Contact: jiangk26@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Chinese Economy

 

EDUCATION 

· Ph.D in Economics, 2011

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 

· M.Sc in Economics, 2006

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, 2005

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, Business School, Sun Yat-sent University, 01/2023-present

Associate Professor, Business School, University of Nottingham, 01/2018-05/2023

Senior Lecturer, School of Business, University of Roehampton, 09/2014-01/2018 

Research Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance, The University of Hong Kong, 09/2011-08/2014

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Chinese Economy

 

PUBLICATION

Zhou, Peng, Jing Zhang, and Kun Jiang, “Technological Disruption and Patent Activities: Adoption of Robots by Chinese Manufacturing Firms”, R&D Management, in Press

Jiang, Kun, Wolfgang Keller, Larry Qiu, and William Ridley, “International Joint Ventures and Internal Technology Transfer vs External Technology Spillovers: Evidence from China”, Journal of International Economics, in Press

Le, Hang, Ishrar Kibria and Kun Jiang, “Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions”, Human Resource Management Journal, 2023, v. 33, issue 3, p. 748-762

Zhou, Peng, Andrea Fracasso, and Kun Jiang, “Entrepreneurs’ Work Experiences and the Growth of Private Firms in China”, China Economic Review, 2023, v. 79, 101980

Jiang, Kun and Susheng Wang, “Survival Tactics for Distressed Firms in Emerging Markets”, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2023, 1-44

Guo, Di, Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu and Xiyi Yang, “Geographic clusters, regional productivity and resource reallocation across firms: Evidence from China”, Research Policy, 2023, v.52, issue 2, 104691

Guo, Di, Yan Guo, and Kun Jiang, “Government R&D Support and Firms’ Access to External Financing: Funding Effects, Certification Effects, or Both?”, Technovation, 2022, v. 115, 102469

Guo, Di, Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu and Xiyi Yang, “Industrial Clustering, Income and Inequality in Rural China”, World Development, 2022, v. 154, 105878

Guo, Di, Xinyu Hua, and Kun Jiang, “Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts”, American Law and Economics Review, 2022, v. 24, issue 1, p. 203-246

Guo, Di and Kun Jiang, “Venture Capital Investment, Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China?”, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2022, v. 34, issue 5-6, p. 434-470

Jiang, Kun and Susheng Wang, “Internal Labor Markets: Two Types of Promotion and Two Tiers of Salary”, China Economic Review, 2022, v. 72 105878

Fracasso, Andrea and Kun Jiang, “The Performance of Chinese Firms before and during the Global Financial Crisis”, Economic Change and Restructuring, 2022, v. 55, number 2, p. 803-836

Guo, Di, Haizhou Huang, Kun Jiang and Chenggang Xu, “Disruptive innovation and R&D ownership structures”, Public Choice, 2021, v. 187, issue 1-2, p. 143-163

Zhou, Peng, Felix Arndt, Kun Jiang and Weiqi Dai, “Looking backward and forward: Political Links and Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility in China”, Journal of Business Ethics, 2021, v. 169, issue 4, p. 631-649 Guo, Di, Kun Jiang, Chenggang Xu, and Xiyi Yang, “Clustering, Growth, and Inequality in China”, Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, v. 20, issue 5, p1207-1239

Guo, Di, Yan Guo, and Kun Jiang, “Governance and effects of public R&D subsidies: Evidence from China”, Technovation, 2018, v.74-75, p. 18-31
Guo, Di, Xinyu Hua, and Kun Jiang, “Agency and Strategic Contract: Theory and Evidence from R&D Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, v. 54, p. 37-64
Guo, Di, Kun Jiang and Chenggang Xu, “Institution and Managerial Task Allocation: Evidence from Chinese Entrepreneurs”, Journal of Human Capital, 2017, v. 11, number 3, p. 397-422

Guo, Di, Yan Guo, and Kun Jiang, “Funding Forms, Market Conditions and Dynamic Effects of Government R&D Subsidies: Evidence from China”, Economic Inquiry, 2017, v. 55, issue 2, p825-842

Jiang, Kun and Susheng Wang, “A Contractual Analysis of State versus Private Ownership”, China Economic Review, 2017, v. 43, p. 142-168

Guo, Di, Yan Guo, and Kun Jiang, “Government-subsidized R&D and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China” (top 1% highly cited), Research Policy, 2016, v. 45, issue 6, p1129-1144

