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12-252, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
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+852 34427969
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Public CV
Research Areas
International Business
Organizational and Management Theory
Non-market Strategy
Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
PhD - General Management (University of Western Ontario)
MBA (China Europe International Business School)
BA - Economics (Shanghai Foreign Studies University)
Biography
Jane Lu is a Chair Professor of Management at the City University of Hong Kong. She received her MBA from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and her Ph.D. from the Ivey Business School at Western University. Jane’s research centers on the intersection of organization theory and strategy with a focus on international strategy and non-market strategy. Her work has been published in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of International Business Studies. She is listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scholars in business and management. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management (2016-2018) and as President of the Asia Academy of Management (2020-2024). She is currently a Senior Editor at the Journal of World Business and a Consulting Editor at the Journal of International Business Studies. Jane is an elected fellow of the Academy of International Business and the Asia Academy of Management.
Selected Publications
Journal Publications and Reviews
Chen, Xuchang; Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Wu, Changqi / Liability or asset? The role of foreignness in intellectual property litigations in an emerging market context. June 2026; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 61, No. 4
Ge, Jianhua; Li, Ge; Zhu, Di; Lu, Jane W. / Position matters: The contingent value of kin ties in entrepreneurial firms. March 2026; In: Journal of Small Business Management.
Zhu, Limin; Zhao, Jing; Lu, Jane W. / Politicians' risk aversion and stake-sought in cross-border acquisitions. June 2025; In: Journal of International Management.
Zhang, Shuo; Lu, Jane W. / Artificial states, ethnicity, and the survival of private participation infrastructure projects in Africa. March 2025; In: Journal of International Business Studies.
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Zhou, Xiaoyu / Event Space and Firm Value: Chinese Listed Firms in the US–China Trade War. March 2025; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 1096-1132
Yao, Fiona Kun; Yang, Jing Yu; Chang, Song; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Not all threats are equal: symbolic and realistic threats and the deployment of parent-country nationals. March 2025; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 174–193
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Zhou, Xiaoyu / Disruptive events in strategy and international business research. December 2024; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1797-1818
Liu, Bin; Qian, Gongming; Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Shu, Diya / Listing pathway, industry competition and internationalization: the case of Chinese family firms. September 2024; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 1515–1543
Gao, Renfei; Lu, Jane; Hu, Helen Wei; Martin, Geoff / Sociopolitical and financial goals in state-owned manufacturers' expansion of production capacity: evidence from China. June 2024; In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management. Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1281-1309
Yang, Jing Yu; Kim, Minyoung; Li, Jiatao; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Information voids and cross-border bandwagons of foreign direct investment into an emerging economy. November 2023; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 2751-2782
Gao, Renfei; Martin, Geoffrey; Hu, Helen Wei; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Why embrace a double-edged sword? A behavioral theory of board political capital building. November 2023; In: Strategic Organization. Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 933-960
Gao, Renfei; Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Hu, Helen Wei; Martin, Geoffrey / A tale of two distractions: How institutional forces influence R&D-based problemistic search in transition economies?. January 2023; In: Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Carney, Richard W.; El Ghoul, Sadok; Guedhami, Omrane; Lu, Jane W.; Wang, He / Political corporate social responsibility: The role of deliberative capacity. October 2022; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 1766-1784
Yang, Jing Yu; Wen, Liang; Volk, Stefan; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Temporal boundaries and expatriate staffing: Effects of parent–subsidiary work-time overlap. October 2022; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 57, No. 6
Li, Jiatao; Qian, Gongming; Zhou, Kevin Zheng; Lu, Jane; Liu, Bin / Belt and Road Initiative, globalization and institutional changes: implications for firms in Asia. September 2022; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 843–856
