Professor Ziliang Deng
Full Professor with Tenure
Ministry of Education Chang Jiang Young Scholar
Peking University Boya Young Fellow
Academic Director of MBA Programs
National School of Development
Peking University
Haidian, Beijing, China
+8610-62760396
zldeng@nsd.pku.edu.cn
https://en.nsd.pku.edu.cn/
RESEARCH AREA
Corporate Global Strategy
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Nottingham, UK, 2009
MA, Renmin University of China, China, 2004
BA, Renmin University of China, China, 2002
ACADEMIC POSITION
National School of Development, Peking University
Jun. 2024 – present, Full Professor with Tenure
Jul. 2025 – present, MOE Chang Jiang Young Scholar & PKU Boya Young Fellow
Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China
Aug. 2009 – May 2024, Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
Feb. 2016 – Jul. 2016, Visiting Scholar
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
Aug. 2013, Visiting Scholar
ACADEMY & EDITORIAL SERVICE
Asia Academy of Management
Jun. 2024 – present Vice President
Journal of International Business Studies
Jan. 2023 – present Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Management Studies
Jan. 2025 – present Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of International Management
Jan. 2020 – present Associate Editor
2023 Co-editor, Special Issue on “New Globalization and Reshoring”
Management and Organization Review
Jan. 2024– present Editorial Review Board Member
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2024 Senior Editor
2022 Co-editor, Special Issue on “Hidden Champions”
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Strategic Planning Office & Office of Discipline Planning & Construction, Renmin University of China
Dec. 2023 – May 2024, Deputy Director
Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China
Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2023, Associate Dean
Mar. 2019 – Mar. 2024, Vice Chair, Academic Committee
Sep. 2017 – Jan. 2019, Director, PhD Program
Apr. 2011 – Apr. 2013, Deputy Director, Management Case Center
MONOGRAPH
Deng, Z. (2011). Foreign Direct Investment in China: Spillover Effects on Domestic Enterprises. London & New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. Deng, Z.; Wang, Y.; Xu, H. 2025. Supplier Response to Apple’s Friendshoring. Journal of Business Research. Forthcoming.
2. Yan, J.; Deng, Z.; Meyer, K. (equal contributions) 2025. Global Expansion and Executive Promotion in State-owned Enterprises. Global Strategy Journal. Forthcoming.
3. Wang, P.; Deng, Z.; Wu, Z.; Kumar, V. 2025. Technology-seeking FDI Policy Change and Local Firm Innovation. International Business Review. 34(3): 102411.
4. Yan, J.; Cao, Z.; Chen, S.; Deng, Z. 2025. The Influence of Environmental Management System on Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from ISO 14001 Certification in China. International Business Review. 34(3): 102381.
Runner-Up, Best Paper by an Early Career Researcher Award, International Business Review.
5. Deng, Z., Huang, E.; Wang, P. 2023. A Power-Dependence Perspective of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis. Journal of Business Research. 169: 114255.
6. Zhu, Z.; Deng, Z. 2023. Board Interlock Tenure and Firm Internationalization. Management and Organization Review. 19(2): 256–278.
7. Yan, J.; Deng, Z.; Meng, S. 2023. The Role of Political Connections in Rapid Internationalisation. International Small Business Journal. 41(6): 623–646.
8. Deng, Z.; Ma, X.; Zhu, Z. (with equal contributions) 2022. Transactional Dependence and Technological Upgrading in Global Value Chains. Journal of Management Studies. 59(2): 390–416.
9. Deng, Z.; Li, T.; Liesch, P. 2022. Performance Shortfalls and Outward Foreign Direct Investment by MNE Subsidiaries: Evidence from China. International Business Review. 31(3): 101952.
Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business China Chapter Conference, 2017
10. Deng, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Johanson, M.; Hilmersson, M. 2022. Rapid Internationalization and Exit of Exporters: The Role of Digital Platforms. International Business Review. 31(1): 101896.
11. Deng, Z.; Liesch, P.; Wang, Z. 2021. Deceptive Signaling on Globalized Digital Platforms: Institutional Hypnosis and Firm Internationalization. Journal of International Business Studies. 52(6): 1096–1120.
12. Sun, P.; Deng, Z.; Wright, M. 2021. Partnering with Leviathan: The Politics of R&D Investment in Foreign-Host-State Joint Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies. 52(4): 595–620.
