Faculty of Economics and Commerce Department of Management and Marketing

Dr Helen Hu

Profile

Career History

2008 – Present: Lecturer, University of Melbourne
2007 – Present: Honorary Research Fellow, Monash University
2006 – 2007: Lecturer, RMIT University
2003 – 2005: Teaching and Research Assistant, Monash University

Research Interests

Corporate Governance
Chinese Business and Management
Board of Directors
Governance in the Asian Region

Academic Qualifications

PhD Monash
Bsc (Hons) UOL

Ad Hoc Reviewer

Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Journal of World Business

Professional Membership

Academy of Management (AOM)
Academy of International Business (AIB)
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Australian APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Study Centre
Association for Chinese Economic Studies Australia (ACESA)

Media Contributions

Sky News (Melbourne, Australia): Doing Business in China, interviewed by James Daggar-Nickson, forthcoming.

SBS (Melbourne, Australia): Current Affairs Dialogue - Corporate Governance Development in China, interviewed in Mandarin by Jason Fang, Sunday, 14 June 2009, at 20:30.

China Radio International (Beijing, China): People in the Know: Chinalco-Rio Fallout, interviewed by Paul James, Thursday, 11 June 2009, at 09:00. http://eng.wcetv.com/1/2009/06/11/126s15060.htm.

Research

Book Chapters

Tam, O.K. and Hu, H.W. (2006) Supervisory Boards in Chinese Corporate Governance, In China, Hong Kong and The World Economy: Study on Globalization (eds, Ho, L. S. and Ash, R.), pp.327 – 347, US: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Refereed Journals

Hu, H.W., Tam, O.K. and Tan, M.G. (Forthcoming) Internal Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

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Hu, H.W. and Tam, O.K. (2008) Ownership Forms and Market Valuation in Chinese Corporate Governance. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 8(7): 1-18.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Hu, H.W., Verhezen, P. and Tan, M.G. (2009) Formal and Informal Internal Governance Mechanisms by Foreign Strategic Investors in China. The 3rd China Goes Global Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, September 30 – October 2, 2009.

Hu, H.W., Verhezen, P. and Tan, M.G. (Submitted) Utilizing Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms to Safeguard Investment in China. The 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, December 2-4, 2009.

Hu, H.W. and Tam, O.K. (2008) Corporate Governance and Board of Directors in Emerging Economies: Experience from Chinese Listed Companies. The Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Conference, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, June 30 – July 3, 2008.

Hu, H.W. and Tam, O.K. (2008) Board of Directors in Chinese Corporate Governance. The 8th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, August 5-8, 2008.

Tam, O.K. and Hu, H.W. (2008) Independent Directors in China and India. Corporate Governance: An International Review Conference, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA, October 24-25, 2008.

Hu, H.W. (2007) Ownership Forms and Market Valuation in Chinese Corporate Governance. Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual International Conference, San Diego, October 14-17, 2007.

Hu, H.W. (2006) Corporate Governance and Firm Performance of Chinese Listed Companies. Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Conference, Wellington, November 16-18, 2006. *This paper was nominated for the Best Paper Award.

Hu, H.W. and Tam, O.K. (2006) Leadership Structure in a Dual Board System in China. All China Economics (ACE) International Conference, Hong Kong, December 18-20, 2006.

Tam, O.K., Tan, M.G., Hu, H.W., and Chen, J. (2006) A Corporate Governance Comparison between Compliance and Non-Compliance Companies in China. All China Economics (ACE) International Conference, Hong Kong, December 18-20, 2006.

Hu, H.W. (2003) Independent Directors: A New Chapter of the Development of Corporate Governance in China. Annual Conference of the Association for Chinese Economic Studies Australia (ACESA), Melbourne, October 2-3, 2003.

Hu, H.W. (2003) A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance Practice of Chinese Companies Listed on the NYSE. Institutional Challenges for the Global China, Melbourne, November 13-14, 2003.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities 2009

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