Dr Wang Peng, an Assistant Professor of UIC's Division of Business and Management (DBM), published a paper titled "Two-sided effects of state equity: The survival of Sino–foreign IJVs" in Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) as the first author. It is the third replication study published by the JIBS in history and the first since 2000.

The impact factors of JIBS are ranked sixth among all business journals, and it is listed as one of the 24 top business journals by UT Dallas (UTD). UTD's journal rankings are well-acknowledged by international elite universities and colleges.

Dr Wang's paper replicates and extends Mohr et al.'s study with a larger sample from the same data source and over a longer period, and a sample of IJVs from the same population but another data source. It finds that a two-sided effect of state equity leads to a curvilinear relationship between state equity and IJV dissolution, where time is an important boundary condition.

Collaborators of the paper include Assistant Professor Liu Bin from Xiamen University, Professor Andrew Delios from the National University of Singapore and Professor Qian Gongming from the Southern University of Science and Technology.

Dr Wang at the 78th Annual Meeting of Academic of Management

Before joining UIC, Dr Wang Peng received his PhD in Marketing from the City University of Hong Kong and a PhD in Management from Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research interests cover strategic management, international business, and marketing channel.

Dr Wang has won a lot of academic awards, such as the Winner of GSJ Best Paper Prize at the International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Best Student Paper Award at IACMR, Best Reviewer Award at IACMR, and Best Reviewer Award at the Asia Academy of Management.

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