13. Ma, X.; Deng, Z.; Tang, Y. (with equal contributions) 2021. Relieving Status Anxiety: How Low-Status Firms Respond to International Status-Heterophilous Relationships. Journal of World Business. 56(6): 101259.
14. Deng, Z.; Yan, J.; Sun, P. 2020. Political Status and Tax Haven Investment of Emerging Market Firms: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Ethics. 165(3): 469–488.
15. Deng, Z.; Jean, R.J.; Sinkovics, R.R. 2018. Rapid Expansion of International New Ventures across Institutional Distance. Journal of International Business Studies. 49(8): 1010–1032.
16. Deng, Z.; Yan, J.; van Essen, M. 2018. Heterogeneity of Political Connections and Outward Foreign Direct Investment. International Business Review. 27(4): 893–903.
17. Deng, Z.; Jean, R.J.; Sinkovics, R. R. 2017. Polarizing Effects of Early Exporting on Exit. Management International Review. 57(2): 243–275.
Finalist, Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business Annual Conference, 2013
18. Deng, Z.; Wang, Z. 2016. Early-mover Advantages at Cross-border Business-to-business E-commerce Portals. Journal of Business Research. 69(12): 6002–6011.
19. Jean, R.J.; Deng, Z.; Kim, D.; Yuan, X. 2016. Assessing Endogeneity Issues in International Marketing Research. International Marketing Review. 33(3): 483–512.
Highly Commended Award, Emerald Publishing, 2017
20. Wang, S.; Cavusoglu, H.; Deng, Z. 2016. Early Mover Advantage in Low Entry Barrier Ecommerce Platforms: The Role of Customer Relationship Management Capabilities. Information & Management. 53(2): 197–206.
Best Research-in-Progress Paper, International Conference on Information Systems, 2013
21. Yao. J.; Deng, Z. 2016. Dynamic Resource Integration Optimisation of Global Distributed Manufacturing: An Embeddedness-interaction Perspective. International Journal of Production Research. 54(23): 7143–7157.
22. Yao. J.; Deng, Z. 2015. Scheduling Optimization in the Mass Customization of Global Producer Services. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 62(4): 591–603.
23. Deng, Z.; Guo, H.; Zhang, W.; Wang, C. 2014. Innovation and Survival of Exporters: A Contingency Perspective. International Business Review. 23(2): 396–406.
24. Deng, Z.; Hou, L. 2014. Financial Underdevelopment, Distorted Lending, and Export Market Survival. Journal of International Trade & Economic Development. 23(5): 600–625.
25. Deng, Z.; P. Hofman; A. Newman. 2013. Ownership Concentration and Product Innovation in Chinese Private Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 30(3): 717–734.
26. Deng, Z.; Falvey, R.; Blake, A. 2012. Trading Market Access for Technology? Tax Incentives, Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers in China. Journal of Policy Modeling. 34(5): 675–690.
27. Wang, C.; Deng, Z.; Kafouros, M.; Chen, Y. 2012. Reconceptualizing the Spillover Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: A Process-dependent Approach. International Business Review. 21(3): 452–464.
TEACHING
Corporate Global Strategy (EMBA, DPS, EDP)
Corporate Strategic Management (UG, Vlerick MBA)
AWARD & HONOR
2025, 2024, Best Reviewer Award, Journal of International Business Studies
2025, 2023, 2014, 2013, Finalist, Best Paper Award, AIB Annual Conference
2025, Editor of Distinction Awards-Author Service Award, Springer Nature
2024, Award for Humanities and Social Sciences Research Excellence, Ministry of Education
2023, Highly Valued Associate Editor, Elsevier
2021, Researchers of the Year Award, Renmin University of China
2021, 2019, Distinguished International Service Award, Renmin University of China
2019, Research Excellence Award, Renmin University of China
2019, Popular Executive Education Professor, Renmin Business School
2019, Best Undergraduate Professor, Renmin Business School
2018, Best International MBA Professor, Renmin Business School
2018, Best 100 Management Cases, MBA Steering Committee, Ministry of Education
2017, Highly Commended Paper, Emerald Publishing
2017, Distinguished Young Scholar, Renmin University of China
2013–2016, Youth Scholarship for Excellence, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education
2013, Best Research-in-Progress Paper, International Conference on Information Systems
2005–2008, UK/China Scholarship for Research Excellence, Ministry of Education
