Zhenyu Wu

Position Canada Research Chair / Associate Professor Department Business Administration Office 416 Drake Centre Phone (204) 474-8425 Fax (204) 474-7545 Email zhenyu_wu@umanitoba.ca

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Dr. Zhenyu Wu joined the I.H. Asper School of Business as an Associate Professor in 2011. He holds the position of Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation since 2012. Before July 2011, Zhenyu served as an Associate Professor of Finance and the Centre for Strategic Financial Management Scholar at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. His research primarily focuses on entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, and corporate governance, especially the application of agency theory in these fields.

Selected Refereed Publications

Wu, Z. & J.H. Chua. Forthcoming 2012. Second-order gender effects: The case of U.S. small business borrowing cost. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Chua, J.H., J.J. Chrisman, F. Kellermanns, & Z. Wu. 2011. Family involvement and new venture debt financing. Journal of Business Venturing 26(4), 472-488.

Ding, S., C. Jia, Y. Li, & Z. Wu. 2010. Reactivity and passivity after enforcement actions: Better late than never. Special Issue on Law, Ethics and Finance, edited by D. Cumming, R. Cressy, and C. Mallin, Journal of Business Ethics 95(Supplement 2), 337-359.

Jia, C., S. Ding, Y. Li, & Z. Wu. 2009. Frauds, enforcement actions, and the role of corporate governance. Journal of Business Ethics 90(4), 561-576.

Wu, Z., J.H. Chua, & J.J. Chrisman. 2007. Effects of family ownership and management on small business equity financing. Journal of Business Venturing 22(6), 875-895.

Wu, Z., P.L. Hedges, & S. Zhang. 2007. Effects of concentrated ownership and owner-management on small business debt financing. Journal of Small Business Management 45(4), 422-437.