Dr. Jianhong Zhang

Dr. Jianhong Zhang is Senior researcher and Associate Professor in International Economics and Businesses at Nyenrode Business University. She is part of Nyenrode's Faculty Research Center for Entrepreneurship, Governance & Stewardship.

After ten years of working in China as a university teacher, she came to the Netherlands in 1999 as a visiting scholar. She gained her Ph.D. in international economics in 2005 at University of Groningen, then she worked as an assistant professor at the same university. In 2007 she joined Nyenrode as a research fellow and became an associate professor in 2009. 

Besides research and teaching, Zhang engaged in setting up and maintaining the cooperation between Nyenrode and Chinese universities and institutes, served as a program manager in designing, recruiting and operating professional training and acted as a program leader in creating and operating student’s international study trip.

She is an active researcher and has published over 60 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, most recently, for example, in Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Party politics, International Business Review, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Management International Review, and China Economic Review.

Interests

Walking, growing plants, and learning.

Recent relevant publications

• Zhang, J., & Jiang, J. (2025). Ethnic polarization and ownership decision in cross-border acquisitions: The case of emerging market multinational enterprises. British Journal of Management. 
• Zhang, J., Rodrigues, S. B., Jiang, J., & Zhou, C. (2025). Political turnover, power and performance of foreign firms. Multinational Business Review. 
• Jiang, J., & Zhang, J. (2024). National security review and ownership participation in cross-border acquisitions. International Business Review, 33(6), 102329. 
• Zhang, J., van Witteloostuijn, A., Zhou, C., & Zhou, S. (2024). Cross-border acquisition completion by emerging market MNEs revisited: Inductive evidence from a machine learning analysis. Journal of World Business, 59(2), 101517. 
• Zhang, J., & Jiang, J. (2024). Investment deregulation and innovation performance of Chinese private firms. Journal of Financial Stability,70, 101207.   
• Jiang, J., & Zhang, J. (2023). Does political ideology matter in Chinese cross-border acquisitions? Journal of Business Research, 161, 113829. 
• Zhang, J., van Gorp, D., & Kievit, H. (2023). Digital technology and national entrepreneurship: An ecosystem perspective. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48, 1077–1105, 
• Zhang, J. (2022). Liability of emergingness and EMNEs’ cross-border acquisition completion: A legitimacy perspective. International Business Review, 31(2), 101951.
• Zhang, J., Gorp, D. van, Ebbers, H., Zhou, C., & Kievit, H. (2022). Organizational legitimacy of emerging multinational enterprises : An individual perspective. International Business Review, 31(6), 102615. 
• Zhang, J., Zhou, C., & Ebbers, H. (2022). Good news is good news for new economic powers. International Communication Gazette, 84(6), 526-549.       (3-point journal, Eigen factor AI 67)
• Jiang, J., Zhang, J., & Cao, H. (2022). Party determinants of FDI : Evidence from governing party fractionalization in government. Party Politics, 28(4), 755-769. 
• Zhang, J., Deephouse, D. L., van Gorp, D., & Ebbers, H. (2022). Individuals’ perceptions of the legitimacy of emerging market multinationals: Ethical foundations and construct validation. Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Ethics, 176, 801–825.