Jia, Nan 賈楠

Contact Information
Associate Professor of Management and Organization
Marshall School of Business
Office: HOH 518
Phone: (213) 740-1045
E-mail: nan.jia@marshall.usc.edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• Ph. D., University of Toronto, Strategic Management, 2008

• B.A., Peking University, Major Economics, 2002

Description of Research
Assistant Professor Nan Jia holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada), and B.A. in Economics from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University (China). Her research interests include corporate political strategy, business-governance relationships, and corporate governance in international business. Her research has been published in the Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Organizational Science, and Journal of Politics. Her work is mainly empirical, but also incorporates economic modeling. She serves on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal and the Journal of International Business Studies. Nan’s teaching interests and experience encompass Strategic Management and International Business.

Publications

• Jia, N. 2016. State Capitalism and Firm Innovation: An Agency Perspective.
• Jia, N. 2016. The "Make and/or Buy" Decisions of Corporate Political Lobbying: An Integration of Economic Efficiency and Legitimacy Perspectives.
• Jia, N., Wang Y. 2016. Political Governance and Managerial Agency: Evidence from Chinese State-Controlled Firms.
• Jia, N., Wang Y. 2016. The Dark Side of Empowering Minority Shareholders: Investigation of a Puzzle in an Emerging Market.
• Jia, N., Wang Y. 2016. The Dynamics of Political Embedeness in China. Administrative Science Outlook.
• Jia, N., Wang Y. 2016. The Interdependence of Public and Private Stakeholder Influence: A Study of Political Patronage and Corporate Philanthropy in China.
• Jia, N., Rajagopalan N., Wang Y. 2016. Value Creation and Value Capture in Governing Shareholder Relationships: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in an Emerging Market.
• Jia N., Mayer K. 2015. Political Hazzards and Firms' Geographic Focus. Strategic Management Journal.
• Jia N. 2015. Agency Incentives and Firm INnocation: Analyzing the Patenting Behavior of State-Owned Firms in China. Academy of Management Meeting Best Paper Proceedings.
• Jia N., Mayer K. 2015. Complementarity in Firms’ Market and Political Capabilities: An Integrated Theoretical Perspective. Advances in Strategic Management.
• N., Huang K., Zhang CM. 2015. Agency Incentives and Firm Innovation: Analyzing the Patenting Behavior of State-owned Firms in China. Academy of Management Meeting Best Paper Proceedings.
• Jia N., Forthcoming. Political Strategy and Market Capabilities: Evidence from the Chinese Private Sector. Accepted by the Management and Organization Review
• Choi S., Jia N., Lu J. 2015. The Structure of Political Institutions and Effectiveness of Corporate Political Lobbying. Organization Science 26(1): 158-179
• Jia N. 2014. Are Collective and Private Political Actions Substitutes or Complements? Empirical Evidence from China’s Private Sector. Strategic Management Journal 35: 292-315
• Ang Y, Jia N. 2014. Perverse Complementarity: Political Connections & the Use of Courts Among Private Firms in China. Journal of Politics76(2): 318-332
• Jia N. 2013. Competition, governance, and relationship-specific investments: Theory and implications for strategy. Strategic Management Journal 34(13): 1551–1567
• Jia N., Shi J., Wang Y. 2013. Coinsurance Within Business Groups: Evidence from Related Party Transactions in an Emerging Market. Management Science59(10): 2295–2313

Honors and Awards:

• USC Marshall Outlier Research Award, 2016
• The Dean's Award for Research Excellence by USC Marshall School of Business, 2015
• The Strategic Management Journal Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award by the Strategic Management Society, 2015
• USC Marshall SChool of Business Department of Management and Organization Research Award, 2014
• Greif Faculty Research Grant, USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, 2011-2012

• CIBER Research Grant, USC’s Center for International Business Education and Research, 2011-2012
• Greif Faculty Research Grant, USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, 2010-2011
• Gilbert Foundation Grant, University of Southern California, 2011-2012

• Dissertation Competition of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), 2010 Finalist
• Richard N. Farmer Dissertation Award Competition, Academy of International Business (AIB), 2009 Finalist

• The AIC Institute Research Travel Grant, the AIC Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2007-2008
• The AIC Institute Corporate Citizenship Grant, the AIC Institute, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2006-2007
• The University of Toronto Open Doctoral Fellowship, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2003-2008

• Distinctive Graduate Award, Peking University, 2002