Mr Yupu Lin

Nationality:

Chinese

Qualifications:

• 10/2010-to date      PhD Candidate in Management, Economics and Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK 

• 10/2008 ~ 11/2009     MSc Accounting and Finance,Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK. Master dissertation titled: “Test for Unbiased Forward Rate Hypothesisin Cointegration and Error Correction Model”

•  09/2007 ~ 07/2008     Pre-Masters Programme, Northern Consortium (NCUK), Ocean University of China, China.

• 09/2003 ~ 07/2007     BA in Marketing, Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU), China

Academic group affiliation:

Economics & Strategy

Year of entry: 

2010

Thesis title:

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions under the context of globalisation.

Research keywords:

Mergers and Acquisitions, globalisation, integration.

Research Description:

This research is to investigate the potential determinants in Mergers and Acquisitions activities of companies under the context of globalisation.

Supervisors:

Professor Nigel Driffield, Dr. Yama Temouri and Dr Matthew Olczak

Teaching responsibilities: 

• Economic Environment of Business (BS1102)

Other relevant information: Scholarships and Awards

• 2010  Aston Business School Graduate Teaching Assistantship, PhD Programme, Aston University

• 2007      Honourable Graduate in the academic year of 2007, JPU

• 2004~2006      Outstanding Student in 2003~2006, JPU

• 2004~2006      Special Scholarship (the highest class) in 2003~2006, JPU

• 2006      First Class Prize in the 2nd Marketing plan competition, JPU

• 2006      Advanced Individual in the Summer Holidays Social Practice, JPU

• 2006      Third Class Prize in the essay writing competition, JPU

• 2005      Top 10 Student Award in the academic year of 2005, JPU

Publications:

Chen, X. and Lin, Y. (2006) ‘The Third Pole of Our National Economic Growth-The Peninsula Cities of Shandong Province’, China Business Review, Vol. 58 (6), pp. 23-26