Lu Jane

Jane Lu is Chair Professor and Head of Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong. She received her MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Ph.D. from the Ivey School of Business, Western University. She started her academic career at National University of Singapore where she was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

She served as James Riady Chair Professor in Asian Business and Economics and Director of the Centre for Asian Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne (2013-2017), and Parkland Chair Professor of Strategy and Director of the Centre for Emerging Market Studies at CEIBS (2017-2019), prior to joining CityU.

Jane’s research centers on the intersection between organization theory and strategy with a focus on international strategy and non-market strategy. Her earlier research investigates broad level issues that underlie the international strategy of a firm, as well as specific strategic questions, such as how to make a successful foreign entry into a country, or how to manage successfully in a foreign country. Her recent research continues this line of research but with a focus on emerging market firms and their non-market strategies.

Her work has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management and Journal of International Business Studies, and other leading journals. She served as Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2016-2018). She is currently a Senior Editor of Journal of World Business and a Consulting Editor of Journal of International Business Studies.

Jane has been involved with the IB scholarly community for many years. She served on Doctoral and Junior Faculty Consortia at AIB and AOM conferences for years, AIB’s Haynes Prize Award committee for three years and chaired it in the fourth year. She also served as track chair in AIB conferences (2013 and 2021).

Prizes/Honours

• Best Paper Award in emerging market research at 2018 Academy of International Business Conference
• Best Conference Paper Award Finalist at 2015/2016 Strategic Management Society Conference
• Fundação Dom Cabral Best Paper award at 2014 Academy of Management Meeting
• Douglas Nigh Memorial Best Paper Award Finalist at 2009 Academy of Management Meeting
• Best Paper Award for Strategy Stream at 2008 annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
• Outstanding Reviewer Award for 2006 by the Journal of Business Venturing
• Haynes Prize for Best Paper Award at Academy of International Business Conference (2006)
• Nominated for Haynes Prize for Best Paper Award at Academy of International Business Conference (2005)

Teaching

• Advanced International Business to research students (Ph.D. and mater levels)
• Asian Business and Management to Master of International Business students
• Global Strategic Management to 4th year undergraduate students.
• Asia Pacific Business to MBA students.
• Asia Pacific Business to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students.
• Corporate Strategy to 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students.
• Corporate Strategy to EMBA students.
• International Business to EMBA students
• International Management to MSc and Ph.D. students.
• Strategy to MSc and Ph.D. students.

Qualifications

• PhD - General Management (University of Western Ontario)
• MBA (China Europe International Business School)
• BA - Economics (Shanghai Foreign Studies University)

Research Areas

• International Business
• Organizational and Management Theory
• Entrepreneurship
• Non-market Strategy
• Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:

· Lu, J.W., Liang, X. and Wang, H. 2019. Geographic influences on the relationship between corporate philanthropy and corporate financial performance. Regional Studies, forthcoming.

· Gu, Qian, Jane W. Lu and Chi-Nien Chung. 2019. Incentive or Disincentive? A Socioemotional Wealth Explanation of New Industry Entry in Family Business Groups. Journal of Management, 45(2), 645–672.

· Lu, J.W., Song, Y. and Shan, M. 2018. Social trust in subnational regions and foreign subsidiary performance: Evidence from foreign investments in China. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(6), 761-773.

· Bapuji H, Husted B, Lu J, Mir R. 2018. Value creation, appropriation, and distribution: How firms contribute to societal economic inequality. Business & Society, 57(6), 983-1009.

· Lu Jane W., Wen Li, Aiqi Wu and Xueli Huang. 2018. Political Hazards and Entry Modes of Chinese Investments in Africa, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 35(1): 39-61.

· Yang, Gracy, Jane W. Lu and Ruihua, Jiang. 2017. Too Slow or Too Fast? Speed of FDI Expansions, Industry Globalization, and Firm Performance. Long Range Planning, 50(1), 74-92.

· Lu Jane W., Xufei Ma, Lucy Taksa and Yue Wang. 2017. From LLL to IOL3: Moving dragon multinationals research forward. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(4): 757-768.

· Purkayastha Saptarshi, Vikas Kumar and Jane W. Lu. 2017. Business group heterogeneity and the internationalization-performance relationship: Evidence from Indian business groups. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 34(2): 247-279.

