Shasha Zhao, PhD

Affiliations:

Dr Zhao is Associate Professor of International Business and Innovation in the Department of Strategy and International Business, Surrey University Business School.  She is Co-Director of Centre for Social Innovation Management at Surrey Business School and Co-President of Academy of International Business Sustainability Shared Interest Group. She is also an Associate of The Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability at University of Aberdeen, and Centre for Social Innovation Management at Surrey University. She is also a Sustainability Fellow at Institute for Sustainability at University of Surrey. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at Sussex University Business School in 2020.  She previously held positions at University of London, Plymouth University and Middlesex University. Her research focuses on global innovation strategy and knowledge management of multinationals in and from emerging economies, and impact on sustainable development.​

 

Editorial Experience:

Dr Zhao is Deputy Editor of Asian Business and Management, Senior Editor of European Journal of International Management, Associate Editor of European Management Journal, and an active editorial board member of Management International Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Policy, AIB Insights, and Cross Cultural and Strategic Management, and regular reviewer of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, International Business Review, and Management and Organization Review.​

 

Publication Record:

She has published in various elite journals, including Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Human Resource Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, Thunderbird International Business Review and Critical Perspectives on International Business. She has also published Op-Ed in United Nations' IAP as well as chapters in AIB UKI Palgrave Book Series. ​

 

Recognition:

Dr Zhao's lead-authored paper on multinational R&D in emerging Asia won the Best Paper Award at Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) Annual Meeting. Her research on knowledge management of emerging economy multinationals was featured in European International Business Academy Newsletter EIBAZINE. Her work on MNEs and Covid-19 has been selected for inclusion in the WHO Covid-19 Research Database. She is on the Academy of international Business Advisory Council (along with Robert Grosse, Maria Tereza Fleury, Geoffrey Jones, Sri Zaheer, Peter Liesch, Stewart Miller, William Newburry, and Jeremy Clegg) and was nominated for the role of Vice-President Program of the Academy of International Business. She was invited as a Keynote speaker at AIB Oceania Conference, 2021, as well as as an invited speaker at The Green Institute (part of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network) Symposium during the World Environment Day, 2022. She is a twice awardee of The Surrey Values Awards for demonstrating values in inclusion, inspiration, innovation, and integrity and was nominated for the 'Most Empowering Teacher' Award, Middlesex University London.​

 

Contribution to Sustainable Development:

Dr Zhao is Co-Founder and Co-President of Academy of International Business Sustainability Shared Interest Group (S-SIG). She is also one of four long-standing organizing committee member of CYGNA – a global women academics support network with over 300 members. She is also the Co-Director of Centre for Social Innovation Management at University of Surrey (from 01/01/2024). Dr Zhao was part of the Inaugural Panel entitled: Investment in Sustainable Recovery, co-organized by Academy of International Business (AIB) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to discuss research and policy implication for a more sustainable post-covid recovery. She was also part of a panel at the 7th World Investment Forum 2021 on Investment in Sustainable Development. She was also a speaker at the 8th World Investment Forum in Abu Dhabi in 2023, on the issue of social upgrading and international business in Ghana.Dr Zhao is currently editing a Special Issue in International Business Review (ABS3) on the topic of: MNE Innovation for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, a Special Issue in Asian Business & Management on the topic of MNEs, SDGs, and Asia, and a Special Issue in AIB Insights (official AIB journal) on the topic of: Managing Sustainable Development in International Business. She also edited a Special Issue entitled: Do MNEs contribute to, or reduce inequality?, which has been published in Critical Perspectives on International Business (ABS2). ​

 

University Roles:

Department Research Lead (2020-2023): Initiated and organized research tea series for the department, organized Surrey-Sussex joint research seminar series with Sussex University.University Research Ethics Committee (2020-2024): Evaluate research ethics applications submitted by colleagues from across the university Sustainability Fellow: Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey​

 

Personal Interests:

In her spare time, Dr Zhao is a semi-professional badminton player, playing county league matches under Badminton England. She also enjoys playing golf and piano. She is a Gold level donator to Women in Academy of International Business Shared Interest Group every year and regularly volunteers in her local schools and communities.She made a total donation of 16,000 face masks to University of Surrey and Birmingham University during the Pandemic in 2020.