University of Essex

School of Entrepreneurship & Business

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Dr Ping Zheng
[Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Entrepreneurship
Deputy Director of Undergraduate Programmes]

t: +44 (0) 1702 328399
e: pingzh@essex.ac.uk

Ping Zheng lectures in entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy and human resource management in MSc and BSc programmes.

She joined the School in September 2006 and received her PhD from University of Kent in May 2007, after completing an MBA at the same school in 2003. She obtained her first degree in Dalian University of Foreign Languages in China in 1997. Before arriving in Britain, she worked as executive manager for a number of years in a US owned joint venture company specializing in venture capital, marketing, international trading, consultancy and developing business relations between US and China. She has also set up her own management consultancy business in UK.

Research Interests

The impact of ownership on organisational processes and performance; emerging forms of business venture under market socialism in China, and its related management issues: human resource management, leadership, entrepreneurship, strategy, and cross culture management. These interests are amplified in developing links between business relations between China and British companies, with ongoing research on entrepreneurial growth in China.

Teaching at SEB

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Publications

Working Paper

Zheng, P. (2006) ‘Success and failure in market entry strategies in China: a case study approach’, Kent Business School Working Paper Series,No. 131, February 2007.

PhD Thesis

Zheng, P. (2007) Emerging forms of business venture under market socialism in China – a comparative study of four cases, PhD thesis, University of Kent Library and British Library

Selected Conference Presentations

Zheng, P. (2005), ‘New managerial trends in practices of Chinese enterprises in contemporary China’, International Workshop on Performance Management, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 11-13th October.

Zheng, P. (2007), ‘Emerging forms of business venture under market socialism in China – a comparative study of four cases’, The 7th International Conference of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Essex and Fudan University, Shanghai, 29th August -2nd September.

Zheng, P. (2007), ‘The impact of ownership on organisational processes in four emerging forms of business venture under market socialism in China’, International Workshop on Performance and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 26-29 October.

Zheng, P. and Barnes, B. (2008), ‘Entrepreneurial growth strategies under market socialism in China’, The 19th CEA (Chinese Economic Association) Annual Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 1-2 April.

Invited Presentations and Key Speakers

Zheng, P. (2007), ‘Human resource management, performance and ownership’, invited key speaker for a thematic presentation at Institute of Policy and Management, by Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), 28th October 2007. 

Zheng, P. and Barns, B. (2008), ‘Entrepreneurial growth strategies in Chinese enterprises’ invited presentation for EMBA programme by Leeds University Business School, 9th April 2008.