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Dr. Jialong Li is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia. He joined the school as a lecturer in Finance in early 2019, prior to which he served as an assistant professor at Hunan University, China. Li earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and Master of Science from Simon Fraser University. His research specializations include corporate governance in family business and small business, new venture financing, family business strategy, and corporate social responsibility. Core interests encompass corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibilities, and family business, with a field focus on not-for-profit finance and risk.

Li has an extensive publication record in prominent journals. Highly cited works include "Government affiliation, real earnings management, and firm performance: The case of privately held firms" (Journal of Business Research, 2018, 151 citations), "Corporate controversy, social responsibility and market performance: International evidence" (Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2019, 140 citations), "Financial distress, political affiliation and earnings management: the case of politically affiliated private firms" (The European Journal of Finance, 2019, 136 citations), "The non-linear effect of CSR on firms’ systematic risk: International evidence" (Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2021, 114 citations), and "Government subsidies and firm performance: Evidence from high-tech start-ups in China" (Emerging Markets Review, 2021, 74 citations). Additional key publications cover family firm internationalization (2019), deal valuations in family firms (2021), family involvement and cost of debt (2021), anti-misconduct policies and governance (2017), and governance and financial development (2018). Recent outputs include "CEO inside debt holdings and climate risk concerns in corporate acquisition" (Finance Research Letters, 2025) and "Substitutes or complements? Use of trade credit and bank credit by family SMEs" (British Accounting Review, 2025). In 2023, he secured a $6,000 grant from the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand for research on inside debt and risky decisions in serial acquisitions. Li co-supervises PhD candidates on topics such as corporate greenwashing and CSR disclosure impacts.