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Professor Junjie Wu

Professor

Junjie is a Professor in Finance. She has worked in universities in the UK and China for 40 years and is the author of 67 scholarly articles (September 2021), editor of 2 textbooks and guest editors of academic journals.

Junjie has worked in three universities in the UK and China since 1981. She has been working at Leeds Beckett University since 2004. She obtained Master degree from Zhongnan Economics and Law University in 1990, China and Doctoral degree in 2003 from University of Huddersfield, UK. During her HE career, she has taught many modules in Accounting and Finance subjects, received awards of ‘Excellent Teacher’ in China, and was nominated as ‘Inspiring Teacher of the Year’ 2013 and 2014, respectively, at Leeds Beckett University. She has also worked in a variety of administration and leadership roles.

Junjie is passionate about research with prolific research outcomes. Since 1982, she has published more than 67 scholarly articles with nationally and internationally excellent journals, including International Journal of Accounting, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of Environmental Management, Energy Policy, Economic Modelling, Managerial and Decision Economics, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Accounting Research (会计研究), Economic Issues in China (中国经济问题). Her multidisciplinary research areas span accounting, finance, economics, energy, international business and education, using diversified research methods (quantitative, qualitative, narrative, case studies and so forth). In recognition of her research achievements, she was awarded ‘Highly Commended Researcher of the Year 2013’ by Leeds Beckett University, ‘Excellent Research Award’ and ‘Excellent Research Paper Award’ by Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, China, and by Yunnan Educational Council and the Chinese Accounting Society. She regularly acts as a reviewer for high ranking peer-refereed journals, external research grant bodies and top international conferences. Her research has gained an international reputation. She is a Visiting Professor in Chinese universities, currently collaborating with scholars from Beihang University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Ningbo University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Hubei University and others. She is a funding reviewer for the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong.

Junjie has successfully supervised more than 17 PhD/DBA students to completion and acts as Independent Chair, Internal Examiner and External Examiner in other UK universities.

Current Teaching

Critical Perspectives in Accounting and Finance
Dissertation
Research Methods
Business Ethics.

Research Interests

Junjie’s own research interests focused on SME financing, formal and informal lending, financial inclusion, financial literacy, digital finance and Corporate and Social Responsibility in SMEs.

0113 81 24792
J.Wu@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
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Selected Outputs

Wu J; Arthur CL; Yago M (2017) Performance Indictors disclosure in Sustainability Reports – Lessons from Ghanaian large Mining Companies. In: European Accounting Association Annual Conference, 10 May 2017 - 12 May 2017, Valencia, Spain.

http://eaa2017.eaacongress.org/r/home
Nasir M; wu JUNJIE; Natthinee I (2016) Determinants of stock return volatility in southeast asian markets. In: 7th International Research Meeting in Business and Management, 11 July 2016 - 12 July 2016, Nice.
Wu J; Wu J (2016) The coexistence and interaction of formal and informal lending in China -A narrative illustration using the case of Wenzhou. In: European Accounting Assoication, 11 May 2016 - 13 May 2016, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Amoo NA; Zhang H; Wen J; Wu J (2015) Institution Distance, Employee Feeling and Formal Control Mechanisms：Case Study on Multi-National Enterprise Organizational Practice Transfer to Overseas Subsidiaries in China. In: The British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference 2015, 8 September 2015 - 10 September 2015, Portsmouth, UK.
Wu J; Gioulmpaxiotis G; Dean AA; Lodorfos G (2014) The Integration of Socially Responsible Investment: is the Financial Crisis a Driver. In: European Accounting Association, 37th Annual Congress, 21 May 2014 - 23 May 2014, Tallin, Estonia.
Wu J; Zhu J; Webb J; Fang H (2011) Is China different in SME financing, bank lending and accountant services? A comparison of six nations. In: BAFA NAG annual conference, 6 September 2011, University of Salford, UK.
Wu J; Yago M; Fang H (2011) Export structure and bilateral trade flows: Analysis of an augmented gravity model of China. In: Faculty of Business and Law Research Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
Wu J (2010) Strategic Motives of Foreign Market Entry Strategies: empirical evidence from Norway. In: British Academy of Marketing Annual Conference, 14 September 2010 - 16 September 2010, University of Sheffield.
Wu J (2009) Comparison of technical efficiency of listed coal mining companies in China & the US. In: British Accounting Association Annual Conference, 21 April 2009 - 23 April 2009, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Gioulmpaxiotis G; Wu J; Dean A; Lodorfos G (2014) The Maturing of Socially Responsible Investment: Is the financial crisis a driver.

