Zhang Hong

Dr. Hong Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Business, Soochow University. He received his Ph.D. from the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. His research focuses on strategic management, with recent interests including digital innovation and entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder strategy, as well as strategic leadership and corporate governance. He has published multiple academic papers in leading domestic and international management journals such as Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Management and Organization Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Economic Management, and Foreign Economics & Management. Additionally, several working papers have been presented at international management conferences, including the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM).

Dr. Zhang has led one Youth Project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and one General Project supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has also participated in multiple national and provincial-level research projects, including those funded by the NSFC, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation.

Dr. Zhang's research focuses on strategic management, with recent interests including digital innovation and entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder strategy, as well as strategic leadership and corporate governance.

Research on the influence and mechanisms of corporate stakeholder orientation on organizational resilience (Youth Project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)), Principal Investigator (PI)

Shen, R., Zhang, H*., Zhong, W., & Lu, J. (2025). Distinctiveness from whom? Evaluation of startups' distinctiveness from multiple referents in angel investment platforms. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 19(1), 171-195. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1521. (SSCI, FT50, ABS4)

Xia, J., Yao, F. K., Li, J., Liu, C., Wang, F., Ding, W. W., & Zhang, H. (online). Bridging the Divide: How Dual‐Background Leaders Unlock Returnee Innovation in Politically Connected Chinese Firms. Journal of Management Studies., https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13278. (SSCI, FT50, ABS4)

Zhang, H., Liu, Z*., & Zhong, W. (2024). Network Centrality and Dissent Voting by Directors on Boards. Management and Organization Review, 20(1), 60-84.https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2023.29. (SSCI, ABS3)

Zhang, H., Yang, C*., & Zhong, W. (2024). Do political ties facilitate or inhibit firm innovation in China? An examination of the institutional structure. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 41(4), 2059-2089. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-023-09901-9. (SSCI, ABS3)

Ma, Z., Zhang, H*., Zhong, W., & Zhou, K*. (2020). Top management teams’ academic experience and firms’ corporate social responsibility voluntary disclosure. Management and Organization Review, 16(2), 293-333. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2019.58. (SSCI, ABS3)

Gu, Y., Zhang, H*., Zhou, W., & Zhong, W*. (2019). Regional culture, top executive values, and corporate donation behaviors. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 140, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.11.024. (SSCI, ABS3)