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Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
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Research activity per year
Qi Ai (PhD) is a senior lecturer in strategic management at the Faculty of Business and Law, University of Northampton, UK. He received his PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests lie in mergers and acquisitions and the development of emerging market corporations (EMNCs). His current research focuses on post-acquisition integration and knowledge transfer in EMNCs’ international acquisitions. His research has been published in journals such as Journal of World Business, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Development and Change, among others.
Dr Ai is a Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review (MOR) and won the Best Senior Editor Award for MOR in August 2022. He also serves on the editorial board of Strategic Change.
Mergers and acquisitions;
Post-acquisition integration;
Internationalization of Chinese firms;
Multinational corporations in emerging markets-strategy, capabilities, and impact.
Business Project
Strategic Management
MBA Dissertation Supervision
PhD, PhD in Management, Royal Holloway University of London
Award Date: 1 Feb 2015
Master, Master in Finance and Investment, Durham University
Award Date: 1 Sept 2009
Bachelor, BSc in Accounting and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Qi Ai (Speaker)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
Qi Ai (Speaker)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research