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DR Huan Zou's Outputs (40)

Advancing societal grand challenge research at the interface of entrepreneurship and international business: A review and research agenda (2022)
Journal Article
Fernhaber, S. A., & Zou, H. (2022). Advancing societal grand challenge research at the interface of entrepreneurship and international business: A review and research agenda. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(5), Article 106233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106233

Societal grand challenges are increasingly attracting the attention of both entrepreneurship and international business scholars. While entrepreneurship focuses on the opportunities that emerge and need for bold and innovative solutions, internationa... Read More about Advancing societal grand challenge research at the interface of entrepreneurship and international business: A review and research agenda.

Dynamic adaptive engineering pathways for mitigating flood risks in Shanghai with regret theory (2023)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Ramsbottom, D., Sun, L., Huang, Y., Zou, H., & Liu, J. (2023). Dynamic adaptive engineering pathways for mitigating flood risks in Shanghai with regret theory. nature water, 1(2), 198-208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-022-00017-w

Uncertainty in sea level rise and future extreme climate events presents a great planning challenge for flood defence in coastal mega cities like Shanghai. While academic literature has largely focused on uncertainty analysis, engineering solution de... Read More about Dynamic adaptive engineering pathways for mitigating flood risks in Shanghai with regret theory.

Psychological capital and conflict management in the entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationship in China: The entrepreneur perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Zou, H., Chen, X., Lam, L. W., & Liu, X. Psychological capital and conflict management in the entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationship in China: The entrepreneur perspective. International Small Business Journal, 34(4), 446-467. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242614563418

This article explores the divergent interests and goals that have led to inherent conflicts in the dyadic relationship between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs). Whereas prior research has relied mostly on the perspective of VCs in minimizi... Read More about Psychological capital and conflict management in the entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationship in China: The entrepreneur perspective.

Climate Change and Corporate Vulnerability: Impact of Natural Disasters on JVs and WOSs (2024)
Journal Article
Zou, H., Sun, L., & Zeng, Z. (2024). Climate Change and Corporate Vulnerability: Impact of Natural Disasters on JVs and WOSs. Proceedings - Academy of Management, 2024(1), 16926. https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.16926abstract

Increasing natural disasters pose significant challenges to multinational enterprises, given the complex, disruptive and long-lasting impact induced by climate change. This study adopts a multidisciplinary approach, amalgamating climatological insigh... Read More about Climate Change and Corporate Vulnerability: Impact of Natural Disasters on JVs and WOSs.

Managing University-IJV Partnership for Low-Carbon Innovation: The Role of Networking Capabilities (2024)
Journal Article
Huang, L., & Zou, H. (2024). Managing University-IJV Partnership for Low-Carbon Innovation: The Role of Networking Capabilities. Proceedings - Academy of Management, 2024(1), Article 20057. https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.20057abstract

As global emphasis on sustainable development intensifies, the synergy between academic research and industry expertise becomes vital for advancing low-carbon technologies. Nevertheless, the prior literature mainly focuses on the multinational enterp... Read More about Managing University-IJV Partnership for Low-Carbon Innovation: The Role of Networking Capabilities.

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions from Emerging Economy Firms: A New Channel for Technology Augmentation (2024)
Journal Article
Hong, E., Shin, J.-K., & Zou, H. (2024). Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions from Emerging Economy Firms: A New Channel for Technology Augmentation. International Journal of Development Issues, 23(2), 282-303. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDI-03-2023-0083

Purpose: Extending the springboard perspective with the resource dependence theory, the authors posit that cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are a new channel for emerging economy firms (EEFs) to enhance their technology capabilities. This... Read More about Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions from Emerging Economy Firms: A New Channel for Technology Augmentation.

Facilitating Innovation Adaptiveness in the Low-Carbon Sector: Role of IJV-University Collaboration (2023)
Journal Article
Huang, L., & Zou, H. (2023). Facilitating Innovation Adaptiveness in the Low-Carbon Sector: Role of IJV-University Collaboration. Proceedings - Academy of Management, 2023(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2023.19221abstract

Prior studies emphasize university-industry cooperation as a non-market strategy associated with the innovation performance of firms, in which universities directly provide advanced technologies to firms for commercialization. However, the role and m... Read More about Facilitating Innovation Adaptiveness in the Low-Carbon Sector: Role of IJV-University Collaboration.

