Yadong Luo


Yadong Luo is the Emery M. Findley distinguished chair and professor of management at the University of Miami Herbert Business School in Coral Gables, Florida.
Luo is a fellow of the Academy of Management and a fellow of Academy of International Business. He has written over 20 books and over 200 research articles, dealing with topics from global strategy and cooperative alliances to cross-cultural management and emerging market businesses. He has contributed to a long range of business and management issues, including developing such theories as the springboard theory, composition-based view, global co-opetition, and others. He also has written on the development of business and management in emerging markets.

Biography

Luo was born in China. He obtained his MS from the University of [International Business and Economics (Beijing)|University of International Business and Economics] in Beijing in 1988 and his Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1996. He is also an international advisory board member and honorary professor of several business schools and universities in Asia. He has served as senior editor of the Journal of International Business Studies and other journals and had worked for seven years in international business and public policy before joining academia. On Google Scholar, Luo's publications have amassed nearly 62,000 citations.

Career

Luo was ranked the world's most productive scholar in international business by Management International Review in 2014, most prolific author in leading international business journals by International Business Review in 2010, most productive researcher in international strategic management research by Management International Review in 2016, and most prolific author on Asian management by Journal of Management Studies in 2008 and on Chinese management by Asia Pacific Journal of Management in 2007. He is ranked #12 worldwide in the field of Business & Management by Stanford U. World’s Top Scientists List.
In 2016, Luo was ranked second worldwide in management and sixth worldwide among all business school faculty concerning journal and research contributions. He received the Faculty Senate Distinguished Scholar Award in 2009 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 at the University of Miami, the university's highest recognition awarded to its faculty. He was also the recipient of Academy of Management Best Educator Award and Academy of Management Hyundai Motor Eminent Scholar Award. His recent book, "The Digital Multinationals was awarded the Axiom Gold Metal.

Books

  • International Business
  • The Digital Multinationals
  • Guanxi and Business
  • Global Dimensions of Corporate Governance
  • Co-opetition in International Business
  • Managing Human Resources in Cross-Border Alliances
  • Multinational Enterprises in Emerging Markets
  • China's Service Sector: A New Battlefield for International Corporations
  • Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China
  • International Joint Ventures: Theory and Practice
  • How to Enter China: Choices and Lessons
  • MNCs in China: Benefiting from Structural Transformation
  • ''Entry and Cooperative Strategies in International Business Expansion''