Associate Professor
School of Accounting and Finance
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
E-mail: afzcheng@polyu.edu.hk
Publications
Cheng, Z., & Fang, J. (2025). Financial distress and return: A finite mixture approach. Journal of Corporate Finance, 102779-.
Cheng, Z. J., Min, Y., Tian, F., & Xu, S. X. (2024). The role of CRM implementation in internal capital markets. The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 39(2), 407–422.
Cheng, Z. (June), Fang, J., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Idiosyncratic volatility and return: A finite mixture approach. The British Accounting Review, 101261–.
Cheng, Z., Fang, J., & Myers, L. A. (2023). The Differential Timeliness of Stock Price in Incorporating Bad versus Good News and the Earnings-Return Asymmetry. The Accounting Review, 98(6), 97–124.
Cheng, R. C.-N., Men, X., Hsieh, J. J. P.-A., Cheng, Z. J., Cui, X., Wang, T., & Hsu, S.-H. (2023). The effects of IT chargeback on strategic alignment and performance: the contingent roles of business executives’ IT competence and CIOs’ business competence. Internet Research, 33(1), 57–83.
Cheng, Z., & Fang, J. (2023). Stock Liquidity and the Accrual Anomaly. China Accounting and Finance Review, 25(1), 75–100.
Cheng, Z., & Fang, J. (2022). The dual effect of idiosyncratic volatility on stock pricing and return. China Accounting and Finance Review, 24(2), 226–259.
Gong, F., Cheng, Z., & Nault, B. R. (2021). The different effects of hardware and software on production interdependence in manufacturing. Decision Support Systems, 145, 113521.
Cheng, Z., Rai, A., Tian, F., & Xu, X. (2021). Social Learning in Information Technology Investment: The Role of Board Interlock. Management Science, 67 (1), 547–576.
Zhang, D., Cheng, Z., Mohammad, H.Q., and B.R. Nault. (2015). Information Technology Substitution Revisited. Information Systems Research, 26 (3), 480-495.
Ye, Q., Cheng, Z., & Fang, B. (2013). Learning from Other Buyers: The Effect of Historical Sales Records in Online Marketplaces. Decision Support Systems, 56, 502-512.
Cheng, Z. & Nault, B. R. (2012). Relative Industry Concentration and Customer-Driven IT Spillovers. Information Systems Research, 23 (2), 340-355.
Cheng, Z. & Nault, B. R. (2007). Industry Level Supplier-Driven IT Spillovers. Management Science, 53 (8), 1199-1216.
Cheng, Z. & Nault, B. R. (2007). Internet Channel Entry: Retail Coverage and Entry Cost Advantage. Information Technology and Management, 8 (2), 111-132.