Faculty Profiles - ZHENG Yanfeng | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yanfeng ZHENG
鄭彥鋒

PhD in Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006

Associate Professor
Department of Management

(852) 2358 6028
yfz@ust.hk
Room LSK5021
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ORCID

0000-0003-3272-0662

ResearcherID

B-3434-2011

Scopus ID

12645807000

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Technology and innovation management
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge creation and transfer
Venture capital firm

Publications

All Years 21 2025 1 2024 1 2023 2 2022 1 2021 1 2020 1 2019 14

2025 1

Do political connections stifle firm innovation? Natural experimental evidence from China's anti-corruption campaigns

Strategic Management Journal, v. 46, (5), May 2025, p. 1183-1216
Zhong, Weiguo; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2024 1

The Impact of Online Platform IP Protection on New Product Sales: Evidence from the Alibaba

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2024, (1), August 2024
Zheng, Yanfeng; Huang, Can; Liu, Guoqiao; Fu, Yao
Conference paper

2023 2

Patent regime and the geography of cumulative innovation

Research Policy, v. 52, (7), September 2023, article number 104809
Wang, Qinyu Ryan; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

Throw out the Baby with the Bathwater? OSS Contributors' Response to the Facebook Scandal

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, v. 2023, (1), August 2023
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu Ryan
Conference paper

2022 1

Nest without birds: Inventor mobility and the left-behind patents

Research Policy, v. 51, (4), May 2022, article number 104485
Wang, Qinyu Ryan; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2021 1

New Walls in a Flat World? A Legal Perspective toward the Border Puzzle in Cumulative Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2021, (1), July 2021
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu
Conference paper

2020 1

Shadow of the great firewall: The impact of Google blockade on innovation in China

Strategic Management Journal, v. 41, (12), 1 December 2020, p. 2234-2260
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu (Ryan)
Article

2019 1

Current practices, new insights, and emerging trends of financial technologies

Industrial Management and Data Systems, v. 119, (7), 12 August 2019, p. 1401-1410
Hua, Xiuping; Huang, Yiping; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2018 1

Resource Dependence and Network Relations: A Test of Venture Capital Investment Termination in China

Journal of Management Studies, v. 55, (2), March 2018, p. 295-319
Zheng, Yanfeng; Xia, Jun
Article

2016 1

Shared and Shared Alike? Founders’ Prior Shared Experience and Performance of Newly Founded Banks

Strategic Management Journal, v. 37, (12), December 2016, p. 2503-2520
Zheng, Yanfeng; Devaughn, Michael L.; Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary
Article

2015 2

Asymmetric learning capabilities and stock market returns

Academy of Management Journal, v. 58, (2), April 2015, p. 356-374
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zaheer, Akbar
Article

Does familiarity foster innovation? The impact of alliance partner repeatedness on breakthrough innovations

Journal of Management Studies, v. 52, (2), March 2015, p. 213-230
Zheng, Yanfeng; Yang, Haibin
Article

2014 1

Exploration or exploitation? Small firms' alliance strategies with large firms

Strategic Management Journal, v. 35, (1), January 2014, p. 146-157
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zhao, Xia
Article

2013 3

A contextualized transactive memory system view on how founding teams respond to surprises: Evidence from china

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, v. 7, (3), September 2013, p. 197-213
Zheng, Yanfeng; Mai, Yiyuan
Article

Does the learning value of individual failure experience depend on group-level success? Insights from a University Technology Transfer Office

Industrial and Corporate Change, v. 22, (6), December 2013, p. 1557-1586
Zheng, Yanfeng; Miner, Anne S.; George, Gerard
Article

How on-the-job embeddedness influences new venture creation and growth

Journal of Small Business Management, v. 51, (4), October 2013, p. 508-524
Mai, Yiyuan; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2012 1

Unlocking founding team prior shared experience: A transactive memory system perspective

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 27, (5), September 2012, p. 577-591
Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2011 2

Entry into new niches: The effects of firm age and the expansion of technological capabilities on innovative output and impact

Strategic Management Journal, v. 32, (9), September 2011, p. 1011-1024
Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng; George, George
Article

