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General Information

Name Meng Xu
Title PhD Student
Address UGA Directory

Education

  • Expected 2028

    Athens, GA

    The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business georgia logo
    PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
  • 2020

    Atlanta, GA

    Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business georgia tech logo
    MBA in Business Analytics
  • 2013

    Athens, GA

    The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business georgia logo
    BBA in Risk Management and Insurance

Research Interests

  • Corporate governance, CEO succession, and research methods

Work In Progress

  • CEO power and non-dismissal with Radina Blagoeva, Mirko Benischke, and Michael Withers
  • Succession planning with Eric Lee, Tim Quigley, and Scott Graffin

Conference Presentations

  • 2024

    Tempe, AZ

    From potential to materialization: The configurational effect of CEO power and personality on CEO non-dismissal
    International Corporate Governance Society
    Annual Conference
    Meng Xu, Radina Blagoeva, Mirko Benischke, and Michael Withers
  • 2024

    Istanbul, TR

    From potential to materialization: The configurational effect of CEO power and personality on CEO non-dismissal
    Strategic Management Society
    Annual Conference
    Meng Xu, Radina Blagoeva, Mirko Benischke, and Michael Withers

Professional Service

  • 2023
    2024
    Ambassador
    Academy of Management
    STR Division
  • 2024
    Reviewer
    Academy of Management
    Annual Conference
  • 2024
    Reviewer
    International Corporate Governance Society
    Annual Conference

Teaching Experience

  • Fall 2020

    Atlanta, GA

    Instructor
    Mercer University
    BA 631 Visual Reporting and Communication
  • Fall 2023
    Spring 2024

    Athens, GA

    Teaching Assistant
    University of Georgia
    MGMT 3000 Principles of Management
  • Spring 2020

    Atlanta, GA

    Teaching Assistant
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    MGT 2210 Information Systems and Digital Transformation

Grants

  • 2024

    Tempe, AZ

    10th International Corporate Governance Society (ICGS) Doctoral Travel Grant $2,000
    International Corporate Governance Society
    Annual Conference

Non-Academic Professional Experience

  • 2021 - 2022

    Atlanta, GA

    Senior Product Manager
    Equifax
  • 2020 - 2021

    Atlanta, GA

    Senior Marketing Strategy Analyst
    UPS
  • 2014 - 2018

    Atlanta, GA

    Account Executive
    Builders

Technical Skills

  • Skills: Text Mining, Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Network Analysis, Web Crawling, Scraping, & Parsing, API Integration
  • Tools: Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Gephi, fsQCA, Stata