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PhD Student
Major: Strategic Management
Education
- Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. (expected 2011)
- M.A., Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Shanghai, China, 2001
- B.A., Yantai University, Yantai, China, 1998
Dissertation
Does Network Density Matter: Essays on Inter-Firm Group
Formation and Group Performance
Research Interests
My main research interest is inter-organizational relationships
in the context of entrepreneurship. Specifically, I am interested in how such inter-organizational
relationships form and evolve and how they may influence the innovation, globalization,
and performance of entrepreneurial firms.
Teaching Interests
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- Organization Theory
- General Management
Paper Under Review
- Lei Zhang “A Group Perspective in Network Formation: How Venture Capital
Syndicates Form”.
Awards and Honors
- CIBER Travel Award, University of Maryland, 2010
- Academy of Management BPS Doctoral Consortium, Invited Participant, Montreal,
Canada, 2010
- Goldhaber Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Maryland College
Park, 2010
- Dingman Research Fellow, R. H. Smith Business School, University of Maryland,
2010
- Nominated for Best Conference Paper Award, Strategic Management Society
Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, 2010
- Dingman Entrepreneurship Center Best Working Paper Award (first prize),
University of Maryland, 2010
- Academy of Management OMT Doctoral Consortium, Invited Participant, Anaheim,
CA, 2008
- Distinguished Teaching Assistant (For Teaching Excellence) Award, Center
for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, 2008-2009
- Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Doctoral Consortium Fellowship Award,
2007
- Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Doctoral Consortium, Invited Participant,
Philadelphia, PA, 2007
- Dean Howard Frank Research Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2006-2009
Professional Experience
- Relationship Manager, Bank of Communications, Shanghai, China
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Academy of Management (BPS, ENT)
- Strategic Management Society
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