In their eyes: How entrepreneurs evaluate venture capital firms

Journal of Private Equity, v. 14, (2), March 2011, p. 72-85
Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2010 1

The dynamic impact of innovative capability and inter-firm network on firm valuation: A longitudinal study of biotechnology start-ups

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 25, (6), November 2010, p. 593-609
Zheng, Yanfeng; Liu, Jing; George, Gerard
Article

2008 1

Entry into insular domains: A longitudinal study of knowledge structuration and innovation in biotechnology firms

Journal of Management Studies, v. 45, (8), December 2008, p. 1448-1474
George, Gerard; Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

Article 1

Do political connections stifle firm innovation? Natural experimental evidence from China's anti-corruption campaigns

Strategic Management Journal, v. 46, (5), May 2025, p. 1183-1216
Zhong, Weiguo; Zheng, Yanfeng

Conference paper 1

The Impact of Online Platform IP Protection on New Product Sales: Evidence from the Alibaba

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2024, (1), August 2024
Zheng, Yanfeng; Huang, Can; Liu, Guoqiao; Fu, Yao

Article 1

Patent regime and the geography of cumulative innovation

Research Policy, v. 52, (7), September 2023, article number 104809
Wang, Qinyu Ryan; Zheng, Yanfeng

Conference paper 1

Throw out the Baby with the Bathwater? OSS Contributors' Response to the Facebook Scandal

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, v. 2023, (1), August 2023
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu Ryan

Article 1

Nest without birds: Inventor mobility and the left-behind patents

Research Policy, v. 51, (4), May 2022, article number 104485
Wang, Qinyu Ryan; Zheng, Yanfeng

Conference paper 1

New Walls in a Flat World? A Legal Perspective toward the Border Puzzle in Cumulative Innovation

Academy of Management Proceedings, v. 2021, (1), July 2021
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu

Article 1

Shadow of the great firewall: The impact of Google blockade on innovation in China

Strategic Management Journal, v. 41, (12), 1 December 2020, p. 2234-2260
Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu (Ryan)

Article 1

Current practices, new insights, and emerging trends of financial technologies

Industrial Management and Data Systems, v. 119, (7), 12 August 2019, p. 1401-1410
Hua, Xiuping; Huang, Yiping; Zheng, Yanfeng

Article 1

Resource Dependence and Network Relations: A Test of Venture Capital Investment Termination in China

Journal of Management Studies, v. 55, (2), March 2018, p. 295-319
Zheng, Yanfeng; Xia, Jun

Article 1

Shared and Shared Alike? Founders’ Prior Shared Experience and Performance of Newly Founded Banks

Strategic Management Journal, v. 37, (12), December 2016, p. 2503-2520
Zheng, Yanfeng; Devaughn, Michael L.; Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary

Article 2

Asymmetric learning capabilities and stock market returns

Academy of Management Journal, v. 58, (2), April 2015, p. 356-374
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zaheer, Akbar

Does familiarity foster innovation? The impact of alliance partner repeatedness on breakthrough innovations

Journal of Management Studies, v. 52, (2), March 2015, p. 213-230
Zheng, Yanfeng; Yang, Haibin

Article 1

Exploration or exploitation? Small firms' alliance strategies with large firms

Strategic Management Journal, v. 35, (1), January 2014, p. 146-157
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zhao, Xia

Article 3

A contextualized transactive memory system view on how founding teams respond to surprises: Evidence from china

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, v. 7, (3), September 2013, p. 197-213
Zheng, Yanfeng; Mai, Yiyuan

Does the learning value of individual failure experience depend on group-level success? Insights from a University Technology Transfer Office

Industrial and Corporate Change, v. 22, (6), December 2013, p. 1557-1586
Zheng, Yanfeng; Miner, Anne S.; George, Gerard

How on-the-job embeddedness influences new venture creation and growth

Journal of Small Business Management, v. 51, (4), October 2013, p. 508-524
Mai, Yiyuan; Zheng, Yanfeng

Article 1

Unlocking founding team prior shared experience: A transactive memory system perspective

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 27, (5), September 2012, p. 577-591
Zheng, Yanfeng

Article 2

Entry into new niches: The effects of firm age and the expansion of technological capabilities on innovative output and impact

