Faculty and Staff

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

?Teaching Programme : International Business; Managerial Economics; Microeconomics, Macroeconomics,Empirical Methods in Advanced Management 

Studies, Advanced Microeconomics

?Teaching Focusing : Economics, International Business

?Research Areas :  International Business; Global Strategy and Emerging Economies

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

?Associate Professor of International Business, Wuhan University, November 2010 - Present

?Assistant Professor of International Business, Wuhan University, June 2008- November 2010

?Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Wuhan University, Nov. 2010 – Present

?Director, Teaching and Research Section of Business Administration, Wuhan University, Sep. 2013 – Mar. 2018

?Deputy Director, Center for Multinational Enterprise Studies, Wuhan University, Jan. 2011 – Present

?Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Wuhan University, Jul. 2008 – Nov. 2010

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

?Postdoc Fellow, Clumbia Business School, USA ，Jan. 2013-Feb.2014

MANAGERAL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

?Deputy Director, Administration for Industry and Commerce, Jianghan District, Wuhan City, Aug. 2015- Sep. 2016

?Researcher, Derivatives Department, Shanghai Xindi Investment Management Co., Ltd., Jun. 2006 – Sep. 2006

?Marketing Manager, Shanghai Sucha Network Technology Co., Ltd., Nov. 1999 – Jan. 2001

CONSULTING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE (GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE)

?Provided consulting/training services for various organizations including Hubei Provincial Tax Bureau, Wuhan Municipal Administration for Industry and 

Commerce, Tianchu Real Estate, etc.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International)

?Chen,Y., & Zhao,Q. (Corresponding Author),Who Promotes Firm Innovation More: Outside or Inside Political Successor?Applied Economics, 2025,57(28), pp:3991–4008.

Journal Papers (Domestic)       

?ZHAO Qiwei, Xinjing GE, Naihe WANG and Jiaying CHEN, 2025, CEO Tenure and Rapid Internationalization Strategy of Firms: Cognitive Differences, 

Discretion and Strategic Decision-Making, Nankai Business Review, No.11.

?ZHAO Qiwei, Yan YU and Nan ZHANG, 2023, Can CSR Information Disclosure by Chinese MNEs Alleviate the Lack of Legitimacy of Overseas 

Subsidiaries?——A Study Based on the Perspective of Information Dissemination, Luojia Management Review, Vol.48, No.3, pp.36-70.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Ying ZHOU, 2021, Intra-industry Diversity of International Experience, Liability of Foreignness and Internationalization Speed, 

Nankai Economic Studies, No.5.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Luqi LI, 2020, The Impact of Political Connections on Enterprise Technological Innovation under Changing Institutional Environment 

Quality—An Empirical Study Based on Private Listed Companies in the Digital New Media Industry, Luojia Management Review, Vol.35, No.4.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Shuang WU, 2019, Enterprise Political Connection, Opacity and Cross-border M&A Performance——Micro-evidence from the 

Perspective of Investors, Journal of International Trade, No.3.

?ZHAO Qiwei, Fan QIN and Bing YAN, 2016, Dynamic Change Mechanism of Productivity in Chinese Industrial Enterprises: Self driven, Technology 

Diffusion and Competition in the Same Industry, Economics Perspectives, No.10, pp.50-62.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Jun TANG, 2016, Market Segmentation, FDI and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation, Nanda Business Review, Vol.32, pp.1-18.

?LUO Zhi, Qiwei ZHAO and Bing YAN, 2015,The Impact of Constriction Mechanism and Incentive Mechanism on the Long Run Investment of SOEs, 

China Industrial Economics, No.10, pp.69-84.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Nan ZHANG, 2015. Ownership Structure, Subordinate Relations and the Survival Analysis of State-owned Enterprises, Economic 

Review,No.1.pp.54-65.

?ZHAO Qiwei，2009. Institutional Arrangements in the Host Country, Market Segmentation and FDI Spillovers: Evidence from China. China Economic 

Quarterly, Vol.8 No.3.pp.891-924.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Xingmei XIONG, 2009.Comparative Analysis on China’s Market Segmentation : Time Trend and Spatial Variation, World Economy,, 

No.6,pp.41-53.

?LI Qingyuan, Qiwei ZHAO, Jiangbing LI,Chun JIANG,2010. FDI,Financial Development and Local Capital Allocation Efficiency: Evidence from 

Provincial-level Industrial Data”,Finance Research,No.3,pp. 80-97.

