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Kevin Zheng Zhou

Kevin Zheng Zhou

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
58
Citations
23801
World Ranking
601
National Ranking
33

Overview

Kevin Zheng Zhou is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans the broad domain of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on Strategy and Management. They also have notable contributions in areas such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as fields related to Economics and Econometrics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their work addresses several main topics including International Business and Foreign Direct Investment, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Business Strategy and Innovation, Auditing, Earnings Management and Governance, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Customer Service Quality and Loyalty.

Noteworthy publications by Kevin Zheng Zhou include:

  • "E-platform use and exporting in the context of Alibaba: A signaling theory perspective", 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "How does human capital foster product innovation? The contingent roles of industry cluster features", 2021, Journal of Business Research
  • "The Impact of Communist Ideology on the Patenting Activity of Chinese Firms", 2021, Academy of Management Journal
  • "Technological capability strength/asymmetry and supply chain process innovation: The contingent roles of institutional environments", 2023, Research Policy
  • "Interpersonal guanxi and partner extra-role behavior: Mediating role of relational and transactional governance strategy", 2020, Industrial Marketing Management

Kevin Zheng Zhou frequently publishes in leading academic venues, with multiple papers in:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Industrial Marketing Management

Collaboration forms an important aspect of their research activities. Key coauthors include Jason Lu Jin, Liwen Wang, Xuan Bai, Wei Jiang, and Meitong Dong, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Strategic Orientations on Technology- and Market-Based Breakthrough Innovations:

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Chi Kin (Bennett) Yim;David K. Tse

  • Technological capability, strategic flexibility, and product innovation

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Fang Wu

  • How knowledge affects radical innovation: Knowledge base, market knowledge acquisition, and internal knowledge sharing

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Caroline Bingxin Li

  • The Effects of business and Political Ties on Firm Performance: Evidence from China.

    Shibin Sheng;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Julie Juan Li

  • Do managerial ties in China always produce value? Competition, uncertainty, and domestic vs. foreign firms

    Julie Juan Li;Laura Poppo;Kevin Zheng Zhou

  • The Effects of Business and Political Ties on Firm Performance: Evidence from China

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  • State Ownership and Firm Innovation in China: An Integrated View of Institutional and Efficiency Logics

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Gerald Yong Gao;Hongxin Zhao

  • How strategic orientations influence the building of dynamic capability in emerging economies

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Caroline Bingxin Li

  • Market orientation, competitive advantage, and performance: A demand-based perspective

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;James R. Brown;Chekitan S. Dev

  • Relational mechanisms, formal contracts, and local knowledge acquisition by international subsidiaries

    Julie Juan Li;Laura Poppo;Kevin Zheng Zhou

  • Alternative Origins to Interorganizational Trust: An Interdependence Perspective on the Shadow of the Past and the Shadow of the Future

    Laura Poppo;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Sungmin Ryu

  • Face consciousness and risk aversion: Do they affect consumer decision‐making?

    Yeqing Bao;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Chenting Su

  • Exchange hazards, relational reliability, and contracts in China: The contingent role of legal enforceability

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Laura Poppo

  • Innovation, imitation, and new product performance: The case of China

    Kevin Zheng Zhou

  • Market orientation, job satisfaction, product quality, and firm performance: Evidence from China

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Julie Juan Li;Nan Zhou;Nan Zhou;Chenting Su

  • DEVELOPING STRATEGIC ORIENTATION IN CHINA: ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MARKET AND INNOVATION ORIENTATIONS

    Kevin Zheng Zhou;Gerald Yong Gao;Zhilin Yang;Nan Zhou

  • When can you trust "trust"? Calculative trust, relational trust, and supplier performance

    Laura Poppo;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Julie Juan Li

  • Competitive position, managerial ties, and profitability of foreign firms in China: an interactive perspective

    Julie Juan Li;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Alan T Shao

  • How Green Management Influences Product Innovation in China: The Role of Institutional Benefits

    Chengli Shu;Kevin Z. Zhou;Yazhen Xiao;Shanxing Gao

  • How foreign firms achieve competitive advantage in the Chinese emerging economy: Managerial ties and market orientation

    Julie Juan Li;Kevin Zheng Zhou

  • Deviant versus Aspirational Risk Taking: The Effects of Performance Feedback on Bribery Expenditure and R&D Intensity

    Dean Xu;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Fei Du

  • Alternative Origins to Interorganizational Trust: An Interdependence Perspective on the Shadow of the Past and the Shadow of the Future

    Laura Poppo;Kevin Zheng Zhou;Sungmin Rhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Chenting Su
Chenting Su City University of Hong Kong
Nan Zhou
Nan Zhou City University of Hong Kong
Wei Jiang
Wei Jiang Wuhan University
James R. Brown
James R. Brown West Virginia University
David K. Tse
David K. Tse Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
S. Tamer Cavusgil
S. Tamer Cavusgil Georgia State University
Todd Zenger
Todd Zenger University of Utah
Andy C.L. Yeung
Andy C.L. Yeung Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Simon S. K. Lam
Simon S. K. Lam University of Hong Kong
Jiatao Li
Jiatao Li Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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