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Corporate governance, corporate finance, innovation
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Biography

Zhen Yang obtained his PhD degree in Management from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and is currently an assistant professor at School of Business, Jiangsu Ocean University, China. His academic interests lie broadly in the accounting, corporate governance, CSR, and machine learning. He acts as anonymous reviewers for: Applied artificial intelligence, Applied Economics, Annals of Operations Research, China & World Economy, Economic Analysis and Policy, Energy Economics, Environment, development and sustainability, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Public Health, Investment Analysts Journal, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Kybernetes, Management and Organization Review, Singapore Economic Review, Social Science Quarterly, Post-Communist Economies, Technovation, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, PLOS ONE, SAGE Open (Ariticle editor).

Activities

Employment (1)

Jiangsu Ocean University: Lianyungang, Jiangsu, CN

2024-08-01 to present | Assistant professor (School of Business)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Dongbei University of Finance and Economics: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

2018-09-01 to 2024-06-18 | Ph.D. (Manangement, School of Business Administration)
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Jiangxi Normal University: Nanchang, Jiangxi, CN

2015-09-01 to 2018-06-26 | Master degree (Accounting, school of Finance)
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Works (22)

Early‐Life Famine Experience and Households’ Diversity of Financial Asset Portfolio: Evidence From China

Social Science Quarterly
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Shulin Xu; Zhen Yang
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Tax reform and corporate vertical integration: evidence from China

Post-Communist Economies
2025-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yang; Wenlong Liu; Huiqiang Ni; Huaizhou Lan
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Social insurance contribution and firms’ digital transformation: Evidence from China

Applied Economics
2025-01-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yang; Chi-Wei Su; Wenlong Liu; Shulin Xu; Jiapeng An
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Anti-corruption and firm innovation: political path dependence perspective

Post-Communist Economies
2024-11-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Shulin Xu; Zhen Yang
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Training investment, human capital upgrading and firm innovation: the role of government training subsidies

Kybernetes
2024-08-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Huiqiang Ni; Wenlong Liu; Zhen Yang
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Institutional investors and corporate green innovation: Evidence from China

Pacific Economic Review
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yang; Dongwei Su; Shulin Xu; Xu Han
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CORPORATE FINANCIALIZATION AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE-LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

The Singapore Economic Review
2024-05-14 | Journal article
Contributors: LIN TONG; JUAN HU; ZHEN YANG; ZHONGMO LIU; SHULIN XU
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PERCEPTION OF UNCERTAINTY AND GREEN INNOVATION: MACHINE LEARNING EVIDENCE FROM PUBLICLY LISTED FIRMS IN CHINA

Singapore Economic Review
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Yang, Zhen; Su, Dongwei; Xu, Shulin
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Benefit synergy or “fishing in troubled waters”? Economic policy uncertainty and executive perquisite consumption

Kybernetes
2023-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Hongji Xie; Zhen Yang; Shulin Xu
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Effect of household's financial literacy on pension decision making: evidence from China's new rural pension program

Kybernetes
2023-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Shulin Xu; Syed Tauseef Ali; Zhen Yang; Yunfeng Li
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Does the famine experience of board chair hamper innovation?

Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Khalil Jebran; Zhen Yang; Shihua Chen; Syed Tauseef Ali
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DO SMART PEOPLE PREFER TO CONSUME? THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION

The Singapore Economic Review
2023-04-11 | Journal article
Contributors: DONGWEI SU; SHULIN XU; ZHEN YANG; XIN XIE
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Green credit policy and corporate diversification: evidence from China

Post-Communist Economies
2023-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Dongwei Su; Shulin Xu; Zhen Yang
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Does Financial Literacy Affect Household Financial Behavior? The Role of Limited Attention

Frontiers in Psychology
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Xu, Shulin; Yang, Zhen; Ali, Syed Tauseef; Li, Yunfeng; Cui, Jingwen
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Influencing factors of environmental efficiency of strategic emerging industries and their power cooperation mechanism design

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2022-10-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Shulin Xu; Qingzhen Zhu; Zhen Yang
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Board Diversity and Corporate Investment Decisions: Evidence from China

Sage Open
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Farman Ali; Muhammad Ullah; Syed Tauseef Ali; Zhen Yang; Imran Ali
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An Investigation of Entrepreneurial SMEs' Network Capability and Social Capital to Accomplish Innovativeness: A Dynamic Capability Perspective

SAGE Open
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarwar, Zahid; Khan, Muhammad Asif; Yang, Zhen; Khan, Adnan; Haseeb, Muhammad; Sarwar, Aaqib
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KNOWLEDGE CHANGES FATE: CAN FINANCIAL LITERACY ADVANCE POVERTY REDUCTION IN RURAL HOUSEHOLDS?

Singapore Economic Review
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Xu, Shulin; Yang, Zhen; Tong, Zefeng; Li, Yunfeng
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Heterogenic institutional investors and their influence on corporate innovation: Evidence from a transition economy

South African Journal of Business Management
2021-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Syed Tauseef Ali; Farman Ali; Adnan Khan; Zhen Yang; Muhammad Ullah; Misraku M. Ayalew
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Outward foreign direct investment and corporate green innovation: An institutional pressure perspective

South African Journal of Business Management
2020-06-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Yang; Syed T. Ali; Farman Ali; Zahid Sarwar; Muhammad A. Khan
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The impact of corporate governance on the cost of equity: Evidence from cement sector of Pakistan

Asian Journal of Accounting Research
2019 | Journal article
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Contributors: Ali, S.T.; Yang, Z.; Sarwar, Z.; Ali, F.
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A Study of Political-business Relationship and Corporate Social Responsibility

Modern Economic Research
2017-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaoying Zhang; Zhen Yang
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Peer review (99 reviews for 26 publications/grants)

Review activity for Annals of operation research. (1)
Review activity for Applied artificial intelligence : (1)
Review activity for Applied economics letters. (1)
Review activity for Applied economics. (2)
Review activity for Asian journal of accounting research. (4)
Review activity for China & world economy. (1)
Review activity for Economic analysis and policy. (2)
Review activity for Economics of innovation and new technology. (1)
Review activity for Ekonomska istraživanja. (4)
Review activity for Energy economics. (1)
Review activity for Environment, development and sustainability. (1)
Review activity for Heliyon. (1)
Review activity for Humanities & social sciences communications. (1)
Review activity for Journal of consumer behaviour (1)
Review activity for Journal of the Asia Pacific economy. (3)
Review activity for Journal of the knowledge economy. (6)
Review activity for Journal of the knowledge economy. (1)
Review activity for Kybernetes. (3)
Review activity for Natural resources forum. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (42)
Review activity for Post-communist economies. (4)
Review activity for Research in international business and finance. (1)
Review activity for SAGE Open. (12)
Review activity for Sustainable futures. (1)
Review activity for Technovation. (2)
Review activity for The Singapore economic review. (1)