Yipeng Liu

Prof. Dr. Yipeng Liu is a Professor in Management and Organization Studies at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and founder of the Centre for China Management and Global Business. He obtained his Doctorate (magna cum laude) in Management, University of Mannheim, Germany. His research interests include emerging market multinationals and international entrepreneurship. He has published in Human Resource Management, British Journal of Management, Journal of World Business, among others. His research received multiple awards, including International Business Review Best Paper Award, and the Inaugural Hermann and Marianne Straniak Stiftung – MOR Best Paper Award. Prof. Liu currently serves as Associate Editor of Asian Business & Management and Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review.

Fostering sustainable development in collaborative partnerships: Chinese cross-border M&A

The existing research lacks understanding of the impact of Chinese cross-border M&A on sustainable development in host countries, especially from the social standards perspective, including Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. This research project aims to investigate the social enabling mechanisms that can foster sustainable development in the organizational form of collaborative partnerships, using Chinese M&A as the empirical setting. By mapping out the indicators from UN Sustainable Development Goals in Chinese M&A, the research project will identify and engage with stakeholders to understand their expectations on social standards, in order to obtain a nuanced understanding of mechanisms to foster sustainable development.