Dr Honglan Yu

PhD, FHEA

Management School

Lecturer in International Entrepreneurship

Programme Lead for MSc Management and International Business

Honglan Yu.
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honglan.yu@sheffield.ac.uk
Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Honglan Yu
Management School
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
Profile

Honglan is a Lecturer in International Entrepreneurship within the Entrepreneurship, Strategy and International Business (ES&IB) group at the Sheffield University Management School. His research interests lie in antecedents, processes and outcomes of organisational learning during SMEs internationalisation.

Qualifications
  • PhD - University of Glasgow
  • MSc International Business and Emerging Markets - University of Edinburgh
Research interests

Honglan's research lies at the intersection of international business, entrepreneurship and organisational learning. He mainly explores how and why small firms learn differently after experiencing foreign market exits and the performance implications of their learning. His works have been published in Journal of International Management, Journal of Business Research and Technovation amongst others.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Lei L, Ngo TA, Yu H, Adams K & 獺stek O (2025) . Journal of Business Research, 201.
  • Zhou Q, Yu H, Chen M, Snell M & Adams K (2025) . Strategic Change.
  • Yu H, Attah-Boakye R, Zhang Y, Adams K & Owusu-Yirenkyi D (2025) . Technovation, 141.
  • Li X, Yu H, Huang Q & Cai G (2025) . Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
  • Zhou Q, Yu H, Adams K, AttahBoakye R & Johansson J (2025) . International Journal of Management Reviews, 27(3), 375-397.
  • Adams K, Attah-Boakye R, Yu H, Chu I & Mali D (2024) . Journal of International Management, 30(4), 101156-101156.
  • Attah-Boakye R, Adams K, Yu H, Mali D & Lim H (2024) . Management International Review, 64(3), 419-458.
  • Zhou Q, Yu H, Adams K, Attah-Boakye R & Johansson J (2024) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 447, 141334-141334.
  • Attah-Boakye R, Adams K, Hernandez-Perdomo E, Yu H & Johansson J (2023) . Technovation, 125, 102769-102769.
  • Adams K, Attah-Boakye R, Yu H, Johansson J & Njoya ET (2023) . Technovation, 124, 102749-102749.
  • Adams K, Attah-Boakye R, Yu H, Chu I & Ishaque M (2023) . Journal of Business Research, 158, 113660-113660.
  • Yu H, Fletcher M & Buck T (2022) . Journal of International Management, 28(4), 100947-100947.
  • AttahBoakye R, Adams K, Yu H & Koukpaki ASF (2022) . Strategic Change, 31(1), 99-116.
Research group
  • Entrepreneurship, Strategy and International Business (ES & IB)
Teaching activities
  • MGT380 New Venture Creation (Undergraduate)
  • MGT1604 European Business (Postgraduate)
PhD Supervision

Honglan is supervising and accepting PhD researchers in areas related to international business and entrepreneurship.

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