Accounting

Faculty

JIA Ning

Department of Accounting    Professor

Phone:(8610) 62795524

E-mail:jian@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn

Office:B335 Lihua Building

Office Hours:Mon.12:30-13:30

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Accounting, Stanford University – Graduate School of Business

M.S. in Statistics, Stanford University

B.S. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota (Minor in Economics)

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Work Experience


Full Professor,Academic Director for Global MBA Program,Academic Committee Member for Interdisciplinary Research, Director of Center for Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, Associate Director of China Business Case Center 



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Courses

· SEM Regular Courses: Empirical Accounting Research (Doctoral), Corporate Finance (Global MBA, Master’s of Finance), Private Equity Investment and Value Creation (CFO Program), Freshman Seminar (Undergraduate). 

· SEM EMBA Courses: Private Equity Investment and Value Creation (Future Technology Program, Science and Innovation Talent Program, Tsinghua-INSEAD Dual Degree EMBA Program). 

· SEM Executive Education Courses: Women's Entrepreneurship Management in China, Private Equity and Venture Capital in Asia, Advanced Entrepreneurship Management Program, Customized Accounting and Finance Courses etc. 

· SEM Presentation to International Students, including Stanford University (USA), Tulane University (USA), Purdue University (USA), University of Minnesota (USA), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HEC Paris (France), LASAK Business School (Australia), ESAN University (Peru), Asian Institute of Technology, LIMAK University (Austria), Technical University of Munich (Germany), etc. 

· Online Courses (Open to Public): Jia Ning’s Financial Mindset Course and Jia Ning’s Financial Analysis Course on the Dedao APP (with over 5 million learners).

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Research Areas

Interdisciplinary research between accounting and corporate strategy (IT strategy and innovation strategy), Research related to China’s accounting issues

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Publications

Journal Articles

Refereed Publications (in English Journals):

Ning Jia, Ningzhong Li, Guang Ma, and Da Xu, 2025. Corporate Responses to Generative AI: Early Evidence from Conference Calls. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.

Xia Chen, Ning Jia, and Dan Wang, 2025. Individual or Team Analyst Reports? The Organization of Analyst Research Activities. Contemporary Accounting Research, 42(2): 737-773.

Ning Jia, Jiaqi Qian, Xuan Tian, and Jinxin Yu, 2025. What a Relief: How Do Firms Respond to Competitors’ Listing Delays? Contemporary Accounting Research, 42(2): 890-921.

Ning Jia, Tianqi Lan, Dan Wang, and Xiaoteng Ma, 2025. Government Affiliation, Analyst Behavior and the Economic Consequences. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 52(2): 1183-1211.

Ning Jia, Arun Rai, and Sean Xin Xu, 2020. Reducing Capital Market Anomaly: The Role of Information Technology Using an Information Uncertainty Lens. Management Science, 66(2): 979-1001.

Ning Jia, Xinshu Mao, and Rongli Yuan, 2019. Political Connections and Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 58: 353-372.

Ning Jia, 2019. The Impact of Accounting Restatements on Corporate Innovation Strategy. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 38(3): 219-237.

Ning Jia, 2019. Corporate Innovation Strategy and Corporate Disclosure Policy. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 52(1): 253-288.

Ning Jia, 2018. Corporate Innovation Strategy and Stock Price Crash Risk. Journal of Corporate Finance, 53: 155-173.

Ning Jia, and Xuan Tian, 2018. Accessibility and Materialization of Firm Innovation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 48: 515-541.

Ning Jia, and Xuesong Tang, 2018. Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance, Independent Director Behavior and Governance Effects. Journal of Risk and Insurance, 85(4): 1013-1054.

Ning Jia, 2018. Tournament Incentives and Stock Price Crash Risk. Accounting Horizons, 32(3): 101-121.

Ning Jia, and Dan Wang, 2017. Skin in the Game: General Partner Capital Commitment, Investment Behavior and Venture Capital Fund Performance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 47: 110-130.

Ning Jia, 2017. Corporate Innovation Strategy, Analyst Forecasting Activities, and the Economic Consequences. Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, 44(5-6): 812-853.

Ning Jia, 2017. Tournament Incentives and Audit Fees. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 36(5): 358-378.

