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Qualifications

PhD International Business, University of Leeds
MSc International Finance (merit), University of Leeds
BSc Economics, Capital University of Economics & Business, Beijing, China

Ph.D. International Business and Economics, University of Leeds. The third year of her Ph.D. study was financed by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust and Chinese Student Award. Ph.D. title: “Foreign direct investment spillovers in China”. Supervisor: Professor L Jeremy Clegg, Professor Peter J Buckley, and Dr Chengqi Wang. External Examiners: Professor Steven Yong, Business School, University of Glasgow, UK, and Dr Axèle Giroud, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK.

Winner of the Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work, awarded by the Doctoral Colloquium at the AIB UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2007

Experience

Dr Yi (Elizabeth) Wang is a Lecturer in International Business at the Centre for International Business University of Leeds (CIBUL). She graduated from Capital University of Economics and Business, major in Statistics and Economics and minor in International Business.  She obtained MSc in International Finance before completing her PhD in International Business and Economics in Dec 2009. Her doctoral research is titled “Foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers in China”. Her research excellence has been recognized by the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2007 when she was awarded the Neil Hood and Stephen Young Prize for the Most Original New Work at the Doctoral Colloquium.

Research

Elizabeth conducted quantitative research which is concerned with the performance of local Chinese enterprises and how their performance is influenced by the presence of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs).  Her research interests center around the impact of FDI, in particular the econometric modeling of the determinants of the difference in local firm performance, technological and productivity spillover effects arising from inward and outward FDI, the spatial dimension of FDI spillover effects, mutual spillovers between locally and foreign owned enterprises, and the sustainability of FDI spillovers.  Her other research interests center around the developmental process of the Chinese economy, in particular the differences in development mechanisms of China’s regions, and the behaviors of Chinese firms in high tech industries and their influence on firms in other industries through industrial linkages and productivity/knowledge spillovers, determinants of regional technological capability, and the development of service firms in China and their impact on productivity. Furthermore, she is also conducting research on the impact of innovation or research and development (R&D) on firm productivity, and the econometric modelling of the determinants of Chinese outward FDI.

Publications

Papers presented at Conferences and Workshops:

2009 - FDI spillovers and the foreign entry speed: the case of China, Competitive Paper presented at the 35th European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Valencia, 2009, with P. J. Buckley, J. Clegg, and C. Wang

2009 - FDI spillovers and the foreign entry speed: A study of Chinese manufacturing firms, paper presented at the 14th annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium, Cambridge, 2009, with P. J. Buckley, J. Clegg, and C. Wang

2008 - Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Spillovers: Evidence from China’s Regions, Competitive Paper presented at the AIB annual conference 2008, Milan, Italy

2008 - Does Local Competition Threaten Foreign Affiliates: Evidence From China, Doctoral Presentation at 19th Chinese Economic Association (CEA) (UK) Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK

2008 - Does Local Competition Threaten Foreign Affiliates: Evidence From China, Competitive Paper presented at AIB UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2008, Portsmouth, UK

2007 - Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Spillovers: Evidence from China’s Regions, paper presented at the 33rd at EIBA Annual Conference 2007, Catania, Italy

2007 - Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers in China: Regional Technological Spillovers and Local Competition, paper presented at EIBA 21st Doctoral Tutorial in International Business 2007, Catania, Italy

2007 - Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers In China, Presentation at Doctoral Colloquium at the AIB UK & Ireland Annual Conference 2007, London, UK