Rate My Professor Fuming Jiang

Professor Fuming Jiang is the Professor of International Business (Management) in the School of Management at RMIT University, where he served as Head of the Department of International Business & Innovation and Entrepreneurship from 2021 to 2025. He earned a Ph.D. in International Business/Strategic Management in 2002 from the University of South Australia, with his thesis examining foreign direct investment (FDI) entry strategies of multinational pharmaceutical enterprises into China. Prior to joining RMIT in 2021, Professor Jiang was Full Professor of International Business at Curtin University from 2011 to 2021, holding leadership positions including Head of School (2015-2018), Deputy Head of School (2011-2014), School Research Director, Discipline Lead, and MIB Program Director. Earlier, he served as Associate Professor of Strategy (International Business) and Associate Director of the Centre for Asian Business at the International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia (2009-2011). At The Australian National University College of Business and Economics, he was Deputy Head of School, Chair of Education Committee, Discipline Convener of International Business, Senior Lecturer, and Lecturer in International Business (2004-2009). Before entering academia, he worked as a Pharmacist specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine at the People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province in China.

Professor Jiang's research centers on strategic FDI decisions and strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in and from emerging economies, particularly China, and their impacts on host-country firms and society. His contributions include pioneering the Liability of Localness (LOL) perspective (Jiang & Stening, 2013), analyzing state-ownership effects on FDI entry modes (Cui & Jiang, 2009, 2010, 2012), exploring managerial global mindset in internationalization decisions (Jiang et al., 2021, 2025), and developing the 'Three-Dimensional Attachment' framework for reverse knowledge transfer in international joint ventures (Jiang et al., 2023). His publications feature in leading journals such as Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Journal of World Business, Global Strategy Journal, Management International Review, International Business Review, and Journal of International Management. Key works include 'State ownership effect on firms’ FDI ownership decisions under institutional pressure: A study of Chinese outward-investing firms' (Cui & Jiang, JIBS, 2012), the most cited JIBS paper adjusted by publication year, and recent JIBS articles on attachment frameworks (Jiang et al., 2022, 2023). A study ranked him first worldwide for empirical research on Chinese outward FDI and MNEs in high-impact journals (2002-2012). His work has taught over fifteen subjects across international business, Asian business, organizational behaviour, marketing, and related disciplines.