Dr. Shasha Zhao

Dr. Zhao is Associate Professor of International Business and Innovation in the Department of Strategy and International Business, Surrey University Business School. She is an Associate of Centre for International Business and Development at Sussex University, UK. She was a Visiting Research Fellow at Sussex University Business School (01/2020-04/2020). She previously held positions at University of London, Plymouth University and Middlesex University London. Her research focuses on global innovation strategy and knowledge management of multinationals in and from emerging economies, as well as their innovation impact on local sustainable development.

Dr. Zhao is Associate Editor of Asian Business and Management and Senior Editor of European Journal of International Management as well as on the editorial board of Management International Review. She has published in various elite journals, including Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Marketing Review, Critical Perspectives on International Business, and Thunderbird International Business Review. She has also published book chapters including in AIB UKI Palgrave Best Paper Book Series. She was the Best Paper Award Winner at Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) Annual Meeting, 2019.

Dr. Zhao is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Academy of International Business Sustainability Shared Interest Group (S-SIG). She is also a long-standing organizing committee member of CYGNA – a global women academics support network with over 200 members.