Yan Zhang (Anthea) is a professor of strategic management at the Jesse H. Jones
Graduate School of Business, Rice University. Dr. Zhang's areas of
specialization include CEO succession and dismissal, and foreign direct
investment and technology entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Her research on
these topics has been published in top-tier management journals including the Academy
of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal
of International Business Studies, among others. As evidence of the
significance of her work in the management profession, her research has been written about in the business press on
numerous occasions – including Financial
Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Week, The Economist, Investor’s Business Daily, CNBC, and USA Today. She is an associate editor of the Academy of Management Journal and
a consulting editor of Management and Organization Review. She also
serves on the editorial review board of Strategic Management Journal and
is the representative-at-large of
the Corporate Strategy and Corporate Governance Interest Group of Strategic
Management Society (SMS). She is the recipient of the 2010 Strategic
Management Society (SMS) Emerging Scholar Award.
Dr. Zhang has taught Strategic
Issues in Global Business, and International Strategic Alliances in the MBA,
the MBA for Executives, and the MBA for Professionals programs of the Jones
School. She received a B.A. and a M.A. in Economics from Nanjing University,
China; a Master of Philosophy degree in International Business from City
University of Hong Kong; and a Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Southern California.