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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 Director of Research Center of Excellence (Sustainability and ESG), 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
SMO422 Business Ethics and Responsibility, 2024-present
IOM445 Advanced Methods, 2023-present
SMO412 Doing Business with Chinese companies and Chinese Customers, 2023-present
SMO008 Trends in Management, 2021
SMO405 Management Dissertation, 2019-present
SMO201 Corporate Social Responsibility, 2020-2023
MAN016 Introduction to Business in China, 2020
MAN103 Introduction to Leadership, 2019
BUB303 Final Year Project, 2019-present
Awards and honours
Best Paper Award in Women in Academy of International Business (2024)
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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Learning by Doing: The Drivers of UTC (Travel Expert)’s Sustainability Transformation
Zhang, Y., Mao, Z. & She, X., Jan 2025, SAGE Business Case Originals.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Home country adverse political shocks and cross-border mergers and acquisitions financial performance of politically connected emerging market firms
Zhou, C., Zhang, Y. & Bu, M., Jun 2024, In: International Business Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Inclusion for growth: The impacts of entrepreneurial ecosystems on the quantity and quality of women’s entrepreneurship
Lei, L., Yu, H., Huang, Q. & Zhang, Y., Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Subsidiary CSR Engagement During Bilateral Political Tensions
Zhang, Y. & Zhang, C., 9 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The alleviating role of university engagement in negative spillover effect of green-tech FDI
Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, J., Yu, H. & Adams, K., Dec 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
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Spanish Companies in China IV
Alejandro Castellano Merino (Organiser) & Yameng Zhang (Organiser)
29 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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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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Visiting fellow
Yameng Zhang (Participant)
Jun 2023 → Aug 2023Activity: Other › Apointed Visiting Scholar