Dr. Hong Zhang

Quantitative Methods Team Leader

Centre for English Language Education

FHEA (Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK)

PHD in Finance (University of Nottingham)

MSc in Accounting and Finance with Distinction (University of Durham)

BSc in International Business Management (University of Nottingham)

Dr. Hong Zhang has been teaching in the Centre for English Language Education (CELE) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) since 2016 Sept. He is a CELE Content Tutor in Business and Economics, and Mathematics and Statistics for Business and Economics. He teaches courses for CELE PYP undergraduate students from NUBS. As a core member of teaching faculty for CELE PYP international foundation pathway, Hong specializes in developing and teaching mathematics and statistics for business and economics. 

CELE PY International Foundation Pathway Modules:

Introduction to Mathematics for Business and Economics & Introduction to Statistics for Business and Economics (Module Convenor & Lecturer).

Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Behavioral Finance, FinTech, Corporate Innovation, Energy Finance, etc.

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, UK (Member, 2016-present)

Huang, W., Zhang, H., Goyal, A., & Laws, J. (2019). Internal capital market mergers in weak external market environment: An emerging market evidence. International Journal of Finance & Economics, Vol. 24(4), pp.1486-1505. First published: 31 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1739.

Huang, W., Goodell, J.W., & Zhang, H. (2019). Pre-merger management in developing markets: The role of earnings glamor. International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 65, 101375, ISSN 1057-5219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101375.

1. John W. Goodell, Wei Huang and Hong Zhang (2019). “Pre-merger management in developing markets: The role of earnings glamor” at the Academy of International Business (AIB) Copenhagen Annual Meeting, 2019 June 24-27, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Conference Paper Accepted)
2. Hong Zhang, Wei Huang and Abhinav Goyal (2018). “Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets: Evidence from Related-Party M&As in China” at the 4th International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Annual Conference, Navigating Governance in Emerging Markets, 2018 Oct 13-14, Shanghai, China. (Best Paper Award Finalist)
3. Hong Zhang, Wei Huang and John W. Goodell (2018). “Pre-merger management in developing markets: The role of earnings glamor” at the 2nd INFINITI Asia-Pacific Conference on International Finance, 2018 Dec 10-12, Sydney, Australia.
4. Hong Zhang, Wei Huang, and Abhinav Goyal (2018). “Internal Capital Market Mergers in Weak External Market Environment: The Case of China” at the Emerging Market Corporate Governance Network the 6th International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, 2018 July 5-6, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
5. Hong Zhang, Wei Huang and Abhinav Goyal (2018). “Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Market: Evidence from Related-Party M&As in China” at the 1st Asia-Pacific Applied Economics (APAE) Annual Conference, 2018 June 19-20, Xi’an, China.
6. Hong Zhang and Wei Huang (2018). “Private Targets and Merger Performance in Emerging Market Setting: The Role of Acquirer Pre-Merger Earnings Management” in Accounting Research Meeting at the Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, 2018 May 31, Hangzhou, China.
7. Wei Huang and Hong Zhang (2017). “Earnings Management, Performance Overextrapolation and the Means of Payment: Evidence from Chinese Mergers” at the 2017 Symposium of Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Governance Practices in China, Accounting Horizons Special Forum, 2017 Nov 25-26, Suzhou, China.
8. Wei Huang, Hong Zhang and Abhinav Goyal (2017). “Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets: Evidence from M&As in China” at British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Annual Conference, 2017 April 10-12, Edinburgh, UK.