About
Professor Gracy Yang is a leading academic in the Discipline of International Business at the University of Sydney Business School, with a Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research explores global strategy, organizational learning, and non-market strategy in Asian contexts, particularly focusing on multinational enterprises (MNEs) and institutional dynamics in emerging economies.
Her work integrates organizational theory to analyze MNE market entry strategies, subsidiary-level dynamics, and the strategic management of Asian firms. Recent publications examine how government corruption affects entrepreneurship, the non-market strategies of Chinese firms, and the drivers of outward FDI by Chinese companies in developed economies like Australia.
Gracy Yang's peer-reviewed articles (2015–2025) span journals like Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management, covering topics such as expatriate staffing, institutional logics, and FDI expansion speed. She actively contributes to academic governance as a member of editorial review boards for Strategic Management Journal and Journal of World Business.
Her research has led to grants for projects such as “Failure-induced interorganisational learning” (2006) and travel support to conferences like the Academy of Management Annual Meeting. She has advised PhD candidates including Ande Chen and Qin Cheng on topics like SME informality and crisis-driven entrepreneurial change.