Ning Jia, 2017. Should Directors Have Term Limits? – Evidence from Corporate Innovation. European Accounting Review, 26(4): 755-785.

Ning Jia, 2017. Diversification of Pre-IPO Ownership and Foreign IPO Performance. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 48(4): 1031-1061.

Antonio Davila, George Foster and Ning Jia, 2015. The Valuation of Management Control Systems in Start-Up Companies: International Field-Based Evidence. European Accounting Review, 24(2): 207-239.

Ning Jia, 2014. Equity Financing for Early-Stage Companies in China. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 26(3).

Ning Jia, 2012. One Bed, Two Dreams? Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship, 4(2): 164-172.

F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, and Justin Wong, 2012. China's Growing IT Services and Software Industry: Challenges and Implications. Management Information System Quarterly Executive, 11(1): 1-9.

Antonio Davila, George Foster and Ning Jia, 2010. Building Sustainable High Growth Startup Companies: Management Systems as an Accelerator. California Management Review, 52(3): 79-105.

Ning Jia, and Haiyan Zhang, 2010. Impact of Government Ownership on Investment Banks’ Underwriting Performance-Evidence from China. Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, 39(2): 198-228.


Refereed Publications (in Chinese Journals):

Tianqi Lan, Yunsong Chen, Ruirui Zhao, and Ning Jia, 2025. Shareholder Litigation Spillover and Strategic Information Disclosure. Journal of Financial Research, (5): 188-206.

Xinshu Mao, Rongguo Cao, Ju Mao, Ning Jia, 2025. State-owned Capital Allocation Optimization and Corporate Resource Allocation Efficiency: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on the Core Business Adjustment of Central Enterprises. Nankai Business Review, 1-38.

Ning Jia, Lu Shang, Donghong Li, Siqi Han, 2025. Out of Chaos: How Digital Technology Drives SMEs to Grow into Specialized, Fine, Unique, and Innovative Enterprises in Dynamic Contexts? Management Case Studies and Reviews, 18(2): 175-187.

Lu Shang, Donghong Li, Siqi Han, Ning Jia, 2025. How Industry-University-Research Collaboration Stimulates New Productivity in Digital Native Enterprises—An Exploratory Single Case Study from the Perspective of Knowledge Orchestration. China Industrial Economics, (1): 174-192.

Weiguo Zhong, Ning Jia, Yitian Liang, Xuan Tian, Chenkai Ni, Xianghua Lu, Fengyan Cai, Xiaoyun Xie, Junqi Shi, Wei He, Nianhang Xu, Lin Wang, Xin Qin, Xianjie He, Hao Jiao, Guanglei Zhang, Yu Pan, Yiwen Wang, Zuoyi Liu, 2024. The Current State and Future of Business Administration Research in the Artificial Intelligence Era. China Science Foundation, 38(5): 794-805.

Ning Jia, and Wukang Wen, 2016. Are Board Secretaries Valuable? China Accounting Review, 14(03): 421-440.

Ning Jia, 2016. The Double-edged Sword of Venture Capital. Tsinghua Financial Review, (08): 28-31.

George Foster, Xiaobin He, and Ning Jia, 2014. Idea Transplant – Strategy Formation of Entrepreneurial Companies, PKU Business Review, (03): 80-85.

Ning Jia, and Chuchu Liang, 2013. Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance, Institutional Environment and Corporate Governance – Based on the Earnings Management of Publicly Listed Companies in China, Insurance Studies, (07): 57-67.

Shaofan Wu, Ning Jia, and Xiao Chen, 2013. The Role of Venture Capital in the Earnings Management of IPO Firms. China Accounting Review, 11(01): 5-26.

George Foster, Xiaobin He, and Ning Jia, 2013. Entrepreneurial Strategy Under Value Chain Restructuring, PKU Business Review, (11): 110-114.

George Foster, Xiaobin He, and Ning Jia, 2013. Product Strategy of Entrepreneurial Companies. PKU Business Review, (07): 96-101.

George Foster, Xiaobin He, and Ning Jia, 2013. Innovation of Entrepreneurial Companies. PKU Business Review, (05): 72-79.

Mingzhong Liu. Tongbo Zhang, and Ning Jia, 2012. Dual Management Control Systems – A Case Study on the Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. Tsinghua Management Review, (1):80-86.