Jiang, Kun and Susheng Wang, “Staged Privatization: Transforming SOEs into Market-Based Firms”, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2016, v. 172 issue 4, p.694-726

Guo, Di, Kun Jiang, and Xiaoting Mai, “Venture Capital Investment and the Post-IPO Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms: Evidence from China”, Asian Development Review, 2015, v. 32, issue 1, p. 113-141

Guo, Di, Kun Jiang, Byung-Yeon Kim and Chenggang Xu, “Political Economy of Private Firms in China”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, v. 42, issue 2, p. 286-303

Guo, Di and Kun Jiang, “Venture Capital Investment and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Firms: Evidence from China”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2013, v. 22, p. 375-395 
Cheung, Y. L., Kun Jiang, B. S.C Mak, and W. Tan, “Corporate Social Performance, Firm Valuation, and Industrial Difference: Evidence from Hong Kong”, Journal of Business Ethics, 2013, v. 114, issue 4, p. 625-631
Jiang, Kun and Susheng Wang, “Staged Privatization: A Market Process with Multi-Stage Lockups”, China Economic Review, 2012, v. 23, issue 4, p. 1051-1070
Cheung, YL, Kun Jiang, and W Tan, “'Doing-good' and 'doing-well' in Chinese publicly listed firms”, China Economic Review, 2012, v. 23, issue 4, p. 776-785

 

MEDIA ARTICLES

Amess, Kevin, Kun Jiang, and Xiyi Yang, “The keys to China's quest for innovation”, China Daily, 09 October 2021
Jiang, Kun, Wolfgang Keller, Larry Qiu, and William Ridley, “China’s Joint Venture Policy and the International Transfer of Technology”, VoxChina, 06 February 2019
Jiang, Kun, Wolfgang Keller, Larry Qiu, and William Ridley, “Is China’s International Joint Venture Policy Effective in Diffusing Technology?”, ProMarket, 18 September 2018
Jiang, Kun, Wolfgang Keller, Larry Qiu, and William Ridley, “Joint ventures and technology transfer: New evidence from China”, VOX CEPR Policy Portal, 15 April 2018
Jiang, Kun, and Tao Lin, “The Impact of Brexit on Global Economy”, Compass, 05 October 2016

 

RESEARCH FUND

 “The research on accelerating the construction of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (HTCZ )”, Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning General Project（SZ2024B022），Principal-Investigator (PI), RMB $180,000, 2024.09-2025.08
“Industrial Automation and Innovation Spillovers: Theory and Empirical Evidence”, The National Natural Science Foundation of China (72302245), Principal-Investigator (PI), RMB $300,000, 2024.01-2026.12
“The policy of high-tech enterprise recognition and innovation”, Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (JCYJ20230807110905012), PI, RMB $300,000, 2023.11.24-2026.11.30
“Geographic Clustering and Resource Reallocation across Firms in Chinese Industries”, NUBS 4*Publication Boost Small Grant, PI, £1,800, 2019
“The Development of Christianity in China”, Southlands Methodist Trust, PI, £2,500, 2017-2018
“An Investigation into the Nature of International Joint Ventures Between the UK and China”, Santander Scholarship & Mobility Support Grant, PI, £5,000, 2015
“Optimal Promotion Rules in a Firm’s Internal Labor Market”, RGC General Research Fund (GRF), PI, HK$ 174,864, 2013-2015
“A Contractual Analysis of State versus Private Ownership”, Seed Funding Program at the University of Hong Kong, PI, HK$200,000, 2012-2014
“China Research Group 2022 Workshop”, Faculty Project Grant on China Research Group Workshop, Co-Investigator (Co-I), £9,750, 2022
“Indemnification in R&D contract”, RGC General Research Fund (GRF), Co-I, HK$255,250, 2017-2019
“Financial Innovation in China’s Special Economic Zones”, Chinese Government Grant, Co-I, RMB190,000, 2016-2017
“FDI spillovers through Joint Ventures: Evidence from China”, RGC General Research Fund (GRF), Co-I, HK$ 390,000, 2014-2016
“Enhancing HK’s Future as a Leading International Financial Center”, Theme-based Research Scheme, Co-I, HK$ 13,523,000, 2012-2017