Ronald Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
M.B.A., Yale School of Management
M.A., Shanghai Foreign Language Institute, China
- Office
- Bey Hall 141
- Phone
- 732-571-3629
- rzhao@monmouth.edu
- About
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Areas of expertise include financial reporting, international accounting standard, financial institution disclosure, and accounting theory.
- Publications
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- Books
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Venture Capital:
Theory and Practice (in Chinese), coauthored with S. Li and Z. Yu, Shanghai: Shanghai
University of Finance and Economics Press (2001).Accounting for Lawyers, coauthored with W. Wang, Beijing: China University of Political Science and Law Press (2003).Venture Capital: Theory and Practice, coauthored with S. Li and Z. Yu, Shanghai: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press (2001).
“Accounting for Debt: Need of a Comprehensive Regulatory
Framework”, in Public Administration,
NGO’s and Public Debt, pp. 209-222, M. Kratochvil and V. Pokorny, editors, Nova
Science Publishers, Inc. (2010). - Scholarly Articles
“Impact of Ownership and Competition on the Productivity of Chinese Enterprises,” coauthored with A. Zhang and Y. Zhang, Journal of Comparative Economics, 29:327-346 (2001).
“Economic Consequences of the Cancellation of Inner Reserves for Hong Kong Banks,” coauthored with S. Leung, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 17:45-62 (2001).
“Relative Value Relevance of R & D Reporting: An International Comparison,” Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 13:153-174 (2002).
“Information Content of Earnings and Earnings Components of Commercial Banks: Impact of SFAS No. 115,” coauthored with B. Jaggi, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 18:405-421 (2002).
“Profitability and Productivity of Chinese Industrial Firms: Measurement and Ownership Implications,” coauthored with A. Zhang and Y. Zhang, China Economic Review, 13:65-88 (2002).
“The Role of Market-Based Financing in R & D Commercialization: Case Study of a Chinese Biotechnology Research Institute,” China Venture Capital, 1:20-30 (2002).
“Transition in R & D Management Control System: Case Study of a Chinese Biotechnology Research Institute,” Journal of High Technology Management Research, 14:213-229 (2003).
“Risk under ‘One Country and Two Systems’: Evidence from Classes A, B, and H Shares of Chinese Listed Companies,” coauthored with Y. Zhang, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 6:179-197 (2003).
“A Study of the R & D Efficiency and Productivity of Chinese Firms,” coauthored with A. Zhang and Y. Zhang, Journal of Comparative Economics, 31:444-464 (2003).
“Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Some Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 10:187-201 (2003).
“The Valuation Differential between Class A and B Shares: Country Risk in the Chinese Stock Market,” coauthored with Y. Zhang, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 15:44-59 (2004).
“The Impact of SFAS No. 114 on the Linear Information Dynamic for Commercial Banks,” coauthored with Y. He, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 23:313-328 (2004).
“Ownership Structure and Accounting Information: Evidence from France,” coauthored with B. Reyes, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 18:223-246 (2007).
“International Variation in Bank Accounting Information Content,” coauthored with Y. He, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 19:236-260 (2008).
“A Comparison between One-Tier and Two-Tier Board Structures in France”, coauthored with B. Reyes, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, 21: 279-310 (2010).
“An Investment Strategy Based on Value Line’s Dual-Rank System”, coauthored with Y. Zhang, Journal of Investing, 20 (Winter):40-49 (2011).
“Performance Evaluation of Hospitals’ Emergency Departments Using a Modified American Productivity and Quality Center Approach”, coauthored with D. Paul III, International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 3(4):34-47 (2012).
“The Value in Using IT-Directed Investor Relationship Management”, coauthored with F. Bezzina, M. Hellmich, P. Lele, R.W. Klein and S. Grima, ISACA Journal, Volume 4 (online) 2013.
“The Accounting Implication of Banking Deregulation: An Event Study of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999)”, coauthored with Y. He, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 42:449-468 (2014).
“Potential Impact of IT-Directed Investor Relationship Management on Employment”, coauthored with F. Bezzina, S. Grima, P. Kattuman, R.W. Klein, and P. Lele, ISACA Journal, Volume 4 (online) 2014.
“Sustainability and Firm Valuation: An International Investigation”, coauthored with M. Yu, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 3:289-307 (2015).
“Strengthening Value and Risk Culture Using a Real-Time Logical Tool”, coauthored with S. Grima, R.W. Klein, F. Bezzina, and P. Lele, ISACA Journal, Volume 3 (online) 2016.
- Awards
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- Scholarship Award of Leon Hess Business School, Monmouth University, 2003
- Finalist for Institute of Management Accountants Doctorate Dissertation Award, 1994
- B. E. Needles, Jr. Doctoral Fellowship, Texas Tech University, 1993
- Doctoral Fellowship, Texas Tech University, 1990-92
- J. F. Riddle Fellowship, Yale School of Management, 1987