Ning Jia, and Dan Li, 2011.The Effect of Venture Capital on the Performance of IPO Companies. Nankai Business Review, 14(1): 96-106.

Yufang Qiu, Ning Jia, and Shaofan Wu, 2011. Does CFO Competency Affect the Quality of Accounting Information? Accounting Research, (04): 61-67.

Jia, N., 2010. Capital Market Crisis and the Regulation of Public Companies – A Review of Literature on Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Economic Perspectives, (07): 119-124.

Ning Jia, Haiyan Zhang, and Xiao Chen, 2010. Brand Value and Capital Market Valuation. China Accounting Review, 8(03): 257-274.

Jinbu Zhai, Ning Jia, and Dan Li, 2010. Performance Implications of M&As of Public Companies in China. Chinese Journal of Financial Research, (05): 133-151.

Haiyan Zhang, Ning Jia and Fang Kuang, 2010. Related Transactions and the Role of Controlling Shareholders in the Post-Stock Reform Era. Journal of Tsinghua University, 25(06): 130-140+157.

Dan Li, and Ning Jia, 2009. Earnings Quality, Institutional Environment, and Analyst Forecasts. China Accounting Review. 7(04): 351-370.


Books and Research Reports:

Antonio Davila, George Foster, Xiaobin He, and Ning Jia, Carlos Shimizu, 2025. The Challenge of Early-Stage Companies Sustaining High Growth, in Handbook of Research on Scaling and High-Growth Firms. Edgar Elgar Publishing.

Ning Jia, 2023. Financial Management for Beginners. Taiwan Dahesh Culture Publishing House (selling in Asian regions).

Ning Jia (Editor), 2022. Innovation and Reform in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises: Practices and Case Studies. Tsinghua University Press.

Ning Jia, 2020. Jia Ning’s Financial Lecture Notes. CITIC Press (Sales volume over 100,000 copies, a super bestseller in the finance and economics field).

George Foster, Carlos Shimizu, Steve Ciesinski, Antonio Davila, Syed Zahoor Hassan, Ning Jia, Diane Lee, and Sandy Plunkett, 2013. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Around the Globe and Early-Stage Company Growth Dynamics – The Entrepreneur’s Perspective. World Economic Forum.

George Foster, Antonio Davila, Martin Haemming, Xiaobin He, Ning Jia, Max von Bismarck, and Kerry Wellman, 2011. Global Entrepreneurship and the Successful Growth Strategies of Early-Stage Companies. World Economic Forum.

Ning Jia, 2011. Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance (Translated Work). Machinery Industry Press.


Harvard and Stanford Teaching Cases (With Teaching Notes):

Ning Jia,et al., 2023. Strategic Reorientation of Xgimi Technology. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2015. Jiuding Capital: A Private Equity Firm with Chinese Characteristics (B). Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2015. Nanjing Gulou Hospital: Honoring the Heritage and Building the Future. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2015. Fuda Cancer Hospital—Development of Private Hospitals in China. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2015. Tsinghua Science Park-Source of Chinese Entrepreneurial Innovation. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia,et al., 2013. Innovation and Development of China Machine Press in the New Century. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2013. Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2013. Peking University People’s Hospital: An IT-led Upgrading in the New Healthcare Reform. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia et al., 2012. BeyondSoft IPO (A). Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2012. BeyondSoft IPO (B). Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2011. Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes: Transforming the Management Control System in Time of Crisis. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia,et al., 2011. Jiuding Capital: A Private Equity Firm with Chinese Characteristics (A). Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2011. Juner New Materials: On the Road to IPO. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2011. Check Point Software Technologies: The Continual Building of A Global Technology Company. Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ning Jia, et al., 2010. Suntech Power Holdings (A): The Pre-IPO Years. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2010. Suntech Power Holdings (B): The Post-IPO Years. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2009. ResMed, Inc. – Promoting Better Sleep Around the World. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2009. Baidu.com, Inc.: Valuation at IPO. Harvard Business Publishing.

Ning Jia, et al., 2009. Focus Media(A): Building a Chinese Media Giant. Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ning Jia, et al., 2009. Focus Media (B): A Chinese Shooting Star Crashes. Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ning Jia,et al., 2008. Starbucks: A Global Work-in-Progress. Stanford Graduate School of Business.


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