Catherine Cai

Yingdan(Catherine) Cai is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy and International Management and Programme Leader for BA(Hons) International Business and BA(Hons) International Business Management.

​Catherine is active in research and teaching in the field of strategy and international business. Her teaching and research interests focus on emerging market multinational enterprises. She has previously presented in various academic conferences and doctoral consortiums such as Academy of International Business (AIB) , European Academy of International Business (EIBA), Academy of Management (AOM) and European Academy of Management (EURAM). With the application of institutional economics and transaction costs in International Business, she attended the 4th Lindau Meeting in Economic Sciences, which is an opportunity for highly selected young economists to interact with 22 Nobel laureates in economic sciences. Catherine has received various awards for her research. The paper "Does government stake influence cross-border deal completion? Evidence from Brazil" has been one of the four finalists for CGIO Best Paper in International Corporate Governance in International Management Division in Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014 and an abridged version of the paper is included in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (Only 21 out of 204 accepted papers in the IM division, or around 10% are accepted for the proceeding). In addition, her dissertation proposal has won the Best COST Think Thank Proposal Award in the 1st COST–EIBA / EIASM Doctoral Think Tank on Emerging Markets and Their Corporate Players at EIBA 2010. ​​

Area of expertise Emerging market multinationals, international business strategies, corporate governance, cross-border M&As

Publications

Nguyen, T., Cai, Y. and Evans, A. (2018) Organisational learning and consumer learning in foreign markets: A case study of IKEA in Japan. In: British Academy of Management 2018 Conference, UWE Bristol, UK, 4-6 September 2018. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36859 ' Rao-Nicholson, R. and Cai, Y. (2018) The effects of ownership identity on corporate diversification strategy of Chinese companies in foreign markets. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. ISSN 0217-4561 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/35718 ' Cai, Y., Gubbi, S., van Veen, K. and van Ees, H. (2016) Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms. In: British Academy of Management 2016 Annual Conference, Newcastle University, UK, 6-8 September 2016. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/29337 ' Cai, Y., Gubbi, S., van Veen, K. and van Ees, H. (2016) Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms. In: Academy of Management 2016 Annual Conference, Anaheim, USA, 5 - 9 August 2016. [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28454 ' Cai, Y., Gubbi, S., van Veen, K. and van Ees, H. (2016) Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms. In: Academy of International Business 2016 Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, 27 - 30 June 2016. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28563 ' Cai, Y., van Ees, H., van Veen, K. and Gubbi, S. (2015) Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As? In: 42nd Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter Conference 2015, Manchester, 16 - 18 April 2015. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28565 ' Cai, Y., van Ees, H., van Veen, K. and Gubbi, S. (2015) Does the Quality of Institutions and the Regulatory Bodies Influence Deal Duration in M&As? In: Academy of International Business 2015 Annual Conference, Bengaluru, 27-30 June 2015. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28564 ' Cai, Y., van Veen, K. and Gubbi, S. (2014) Does government stake influence cross-border deal completion? Evidence from Brazil. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1 (13556). ISSN 0065-0668 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31294 '