Strategic Management Journal, v. 32, (9), September 2011, p. 1011-1024
Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng; George, George

In their eyes: How entrepreneurs evaluate venture capital firms

Journal of Private Equity, v. 14, (2), March 2011, p. 72-85
Zheng, Yanfeng

Article 1

The dynamic impact of innovative capability and inter-firm network on firm valuation: A longitudinal study of biotechnology start-ups

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 25, (6), November 2010, p. 593-609
Zheng, Yanfeng; Liu, Jing; George, Gerard

Article 1

Entry into insular domains: A longitudinal study of knowledge structuration and innovation in biotechnology firms

Journal of Management Studies, v. 45, (8), December 2008, p. 1448-1474
George, Gerard; Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng

2019 1

Current practices, new insights, and emerging trends of financial technologies

Industrial Management and Data Systems, v. 119, (7), 12 August 2019, p. 1401-1410
Hua, Xiuping; Huang, Yiping; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2018 1

Resource Dependence and Network Relations: A Test of Venture Capital Investment Termination in China

Journal of Management Studies, v. 55, (2), March 2018, p. 295-319
Zheng, Yanfeng; Xia, Jun
Article

2016 1

Shared and Shared Alike? Founders’ Prior Shared Experience and Performance of Newly Founded Banks

Strategic Management Journal, v. 37, (12), December 2016, p. 2503-2520
Zheng, Yanfeng; Devaughn, Michael L.; Zellmer-Bruhn, Mary
Article

2015 2

Asymmetric learning capabilities and stock market returns

Academy of Management Journal, v. 58, (2), April 2015, p. 356-374
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zaheer, Akbar
Article

Does familiarity foster innovation? The impact of alliance partner repeatedness on breakthrough innovations

Journal of Management Studies, v. 52, (2), March 2015, p. 213-230
Zheng, Yanfeng; Yang, Haibin
Article

2014 1

Exploration or exploitation? Small firms' alliance strategies with large firms

Strategic Management Journal, v. 35, (1), January 2014, p. 146-157
Yang, Haibin; Zheng, Yanfeng; Zhao, Xia
Article

2013 3

A contextualized transactive memory system view on how founding teams respond to surprises: Evidence from china

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, v. 7, (3), September 2013, p. 197-213
Zheng, Yanfeng; Mai, Yiyuan
Article

Does the learning value of individual failure experience depend on group-level success? Insights from a University Technology Transfer Office

Industrial and Corporate Change, v. 22, (6), December 2013, p. 1557-1586
Zheng, Yanfeng; Miner, Anne S.; George, Gerard
Article

How on-the-job embeddedness influences new venture creation and growth

Journal of Small Business Management, v. 51, (4), October 2013, p. 508-524
Mai, Yiyuan; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2012 1

Unlocking founding team prior shared experience: A transactive memory system perspective

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 27, (5), September 2012, p. 577-591
Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2011 2

Entry into new niches: The effects of firm age and the expansion of technological capabilities on innovative output and impact

Strategic Management Journal, v. 32, (9), September 2011, p. 1011-1024
Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng; George, George
Article

In their eyes: How entrepreneurs evaluate venture capital firms

Journal of Private Equity, v. 14, (2), March 2011, p. 72-85
Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

2010 1

The dynamic impact of innovative capability and inter-firm network on firm valuation: A longitudinal study of biotechnology start-ups

Journal of Business Venturing, v. 25, (6), November 2010, p. 593-609
Zheng, Yanfeng; Liu, Jing; George, Gerard
Article

2008 1

Entry into insular domains: A longitudinal study of knowledge structuration and innovation in biotechnology firms

Journal of Management Studies, v. 45, (8), December 2008, p. 1448-1474
George, Gerard; Kotha, Reddi; Zheng, Yanfeng
Article

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Spring 0 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 1 2023-24 Winter 0

DBAP5720	Strategic Management and Organization Theory
MGMT4220	Entrepreneurship and Innovation

MGMT5870

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in FinTech

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 01 June 2025)

Current RPGs

Master of Philosophy

LIN, Yuean (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program

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Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 01 June 2025)

Current RPGs

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From January 2023 to December 2025

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