Lu Z; Wu J; Li H; Nguyen DK (In press) Local Bank, Digital Financial Inclusion and SME Financing Constraints: Empirical Evidence from China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, pp. 1-14.

https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496x.2021.1923477
Lu Z; Li H; Wu J (2024) Exploring the impact of financial literacy on predicting credit default among farmers: An analysis using a Hybrid Machine Learning Model. Borsa Istanbul Review, 24 (2), pp. 352-362.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2024.01.006
Lu Z; Wu J; Li H; Galloway B (2023) Digital finance and stock market participation: The case of Internet Wealth Management products in China. Economic Systems, pp. 1-17.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101148
Chen Y; Li Y; Lodorfos G; Wu J (2023) Impact of Structural Distortions on Resource Allocation in China: Evidence from an Innovative Empirical Model. The Chinese Economy, pp. 1-18.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2023.2173396
Xu J; Chen Z; Wu J (2022) Return of migrant workers, educational investment in children and intergenerational mobility in china. Economic Analysis and Policy, 76 pp. 997-1009.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.10.005
Klish AA; Shubita M; Wu J (2022) IFRS Adoption and Financial Reporting Quality in the MENA Region. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 23 (3), pp. 570-603.

https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-08-2020-0155
Nasir MA; Wu J; Howes C; Ripley H (2022) Asymmetric nexus between wages and productivity in the context of the global ﬁnancial crisis. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 198 pp. 164-175.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.04.001
Zhang H; Wu J; Wen J; Douglas D (2022) Ethical leadership in multinational companies’ control practices: culture as a moderating factor. International Journal of Organizational Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1108/ijoa-10-2021-2998
Thampanya N; Wu J; Cowton C (2021) Carbon neutrality targets, optimal environmental management strategies & the role of financial development: New evidence incorporating non-linear effects and different income levels. Journal of Environmental Management, 297

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113352
Kamuhuza W; Wu J; Lodorfos G; McClelland Z; Rodgers H (2021) The tripartite partnership between female entrepreneurs, banks and governments in female entrepreneurship-development: A case study of Zambia. International Journal of Organizational Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-08-2020-2387
Lodorfos G; Konstadopoulou A; Kostopoulos I; Rizomyliotis I; Wu J (2020) Guest editorial. Journal of Global Responsibility, 11 (4), pp. 325-327.

https://doi.org/10.1108/jgr-10-2020-111
Lu Z; Wu J; Liu J (2020) Bank concentration and SME financing availability: The impact of promotion of financial inclusion in China. International Journal of Bank Marketing

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-01-2020-0007
Zelikson D; Shubita M; Wu J (2020) Adoption of Global Investment Performance Standards: Case of ASEAN. Cogent Business and Management, 7 (1),

https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1746169
Thampanya N; Wu J; Nasir MA; Liu J (2020) Fundamental and behavioural determinants of stock return volatility in ASEAN-5 countries. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 65

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101193
Huynh TLD; Wu J; Duong AT (2019) Information Asymmetry and firm value : Is Vietnam different?. Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 21

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2019.e00147
Wu J; Li H; Lu Z (2019) Bank diversity and SME innovation: Evidence from China. International Journal of Bank Marketing

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-06-2019-0216
Shi X; Wu J; Hollingsworth J (2019) How does P2P lending platform reputation affect lenders’ decision in China?. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 37 (7), pp. 1566-1589.

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-11-2018-0309
Zhang J; Wu J; Simpson J; Arthur C (2019) Membership of Chinese Farmer Specialized Cooperatives and Direct Subsidies for Farmer Households: A Multi-Province Data Study. The Chinese Economy: translation and studies, 52 (5), pp. 400-421.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2019.1617928
Wu J; Zhu J; Fang H; Gold J (2018) Lending facilities versus banking service: unbalanced bank lending to SMEs in China. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 20 (3), pp. 328-353.

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2018.091509
Wu J; Lodorfos G; Zhang H; Wen J (2018) Contracting for Innovation: The difference in a case with fast-changing industrial background in China. Journal of Global Information Technology Management

https://doi.org/10.1080/1097198X.2018.1423838
Wu J (2018) The Coexistence and Interaction of Formal and Informal Lending in China - Discussion of the Wenzhou Case. The Chinese Economy: translation and studies

https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2017.1368897
Nasir MA; Yagob M; Solimanc A; Wud J (2017) Institutional Design, Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and Implications for the Financial Sector in the UK. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 6 (3), pp. 95-126.

https://doi.org/10.1515/jcbtp-2017-0022
Yago MA; Arthur CL; Wu J; Zhang J (2017) Investigating Performance Indictors Disclosure in Sustainability Reports of Large Mining Companies in Ghana. Corporate Governance

https://doi.org/10.1108/CG-05-2016-0124
Nisar S; Boateng A; Wu J (2017) The entry mode strategy and performance of SMEs: Evidence from Norway. Research in International Business and Finance, 45 pp. 323-333.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.164
Zhang J; Fang H; Wang H; Jia M; Wu J; Fang S (2017) Energy efficiency of airlines and its influencing factors: A comparison between China and the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 125 pp. 1-8.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.05.007
Nasir M; Wu J; Qamar A (2016) Macroeconomic policy coordination and British labour market: Is the State Contingent Forward Guidance dancing a tango solo?. Global Business and Economics Review, 18 (6), pp. 729-746.

