Prof Xiaming Liu
-
Overview
Overview
Biography
Before joining Birkbeck in January 2006, Professor Xiaming had held various academic and management positions in Shanghai and Hangzhou (now Zhejiang) Universities in China, and Abertay Dundee, Aston and Surrey Universities in the UK. Prior to becoming an academic, he had years' agricultural and industrial experience in China.
Qualifications
- BA, Anhui
- MPhil, Fudan
- PhD, Strathclyde
Administrative responsibilities
- MSc International Business Programme Director
- MSc Management with International Business and Development Programme Director
- Birkbeck-SWUFE Dual Bachelor Degree Programme Director
Honours and awards
- Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy,
-
Research
Research
Research interests
- FDI and multinational enterprises
- Technology transfer and spillover from international business
- Emerging economies
- Economic growth and development
- Firm internationalisation
-
Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Current doctoral researchers
-
TAO TANG
-
RUOCHENG ZHAO
-
YILIN ZHAO
Doctoral alumni since 2013-14
-
MING LIU
-
JINGJING LIANG
-
SILIN YE
-
YANGYANG HE
-
YUNWEN JIANG
-
CHONG ZHONG
-
XIAOJING LU
-
WENHUI HUANG
-
YUANYUAN LIU
Teaching
Teaching modules
- Microeconomics for Business (BUMN149H4)
- International Business (BUMN151H5)
- International Business (BUMN151H5)
- International Business and Sustainable Development (MOMN075H7)
- International Business and Economic Development (MOMN075H7)
-
-
Publications
Publications
Article
- Zhou, J. and Ye, Silin and Liu, Xiaming (2023) More social, more socially responsible? The impact of CEO social media use on corporate social performance. British Journal of Management ISSN 1045-3172.
- Ye, Silin and Zhou, J. and Jiang, Yunwen and Liu, Xiaming (2023) Managers as the bridge: how cultural friction influences the integration of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. International Business Review 32 (4), pp. 102138. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Yang, N. and Wang, J. and Liu, Xiaming and Huang, L. (2022) Home-country institutions and corporate social responsibility of emerging economy multinational enterprises: the belt and road initiative as an example. Asia Pacific Journal of Management 39, pp. 927-965. ISSN 0217-4561.
- Yang, N. and Zhang, Y. and Yu, L. and Wang, J. and Liu, Xiaming (2022) Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, regional cultural diversity and acquirers’ corporate social responsibility: evidence from China listed companies. International Review of Economics and Finance 79, pp. 565-578. ISSN 1059-0560.
- Liu, Xiaming and Yang, N. and Li, L. and Liu, Y. (2021) Co-evolution of emerging economy MNEs and institutions: a literature review. International Business Review 30 (4), pp. 101828. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Li, Linjie and Liu, Xiaming and Yuan, D. and Yu, M. (2017) Does outward FDI generate higher productivity for emerging economy MNEs? – micro-level evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms. International Business Review 26 (5), pp. 839-854. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Liu, Xiaming and Vahtera, P. and Wang, C. and Wang, J. and Wei, Y. (2017) The delicate balance: managing technology adoption and creation in multinational affiliates in an emerging economy. International Business Review 26 (3), pp. 515-526. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Wang, J. and Liu, Xiaming and Wei, Y. and Wang, C. (2014) Cultural proximity and local firms’ catch up with multinational enterprises. World Development 60, pp. 1-13. ISSN 0305750X.
- Wang, J. and Wei, Y. and Liu, Xiaming and Wang, C. and Lin, H. (2014) Simultaneous impact of the presence of foreign MNEs on indigenous firms’ exports and domestic sales. Management International Review 54 (2), pp. 195-223. ISSN 0938-8249.
- Li, X. and Liu, Xiaming and Thomas, H. (2013) Market orientation, embeddedness and the autonomy and performance of multinational subsidiaries in an emerging economy. Management International Review 53 (6), pp. 869-897. ISSN 0938-8249.
- Li, X. and Wang, J. and Liu, Xiaming (2013) Can locally-recruited R&D personnel significantly contribute to multinational subsidiary innovation in an emerging economy?. International Business Review 22 (4), pp. 639-651. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Huang, L. and Liu, Xiaming and Xu, L. (2012) Regional innovation and spillover effects of foreign direct investment in China: a threshold approach. Regional Studies 46 (5), pp. 583-596. ISSN 0034-3404.
- Wei, Y. and Liu, Xiaming and Wang, C. and Wang, J. (2012) Local sourcing of multinational enterprises in China. International Journal of Emerging Markets 7 (4), pp. 364-382. ISSN 1746-8809.
- Zhang, A. and Huang, G.Q. and Liu, Xiaming (2012) Impacts of business environment changes on global manufacturing in the Chinese Greater Pearl River Delta: a supply chain perspective. Applied Economics 44 (34), pp. 4505-4515. ISSN 0003-6846.
- Zhang, G. and Xu, Q. and Liu, Xiaming (2011) Knowledge diffusion within the Datang sock-manufacturing cluster in China. Regional Studies 45 (7), pp. 977-996. ISSN 0034-3404.
- Wang, C. and Wei, Y. and Liu, Xiaming (2010) Determinants of bilateral trade flows in OECD countries: evidence from gravity panel data models. World Economy 33 (7), pp. 894-915. ISSN 0378-5920.
- Wang, J. and Liu, Xiaming and Li, Xiaoying (2009) A dual-role typology of multinational subsidiaries. International Business Review 18 (6), pp. 578-591. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Liu, Xiaming and Wang, C. and Wei, Y. (2009) Do local manufacturing firms benefit from transactional linkages with multinational enterprises in China?. Journal of International Business Studies 40 (7), pp. 1113-1130. ISSN 0047-2506.
- Thomas, H. and Li, Xiaoying and Liu, Xiaming (2009) Ownership structure and new product development in transnational corporations in China. Transnational Corporations Journal 17 (2), pp. 17-44. ISSN 1014-9562.
- Liu, Xiaming and Xiao, W. and Huang, X. (2008) Bounded entrepreneurship and internationalisation of indigenous Chinese private-owned firms. International Business Review 17 (4), pp. 488-508. ISSN 0969-5931.
- Wei, Y. and Liu, Xiaming and Wang, C. (2008) Mutual productivity spillovers between foreign and local firms in China. Cambridge Journal of Economics 32 (4), pp. 609-631. ISSN 0309-166X.
Book
- Ibeh, Kevin and Tolentino, Paz Estrella and Janne, Odile and Liu, Xiaming, eds. (2017) International business in a multi-speed global economy. Academy of International Business (UKI). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783319488509.
Book Section
- Ibeh, Kevin and Tolentino, Paz Estrella and Janne, Odile and Liu, Xiaming (2017) Introduction: Towards advancing the growth of international businesses and the global economy. In: Ibeh, Kevin and Tolentino, Paz Estrella and Janne, Odile and Liu, Xiaming (eds.) International Business in a Multi-speed Global Economy. Academy of International Business (UKI). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1-9. ISBN 9783319488509.
- Yu, Ellen Pei-yi and Luu, B.V. (2017) Pay dispersion, culture and bank performance. In: Ibeh, Kevin and Tolentino, Paz Estrella and Janne, Odile and Liu, Xiaming (eds.) Growth Frontiers in International Business. The Academy of International Business. Springer. pp. 257-286. ISBN 9783319488509.