Dr. ZHENG Xu 郑煦博士 Department of Marketing
Associate Professor

Address
10-240, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Phone
+852 34429911

Fax
+852 34420346

Email
xuzheng@cityu.edu.hk

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Research Areas Interorganizational relationship governance (e.g., franchising)
GIS-informed location choices and their impacts on firms’ financial performance and survival
Conflict management


Qualifications PhD - Marketing (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
MPhil - Marketing (City University of Hong Kong)
BSc - Economics (Nankai University)


Biography
Xu Vivian Zheng is an Associate Professor in Department of Marketing, College Business of City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Zheng's primary research interest lies in understanding how firms may employ various relationship governance mechanisms (e.g., contracts, socialization) to govern interorganizational (e.g., franchise) relationships properly, so as to reduce conflicts and to enhance cooperation. In addition, her research studies how GIS-informed location choices impact firms’ financial performance and survival. Vivian has published in leading marketing and business journals such asJournal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, andJournal of Retailing, etc. Her industry focus is business format franchising.
Dr. Zheng teaches Global Marketing and Principles of Marketing across undergraduate, taught master, and MBA programs. She has received Student Learning and Development Excellence Award.She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining the Marketing Department at CityU.


Awards Award TitleInstitution
Student Learning and Development Excellence Award City University of Hong Kong(Marketing)


Research Grants PI: "When Mutli-Unit Franchising Backfires: The Contingent Effects of Subgroup Configurations
Beyong Locations: The Contingent Effects of Governance Mechanisms in Clustering of Franchised Outlets
When It Is Good to Be Vague: The Strategic Use of Contract Ambiguity in Franchise Relationship Management
Unnatural Relationship Dissolution in Franchising: A Dual-Agency Perspective
Marketing Assets, Marketing Actions, and Firms' Response Strategies to Exogenous Shocks", Early Career Scheme - Research Grants Council, Amount: HKD321,696 (2013-2015), Zheng, Xu



Publications Journal Publications and Reviews Wang, Jeff Jianfeng; Grünhagen, Marko; Ji, Li Jenny; Zheng, Xu Vivian / Conflict Aftermath: Dispute Resolution and Financial Performance in Franchising. December 2020; In: Journal of Retailing. Vol. 96, No. 4, pp. 548-562

Feng, Chao; Zheng, Xu; Zhuang, Guijun; Li, Ruqi / Revisiting exercise of power strategies from the perspective of information processing. November 2020; In: Industrial Marketing Management. Vol. 91, pp. 41-54

Zheng, Xu Vivian; Ji, Li Jenny ; Su, Chenting / Mitigating the Negative Effects of Regional Clustering in Franchising: The Roles of Governance Mechanisms. September 2020; In: Journal of Retailing. Vol. 96, No. 3, pp. 434-444

Zheng, Xu Vivian; Griffith, David A.; Ge, Ling; Benoliel, Uri / Effects of Contract Ambiguity in Interorganizational Governance. July 2020; In: Journal of Marketing. Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 147-167

Zheng, Xu (Vivian); Li, Xiaoling; Ren, Xingyao; Yang, Zhilin / Enhancing compliance among channel members by modeling reward events: matching motivation and ability with model selection. March 2020; In: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 331-349

Shen, Lu; Su, Chenting; Zheng, Xu (Vivian); Zhuang, Guijun / Between contracts and trust: Disentangling the safeguarding and coordinating effects over the relationship life cycle. January 2020; In: Industrial Marketing Management. Vol. 84, pp. 183-193

Zhang, Chun; Zheng, Xu(Vivian); Li, Juan Julie / Is collaboration a better way to develop trust after opportunism? Distinguishing firm and boundary spanner opportunism. October 2019; In: Industrial Marketing Management. Vol. 82, pp. 38-51

Shen, Lu; Su, Chenting; Zheng, Xu; Zhuang, Guijun / Contract design capability as a trust enabler in the pre-formation phase of interfirm relationships. February 2019; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 95, pp. 103-115

Benoliel, Uri; Zheng, Xu(Vivian) / ARE DISCLOSURES READABLE?: AN EMPIRICAL TEST. 2018; In: Alabama Law Review. Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 237-257

Li, Miao; Zheng, Xu; Zhuang, Guijun / Information technology-enabled interactions, mutual monitoring, and supplier-buyer cooperation: A network perspective. September 2017; In: Journal of Business Research. Vol. 78, pp. 268-276

Grünhagen, Marko; Zheng, Xu (Vivian); Wang, Jeff Jianfeng / When the Music Stops Playing: Post-litigation Relationship Dissolution in Franchising. June 2017; In: Journal of Retailing. Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 138-153

Shou, Zhigang; Zheng, Xu (Vivian); Zhu, Wenting / Contract ineffectiveness in emerging markets: An institutional theory perspective. September 2016; In: Journal of Operations Management. Vol. 46, pp. 38-54

Li, Xiaoling; Ren, Xingyao; ZHENG, Xu / Management of competition among sellers and its performance implications for business-to-business electronic platforms: Dynamic analysis by VAR model. 2015; In: Nankai Business Review International. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 199 - 222

ANTIA, Kersi D.; ZHENG, Xu(VIVIAN); FRAZIER, Gary L. / Conflict Management and Outcomes in Franchise Relationships: The Role of Regulation. October 2013; In: Journal of Marketing Research. Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 577-589



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