Dr Liang Han

Biography

Liang gained his PhD from Warwick Business School and joined Surrey Business School in 2011 as a Reader in Financial Management and he has taken academic positions as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the Business School, University of Hull and as a research fellow at the Dept. of Finance, Investment and Banking, Business School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Interested in small business and entrepreneurial finance, he is actively involved in some major research projects, such as the Survey of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Finance in the U.K, funded by Bank of England.

Research Interests

Liang has research interests in the following areas: Entrepreneurial Finance, Corporate Finance, Microeconomics of Banking, Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Publications

Journal Articles (since 2008):

• Greene, F., Han, L., Martin, S., Zhang, S., and Wittert, G. (forthcoming). Testosterone is Associated with Self-employment among Australian Men. Economics and Human Biology.
• Han, L., Benson, A., Chen, J. and Zhang, S. (forthcoming). The Use and Impacts of Bank Support on UK Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. International Small Business Journal.DOI: 10.1177/0266242612455008
• Greene, F., Han, L., and Marlow, S. (forthcoming). Like Mother, Like Daughter? Analyzing Maternal Influences Upon Women’s Entrepreneurial Propensity. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00484.x
• Benson, A., and Han, L. (2011). Experiential Learning from Entrepreneurial Failure. International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance.  2 (1), p.21-39. DOI:10.1504/IJBAF.2011.038755
• Han, L., and Benson, A. (2010). The Use and Usefulness of Financial Assistance to UK SMEs. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 28(3), p.552-566. DOI:10.1068/c0985b
• Han, L., Fraser, S., and Storey, D. (2009). The Role of Collateral in Entrepreneurial Finance. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 36 (3&4), p.424-455. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02132.x
• Han, L., Fraser, S., and Storey, D. (2009). Are Good or Bad Borrowers Discouraged From Applying for Loans? Evidence from US Small Business Credit Markets. Journal of Banking and Finance, 33(2), p.415-424. DOI:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.08.014
• Han, L., Storey, D.,and Fraser, S. (2008). Concentration of Creditors: Evidence from Small Businesses. Applied Financial Economics, 18(20). p.1647-1656. DOI:10.1080/09603100701720476
• Han, L. (2008). Bricks vs. Clicks: SME Online Banking Behaviour and Relationship Banking. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 14(1), p.47-60. DOI:10.1108/13552550810852820

Book Chapters (since 2008)

• Han, L., and Zhang, S., (2012), ‘Asymmetric information, market conditions and entrepreneurial finance’ (Chapter 11), in Douglas Cumming, 2012, The Oxford Handbook for Entrepreneurial Finance, Oxford University Press.

Teaching

International Corporate Governance (MSc)

Financial Management (MSc)

Project Appraisal (MSc)

Departmental Duties

Programme Leader (MSc International Financial Management)