Department of Strategy & Policy

A short report from Xu Weiwei on her research findings presented in the conference.

The main objectives of my attendance of AOM this year have three folds: first, job search; second, present a research paper; third, attend a PDW session at the conference. I believe that the conference concludes well with all of my objectives fulfilled. I have 7 interviews with professors from all over the world, including Professor Timothy Devinney of UNSW, Professor Leung Kwok from City U of HK, Professor Richard Dunford from U of Sydney, Professor Gibbons from UCD, etc. The interview process helped me understand more about the academic life, requirements and their schools. I also presented my research paper on business group tunnelling behaviors in China. I investigated how the power of the affiliates in a business group can constrain the expropriation by the controlling business groups. I also attended a PDW session called “foster publication on leading journals”, where I listened to a presentation given by Professor Anita McGahan from Harvard Business School. She was a very knowledgeable, humble, humorous and charming person. She set a role model for me for my academic career pursuit. I believe my attendance of the AOM this year was very helpful, informative and inspiring.