General Management Department's Lecture

Theme：Authoritarian Rule and Corporate Social Performance

Speaker：Prof. Jane Lu

Time：2019-03-26 10:00

Address：Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Language：English/Chinese

Abstract：
To explain corporate social performance (CSP) activities across emerging economies, we draw on recent research regarding institutional differences among political regimes. We argue that whether a country possesses a heterogeneous legislature will influence firms’ CSP because: (1) it influences the scope of private agreements that firms can strike with other stakeholders; and (2) it is related to the extent of state ownership of the corporate sector which influences CSP. We therefore predict CSP will be lowest for firms located in non-competitive authoritarian regimes followed by semi-competitive authoritarian regimes and then democracies. Using a sample of 21,505 firm-year observations representing 2,484 unique firms from 54 countries over the period 2002–2014, we find support for our argument.

Short biograph：
Jane Lu is Professor of Management, Parkland Chair in Strategy, Director of CEIBS Research Centre for Emerging Market Studies and Programme Co-Director of Advanced Management Programme at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Prior to joining CEIBS, she was Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Marketing and James Riady Chair in Asian Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. She received her Ph.D. in General Management from University of Western Ontario and MBA from CEIBS. Her current research primarily focuses on international strategy such as FDI location choice, entry mode choice and alliance partner selection. Her recent research continues this line of research but with a focus on emerging market firms and their internationalization.
Her works have been published in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management and Journal of Business Venturing, etc. She is currently the Consulting Editor of Journal of International Business Studies and also serves on the editorial boards of various leading international journals, such as Management and Organization Review, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Business Research. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Journal of Management and the Senior Editor of Journal of World Business.
Jane Lu has won numerous awards for her outstanding performance in research and teaching, such as Best Conference Paper Award Finalist at 2015/2016 Strategic Management Society Conference, Fundação Dom Cabral Best Paper award at 2014 Academy of Management Meeting, Best Paper Award for Strategy Stream at 2008 annual conference of Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
Prior to joining academia, Jane Lu worked in senior management positions in a major international trading company and in Rabobank in China.