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Ying Zhang is an associate dean for China business and relations and a tenured professor in entrepreneurship, innovation, and Chinese economy and business at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She possesses a cross-disciplinary background in industrial engineering, economics, and management.

Education
Zhang obtained her Bachelor’s degree at Northwest University in China (2004), where she majored in Information Management and Systems and sub-majored in Computer Science and English-Chinese translation. Afterwards, in 2004, she pursued a Master of Philosophy in Technological Economics and Management at the aforementioned university. Zhang, as followed, pursued her engineering based Master study in Industrial Enginnering (2008) at Eindhoven University of Technology where she majored in industrial engineering and Innovation Management. She earned her joint PhD Degree in 2012 at Eindhoven University of Technology and United Nations University (MERIT), having completed a dissertation on the theme of multilevel approach to entrepreneurship development in China.

Erasmus University
At Erasmus University, Ying Zhang is the founder and head of Erasmus China Business Center. She is also an Associate Professor on entrepreneurship and innovation at Rotterdam School of Management and the Associate Dean for China Business and Relations. Zhang has previously been the Academic Director for both the Erasmus-Leiden University Chinese Economy and Business Master's program at Rotterdam School of Management and the CKGSB-Erasmus Outbound CEO (NL) Program.

Other Roles
Aside from her positions at Erasmus University, Ying Zhang has been a visiting research fellow at Harvard Law School and a visiting professor at Harvard Business School. In China, Zhang is an honorary professor at Beijing Jiaotong University and a guest professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Apart from educational positions, Ying Zhang is also a strategic advisor at Strategic Swiss Partners, an Academic Advisory Board member at Amsterdam School of International Business, a Global Network Partner for GLORAD, and a Senior Academic Advisor for Dutch National Framework of the BBA Program International Business in the high education sector. She is the founder and Chairwoman of Identitat Global Forum in Europe and the NewSilkRoad Institute Zhang often participates at educational, political, and industrial forums organized by organizations such as EFMD, SAGE Knowledge, TED and the World Economic Forum.

Research work
In her research, she focuses on both macro- and micro- level analysis. In macroeconomics, Zhang studies circular economy, socio-economic transitions, entrepreneurship development, and the new world order. At the organizational-industrial level, she researches corporate entrepreneurship, globalization paradoxes, and financial technology. Zhang also studies entrepreneurship wellness, where she looks into the human interactive system of entrepreneurial emotion, as well as business education.

Awards and Honors

 * 2020: Harvard Business Review China Business Mentor
 * 2019: MOOC Award of Excellence Winner, SDGAcademy and UNSDSN
 * 2019: Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 next generation business thinkers.
 * 2017: Research under China Belt and Road Strategy approved by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

Selected Publications

 * Zhang, Y., Duysters, G. and Filippov, S. (2012), "Chinese firms entering Europe: Internationalization through acquisitions and strategic alliances", Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 102-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/17585521211256973
 * Jia, Fan & Zhang, Ying. (2019). The Impact of Positive Affect on Entrepreneurial Motivational Outcomes-A Self-regulatory Perspective. 627-656.
 * Zhang, Y. (2019) Nothing Is More Important Than You Are Inspired & Empowered, An Equality-based eco-system view : An Essay about the Success of Huawei, Harvard College Economics Review. Volume XI, 2018-2019 issue.
 * Zhang, Y. (2018) Business and Educational Entrepreneurship: Purpose and Future. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 2018. P 58-78
 * Zhang, Y. (2017) Deconstruction on Haier is a Sea. Management and Organisation Review 12(4): 811-814.
 * Zhang, Ying. & Van Stel, A. (2016). Economic Transition and Entrepreneurship Development. Harvard Economics Review. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3623292
 * Zhang, Y. (2016) Business Education Surviving and Thriving. SSRN WPS 2807442.
 * Zhang, Y.(2016) Does Firm Innovation Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-096, February 2016. (with Shen, R., Tang, Yi.)
 * Zhang, Y. (2016) The Paradox of Business Education in 21st Century (in Chinese). Harvard Business Review Dec. 2016. page 17-19.