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Dr. Rongyao Gloria Zhang
Assistant Professor
Lariccia School of Accounting & Finance
Williamson Hall 3381
phone: (330) 941-1784
Research Interests
corporate governance
behavioral finance
international financial management
CSR
CEO traits
CEO Compensation
supply chain management
Teaching Interests
corporate finance
financial analysis and valuation
advanced financial analysis
investments
international finance
financial market and institutions
portfolio management
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2022
Ph D, Finance
Old Dominion University
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Three essays on CEO traits, corporate investment decisions and firm value"
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2015
MS, Accounting
Old Dominion University
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2012
Ph D, Management Science and Engineering
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Essays on the optimal choice of supplier in service supply chain"
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2024
Youngstown State University
Research Professorship 2024-2025
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2024
Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research (SIBR)
Best paper award at the SIBR 2024 annual conference
Conference statistics: Number of papers, 113; Number of Best Paper Awards, 5
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2023
National Association of Business, Economics, and Technology (NABET)
Best paper award at the NABET 2023 annual conference
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2023
Youngstown State University
Research Professorship 2023-2024
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2022
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma Business and Management International Honor Society
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2021
Old Dominion University
International Student Advisor Board (ISAB) Scholarship
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2020
Financial Management Association (FMA)
Semi-finalist for Best Paper in Corporate Finance Award
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2019
Old Dominion University
Outstanding Doctoral Student in Finance
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2023
"When does CSR payoff?"
R. Zhang, J. Doukas
European Financial Management
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2021
"Managerial ability, corporate social culture, and M&As"
J. Doukas, R. Zhang
Journal of Corporate Finance, volume 68, issue 101942
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2020
"Corporate Managerial Ability, Earnings Smoothing, and Acquisitions"
J. Doukas, R. Zhang
Journal of Corporate Finance, volume 65, issue 101756
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2019
"A multi-echelon global supply chain network design based on a transfer-pricing strategy"
R. Zhang, K. Wang
Journal of Industrial Integration and Management, volume 4(01), issue 1850020
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2019
"Service supply chain research: A conceptual model based on business processes"
R. Zhang, K. Wang
Journal of Industrial Integration and Management, volume 4(03), issue 1950007
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2019
"Service supplier selection decision based on Dempster–Shafer synthesis rule"
R. Zhang, K. Wang, C. Chen
Journal of Industrial Integration and Management, volume 4(02), issue 1950004
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2023 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
The Accounting Review -
2023 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Financial Research -
2021 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Journal of Corporate Finance