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Diplomas / Degrees

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003)

Recent Courses

Cross Cultural Management
Independent Study Organizational Effectiveness
Independent Study In Management Mutual Fund Management
Independent Study Managing In The Sports Industry
Introduction To Business
Organizational Behavior
Principles Of Management

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Introduction to Business; Principle of Management; Organizational Behavior and Management Theory; Technology innovation and adoption; Strategic management; International management

Research Interests

Institutional theory (imitation and isomorphism); New organizational form emergence and evolution;
Organizational change and learning;
Technology innovation and e-commerce implementation; Organizational imitation, change, adaptation and learning; Emergence and evolution of new organizational forms;
Technology innovation and adoption; international joint ventures; cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Grants / Sponsored Research

2009-2010 Adelphi University's Faculty Development Award/Grants
2008-2009 Adelphi University's Faculty Development Award/Grants
2007 Bender Research Fellowship Awards (Best Paper)
2005-2006 Adelphi University's Faculty Development Award/Grants
2002-2003 Irwin Dissertation Fellowship
1997-2001 Henry J. Gray Fellowship awarded to selected doctoral students in Organizational Behavior

Book Chapters

Yang, M. (2007). The Emergence and Evolution of New Organizational Forms: An Organizing Framework. In M. Afzalur Rahim (Eds.). Current Topics in Management. (pp. 31-49). New Burnswick: Transaction Publishers.

Wade, J., Porac, J. and Yang, M. (1999). Interorganizational personnel dynamics, population evolution, and population-level learning. In A. Miner and P. Anderson (Eds.). Advances in Strategic Management. (pp. 131-153). Stamford: JAI Press.

Recent Articles

Yang, M. (2009, 1). Isomorphic or Not? Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese MNEs 1981-2006. Chinese Management Studies, 3 (1), pp. 43-57

Yang, M. (2008, 1). An Institutional and Learning Perspective on the Content of Strategic Formation Choices of International Joint Ventures in China. International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 1 (4), pp. 375-390

Yang, M. and Hyland, M. (2006, 1). Who Do Firms Imitate? A Multi-Level Approach to Examining Sources of Imitation in the Choice of Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Management, 32 (3), pp.381-399

Yang, M. and Ashley, A. 2006. (2006, 1). The Evolutionary Patterns in the Adoption of an Organizational Innovation: Introduction of Online Banking Services in the U.S. Commercial Banks. Cross Cultural Management,, 13 (3), pp. 257-271

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Yang, M. (14 May 2009). Similarity in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions: Imitation, Uncertainty and Experience Among Chinese Firms, 1985-2006. Eastern Academy of Management, Hartford, CT

Yang, M. (06 December 2008). Isomorphic or Not? Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese MNEs 1981-2006. Annual Conference of Asia Academy of Management, Taipei, Taiwan

Yang, M. (06 August 2008). Conformity Brings Profitability? Mergers and Acquisitions in the Financial Service Industry 1981-2006. Annual Conference of Academy of Management , Anaheim, CA

Yang, M. (06 May 2008). The Pattern and Variation in the Content of Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese MNEs 1981-2006. Annual Conference of Eastern Academy of Management, Washington, D.C.

Yang, M. (05 October 2007). Evolutionary Patterns of Strategic Choices of M&As: Chinese MNEs 1981-2006. Annual conference meeting of American Association for Chinese Studies, Richmond, VA., 25

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Yang, M, Leblebici, H., Ashley, A., and Yang, S. (forthcoming) “Organizational Learning in Converging and Diverging Technological Environment”.International Journal of Strategic Change Management.

Professional Activities

Reviewer of journals and conference: Journal of Business Ethics.Cross Cultural Management. Current Topics in Management.
Academy of Management Annual Meetings, OMT, BPS and ODC Divisions.

Member of Academy of Management, Eastern Academy of Management and Academy of International Business.