Knowledge Transfer Speed in Low Carbon Sector: Roles of IJV’s Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Relations (2022)
Journal Article
Huang, L., & Huan, Z. (in press). Knowledge Transfer Speed in Low Carbon Sector: Roles of IJV’s Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Relations. Proceedings - Academy of Management, 2022(1), https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.18245

Prior studies emphasise parent-IJV knowledge flows and dynamic capabilities to influence the speed of international knowledge transfer. However, the interaction between IJV-local relationships and dynamic capabilities to boost knowledge transfer spee... Read More about Knowledge Transfer Speed in Low Carbon Sector: Roles of IJV’s Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Relations.

External Knowledge Search to Facilitate Knowledge Transfer in IJVs of Low Carbon Technology Sector: A Process-based Perspective (2022)
Thesis
Huang, L. External Knowledge Search to Facilitate Knowledge Transfer in IJVs of Low Carbon Technology Sector: A Process-based Perspective. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

International joint ventures (IJVs) have been a significant vehicle of knowledge transfer between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and firms in emerging markets. In this study, we build on dynamic capabilities and external knowledge search from open... Read More about External Knowledge Search to Facilitate Knowledge Transfer in IJVs of Low Carbon Technology Sector: A Process-based Perspective.

How do International Joint Ventures Learn? Exploring the Link between Dynamic Capability, Organizational Relationships and Knowledge Transfer Process in the Low Carbon Industry in an Emerging Market (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, L., & Zou, H. (2021, April). How do International Joint Ventures Learn? Exploring the Link between Dynamic Capability, Organizational Relationships and Knowledge Transfer Process in the Low Carbon Industry in an Emerging Market. Presented at the 48th Academy of International Business UK and Ireland Chapter Conference, University of Greenwich Business School, London, UK

Developing IJVs Absorptive Capacity for Promoting Low Carbon Technology Transfer The Role of Intermediaries and External Channels (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, L., & Zou, H. (2019, September). Developing IJVs Absorptive Capacity for Promoting Low Carbon Technology Transfer The Role of Intermediaries and External Channels. Presented at The British Academy of Management 2019 Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

One of the perquisites of a successful technology transfer is that the firm should have sufficient absorptive capacity. Such capacity is not a take-for-granted product but go through a sophisticated development process. While most studies highlight t... Read More about Developing IJVs Absorptive Capacity for Promoting Low Carbon Technology Transfer The Role of Intermediaries and External Channels.

An Index-Based Assessment of Perceived Climate Risk and Vulnerability for the Urban Cluster in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China (2019)
Journal Article
Sun, L., Tian, Z., Zou, H., Shao, L., Sun, L., Dong, G., Fan, D., Huang, X., Frost, L., & Fox-James, L. (2019). An Index-Based Assessment of Perceived Climate Risk and Vulnerability for the Urban Cluster in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China. Sustainability, 11(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072099

This paper proposes an index-based assessment tool to consolidate diverse opinions of various stakeholders on their assessments of sector-specific risks posed by climate change, and to aggregate these opinions into intuitive and comparable graphs. Th... Read More about An Index-Based Assessment of Perceived Climate Risk and Vulnerability for the Urban Cluster in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China.

Social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia : social entrepreneurs’ perception and social capital (2019)
Thesis
Alharthi, G. Social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia : social entrepreneurs’ perception and social capital. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The purpose of this thesis is to extend the understanding of social entrepreneurs’ perceptions of the institutional environment, and their behaviour when they try to adapt to a context where social entrepreneurship is non-institutionalised. Theoretic... Read More about Social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia : social entrepreneurs’ perception and social capital.

Chinese Policy-making Process to Promote Low Carbon Technologies: A Potential Case for Applying Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zou, H., & Huang, L. (2018, November). Chinese Policy-making Process to Promote Low Carbon Technologies: A Potential Case for Applying Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways. Paper presented at 6th Annual Meeting Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty, Culver City, Los Angeles, USA

China has been quite actively engaging in reducing its carbon
emissions. In 2016, China set the goal to cut its CO2 emissions per
unit of GDP by 60-65% from 2005 level by 2030, aiming to increase
non-fossil fuel sources in primary energy consumpti... Read More about Chinese Policy-making Process to Promote Low Carbon Technologies: A Potential Case for Applying Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways.