Name

Liu Zhen

Teaching institution

Department   of International Trade

The title

Post-doc

Mentor situation

Professor   Guijie Qi

Job or academic part-time

E-mail Add

zhenliu02@sdu.edu.cn

The research field

International   Business

The master course

International trade and investment

Cross-border   electronic commerce

International   economics

Education

07/2019-present  Postdoc of Economics

Supervisor：Professor of   Guijie Qi

09/2015-06/2019      Doctor   of Economics (major: International Trade)

School of Economics,   Shandong University

Supervisor:   Professor Hong Zhang

09/2017-09/2018      Visiting PhD of Economics

Business School,   Durham University, UK

09/2010-06/2013     Master of Economics (major: World   Economy)

School of Economics,   Shandong University

Supervisor:   Professor Nali Zhang

09/2006-06/2010     Bachelor of Economics (major: International   Economics and Trade)

School of Management and Economics, Shandong Normal University

&   Bachelor   of Arts (minor: Business English)

School of Foreign Languages, Shandong University

The main works

[1]   Empirical test of the paths of the deepened   international division of labor promoting the productive services trade competitiveness, Journal of Yunnan University of Finance   and Economics, 2016(1):81-91 (with Hong Zhang) (In Chinese)

[2] The internal and external effect of technology progress in equipment   manufacturing industry, East China   Economic Management, 2016, 30(12):92-98 (with Hong Zhang) (In Chinese)

[3]   Research of the Paths of OFDI in Upgrading Equipment Manufacturing Industry's   International Competitive Advantage,   Journal of Business Economics, 2017, 37(8):79-87 (In Chinese)

[4]   The analysis of game theory of OFDI ungrading equipment manufacturing industry’s   international competitive advantage, Soft   Science, 2017(11):25-29 (with Hong Zhang)(In Chinese)

[5]   The Analysis of Economic Effect of Enterprises' Down-gradient OFDI with the Background   of One Belt and One Road, Business   Management Journal, 2017, 39(12):24-40 (In Chinese)

[6]   Research on the Effect of China's Equipment Manufacturing Industry's   Servitization on Export Margins, Collected   Essays on Finance and Economics, 2018, 231(3):3-10 (with Hong Zhang,   Wenyue Liu) (In Chinese)

[7] What motivates firm outward FDI from China? (with   Richard Harris) (Under review)

Projects and awards

Projects：

[1] “China’s OFDI   for Pursuing Strategic Assets and Upgrading of Industries’ Competitive   Advantage” (Grant No. 14BGJ043), a   nationally sponsored social science project led by my tutor Professor Zhang   Hong of Shandong University.

[2] “Innovation   driven development and OFDI pursuit of strategic resources in Shandong   province—based on the perspective of heterogeneity” (Grant No. 11020004041138), a soft science project sponsored by Shandong   province and led by my tutor Professor Zhang Hong of Shandong University.

Awards：

11/2018    National Award for   Distinguished Doctorates 

11/2018    Presidential   Fellowship, Shandong University 

09/2017    Scholarship of   Shandong University          

05/2017  Scholarship of Excellent   Academic Achievements, Shandong University

12/2016    Excellent Graduates of   Shandong University

09/2016    Scholarship of   Shandong University          

11/2015    Scholarship of   Shandong University