Ying Wang

Dr Ying Wang is an Associate Professor of Finance, specialising in Fintech, corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance, ESG and accounting research.

Ying provides leadership at the Faculty of Business and Law to achieve the vision and values of high-quality research and doctoral education provision. She also chairs the ISBE Special Interest Group - SMEs and Growth at the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE).

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Background

Ying's research spans Fintech, innovation, corporate finance, venture capital, financial economics, sustainable finance (ESG), SMEs, corporate governance, and accounting. Ying has rich experience with both quantitative and qualitative research methods and secured research grants from research councils and industry.

Passionate about bringing her professional and industry experience to education, Ying has helped a lot of her students achieve the best outcomes from their education journeys. In addition to her teaching experience at the doctoral research, postgraduate, and undergraduate levels, Ying also designed and delivered workshops to CEOs and professionals and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Spoken Languages

• Chinese
• English

Research interests

• Fintech and innovation
• Corporate finance
• SMEs and entrepreneurial finance
• Financial economics
• Sustainable finance and ESG
• Corporate governance
• Accounting

Ying has published her research with world-leading journal publishers and is an active peer reviewer for international journals and conferences. She also regularly chairs and acts as discussant at major international and national conferences.

Areas of research supervision

Ying is a UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor with extensive PhD/DBA experience, including thirteen completions. Ying currently supervises both PhD and DBA doctoral students as their first supervisor and has rich experience in examining doctoral theses in accounting, finance, and business.

Ying would like to supervise doctoral candidates in her research interest areas as indicated above using either quantitative (i.e., advanced econometric methods and surveys) or qualitative methods (i.e., interviews).

Teaching

• Postgraduate Research Programmes
• Applied Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Management
• Derivative Markets
• Financial Investment Analysis
• Global Equity Market
• Business Financing
• Finance for Decision Making

Qualifications

• PhD in Finance, Queen’s University Belfast
• MSc in Finance, Queen’s University Belfast
• BSc in Economics, Minzu University of China
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision (PgCRDS), University of Northampton
• FinTech Course Certificate, Harvard VPAL

Memberships, editorial boards

• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK
• Member of Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Director of Economics Division, OBOR International @ Cambridge (Think Tank)
• Guest Editor: Journal of Sustainability for the Special Issue “Transition to Net Zero Supply Chains through Digitalization, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy and Green Finance” in 2022

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• May 2022: Sustainable finance to promote green innovation, ARU, £3,200
• November 2020: Principal investigator: Finance for Decision Making workshop for businesses, Hyria Business Institute, Finland, £7,500
• June 2020: Co-investigator: Brexit Resilience Project with Best Growth Hub, Essex, £9,180
• December 2019: Principal investigator: Suffolk Energy Efficiency Financial Incentives Project, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, £67,166
• September 2018: Lord Ashcroft International Business School Research Fellowship, £10,000
• April 2018: Anglia Ruskin University Research taster projects, £4,000
• March 2018: Co-investigator: Research on the effect and risk of international board of stock market, National Natural Science Foundation of China 2018 (Funding No.: 71871205), CNY610,000

Selected recent publications

Wang, Y. (2025) 'Algorithmic minds: AI, analytics, and psychological well-being of accounting professionals'. In: Chang, K. and Celse, J. (Wds.) (2025) Research Handbook on Organizational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Bonsu, M., Wang, Y., Nartey, P. and Amala, M. (2025) 'Does the Integration of Fintech and Green Finance enhance Sustainability Performance in the Banking Sector? Information Technology governance as moderator', Business Strategy and the Environment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70071 (ABS3)

Bonsu, M., Guo, Y., Wang, Y. and Li, K. (2025) 'Does Fintech lead to enhanced Environmental Sustainability? The mediating role of Green Innovation in China and India', Journal of Environmental Management, V376, 124442. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124442 (ABS3)

Zhang, H., Feng, Y., Wang, Y. and Ni, J. (2024) 'Peer effects in corporate financialization: The role of Fintech in financial decision making', International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, 103267. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103267

Meng, J., Ye, Z. and Wang, Y. (2024) 'Financing and investing in sustainable infrastructure: A review and research agenda', Sustainable Futures, 8, 100312. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100312

Li, Y., Meng, J., Zhou, R. and Wang Y. (2024) 'Does governmental venture capital (GVC) advance green innovation? Big data evidence from China', International Review of Economics & Finance, 93, Part A, pp. 772-788. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.03.056