Lyles, Marjorie A.; Tsang, Eric W.K.; Li, Shenxue; Hong, Jacky F.L.; Cooke, Fang Lee; Lu, Jane W. / Learning and innovation of Chinese firms along the paths of “Bring In” to “Go Global”. August 2022; In: Journal of World Business. Vol. 57, No. 5
Duanmu, Jing-Lin; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Clegg, Jeremy / Contraction under minimum wages? Operational and financial advantages of multinational subsidiaries in China. April 2022; In: International Business Review. Vol. 31, No. 2
Lu, Jane W.; Ma, Hao; Xie, Xuanli / Foreignness research in international business: Major streams and future directions. April 2022; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 449–480
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Wei, Li-Qun; Chen, Ming-Jer / From Responsible Scholarship to Responsible Scholar. April 2022; In: Business and Society. Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 851-856
Li, Shuping; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / A Dual-Agency Model of Firm CSR in Response to Institutional Pressure: Evidence from Chinese Publicly Listed Firms. December 2020; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 2004-2032
Lu, Jane; Liang, Xueji; Wang, Heli / Geographical influences on the relationship between corporate philanthropy and corporate financial performance. May 2020; In: Regional Studies. Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 660-676
Gu, Qian; Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Chung, Chi-Nien / Incentive or Disincentive? A Socioemotional Wealth Explanation of New Industry Entry in Family Business Groups. February 2019; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 645-672
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Song, Yuanyang; Shan, Mengmeng / Social trust in subnational regions and foreign subsidiary performance: Evidence from foreign investments in China. August 2018; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 761-773
Bapuji, Hari; Husted, Bryan W.; Lu, Jane; Mir, Raza / Value Creation, Appropriation, and Distribution: How Firms Contribute to Societal Economic Inequality. July 2018; In: Business and Society. Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 983-1009
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Li, Wen; Wu, Aiqi; Huang, Xueli / Political hazards and entry modes of Chinese investments in Africa. March 2018; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 39-61
Lu, Jane; Ma, Xufei; Taksa, Lucy; Wang, Yue / From LLL to IOL3: Moving dragon multinationals research forward. December 2017; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 757-768
Ma, Xufei; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Business group affiliation as institutional linkages in China’s emerging economy: A focus on organizational traits and institutional conditions. September 2017; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 675-697
Purkayastha, Saptarshi; Kumar, Vikas; Lu, Jane Wenzhen / Business group heterogeneity and the internationalization-performance relationship: Evidence from Indian business groups. June 2017; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 247-279
Lu, Jane; Huang, Xueli; Muchiri, Michael / Political Risk and Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: The Role of Foreign Aid. February 2017; In: Africa Journal of Management. Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 82-98
Yang, Jing Yu; Lu, Jane; Jiang, Ruihua / Too Slow or Too Fast? Speed of FDI Expansions, Industry Globalization, and Firm Performance. February 2017; In: Long Range Planning. Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 74-92
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Liang, Xueji; Shan, Mengmeng; Liang, Xiaoya / Internationalization and Performance of Chinese Family Firms: The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance. December 2015; In: Management and Organization Review. Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 645-678
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Ma, Xufei / Partner resource asymmetry and IJV survival. December 2015; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 1039-1064
Xu, Dean; Lu, Jane W.; Gu, Qian / Organizational Forms and Multi-population Dynamics: Economic Transition in China. September 2014; In: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 517-547
XIA, Jun; MA, Xufei; LU, Jane W.; YIU, Daphne W. / OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BY EMERGING MARKET FIRMS: A RESOURCE DEPENDENCE LOGIC. September 2014; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 1343-1363
Kim, Young-Choon; Lu, Jane W; Rhee, Mooweon / Learning from age difference: Interorganizational learning and survival in Japanese foreign subsidiaries. October 2012; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 719-745
Gu, Qian; Lu, Jane W / Effects of inward investment on outward investment: The venture capital industry worldwide 1985-2007. February 2011; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 263-284
Chung, Chris Changwha; Lu, Jane W.; Beamish, Paul W. / Multinational Networks during Times of Economic Crisis versus Stability. May 2008; In: Management International Review. Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 279-295
