Yasheng Huang

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The native form of this personal name is Huang Yasheng. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Huang.
Yasheng Huang
Huang at The Emerging Markets Summit, 2009
Born
Beijing, China
Other names黄亚生
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationB.A. (Government)
Ph.D (Government)
Alma materHarvard University
(John F. Kennedy School of Government)
Occupation(s)Author, economic strategist, professor
Employer(s)MIT Sloan School of Management, Fudan University, Harvard Business School, University of Michigan
Known forexpertise on international business, political economy, and international management

Yasheng Huang (Chinese: 黄亚生) is an American professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.

Early life and education[edit]

Huang was born in Beijing, China.[1] He moved to the United States to pursue his higher education, and enrolled for a B.A. degree program, with a major in government from Harvard College, which he completed in 1985. Upon completion, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in government from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991.[2]

Career[edit]

While he was preparing for his Ph.D, he worked as a World Bank consultant and associate professor at the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989. In 1997, he joined Harvard Business School as the Associate Professor in business, government and international economics.[3]

He is currently an Epoch Foundation (of Taiwan) professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, joined in 2003. At MIT, he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.[4]

Huang is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened by Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations.[5]

Bibliography[edit]

Huang’s scholarly work and articles have been published in a number of economics and management journals, and publications including TheWall Street Journal, The Economist, and Businessworld.[6] He also authored / co authored books on topics – globalization and emerging markets; FDI, Investment strategies, financial liberalization in China. A selection of his books and articles, are the following:[1]

  • Books (author)
    • Huang, Yasheng (1996). Inflation and Investment Controls in China. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521554831.
    • Huang, Yasheng (1998). Fdi in China: An Asian Perspective. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789813055872.
    • Huang, Yasheng (1998). Selling China : Foreign Investment during the Reform Era. Cambridge University press. ISBN 9780521814287.
    • Saich, Tony; Steinfeld, Edward; Huang, Yasheng (2005). Financial Reform in China. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 9789004439771.
    • Huang, Yasheng (2008). Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521898102.
    • Huang, Yasheng (2023). The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300266368.
  • Articles

Personal life[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Biography, Yasheng Huang, Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT". mitsloan.mit.edu. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ^ "TED Bio of Yasheng Huang". TED Talks. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Bio". T. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Huang Yasheng". MIT Sloan. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  5. ^ "The Task Force on U.S.-China Policy". Asia Society. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  6. ^ Huang, Yasheng (17 May 2009). "China's rise relied on a rural miracle. So does its future". London: Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

External links[edit]

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