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 Contact:
Email: yanzh@rice.edu
Office
McNair Hall, Room 229
Mailstop: MS-531
Phone: 713-348-2462 |
Teaching Areas:
International strategic alliances, Action Learning Project, Corporate Governance, International business and globalization, Management Scholarly Areas:
CEO succession and strategic leadership, High technology entrepreneurship in China, International joint ventures and multinational corporations (MNCs) in China | Education:
| B.A. (1992) Nanjing University, Nanjing, China | | M.A. (1995) Nanjing University, Nanjing, China | | M.Ph. (1997) City University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business | | Ph.D. (2001) University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business |
Bio Statement:
Dr. Yan Zhang (Anthea) (http://www.jonesgsm.rice.edu/Faculty/YanZhang/Default.asp) is an associate professor of Strategy at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University. Dr. Zhang's areas of specialization include CEO succession, corporate governance, global strategic alliances, and multinational companies’ operations in emerging markets. Her research has been published in top-tier journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of Management. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal. Dr. Zhang is a member of the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and the Academy of International Business. She is a founding member of the International Association on Chinese Management Research. She has taught Global Strategic Management, and International Strategic Alliances in the MBA, the MBA for Executives, and the MBA for Professionals programs of the Jones School. She received a B.A. and a M.A. in Economics from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; a Master of Philosophy degree in International Business from City University of Hong Kong; and a Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Southern California.
Publications:
Journal Articles
| Zhang, Yan Anthea. 2008. "Information asymmetry and the dismissal of newly appointed CEOs: An empirical investigation." Strategic Management Journal 29 859-872
| Zhang, Y., H. Li and C. B. Schoonhoven. 2008. "Inter-Community relationships and community growth in China's high-technology industries 1988-2000." Strategic Management Journal Forthcoming
| Wiersema, M. and Zhang, Y. 2008. "CEO Dismissal: The role of investment anaylsts as an external control mechanism." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Anaheim, CA Academy of Management
| Rajagopalan, N. and Zhang, Y (both authors contributed equally). 2008. "Corporate governance reforms in China and India: Challenges and opportunities." Business Horizons 51 55-64
| Zhang, Y., H. Li, M. Hitt and G. Cui. 2007. "R&D intensity and international joint venture performance in an emerging market: Moderating effects of market focus and ownership structure." Journal of International Business Studies 38 944-960
| Li, H. and Y. Zhang. 2007. "The role of managers' political networking and functional experience in new venture performance: Evidence from China's transition economy." Strategic Management Journal, 28 (8) 791-804
| Zhang, Yan. 2006. "Stock market reactions to executive oaths: The signalling role of CEO backgrounds." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
| Zhang, Yan, J.M. George and T.S. Chan. 2006. "The paradox of duelling identities: The case of local senior executives in MNC subsidiaries." Journal of Management 32 400-425
| Zhang, Yan Anthea and N. Rajagopalan. 2006. "Grooming for the top post and ending the CEO succession crisis." Organizational Dynamics 35: 96-105
| Zhang, Yan. 2006. "The presence of a separate COO/President and its impact on strategic change and CEO dismissal." Strategic Management Journal 27: 283-300
| Zhang, Yan. 2005. "A selection that cannot stand the test: Succession contexts and new CEO dismissal." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
| Li, Haiyang, Yan Zhang, and T. S. Chan. 2005. "Entrepreneurial strategy making and performance in China's emerging economy - The contingency effect of environments and firm competencies." Journal of High Technology Management Research 16 37-57
| Zhang, Yan and N. Rajagopalan. 2004. "When the known devil is better than an unknown god: An empirical study of the antecedents and consequences of relay CEO successions." Academy of Management Journal, 47 (4): 483-500
| Zhang, Yan and Nandini Rajagopalan. 2003. "Explaining new CEO origin: Firm versus industry antecedents." Academy of Management Journal, 46 (3): 327-338
| Zhang, Yan, with D. Deepak and N. Rajagopalan. 2003. "New CEO openness to change and strategic persistence: The moderating role of industry characteristics." British Journal of Management, 14: 101-114
| Zhang, Yan with H. Li. 2002. "Founding team comprehension and behavioral integration: Evidence from new technology ventures in China." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
| Zhang, Yan and Nandini Rajagopalan. 2002. "Inter-Partner credible threat in international joint ventures: An infinitely repeated prisoners' dilemma model." Journal of International Business Studies, 33 (3): 457-478
| Zhang, Yan and H. Li. 2001. "Design and performance in international joint ventures: A dynamic evolution perspective." International Business Review, 10: 341-362
| Zhang, Yan, H. Li, and K. Atuahene-Gima. 2000. "How does new venture strategy matter in the environment-performance relationship?." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
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Book Chapters
| Zhang, Yan and H. Li. 2004. "International joint venture control: An integrated framework." Global Firms and Emerging Markets in the Era of Anxiety London Praeger 147-169
| Zhang, Yan, N. Rajagopalan and D.K. Datta. 2001. "Executive characteristics, compensation systems and firm performance: Theoretical model and extension." Frontiers of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Series: The Nature / Organizational Leadership San Francisco Jossey-Bass 270-301
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Recognition and Relationships:
2008 Distinguished Paper Award of the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, 8/1/2008
| International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR), , 10/22/2007
| Finalist for Best Conference Paper Prize, McKinsey/Strategic Management Society, 11/11/2003
| Finalist for Haynes Prize (with Haiyang Li and Geng Cui), Academy of International Business, 7/7/2003
| Finalist for Best Paper Award (with Haiyang Li and Geng Cui), Academy of International Business, 7/7/2003
| Business Policy and Strategy Junior Faculty Consortium, Academy of Management, 8/2/2003
| Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, BPS division, 8/7/2001
| Business Policy and Strategy Doctoral Student Consortium, Academy of Management, 8/5/2000
| James S. Ford/Commerce Associates Doctoral Fellowship, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 5/20/2000
| Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society for Collegiate Schools of Business, University of Southern California Chapter, 3/20/1999
| Finalist for the Best Paper in Macro Management Award (with Haiyang Li), International Association of Chinese Management and Research (IACMR), Inaugural Conference, 6/6/2004
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Services to Profession:
Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal from 2007 to present .
| Member: Program committee for the Chinese Forum in the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) 2nd conference, 2004-2006
| Member: Program Committee for the Chinese Forum in the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) inaugural conference, 2002-2004
| Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meetings from 2000 to date .
| Reviewer, Asian Pacific Journal of Management from 2002 to date .
| Reviewer, Journal of Management Studies from 2003 to date .
| Reviewer, Journal of Small Business Management from 2003 to date .
| Reviewer, Oxford University Press from 2003 .
| Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal from 2001 to date .
| Reviewer, MIT Sloan Management Review from 2003 to date .
| Reviewer, Academy of International Business from 2003 to date .
| Reviewer, Journal of High Technology Management Research from 2003 to date .
| Reviewer, Management and Organization Review from 2004 to date .
| Reviewer, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong from 2004 to date .
| Reviewer, Journal of International Business Studies from 2004 to date .
| Reviewer, Strategic Management Journal from 2005 .
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