of Matching Cases in Business and Chinese modules on Virtual Reality Platform
1/09/23 → 1/09/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Building a Business Chinese Graded-reading Platform
Wen, T., Wang, H., Zou, X. & Zhang, Y.
1/05/23 → 1/05/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Open Strategy and Organizational Legitimacy during Different Stages of Internationalization
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Developing an AR based E-learning platform for Business Chinese acquisition and Business Culture immersion
Wang, H., Zhou, S., Zhang, Y., Liu, X. & Du, K.
20/05/23 → 31/08/23
Project: Internal Research Project
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Connect globally, thrive locally: The spillover effect of sister-city inward FDI on regional innovation
Zhang, Y. & Liu, Z., 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71, p. 4634-4646 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Connect globally, thrive locally: The spillover effect on regional innovation of inward FDI from sister cities
Zhang, Y. & Liu, Z., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Does corporate environmental transparency help attract green-tech FDI? Evidence from Chinese cities
Liu, Z., Zhang, Y. & Li, J., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid: A systematic literature review
Yu, K., Zhang, Y. & Huang, Y., 30 Jan 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From customer-to-manufacturer to farm-to-customer: Pinduoduo’s business model transformation for sustainability
Zhang, Y., 2023, SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals. SAGE Publications LtdResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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The Impacts of International Friendship Cities (Sister Cities): Evidence from Chinese Cities
Yameng Zhang (Speaker)
24 Aug 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Connect globally, thrive locally: The spillover effect on regional innovation of inward FDI from sister cities
Yameng Zhang (Speaker)
4 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Academic Writing Workshop
Yameng Zhang (Organiser)
23 Jun 2023 → 25 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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Building an Augmented-Reality (AR) Based E-Learning Platform for Business Chinese Language Acquisition and Business Culture Immersion
Yameng Zhang (Co-supervisor)
Jun 2023 → Aug 2023Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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Visiting fellow
Yameng Zhang (Participant)
Jun 2023 → Aug 2023Activity: Other › Apointed Visiting Scholar