Dr Zheyuan Hu PhD

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management

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Hu Zheyuan

Dr Zheyuan Hu

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management

Dr Zheyuan Hu achieved her Ph.D degree in International Business from Durham University. Her research has been published in world-wide journals such as International Business Review and has presented her papers in many well-recognised international conferences. At the University of Greenwich, Dr Zheyuan Hu is a Senior Lecturer in Business and Management.

Responsibilities within the university
  • Programme leader-MBA International Business
  • Module leader-International Business Project BUSI1359
  • Foundations of Research and Scholarship BUSI1604

Awards
  • Nomination of ‘Rising Star award’, This is our Time Staff Awards 2023.
  • Nomination of ‘Star of the Future’, Greenwich Business School Staff Award for 2022
  • The winner of ‘Dragon’s Den’ research competition for Economic and International business Department, University of Greenwich, 2020

Research / Scholarly interests

Zheyuan’s research interest mainly focus on the strategic asset seeking OFDI of emerging market enterprises (EMNEs), especially China. Her research interests including:

  • Emerging market OFDI
  • Cross-border mergers & acquisitions
  • Innovation performance
  • International product market diversification strategy
  • Business group affiliation
  • State-ownership

Recent publications
  • Sutherland, D., Anderson, J. and Hu, Z. (2020). A Comparative Analysis of Location and Non-Location-Bounded Strategic Asset Seeking in Emerging and Developed Market MNEs: An Application of New Internalization Theory. International Business Review, 29(2): 101635.
  • Hu. Z., Sutherland, D. How do EMNEs Combine Knowledge and Resources to Exploit International Strategic Asset Seeking M&As? An Application of RBV and KBV Approaches to Chinese MNE Innovation Capability Expansion. (working paper).
  • Hu. Z. and Sutherland, D. Chinese Cross-border M&A, Diversification and Firm Performance. (working paper).
  • Hu. Z. and Sutherland, D., (2021). How can Chinese firms improve their performance through strategic asset seeking acquisitions abroad?  A comparison study of related and unrelated acquisition. (Working paper).

Presentations

Conference Papers

  • Hu. Z. and Sutherland, D., (2021). How can Chinese firms improve their performance through strategic asset seeking acquisitions abroad?  A comparison study of related and unrelated acquisition. (Working paper).
  • Hu. Z. (2021). Exploring the role of unrelated diversification on Chinese MNEs’ performance. Copenhagen Conference on Outward Investment from Emerging Economies. Denmark, October 2021.
  • Hu. Z. (2018). What is the Impact of Overseas Technology Seeking M&As on Domestic Innovation Performance in Chinese Businesses? 44th Annual European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference. France
  • Hu. Z. (2017). The Impact of Foreign Technology Seeking M&A on Domestic Innovation Performance in Chinese Firms. Global Strategy and Emerging Markets Conference, Boston, June 15-16.