Long Institute Faculty Associates

Nai-fu Chen
Professor of Finance, The Paul Merage School of Business
His  research involves the stability of currencies and financial systems across countries. His research was instrumental in helping Hong Kong stabilize its currency during the Asian Financial Crisis. He is also interested in the relationship between financial markets and economic factors like inflation, interest rates, credit risk and production growth.

Vidyanand Choudhary
Associate Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business
His work with Chinese colleagues examines bundling strategies for information goods such as software, music, and books particularly focusing on the preferences of consumers.

Yan Gong
Assistant Professor of Strategy, The Paul Merage School of Business
His research interests include the capability development and learning strategies of Chinese companies, particularly in emergent industries such as solar and wind power generation.

John L. Graham
Professor Emeritus, The Paul Merage School of Business
Studies a variety of topics related to China including marketing, negotiation, corruption, and bribery.

David Hirshleifer
Merage School Chair in Business Growth, Professor of Finance
Collaborates with colleagues in China on theoretical and experimental research on the updating of psychological reference points comparing China to the U.S.

Joanna Ho
Professor of Accounting, The Paul Merage School of Business
Specializes in decision making related to management accounting and auditing. She is also interested in issues concerning corporate governance and performance-based constructs at both executive and employee levels.

L. Robin Keller
Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business
Conducts research on Chinese decision making in comparison with North Americans and global supply chain risks with Chinese product sources.

Archie Kleingartner
Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management and School of Public Affairs
Current research concentrates on economic and business interactions between the US and China.

Kenneth L. Kraemer
Research Professor at The Paul Merage School of Business and Associate Director, UCI Center for Research on Information Technology and Organization
He has conducted research on China’s technology policy for over ten years. Most recently he did field interviews with US multinationals regarding their R&D activities in China and their concerns about China’s II policy.   The firms included Motorola, IBM, HP, Microsoft and Intel and China’s own Lenovo (formerly IBM PC Company).

Elizabeth Loftus
Distinguished Professor, Psychology & Social Behavior, Criminology, Law & Society, Cognitive Sciences, and School of Law
Collaborates with Chinese investigators on individual differences in susceptibility to false memories.

Bill Maurer
Professor of Anthropology and School of Law
He is currently investigating the recent phenomenon of Chinese entrepreneurs using British Virgin Islands shell companies, and how Chinese corporate structures there may render moot recent multilateral efforts to crack down on tax haven abuses.

Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Chancellor’s Professor of Law
She is involved in a long term project, sponsored by Tsinghua University and Temple University and the US State Department to train Chinese law professors how to teach experientially and using other innovative approaches. She also teaches Chinese law students, lawyers, judges, diplomats and government officials about mediation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.

Cornelia (Connie) Pechmann
Professor of Marketing
Her research includes testing cigarette warning labels in China.

Jone L. Pierce
Dean’s Professor of Leadership, The Paul Merage School of Business
She has published papers on Chinese guanxi, and comparative management and organizational behavior among Chinese organizations operating in the different economic and political environments of Hong Kong SA, Taiwan, and mainland China.

Mort Pincus
Dean’s Professor of Accounting, The Paul Merage School of Business
He collaborates with colleagues in China on a variety of accounting topics such as international accounting standards.

R. Anthony Reese
Chancellor’s Professor, School of Law
Interests include intellectual property law in China.

Kaye Schoonhoven
Professor of Strategy, The Paul Merage School of Business
Her research interests include the growth of China’s 53 national technology zones.

Rick K.C. So
Professor and Associate Dean, The Paul Merage School of Business
Collaborates with colleagues in China in the general area of supply chain management, with a particular focus on global sourcing of components for assembly systems.

Christopher A. Whytock
Professor of Law and Political Science
Engages in research on transnational dispute resolution, a topic particularly important in US/China commercial relations.

Yu Zhang
Assistant Professor of Strategy, The Paul Merage School of Business
His research focuses on the interaction between firm strategy and capital markets, including the impact of capital market and financial professionals (securities analysts) on firms’ strategic behavior and their competitive interactions with other rivals in the industry, and the means managers can use or learn to handle such impacts and make better strategic decisions. He is also interested in examining how such interactions differ in capital markets across the world, such as in EU, Japan, and China.

Lu Zheng
Associate Professor of Finance, The Paul Merage School of Business
Research interests include investor expectations and stock markets in China.