Lu, Jane W.; Ma, Xufei / The contingent value of local partners' business group affiliations. April 2008; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 295-314
Xu, Dean; Lu, Jane W. / Technological knowledge, product relatedness, and parent control: The effect on IJV survival. November 2007; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 60, No. 11, pp. 1166-1176
Gaur, Ajai S.; Lu, Jane W. / Ownership Strategies and Survival of Foreign Subsidiaries: Impacts of Institutional Distance and Experience. February 2007; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 84-110
Lu, Jane W.; Beamish, Paul W. / Partnering strategies and performance of SMEs' international joint ventures. July 2006; In: Journal of Business Venturing. Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 461-486
Lu, Jane W.; Xu, Dean / Growth and Survival of International Joint Ventures: An External-Internal Legitimacy Perspective. June 2006; In: Journal of Management. Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 426-448
Lu, Jane W.; Beamish, Paul W. / SME internationalization and performance: Growth vs. profitability. March 2006; In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 27-48
Lu, Jane W.; Hébert, Louis / Equity control and the survival of international joint ventures: a contingency approach. June 2005; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 736-745
Lu, Jane W.; Beamish, Paul W. / Network Development and Firm Performance: A Field Study of Internationalizing Japanese Firms. November 2004; In: Multinational Business Review. Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 41-61
LU, Jane W.; BEAMISH, Paul W. / INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE S-CURVE HYPOTHESIS. August 2004; In: Academy of Management Journal. Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 598-609
Bruton, Garry D.; Lohrke, Franz T.; Lu, Jane W. / The evolving definition of what comprises international strategic management research. July 2004; In: Journal of International Management. Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 413-429
Lu, Jane W. / The evolving contributions in international strategic management research. April 2003; In: Journal of International Management. Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 193-213
Lu, Jane W. / Intra-and Inter-organizational Imitative Behavior: Institutional Influences on Japanese Firms' Entry Mode Choice. March 2002; In: Journal of International Business Studies. Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 19-37
LU, Jane W.; BEAMISH, Paul W. / THE INTERNATIONALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF SMEs. June 2001; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 22, No. 6-7, pp. 565-586
Conference Papers
MENG, Zhu; Lu, Jane / Aligning the Walk with the Talk: Exploring the Impact of Institutions on EMNCs’ CSR Decoupling. October 2024; Strategic Management Society 44th Annual Conference, 19/10/2024 - 22/10/2024, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Fu, Longwang; Lu, Jane / Downside of Equality? The Role of Board Social Hierarchy in Hedge Fund Activism. October 2023; 43rd Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (SMS 2023), 30/09/2023 - 03/10/2023, Toronto, Canada.
Fu, Longwang; Lu, Jane / Should I Fight Back? CEOs’ Ideo-attribution and Firms’ Resistance to Hedge Fund Activism. September 2022; 42nd Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (SMS 2022), 17/09/2022 - 20/09/2022, London, United Kingdom.
Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works
Ge, Jianhua; Lu, Jane; Wu, Xiangting / PARENT FIRM NETWORK DYNAMICS AND FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY DIVESTMENT. August 2024; Annual Meeting Proceedings: Chicago 2024.
Fu, Longwang; Lu, Jane / Whose fault is it? CEO Ideological Self-Attribution and Firm Resistance to Hedge Fund Activism. August 2023; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2023
Lu, Jane; Liang, Xueji Jessie / Internationalization and Corporate Social Performance: An Institutional Approach. October 2019; Academy of Management Global Proceedings.
Gao, Renfei; Lu, Jane; Hu, Helen; Martin, Geoffrey / A contextualized behavioural model of technological search in weak institutions. 2017; 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2017. Vol. 2017-August
HU, Tianyou; LU, Jane / WHEN DIPLOMACY MATTERS: HOW FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES SURVIVE BILATERAL RELATION FLUCTUATIONS. August 2014; Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol. 2014
Lu, Jane W.; Beamish, Paul W. / Japan. September 2009; Handbook of Research on Asian Entrepreneurship. pp. 122-138
QIAN, Gu; LU, Jane W. / THE LINKAGE BETWEEN INWARD INVESTMENT AND OUTWARD INVESTMENT IN THE VENTURE CAPITAL INDUSTRY. August 2009; Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting: Green Management Matters, AOM 2009.
Lu, Jane Wenzhen; Wu, Zhijian / The effects of product diversification and international diversification on SMEs' innovation. February 2007; Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Global Economy. pp. 167-181
Beamish, Paul W.; Lu, Jane W. / Japanese perspectives of international entrepreneurship. June 2004; Handbook of Research on International Entrepreneurship. pp. 512-532
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