https://doi.org/10.1504/GBER.2016.079417
Nasir M; Wu J; Yago M; Soliman AM (2016) Macroeconomic policy interaction: State dependency and implications for financial stability in UK: A systemic review. Cogent Business & Management

https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1154283
Nasir MA; Yago MA; Soliman A; Wu J (2016) Financial stability, wealth effects and optimal macroeconomic policy combination in the United Kingdom: A New-Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Framework. Cogent Economics and Finance

https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2015.1136098
Nasir MA; Soliman AM; Yago M; Wu J (2016) Macroeconomic Policies Interaction & the Symmetry of Financial Markets' Responses. Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice, 5 (1), pp. 53-69.

https://doi.org/10.1515/jcbtp-2016-0003
Zhang F; Fang H; Wu J; Ward D (2016) Environmental efficiency analysis of listed cement enterprises in China. Sustainability, 8 (5),

https://doi.org/10.3390/su8050453
Nasir M; Wu J; Guerrero C (2015) Economic Growth, Exchange Rate and Constrained Competiveness of the Tourism Sector in Andalucía. International Journal of Management and Economics, 48 (1), pp. 84-100.

https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2015-0036
Wu J; Lodorfos G; Dean A; Gioulmpaxiotisb G (2015) The Market Performance of Socially Responsible Investment during Periods of the Economic Cycle - Illustrated Using the Case of FTSE. Managerial and Decision Economics

https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.2772
Boateng A; Hua X; Nisar S; Wu J (2015) Examining the determinants of inward FDI: Evidence from Norway. Economic Modelling, 47 pp. 118-127.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.018
Nasir M; Ahmad FK; Ahmed M; Wu J (2015) Financial and economic stability as ‘two sides of a coin’: Non-crisis regime evidence from the UK based on VECM. Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 7 (4), pp. 327-353.

https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-01-2015-0006
Nasir MA; Wu J; Yago M; Li H (2015) Influence of psychographics and risk perception on internet banking adoption: Current state of affairs in Britain. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 5 (2), pp. 461-468.

http://kspjournals.org/index.php/JEPE/article/view/386/480
De Avila Arroyo JP; Yago M; Nasir MA; Wu J (2014) Strategic alliance in energy sector & implications for economic growth and technical efficiency: The case of petrobras and galp. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 4 (4), pp. 759-771.

http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/953
Nisar S; Boateng A; Wu J; Leung M (2012) Understanding the motives for SMEs entry choice of international entry mode. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 30 (7), pp. 717-739.

https://doi.org/10.1108/02634501211273823
Wu J; Boateng A (2010) Factors Influencing Changes in Chinese Management Accounting Practices. Journal of Change Management, 10 (3), pp. 315-329.

https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2010.493303
Wu J; Boateng A (2010) Factors Influencing the Adoption of Management Accounting Practices in foreign-partnered Joint Ventures and SOEs in China. The Journal of Change Management, 10 pp. 315-329.

https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2010.493303
Fang H; Wu JF (2010) Enlightenment of Trade Theory with Heterogeneous Firms on Chinese Overseas Investment Model. China Venture Capital (in Chinese), 6 pp. 50-52.
Fang H; Wu J; Zeng C (2009) Comparative study on efficiency performance of listed coal mining companies in China and the US. Energy Policy, 37 (12), pp. 5140-5148.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.027
Wu J (2009) Comparative study on efficiency performance of listed coal mining companies in China and the US. , 37 (12), pp. 5140-5148.
Wu J (2008) An Empirical Evidence of Small Business Financing in China. Management Research News, 31 (12), pp. 959-975.

https://doi.org/10.1108/01409170810920666
Wu J; Boateng A; Drury C (2007) An analysis of the adoption, perceived benefits, and expected future emphasis of western management accounting practices in Chinese SOEs and JVs. The International Journal of Accounting, 42 (2), pp. 171-185.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2007.04.005
Wu J; Drury C (2007) An exploratory study on the environmental factors influencing the adoption of MAPs in Chinese SOEs and JVs. Journal of Technology Management in China, 2 (1), pp. 54-70.

https://doi.org/10.1108/17468770710723622

Liu J; Stafylas D; Wu J; Muganhu C (2019) Corporate governance and business growth: Evidence from China. In: Enhancing Board Effectiveness: Institutional, Regulatory and Functional Perspectives for Developing and Emerging Markets. pp. 59-80.