College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor of Business Administration

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1977
B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1974

Director, The CIC Center for Advanced Study in International Competitiveness, 2010 to present
Director, Illinois Global Business Initiative, 2007 to present
Professor, College of Business, University of Illinois, 1996 to present
Visiting Professor, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 2012
Visiting Scholar, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2011
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, 2008-2009
Director, Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Illinois, 1999-2006
Visiting Scholar, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, 2003
Visiting Scholar, School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney, 2003
Associate Professor, Ohio State University, 1992-1996
Assistant to Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980-1992
Lecturer in Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1977-1980

Cheng, J. Forthcoming. The Role of Context in Chinese Management Research: Analytical Variable or Boundary Condition.. Management And Organizational Review

Cheng, J., Birkinshaw, J., Lessard, D., Thomas, D. Forthcoming. Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in International Business: Integrative Knowledge and Transformative Theories.. Journal of International Business Studies

Cheng, J., Yiu, D. Forthcoming. China Business and International Competitiveness: Economics, Politics, and Technology.. Long Range Planning

Cheng, J. 2013. Managing National Health Care: Economics, Culture, and Strategic Choice. European Journal of International Management

Cheng, J., Guo, W. , Skousen, B. 2011. Advancing New Theory Development in the Field of International Management: Contributing Factors, Investigative Approach, and Proposed Topics. Management International Review, 51: 787-802

Moon, H., Cheng, J., Kim, M., Kim, J. 2011. FDI, Economic Decline and Recovery: Lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis. Multinational Business Review, 19: 120-132

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (undergraduate teaching), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
Leading Book Series Editor, Literati Award for Excellence, Emerald Group Publishing, 2010
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (doctoral teaching), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010

Consulting Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, 2007-present
Senior Editorial Consultant, European Journal of International Management, 2006-present
Board Member, Management International Review, 2006-present
Board Member, Journal of World Business, 1999-present
Board Member, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 1989-present
Co-Editor, Advances in International Management, 1996-2009

Teaches courses in global management, international business, and strategic technology management.

Strategy and organization design for transnational firms, global competition and multinational management, foreign R&D investment, national innovation and technology policies, and Asian economies.