Hua Fang Liu

Asst Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Areas of expertise: Innovation/Entrepreneurship; CSR; Strategic Human Capital; Diversity in Organizations

Email Address: huafang.liu@baruch.cuny.edu

> View CV

Hanna Hua Fang Liu is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneur Finance at Baruch College, City University of New York. She received her PhD in Business Economics from Queen’s University. She also holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Xi'an Jiao Tong University and a MSc in Business Economics from Queen’s University. Before joining Baruch College, Dr. Liu was an Assistant Professor at Kean University and Brandon University, where she taught courses in corporate finance, managerial economics, and strategy and business policy. Her research primarily focuses on understanding how product market competition, regulatory policy, and strategic human resources affect firms’ incentives to innovate and license, as well as their engagement in corporate social responsibilities activities. Her work has been published in Management Science, Asian Pacific Journal of Management, and Chinese Journal of Management.

Education

Ph.D., Business Economics, Queen's University Kingston Canada

Ph.D., Management, Xi'an Jiao Tong University Xi'an China

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Fall 2024ENT4954New Venture Funding
Fall 2023ENT4954New Venture Funding
Fall 2023ENT3950Developing an Entrepreneurial

Journal Articles

Garcia, F., Liu, H., Triana, M., & Trevino, L. (2025). Support for Sustainable Development Goal 5 and Social Performance: The Role of Diversity Targets, Work-life Balance, and Female Representation . Human Resource Management,

(2025). Support for Sustainable Development Goal 5 and Social Performance: The Roles of Diversity Targets, Work-life Balance Practices, and Female Represenation. Human Resource Management,

de Bettignies, J., Liu, H., & Robinson, D. T. (2023). Competition and Innovation in Markets for Technology. Management Science,

(2012). Technological innovation of firms in China: Past, present, and future. Asia Pacific Journal of Management,

Presentations

Liu, H., Triana, M., & Grant, B. Catalysts or Constraints? How Shareholder Activism Drives Environmental Innovation. AOM Annual Meeting 2025. In Progress.

Kim, T., Liu, H., Triana, M., Chin, M., & Grant, B. How Does CEO-Board Political Incongruence Affect CSR Shareholder Activism? . AOM Annual Meeting.

Liu, H., Triana, M., Kim, T., Chin, M., & Grant, B. When and How Does CSR Shareholder Activism Curb Greenwashing? . Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting 2025.

Research Currently in Progess

Liu, H., & Triana, M.(n.d.). Unlocking Green Innovation: How Female Directors Leverage Flexibility and Inclusion    .

de Bettignies, J., Liu, H., & Robinson, D. T.(n.d.). Nothing but the Truth? Private Information and Reporting onCorporate Social Responsibility.

de Bettignies, J., & Liu, H.(n.d.). Does Managerial Skills Shape Investment Strategy in Organizations?.

Corregan, B., Liu, H., & Mohanmad, S.(n.d.). Red, Blue, Purple, and Green: How Board Political Diversity Stimulates Environmental Innovation .

Triana, M., Liu, H., & Park, K.(n.d.). Women on Boards and Environmental Innovation: The Roles of Workforce Wellbeing and Women Representation in Organizations.

Triana, M., Delgado, J., Liu, H., & Garcia, F.(n.d.). Corporate Social Responsibility, Perceived Ethics, and Supervisors’ Citizenship Behavior: The Moderating Role of Employee Attention to Climate Change.

Delgado, J., Triana, M., Garcia, F., & Liu, H.(n.d.). Green Research and Development, Passion, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Moderating Role of Employee Proximity to the Effects of Climate Change .

Garcia, F., Liu, H., Triana, M., & Delgado, J.(n.d.). SDG 5 AND MNEs’ SOCIAL PERFORMANCE: A SUSTAINABLE HRM PERSPECTIVE .

Liu, H., & Triana, M.(n.d.). Artificial Intelligence in Corporate Sustainability: Unpacking the Dual Pathways to Green Innovation and Greenwashing.

Liu, H., Triana, M., & Grant, B.(n.d.).  Catalysts or Constraints? How Shareholder Activism Drives Environmental Innovation.

Delgado, J., Triana, M., Liu, H., & Garcia, F.(n.d.). Green Marketing, Employees' Political Belief, and Employee Performance.

Liu, H.(n.d.). Beyond Efficiency: How AI Adoption and Flexible Work Enhance Employee Well-Being under Ideologically Diverse Boards.

Liu, H., Garcia, F., & Triana, M.(n.d.). When and Why Does Greenwashing Stifle Environmental Innovation?  .

Liu, H., Triana, M., Chin, M., Kim, T., & Grant, B.(n.d.). When and How Does CSR Shareholder Activism Curb Greenwashing? .

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Blackstone LaunchPad (BLP) programFaculty AdvisorPresent
2024 CommencementAttendee, MeetingPresent
UPBI ProgramFaculty AdvisorPresent
Department SecretaryCommittee MemberPresent
Lawrence Field Centre AdvisorFaculty AdvisorPresent
Zicklin Undergraduate Academic Standing Committee Committee MemberPresent

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Asia Pacific Journal of ManagementEditorial Review Board Member9/1/2023PresentInternational
Journal of Business EthicsReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2025PresentInternational
Research PolicyReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2024PresentInternational
Human Resource ManagementReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2023PresentInternational
Product and Operations ManagementReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2024PresentInternational
PSC-CUNY Grant ReviewerReviewer, Grant Proposal1/1/2025PresentState
OmegaReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/2024PresentInternational
Journal of International Financial Management & AccountingReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/2024PresentInternational
Cogent Economics & FinanceReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer9/1/2024PresentInternational
The Academy of Management Annual MeetingReviewer, Conference Paper2/1/2025PresentInternational
Asia Pacific Journal of ManagementReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2023PresentInternational