· Lu Jane W., Xueli Huang and Michael Muchiri. 2017. Political Risk and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: The Role of Foreign Aid. Africa Journal of Management, 3(1): 82-98.

· Lu, Jane W. and Xufei Ma. 2015. Partner resource asymmetry and IJV survival. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32(4), 1039-1064.

· Lu, Jane W., Xueji Liang, Mengmeng Shan and Xiaoya Liang. 2015. Internationalization and Performance of Chinese Family Firms: The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance, Management and Organisation Review, 11(4), 645-678.

· Xu, Dean, Jane W. Lu and Qian Gu. 2014. Organizational Forms and Multi-Population Dynamics: Economic Transition in China, Administrative Science Quarterly, 59(3), 517-547.

· Xia, Jun, Xufei, Ma, Jane W. Lu and Daphne Yiu. 2014. Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Emerging Market Firms: A Resource Dependence Logic, Strategic Management Journal, 35(9), 1343-1363.

· Kim, Young-Choon, Jane W. Lu and Mooweon Rhee. 2012. Learning from Age Difference: Interorganizational Learning and Survival in Japanese Foreign Subsidiaries 1986-2001, Journal of International Business Studies, 43(8), 719-745.

· Gu, Qian and Jane W. Lu. 2011. Effects of Inward Investment on Outward Investment: The Venture Capital Industry Worldwide 1985-2007, Journal of International Business Studies, 42(2), 263–284.

· Chung,Chris Changwha, Jane W. Lu and Paul W. Beamish. 2008. Multinational Networks during Times of Economic Crisis versus Stability. Management International Review, 48(3): 279-296.

· Lu, Jane W. and Xufei Ma. 2008. The Contingent Value of Local Partners’ Business Group Affiliation. Academy of Management Journal, 51(2): 295-314.

· Gaur, Ajar and Jane W. Lu. 2007. Ownership Strategies and Survival of Foreign Subsidiaries: Impacts of Institutional Distance and Experience. Journal of Management, 33(1): 84-110.

· Lu, Jane W. and Dean Xu. 2007. Technological Knowledge, Product Relatedness, and Parent Control: The Effect on IJV Survival. Journal of Business Research, 60(11): 1166-1176.

· Lu, Jane W. and Dean Xu. 2006. Growth and Survival of International Joint Ventures: An External-Internal Legitimacy Perspective. Journal of Management, 32(3): 426-448.

· Lu, Jane W. and Paul W. Beamish. 2006. Partnering Strategies and Performance of SMEs’ International Joint Ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 21(4): 461-486.

· Lu, Jane W. and Paul W. Beamish. 2006. SME Internationalization and Performance: Growth vs. Profitability. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 4(1): 27-48.

· Ma, Xufei and Jane W. Lu. 2005. The Critical Role of Business Groups in China. Ivey Business Journal, 69(5): 1-12.

· Lu, Jane W. and Louis Hebert. 2005. Equity Control and the Survival of International Joint Ventures: A Contingency Approach. Journal of Business Research, 58(6): 736-745.

· Lu, Jane W. and Paul W. Beamish. 2004. Network Development and Firm Performance: A Field Study of Internationalizing Japanese Firms. Multinational Business Review, 12(3): 41-61.

· Lu, Jane W. and Paul W. Beamish. 2004. International Diversification and Firm Performance: The S-Curve Hypothesis. Academy of Management Journal, 47 (4): 598-609.

· Bruton, Garry, Franz Lohrke and Jane W. Lu. 2004. The Evolving Definition of What Comprises International Strategic Management Research. Journal of International Management，10 (3): 413-429.

· Lu, Jane W. 2003. The Evolving Contributions in International Strategic Management Research. Journal of International Management, 9(2): 193-213.

· Lu, Jane W. 2002. Intra- and Inter- Organizational Imitative Behavior: Institutional Influences on Japanese Firms’ Entry Mode Choice. Journal of International Business Studies, 33(1): 19-37.

· Lu, Jane W. and Paul W. Beamish. 2001. The Internationalization and Performance of SMEs. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (6/7): 565-586.

· Lu, Jane W. 2000. Characteristics and Performance of Japanese FDI in China. Journal of Asian Business, 16(3): 51-71.