Chung Hon-Dak Professorship in Strategy and International Business

Professor Kevin Zhou Zheng is the Chung Hon-Dak Professor in Strategy and International Business, Chair Professor of Strategy and International Business, and Director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He has been named a Chang-Jiang Scholar Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education in China. Professor Zhou received a BE (with honours) in Automatic Control and an MS in Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, and a PhD specialising in Marketing and Strategy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 

His research interests include capabilities and innovation, trust and relational ties, and strategic issues in emerging markets and China.

Professor Zhou has published numerous papers in top-tier journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, and among others. He received the HKU Outstanding Researcher Award in 2016, Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) Outstanding Researcher Award in 2013 and HKU Research Output Award in 2006 and 2011.

Professor Zhou currently serves as the editorial board member of leading journals such as Strategic Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies. He also served as the senior editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Management, associated editor of Journal of International Marketing, as well as the Panel Member of Business Studies Panel, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.

Professor Zhou’s work is highly influential. He has been the World’s Top 1% cited scholars based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators (ESI) since 2011. Since 2016, he has been the world’s Highly Cited Scientific Researchers based on Clarivate Analytics Essential Science Indicators for 7 years consecutively. In recognition of his excellent achievements, he was elected as the Fellow of Academy of International Business in 2024.

Professor Zhou has rich experience in teaching Competitive Strategy, International Business, Business Research, Marketing Management at BBA, MBA, EMBA, and DBA levels at HKU, Virginia Tech, and University of North Carolina. He also received the Outstanding Teacher Award for IMBA Teaching at HKU. 

Professor Zhou also has extensive consulting experiences, providing strategic analysis and planning for companies such as Federal Pharmaceutical, 3M, Riche Monde, TCH, Six Sigma (China), etc. He has also conducted executive training programs for various companies and organisations including Amazon, China Resources Co., Property Management Association, and SKKI.