Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Hao LIANG
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Finance; Co-Director, Singapore Green Finance Centre
Education
2015 | Ph.D. in Finance, Tilburg University |
2012 | M.Phil. in Finance, Tilburg University |
2010 | B.A. in Business Administration, Nankai University |
Current Position(s) Held |
Jul 2021 - Now | Lee Kong Chian Fellow Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Jul 2020 - Now | Associate Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 | DBS Sustainability Fellow Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Jul 2017 - Jun 2019 | BNP Paribas Fellow Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Jul 2015 - Jun 2020 |
Assistant Professor of Finance |
Research Interests |
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Journal Articles (Refereed)
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Liang, H., Sun, L., Teo, M. 2022. "Responsible Hedge Funds," Review of Finance, forthcoming.
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Guedhami, O., Liang, H., Shailer, G. 2022. "Business Ethics Issues in Finance: Challenges and Recommendations,". Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming.
- Hsu, P.H., Liang, H., Matos, P. 2020. “Leviathan Inc. and Corporate Environmental Engagement,” Management Science, forthcoming.
- Liang, H., Sun, SL. 2020. “Globalization and Affordability of Microfinance,” Journal of Business Venturing, 36(1), 106065.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L., 2020. “Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Finance,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L., Vansteenkiste, C. 2020. “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Employee Policies,” Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2019. “The Global Sustainability Footprint of Sovereign Wealth Funds,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, forthcoming.
- Dai, R., Liang, H., Ng, L. 2019. “Socially Responsible Corporate Customers,” Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming
- Liang, H., Marquis, C., Renneboog, L., Sun, SL. 2018. “Future-Time Framing: The Effect of Language on Corporate Future Orientation,” Organization Science, 29(6), 989-1236.
- Cao, J., Liang, H., Zhan, X. 2018 “Peer Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility,” Management Science, forthcoming.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2017. “Corporate Donations and Shareholder Value,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 33(2), 278-316.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2017. “Finance and Society: On the Foundations of Corporate Social Responsibility,” Journal of Finance, 72(2), 853-910.
- Ferrell, A., Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2016. “Socially Responsible Firms,” Journal of Financial Economics, 122(3), 585-606.
- Liang, H., Ren, B., Sun, SL. 2015. “An Anatomy of State Control in the Globalization of State-Owned Enterprises,” Journal of International Business Studies, 46, 223-240.
- Sun, SL, Liang, H. 2014. “Morphing: The Linkage between Inward Private Equity and Outward Venture,” Thunderbird International Business Review, 56(5), 421-438.
- Liang, H. Renneboog, L. Sun, SL. 2015. “The Political Determinants of Executive Compensation: Evidence from an Emerging Economy,” Emerging Markets Review, 25, 69-91.
Book Chapters
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2018. The Political Economy of Executive Compensation in Emerging Markets, in B. Yurtoglu (eds.) Research Handbook of Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Edward Elgar.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L. 2017. Is Corporate Social Responsibility an Agency Problem? In S. Boubaker, D. Cummings, and D. Nguyen (eds.), Handbook of Finance and Sustainability, Edward Elgar.
- Liang, H., Renneboog, L., Sun, L. 2016. A State-Stewardship View on Executive Compensation. In J. J. Choi, M. Powers, and X. Zhang (eds.), International Finance Review, Vol. 17, “The Political Economy of Chinese Finance”, UK: Emerald.
- Ren, B., Liang, H., Zheng, Y. 2012. Chinese Multinationals’ Outward Foreign Direct Investment: An Institutional Perspective and the Role of the State. In Ilan Alon, Marc Fetscherin, Philippe Gugler (eds.), Chinese International Investment, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Sun, L., Liang, H. 2011. Chinese Venture Capitalists (HE, Xin; KUANG, Ziping). In W. Zhang, H. Wang and I. Alon (eds.), Entrepreneurial and Business Elites of China: The Chinese Returnees Who Have Shaped Modern China, Emerald.
Cases and Policy Articles
- Liang, H., Nguyen, P.T.B. 2020. DBS Pilot Impact Measurement Project: Technical Review: www.dbs.com/sustainability/insights/measuring-impact.
- Liang, H., Huang, B., Kapoor, A., Luo, J. 2020. Crowdfunding with Music Securities: A New Approach to Impact Investing. Asian Development Bank Institute Policy Brief.
- Liang, H. Kapoor, A., Luo, J., Huang, B. 2019. Music Securities: Making an Impact through Crowdfunding, SMU Case 19-0042
- Liang, H., Wang, J., Lim, G., Cheah, S. Chiu, T. 2020. Ant Financial: The Road to Financial Inclusion in China through QR Codes and Technology-as-a-Service, SMU Case 20-0005
- Liang, H., Chan, CW. 2019. The Financing of Mobike and Ofo, SMU Case 19-0014
- Merrill, R., Chang, H., Liang, H. Lan, Y., Wong, A. 2019. Growing a Global Forest: Ant Financial, Alipay, and the Ant Forest, SMU Case 19-0019
- Liang, H., Wong, A., Jiang, H., Yang, D. 2019. Artepharm: Commercialising the Malaria Cure in Africa, SMU Case 19-0024
Research Advisor/ Co-research Advisor to
- Zhang Hanyu, PhD in Business (Finance)
- Leon QIU Tianci, (leon.qiu.2019[at]phdgm.smu.edu.sg), PhD(GM)
- BIAN Sheng, (shengbian.2020[at]dba.smu.edu.sg),SMU-ZJU DBA(A&F)
- CHEN Shancheng, (sc.chen.2017[at]sjdba.smu.edu.sg), SJTU-SMU DBA
- TAO Hong , (hong.tao.2019[at]dba.smu.edu.sg), SMU-ZJU DBA(A&F)