Yang, Kun
Assistant Professor / International Business, Strategy
Biography
Dr. Yang is a Full Professor in the Department of Management at Central Michigan University, specializing in international business and strategy. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from Florida International University and is passionate about understanding how firms operate across different countries and cultures.
Her research focuses on global strategy, with particular interests in sustainability and entrepreneurship. She examines how firms from emerging economies compete in both developed and developing markets, including entry strategies, sustainability initiatives, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Dr. Yang’s work has been published in journals such as Journal of Business Research, Multinational Business Review, Journal of Management & Organization, and Chinese Management Studies. In her teaching, she brings a global perspective and encourages students to think critically about business in an interconnected world.
Outside the classroom, she enjoys yoga, Nia, traveling across the world, cooking, gardening, and audiobooks. She values a healthy, sustainable lifestyle and loves spending quality time with her family and friends.
More about Kun Yang
Publications & Presentations
Yang, K. M., Tang, J., Donbesuur, F., Adomako, S. (2023). Institutional Support for Entrepreneurship and New Venture Internationalization: Evidence from Small Firms in Ghana. Journal of Business Research, 154 :113360.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113360
Soleimani, A. and Yang, K.M. (2022), " Overcoming institutional challenges in cross-border acquisitions: how home- and host-country acquisition experiences shorten the deal completion phase ", Multinational Business Review, 30 (3): 410-433. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-03-2021-0024
Yang, K., Boasson, V. W. (2021). Cross-border Acquisitions and Institutional Distance: Does Country Relatedness Matter?. International Journal of Business and Globalisation,28 (3): 332-348. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2021.115560
Liu, K., Tang, J., Yang, K. (2019). Foreign IPOs in the U.S.: When Entrepreneurial Orientation Meets Institutional Distance. Journal of Business Research 101:144-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.04.011
Education
- PhD, Florida International University
- MA, BA, Xiamen University
Membership in Professional Organizations
Current Licenses/Certifications Held
Courses Taught
MBA 660 Global Business and SustainabilityMGT 565 Global Strategy
MGT 365 International Business