Osei-Assibey Bonsu, M., Wang, Y. and Guo, Y. (2023) 'Does fintech lead to better accounting practices? Empirical evidence, Accounting Research Journal, 36(2/3), pp. 129-147. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-07-2022-0178

Bonsu, M. and Wang, Y. (2022) 'The Triangular Relationship between Energy consumption, Trade openness and Economic growth: New Empirical Evidence', Cogent Economics and Finance, 10(1), 2140520. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2022.2140520

Zhang, X. W, Yi, R. H., Yu, Y. and Wang, Y. (2021) 'The measure of volatility spillover effect of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect based on rolling window VAR', China Journal of Management Science. Available at: https://doi.org/10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2020.1409

Bourgeois, P., Wang, Y., Chisnall, P. and Walton, D. (2020) 'Suffolk Efficiency in Buildings: Financial Incentives Report', Industry Project Report. Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Kallinterakis, V. and Wang. Y. (2019) 'Do Investors Herd in Cryptocurrencies – and why?', Research in International Business and Finance, 50, pp. 240-245. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2019.05.005

Wang, Y. and Lahr, H. (2017) 'Takeover law to protect shareholders: Increasing efficiency or merely redistributing gains?', Journal of Corporate Finance, 43, pp. 288-315. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.01.007

Wang, Y. and Lahr, H. (2016) 'Takeover law to protect shareholders: Increasing efficiency or merely redistributing gains?', WPS 486, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.

Recent presentations and conferences

September 2023. International Conference in Finance, Banking and Accounting, Montpellier, France. Does governmental venture capital (GVC) advance green innovation? Big data evidence.

July 2022. Chair of 2022 ABCP Ageing and Sustainability Conference, Birmingham

September 2021. 10th International Conference of Financial Engineering and Banking Society: Financial Stability and Sustainability, France. The Triangular Relationship between Energy Consumption, Trade Openness and Economic Growth: New evidence from Belt and Road (B&R) countries

November 2019. 42nd Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference, Newcastle, ‘The impact of non-financial capital on entrepreneurs’ preferences for external financing’

September 2019. Research conference at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, ‘Risk transmission beyond financial crises: Volatility spillovers and spillbacks between SMICs and the U.S.’

April. 2019. British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference 2019, Birmingham, ‘The Effects of Perceptual Attributes on External Financing Preferences: Evidence from Ethnic Minority Businesses’

September 2018. British Accounting and Finance Association Northern Area Group Annual Conference 2018, Derby, ‘Accounting Conservatism and the Choice of Method of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions’

July 2018. Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance 2018 Conference, Singapore, “Sarbanes-Oxley, Capital Structure and the Choice of Payment in Mergers and Acquisitions”

July 2018. Panellist for discussion forum at the First Cambridge Belt-Road Initiative International Conference, Cambridge

June 2018. 7th Annual Conference of Economic Forum of Entrepreneurship & International Business, Cambridge, “The Impact of Perceptual Attributes on Entrepreneurs' Preferences to External Financing”

September 2016. British Accounting and Finance Association, Northern Area Group Annual Conference, Loughborough, “Takeover regulation to protect shareholders: Wealth creation or wealth destruction?”. Lloyds Best Paper Award.

September 2015. 47th Money, Macro and Finance Research Group Annual Conference, Cardiff, “Does takeover law matter? An empirical study of takeover regulation in Europe”

June 2015. European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, “Takeover regulation to protect shareholders: Wealth creation or wealth destruction?”

June 2015. The Inaugural Northampton Business School Research Conference, Northampton, ‘The Wealth Effect from the EU Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions’

June 2015. Conference Organiser and Session Chair, The Inaugural Northampton Business School Research Conference, Northampton

October 2014. Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, “Does takeover law matter? An empirical test of its economic effects on mergers and acquisitions”

April 2014. British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, London, “Does takeover law matter? An empirical test of its economic effects on mergers and acquisitions”

April 2013. Session Chair, British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Newcastle

April 2013. British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Newcastle, “Does takeover law matter and what matters in takeover law?: Evidence from cross-border acquisitions in Europe”

April 2012. British Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Brighton, “High Technology, Investor Protection and the Post Merger Performance of UK Firms Engaged in Cross-Border Mergers”

September 2011. British Accounting and Finance Association, Northern Area Group Annual Conference, Salford, “High Technology, Investor Protection and the Post Merger Performance of UK Firms Engaged in Cross-Border Mergers”

November 2009. Economics and Financial Institutions Research Group, Queen’s University Belfast, “Wealth Effect on UK Acquirers: Evidence from the EU Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions”