or joanne.zhang@ukirc.ac.uk.
Joanne is a UK~IRC Research Fellow at Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge Judge Business School; and a visiting fellow in Strategy at Cass Business School, City University of London. Her current research interests fall into two areas. One area focuses on understanding a firm's strategy of searching for and managing outside information and knowledge to accelerate innovation and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The other focuses on the dynamic process of building successful high growth firms.
She is currently working on a 3 year research project New Modes of Innovation: Managerial and Strategic Business Practices and Open Innovation (UK~IRC supported), exploring the nature and impact of "open innovation" strategy in the UK. And she has previously worked on a number of large scale research projects, including "Financial and Organisational Innovation in the UK High-Technology firms (EPSRC supported), "The Evolution of Business Knowledge" (ESRC supported), "Business models in the global fashion industry" (LDA supported).
Joanne has earned her PhD in Strategic Management from Cass Business School, City University of London (DTI/SIMFONEC scholarship), as well as a MBA (major in finance) from Cass. She teaches Corporate Strategy and Entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and post-graduate level. Prior to joining academia, Joanne co-founded a start-up specialising in international trading in China.
Cosh, A. and Zhang, J.J. (2011), Open innovation choices – What is British Enterprise doing? UK ~ Innovation Research Centre, University of Cambridge, June.
Zhang, J.J., Baden-Fuller, C. and Pool, J. 2011. "Resolving the tensions between monitoring, resourcing and strategizing: structures and processes in high technology venture boards" Long Range Planning, Vol. 44, Issue 2, p95-117.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C. 2008. "Knowledge brokering in high-tech start-ups" in H. Scarbrough (ed.) Evolution of Business Knowledge, UK: Oxford University Press.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C. 2006. "The Phynova story-commericializing knowledge from China". European Case Handbook, Gate2growth/EIASM.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C. 2006. "Mentoring fast growth start-ups: A Chairman's tale". European Case Handbook. Gate2growth/EIASM.
Sachs, A. Marino, A. Zhang, J.J. Jackson, T. and Peters, L. 2003. "The value in Fashion: Analysing Fashion companies", Centre for Fashion Enterprise, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK.
Cosh, A. and J.J. Zhang, 2010. "Open innovation and business performance: A study of US manufacturing and knowledge intensive business services". Evidence-based innovation policy& practice workshop, Cambridge, UK.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C, June 2010 "How early venture boards add value: an in-depth study of 8 UK high-technology ventures." Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C, Sept 2008. "Triggering initial searching", JMS Conference on "Trajectories, Paths, Patterns and Practices of Strategising and Organising", Oxford, UK.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C, Aug 2008 "Brokerage and firm network evolution: the complementary roles of architectural and functional broker" presented at the 68th AOM, Anaheim, USA.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C, July 2008 "Searching for opportunities: guided vs. experiential process." presented at the 24th EGOS, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Zhang, J.J. and Baden-Fuller, C, July 2007 "Knowledge brokering, network formation and organization learning" presented at Sub-theme 02 (SWG) at the 23rd EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria. Nominated for 'Best Doctoral Student Paper'.
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