JIN Zhao

Dr. Jin is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. He received his PhD in Finance from Simon Business School, the University of Rochester. His research projects in the areas of entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, venture capital, and M&As were awarded the 2018 Kauffman Knowledge Challenge Grant. His research about AI was covered in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Tencent News.

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• Venture Capital and Private Equity
• M&A
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Artificial Intelligence

• Brattle Group Prize – Distinguished Papers Award, 2025
  American Finance Association (AFA)
• The ABRI Grant ($15,000), 2020
  The ASEAN Business Research Initiative
• Kauffman Knowledge Challenge Grant ($10,500), 2018 – 2019
  The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• PhD Fellowship, 2015 – 2019
  Simon Business School, University of Rochester
• D. Keith Reed Memorial Scholarship, 2014
  Department of Mathematics, University of Utah

• 1. Artificial Intelligence, Human Capital, and Innovation, with Michael Gofman, Journal of Finance, forthcoming
• 2. How do Large Companies Affect Entrepreneurial Entry: Evidence From Amazon’s HQ2 Search
• 3. Do PE Buyouts Affect Innovation of the Targets’ Industry Rivals?