Xiaoyu Zhou is a tenured associate professor and the assistant dean at the School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University. He earned his Ph.D. in business administration from Peking University in 2014 and a Bachelor’s degree in management from Sun Yat-sen University in 2009.

He is a member of the Editorial Review Boards of Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Business Research, and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous leading journals in management.

Dr. Zhou’s research focuses on organizational responses to social, technological, and scientific disruptions, with particular emphasis on ESG-related practices, employee productivity, large-scale scientific infrastructure, and the interaction between firms and their institutional environments.

His work has been published in leading academic journals, such as Science, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics, etc.

Strategy and ESG

1.        Bird, Y., Li, Q., and Zhou, X. “Supervisory Support Shift: The Impact of Disability Inclusion on Coworker Productivity,” Organization Science, in press.

2.        Lu, J., and Zhou, X. “Event Space and Firm Value: Chinese Listed Firms in the US-China Trade War,” Journal of Management, 2025, 51(3), 1096-1132. 

3.        Yang, X., Wang, H., and Zhou, X. “Geographic Distance and State’s Grip: Information Asymmetry, State Inattention, and Firm Implementation of State Policy,” Journal of Management, 2025, 51(2), 781-811.

4.        Cheng, Y., Zhou, X., and Yao, K., “LGBT-Inclusive Representation in Entertainment Products and Its Market Response: Evidence from Field and Lab,” Journal of Business Ethics, 2023, 183, 1189-1209.

5.        Zhang, Y., Wang, H., and Zhou, X. “Dare to Be Different? Corporate Social Activities of Chinese Firms and the Responses of Security Analysts,” Academy of Management Journal, 2020, 63(3): 717–742.

6.        Zhou, X., Han Y., and Wang, R., “An Empirical Investigation on Firms’ Proactive and Passive Motivation for Bribery,” Journal of Business Ethics, 2013, 118(3): 461-472.

Science, Technology, and Research Infrastructures

1.        Yang, X., Zhou, X., and Cao, C. “Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations’ Domestic and International Science Production,” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024, 11(1), 1-11.

2.        Yang, X., Jia, J., Zhou, X., and Wang, S. “The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Time to Embrace More International Collaboration,” The Innovation, 2024, 5(6),100703.

3.        Yang, X. Zhou, X., and Cao, C. “Remaking the Chinese Academy of Sciences,” Science, 2023, 379(6629), 240-243.

4.       Yang, X., Jia, J., Zhou, X., and Wang, S. “Comparative analysis and insights into R&D mode of top artificial intelligence companies in China and the US,” Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version), 2024, 39(6), 1084-1096.

5.       Yang, X., Zhang, L., Liu, X., Zhou, X. “Strengthen and Optimize Professional Talent Team Building to Enhance Effectiveness of Large-scale Research Infrastructures,” Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version), 2024, 39(4): 737-747