RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP

Research.

Understanding strategic choices, organizational capabilities, and business across borders.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My work examines how firms navigate their environments, develop knowledge, and make decisions that shape their international activities and innovation.

Strategy & global business

How institutions, ownership, and alliance networks shape multinational firms’ strategic choices and performance.

Knowledge & innovation

How firms build and combine knowledge, collaborate with suppliers, and compete within business ecosystems.

AI & entrepreneurship

An emerging research focus on AI in management and platform governance, alongside teaching that connects AI, creativity, and entrepreneurial action.

PEER-REVIEWED WORK

Publications

Google Scholar

12 publications

2026

Journal of International Business Policy

China’s industrial policy and OFDI location: An integrated framework of national business systems and ownership perspectives

Liang, Z. S., Carney, M., & Zhao, Y.

9, 348–373

International strategy

2026

Journal of Business Research

Institutional investors and MNE establishment mode choice

Zhao, Y., Parente, R., Xu, L., & Gambirage, C.

208, 116072

International strategy

2026

Technovation

All-in-one strategy of platforms: Crafting multiproduct ecosystems

Rong, K., Zhao, Y., Kang, Z., & Parente, R.

150, 103394

Knowledge & ecosystems

2025

British Journal of Management

Supplier involvement and firm financial performance: Bringing strategic fit to the fore

Zhao, Y., Sim, D., Thams, Y., & Parente, R.

36(2), 850–866

Knowledge & ecosystems

2025

International Business Review

Sharing economy companies’ internationalization: A business ecosystem strategy

Thornton, H. C., & Zhao, Y.

34(2), 102355

International strategy

2024

Journal of International Management

Firm performance drivers within a dynamic emerging market ecosystem

Viktora-Jones, M., Parente, R., Drori, N., & Zhao, Y.

30(1), 101119

Knowledge & ecosystems

2022

Journal of Knowledge Management

Relational resources, tacit knowledge integration capability, and business performance

Parente, R., Murray, J. Y., Zhao, Y., Kotabe, M., & Dias, R.

26(4), 805–823

Knowledge & ecosystems

2022

Social Responsibility Journal

Corporate social responsibility and corporate reputation: The moderating roles of CEO and state political ideologies

Xu, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, C., & Ponnapalli, A. R.

18(3), 501–517

People & governance

2021

Journal of International Business Studies

MNE host-country alliance network position and post-entry establishment mode choice

Zhao, Y., Parente, R., Fainshmidt, S., & Carnovale, S.

52, 1350–1364

International strategy

2020

Journal of Business Research

Host country institutional diversity and MNE performance persistence

Zhao, Y., Parente, R., Song, M., & Wenger, L.

113, 1–12

International strategy

2018

Thunderbird International Business Review

Rewarding self-initiated expatriates: A skills-based approach

Kim, K., Halliday, C. S., Zhao, Y., Wang, C., & Von Glinow, M. A.

60(1), 89–104

People & governance

2017

Group & Organization Management

The role of economic development and perceived growth opportunities in employee reactions to M&As: A study of the merger syndrome across 29 countries

Paustian-Underdahl, S. C., Fainshmidt, S., Sanchez, J. I., Misati, E., Zhao, Y., & Zhang, H.

42(2), 163–194

People & governance