Postgraduate research students

Mr Jinbang Zhao is a PhD candidate in Management affiliated to the International Business and Enterprise (IBE) Research Cluster, University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School (ASBS).

Jinbang's primary research interests lie at the intersection of international business, accounting, and sociology. His ongoing research centres on the impact of institutions, comprising formal and informal components, on business strategic decision-making and activities (e.g. innovation and internationalisation), particularly in the context of emerging economies (EEs). By drawing upon an integrative view of Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT) and Institution-based View (IBV), his doctoral research seeks to further investigate and explicate how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)' innovation activities in EEs are influenced and shaped by the institutional environment in which firms are embedded. In addition, Jinbang is also interested in some accounting research themes such as disclosure quality and accounting restatement. Prior to his doctoral study, Jinbang had industry experience in auditing and banking sectors.

• Dr Yee Kwan Tang
• Dr Junzhe Ji

• Santander Scholarship for Studies, University of Glasgow, 2022
• Karen Legge Scheme funded by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS), Journal of Management Studies (JMS) Publishing Workshop, hosted by Durham University, March 2023

Academy of International Business (AIB) 2023 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, July 2023

• Zhao, J. (2023). Exploring Social Entrepreneurship as Positive Deviance: A Structural Institutional Perspective. Accepted in: Academy of International Business (AIB) 2023 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 05-09 July 2023.

48th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway, December 2022

• Zhao, J. (2022). Institutional Determinants, Positive Deviance and SME Innovation: Evidence from the Subnational Level in China. Presented in: 48th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Danny Van Den Bulcke Doctoral Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 08-11 December 2022.

Jinbang acts as Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) at the ASBS for various undergraduate modules:

• MGT4023 Strategic Management
• MGT1026 Foundations of Finance
• MGT4003 Global Business
• MGT2010 Business Decision Analysis
• MGT1021 Introduction to Marketing

Jinbang is a member of:

• Academy of International Business (AIB) 
• British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
• European International Business Academy (EIBA)