ZHANG Bobo

Finance

PhD, Management, Finance

Bobo Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Finance at NEOMA Business School. He obtained his PhD in Finance from the University of Warwick and holds a Master degree in Finance and Economics from the same university. He earned his BA in Economics from Sichuan University, China. He teaches corporate finance and Python programming with applications to finance in various master and bachelor programmes. His research mainly focuses on empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, political economy, sell-side analysts, and blockchain applications. His research papers have been accepted and presented at several major conferences, including Northern Finance Association (NFA) Annual Conference, European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Conference, and American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, among others. He has published in the Accounting Review. Beyond his academic work, he has worked as a part-time consultant to a large European asset management company.

Areas of research

Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Political Economy
Sell-side Analysis
Blockchain Applications

Recent academic contributions

GUAN, W., W. DING, B. ZHANG, J. VERNY, "The role of supply chain alignment in coping with resource dependency in blockchain adoption: empirical evidence from China", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, January 2023
DOI : 10.1108/JEIM-11-2021-0491
ZHANG, B., Z. ZHANG, "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagements", International Review of Law and Economics, June 2022, vol. 70
DOI : 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106047
VERNY, J., W. GUAN, B. ZHANG, W. DING, "Does supply chain alignment affect blockchain adoption in supply chain? Empirical evidence from China and France" in 6th PROLOG International Conference, 2021

Article

GUAN, W., W. DING, B. ZHANG, J. VERNY, "The role of supply chain alignment in coping with resource dependency in blockchain adoption: empirical evidence from China", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, January 2023
DOI : 10.1108/JEIM-11-2021-0491
ZHANG, B., Z. ZHANG, "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagements", International Review of Law and Economics, June 2022, vol. 70
DOI : 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106047
KLEIN, A., T.LI, B.ZHANG, "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-Side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act", The Accounting Review, January 2020, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 233-257
DOI : 10.2308/accr-52442

Academic conferences

VERNY, J., W. GUAN, B. ZHANG, W. DING, "Does supply chain alignment affect blockchain adoption in supply chain? Empirical evidence from China and France" in 6th PROLOG International Conference, 2021
ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, 2018
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in Lisbon Accounting Conference, 2018
ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in Inaugural Irish Academy of Finance (IAF) Conference, 2018
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in TAU Finance Conference, 2016
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in LBS Accounting Symposium, 2016
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, 2016
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, 2016

Participation at an academic or professional conference

ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in 2019 Northern Finance Association (NFA) Annual Conference, 2019, Vancouver, Canada
ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in 2019 International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Annual Conference, 2019, Colchester, United Kingdom
ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in 2019 Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, 2019, New Orleans, LA, United States
ZHANG, B., "Shining Light on Corporate Political Spending: Evidence from Shareholder Engagement" in Warwick Business School Finance Group Brown Bag Seminar, 2018, Warwick, United Kingdom
ZHANG, B., "Seeking Out Non-Public Information: Sell-side Analysts and the Freedom of Information Act" in University of Oxford, 2016, Oxford, United Kingdom