Dr Zheng Liu

Zheng is currently teaching the following modules:

Strategic Management (MBA)
Operations Management (MBA)
Creativity, Marketing and Enterprise (MSc)
Strategic Management (BA)
Contemporary International Business Strategy (BA)

Research Interests:

Zheng’s research interests include Open Innovation, Triple Helix Innovation, Business Ecosystem, and Sustainability.

Professional Memberships and Practices:

• Board Member: Open Innovation Academy of the Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (2020 – present)
• Research Fellow: Centre for Innovation and Development, Nanjing University of Science and Technology (2016 – present)
• Special Issue Guest/Co-Guest Editor: Science, Technology and Society (2021); Sustainability (2019, 2020)
• Reviewer: Technological Forecasting & Social Change; International Marketing Management; Journal of Trust Research; Sustainability; Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity; Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China
• Editorial Board: Handbook of Research on Scientific and Technological Advancement in Asia (2017); Corporate Espionage, Geopolitics, and Diplomacy Issues in International Business (2016)

Funding and Awards

• Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity best reviewer (2021)
• Society of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity (SOItmC) Annual International Conference best paper award (2021)
• Achieving sustainable development through the digital platform innovation, Global Academies Strategic Insight Project (SIP) fund, Cardiff Metropolitan University (2021)
• Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity most cited paper award (2020)
• SOItmC Annual International Conference best paper award (2020)
• Exploring the innovation system in creative industries, South Wales Business School Annual Research Conference best paper award (business) (2020)
• SOItmC Annual International Conference best paper award (2019)
• South Wales Business School Annual Research Conference best paper in track (2019)
• Exploring the innovation system in creative Industry, Dean's Early Career Researcher Fund, University of South Wales (2018)
• An investigation on the creativity of the Chinese animation industry, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2016)
• A study on fair trade business in China, SURF, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2015)
• An investigation into foreign manufacturing companies in SIP, SURF, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2014)
• The role of foreign firms in Chinese urbanization process, Jiangsu University Natural Science Research Programme, Jiangsu Government, China (2014)
• The changing geography of manufacturing industry in China-Korea relations and the impacts in host cities, Research Development Fund, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (2014)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers:

Liu, Z. (2021). The impact of government policy on macro dynamic innovation of the creative industries: Studies of the UK’s and China’s animation sectors. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 7(3), 168.

Yun, J.J., Liu, Z*., Zhao, X. (2021). Introduction: Ambidextrous open innovation in the 4th Industrial Revolution. Science, Technology and Society, 26(2), 183-200.

Li, T., Ma, L., Liu, Z*., Liang, K. (2020). Economic granularity interval in decision tree algorithm standardization from an open innovation perspective: Towards a platform for sustainable matching. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 6(4), 149.

Huang, X., Ma, L., Li, R., Liu, Z*. (2020). Determinants of innovation ecosystem in underdeveloped areas: Take Nanning High-Tech Zone in western China as an example. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 6(4), 135.

Zhang, B., Ma, L., Liu, Z. (2020). Literature trend identification of sustainable technology innovation: A bibliometric study based on co-citation and main path analysis. Sustainability, 12(20), 8664.

Liu, Z., Ma, L., Huang, T., Zhao, T. (2020). Collaborative governance for responsible innovation in the context of sharing economy: Studies on the shared bicycle sector in China. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 6(2), 35.

Zhang, K., Liu, Z*., Wang, P. (2020). Exploring the supply chain management of fair trade business: Case study of a fair trade craft company in China. Cogent Business and Management, 7(1), 1734345.

Xu, Z., Liu, Z*., Qin, H., Ma, L. (2019). The sustainable development of land-lost peasants' citizenization: A case study of Dongbang town, China. Sustainability, 11(20), 5560.

Zhang, B., Ma, L., Liu, Z., Wang, P. (2019). Sustainable technology innovation path recognition: An evaluation on patent risk of international trade. Sustainability, 11(18), 5002.

Liu, Z., Stephens, V. (2019). Exploring innovation ecosystem from the perspective of sustainability: Towards a conceptual framework. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 5(3), 48.

Liu, Z., Ma, L., Zhu, Y., Ji, W. (2019). An investigation on responsible innovation in the emerging shared bicycle industry: Case study of a Chinese firm. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 5(3), 42.

Yun, J. J., Liu, Z*. (2019). Micro and macro dynamics of open innovation with quadruple-helix. Sustainability, 11(12), 3301.

Ma, L., Liu, Z*., Huang, X., Li, T. (2019). The impact of local government policy on innovation ecosystem in knowledge resource scare region: Case study of Changzhou, China. Science, Technology and Society, 26(1), 1-24.

Ye, X., Ma, L., Feng, J., Cheng, Y., Liu, Z. (2018). Impact of technology habitual domain on ambidextrous innovation: Case study of a Chinese high-tech enterprise. Sustainability, 10(12), 4602.

Ma, L., Qian, C., Liu, Z.*, Zhu, Y. (2018). Exploring the innovation system of the animation industry: Case study of a Chinese company. Sustainability, 10(9), 3213.

Rong, K., Liu, Z., Shi, Y. (2011). Reshaping the business ecosystem in China: Case studies and implications. Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China, 2(2), 171-192.

Liu, Z., Shi, Y. (2007). The emergence of international outsourcing agents in China: A new type of player in international supply networks. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 2(1), 1-13.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings (Selected):

Liu, Z., Ma, L. (2017). Building trust relationship in cross-culture collaboration: Cases studies on two Chinese animation firms, in B. Christiansen (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Scientific and Technological Development in Asia. IGI Global.

Ma, L., Liu, Z., Jiang, M., Yu, K., Gan, J., (2017). A study on regional innovation policy under Innovation Paradigm 3.0: A Case of Jiangsu Province in China. Proceeding of 2016 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Liu, Z., Kim, H, Zhang, K. (2016). Manufacturing and logistics networks of Korean firms in China: A case study of Suzhou Industrial Park, in P. O. de Pablos (Ed.), Managerial Strategies and Practice in the Asian Business Sector. IGI Global.

Zhang, K., Liu, Z. (2016). An investigation on fair trade business: Opportunities and challenges, in M. M. Erdogdu, T. Arun and I. H. Ahmad (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Green Economic Development Initiative and Strategies. IGI Global.

Liu, Z., de Jonge, A. (2016). Trust and legal considerations in managerial forensics, in J. M. Munoz (Ed.), Managerial Forensics. Business Expert Press.