?LU Xiaodong and Qiwei ZHAO,2010. China’s Export Potential and Determinants: Estimation by Stochastic Frontier gravity model, Quantitative & 

Technical Economic Research, No.3,pp 21-35.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Cheng ZHANG,2007.Financing Deepening, FDI Spillovers , and Economic Growth : Analysis Based on Provincial Panel Data from 1997 to 2004, Quantitative & Technical Economic Research, No.6,pp.74-82.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Cheng ZHANG,2006. Economy Growth and Technology Spillover Effects of FDI : the Case of JingJinJi Area, Quantitative & Technical Economic Research, No.3.pp.111-120.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Cheng ZHANG,2009. Foreign Direct Investment and China’s Technical Efficiency Improvement: An Empirical Analysis based on 

Stochastic Frontiers Production Model, World Economy Research, No.6, pp.61-67.

?ZHAO Qiwei and Cheng ZHANG,2007. FDI Spillovers and Economic Growth: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Research on the Role of Factor Market Development”, World Economy Research, No.7,pp.66-74.

?ZHANG Cheng and Qiwei ZHAO ,2008. Analysis on Factors Affecting Location Choice of FDI in China’s Service Industry ,Journal of Finance and 

Economics, Vol.34 No.12.pp.111-120.

?ZHANG Cheng and Qiwei ZHAO ,2005. Organization Control Modes of Multinational Corporations in Service Sector,Nankai Economic Studies, No.3,pp.26-29.

Conference Papers (International)

?ZHAO Qiwei and Ziming LI, 2012. Technology Spillovers, Spillbacks and Decentralization: General Equilibrium Model, Transnational Corporations and China International Conference, Wuhan, China.

Textbooks

?CHEN Limin, Liwen TAN, Mei LI and Qiwei ZHAO,2012.Transnational Enterprise Management, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.

?TAN Liwen, Xianming WU,Limin CHEN,Mei LI and Qiwei ZHAO,2014.Transnational Enterprise Management, Wuhan: Wuhan University Press.

Monography

?ZHAO Qiwei,2010,Chinese Institution Arrangements during the Reform and FDI Spillovers. Beijing: China Social Science Press.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

?The Mechanism of Host Country Political Uncertainty's Impact on Innovation in International Start-ups from a Real Options Perspective: 

    An Empirical Study Based on China,National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) , ￥480,000, January 2020–December 2024, Project Approval No.72072136;

?Wage Distortions, Population Density and Firm Growth: A Dynamic Analysis Based on the Firm Life Cycle, ￥100,000, Ministry of Education Humanities 

and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund Project,January 2018–December 2020, Project Approval No.: 17YJA630141;

?The Growth Mechanism of China’s Private Enterprises: Cooperative Effect of Informal Institutions and Internationalization, National Natural Science 

Foundation of China (NSFC) , ￥540000, 2013.01-2016.12. Project Approval No.71273202.

?Mechanism Analysis of Institutional Environment in the Host Country on FDI Spillovers: Based on the Perspective of Market Segmentation, National 

Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Science Fund, ￥170000, January 2010- December 2012. Project Approval No.70902055.

?Market Segmentation, FDI and Capital Allocation Efficiency: Empirical Analysis based on Stochastic Frontiers Production Model, China Education 

Ministry Foundation Youth Fund,January 2010-December 2012, ￥50000 ,Project Approval No. 09YJC790204.

AWARDS AND HONORS

?Instructor for Outstanding Master's Thesis, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2024

?Outstanding Class Advisor, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2023

?Instructor (Second Prize Awardee), American College Student Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM), 2022

?Ranked among Top 10 in Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2022

?Instructor for Outstanding Master's Thesis, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2019

?Ranked among Top 10 in Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2016

?Third Prize, 4th Young Faculty Teaching Competition, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2012

?Excellence Award, 3rd Young Faculty Teaching Competition, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2010

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Serves as a long-term anonymous reviewer for numerous high-quality domestic and international journals, including World Economy, Journal of Financial Research, China Economic Quarterly, Economic Perspectives, Nankai Economic Studies, Financial Innovation, International Review of Financial Analysis,

 and  Asia Pacific Journal of Management (APJM), among others.

MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS

Member of several academic organizations, including the Academy of International Business (AIB), the China Annual Conference of World Economics, 

and the Chinese Society of Quantitative Economics