CKGSB Faculty | XIANG Bing

XIANG Bing

Founding Dean and Dean's Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Alberta

Areas of Expertise

Economic Disruption, Business in China, Constructive Innovations, Global Implications of China’s Economic Transformation, Innovation and Globalization by Chinese Companies, Innovation in Management Education, Reform of SOEs, Relationship Between State and Business, Role of Private Sector in China

Teaches

Chuang, Business Scholars Program, EE, EMBA, Chinese MBA, English MBA, Global Programs

BIO

Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Under his leadership, CKGSB has evolved from a fledgling school to one of the most influential business schools in China with a global reputation since 2002.

Renowned as a foremost authority on China’s business and economy, Dr. Xiang serves as the first opening keynote speaker at the Harvard College China Forum in 2018 and 2023 and the Penn Wharton China Summit in 2023, the closing keynote speaker at the Columbia China Forum in 2024, the first closing keynote speaker at the Harvard College China Forum in 2024, and the closing keynote speaker at the SCMP China Conference on US-China Relations in New York City in 2019. Additionally, he was the First Co-Chairman for the Ditchley Foundation Annual Forum in 2018. He was also a lunch keynote speaker for the Foreign Policy Association’s Board of Trustees in 2018.

Dr. Xiang has served as an independent board member to several listed companies, including four Fortune Global 500 companies. He was a member of the Global Board of Trustees for United Way Worldwide (US) during 2011-2017.

His research interests include innovations from China, globalization of Chinese companies, China-US relations, economic disruption, social innovation, and the next-generation unicorns.

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RESEARCH

Case Study sample 1 – Lenovo, 2016
Case Study sample 2 – Phoenix acquisition, 2014

MEDIA

Articles

“Don’t panic! Party leadership is China’s answer to West’s corporate governance issues, say SOE bosses”, South China Morning Post, 8 Dec 2017.
“Confucian entrepreneurs seek to deepen global connections”, China Daily, 28 Nov 2017.
“More Chinese Students Choosing An MBA In China”, Poets & Quants, 29 Sept 2017.
“China’s roving students are lured home“, Financial Times, 25 Sept 2017.
“Chinese Business School Takes Steps To Promote Women In Leadership Roles”, Business Because, 18 July 2017.

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PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications

“Stationarity and Cointegration Tests of the Ohlson Model.” Co-authored with Dave Qi and Woody Wu, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 2000 (Spring) Volume 12, Number 2 (p. 141-160).
“Institutional factors influencing China’s accounting reforms and standards.” Accounting Horizons, 1998, Vol. 12 (2) (p.105-119).
“The reform of China’s state-owned enterprises: the role of stock markets.” in China in the Post-Deng Era, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 1998 (p.311-328).
“On the rationality of Value Line’s quarterly earnings forecasts: evidence from alternative methods.” Chinese Accounting Review1997 (p. 115-156).
“Ownership structure reform and corporate performance: an empirical evaluation of Chinese shareholding companies.” Co-authored with Woody Wu and Guochang Zhang. Hong Kong Journal of Business Management1996 (p.53-67).
“Controlling corruption.” The Hong Kong Accountant, September/October, 1996, p.46-49.
“The choice of return-generating models and cross-sectional dependence in event studies.” The Contemporary Accounting Research, 1993, Vol. 9 (p.365-94).