Xu Zheng, lecturer (vice high), 1982.10. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in geographic information system from PLA University of information engineering, he went to the UK to study in 2006, and obtained two master's degrees in science from Middlesex University and Lancaster University respectively. After that, he continued to study at Lancaster University, received a doctorate in Management Science in 2016, and did postdoctoral research in 2016, 2017.

Based on the cross background of computer science and management science, the research mainly focuses on the informatization of small and medium-sized enterprises, is / IT application and implementation, policy implementation, project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, e-commerce, etc. Participated in many projects of Lancaster, including management science project, implementing social sustainability practices in developing country suppliers, etc. published 11 top international symposium papers (all in English), including British Academy of management (BAM), American Conference on Information Systems (amcis), Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (Pacis), And so on. Won the best article award from BAM in 2015. Presided over 3 projects including the National Social Science Fund.

[published papers]

Brown, D., Xu, Z., Stevenson, M. 2015. Adoption of Enterprise Systems in Chinese SMEs: Contrasting User and Provider Experiences. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on IS Management and Evaluation (ICIME 2015), 28th– 29thMay 2015, Xian, Shaanxi, China.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2015. User and Provider Perspectives on ES Engagement by Chinese SMEs: A Process Analysis. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on e- Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e- Government (EEE'15), 27th–30thJuly 2015, Las Vegas, USA.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2015. Adoption and Implementation of Enterprise Systems in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in China: An Analysis of Engagement Between User and Provider in the Context of Governmental Policies. Proceedings of the British Academy of Management (BAM 2015), 8th–10thSeptember 2015, Portsmouth, UK. ('Best Full Paper Award' in the track of 'e- Business and e-Government’).

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2016. ES adoption in Chinese SMEs: institutional effects on users and providers. Proceedings of the UK Academy for Information Systems(UKAIS 2016), 12th–13thApril 2016, Oxford, UK.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2016. ES Adoption and Implementation as a Process of Innovation: Knowledge Learned from Chinese SMEs Using an Institutional Theory Perspective. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE 2016), 4th–6thJuly 2016, Lancaster, UK.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2017. Enterprise System Engagement in Chinese SMEs: Issues of Policy Implementation. Proceedings of the British Academy of Management (BAM 2017), 5th–7thSeptember 2017, University of Warwick, UK.

Brown, D., Xu, Z., Stevenson, M. 2017. ES Adoption in Chinese SMEs: Policy Effects on Users and Providers. Proceedings of the 23rd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2017), 10th–12thAugust 2017, Boston, USA.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2017. Enterprise Systems Engagement in Chinese SMEs: Exploring the relationship between users and technology providers through actor network theory. China Management Research Frontiers Conference, 27th–28thJuly, 2017, Lancaster University Management School, UK.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2018. Adopting and Implementing Enterprise Systems in Chinese SMEs: An ANT Perspective.Proceedings of the 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2018), 26th–30thJune 2018, Yokohama, Japan.

Xu, Z., Brown, D., Stevenson, M. 2018. Enterprise Systems Adoption and Implementation in Chinese SMEs: Exploring relationships between user firms and technology providers through ANT. Proceedings of the 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), 16th–18th August 2018, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Brown, D., Xu, Z., Stevenson, M. 2018. Actor Network Theory and ES Adoption and Implementation: Learning from the Experience of Chinese SMEs. Proceedings of the British Academy of Management (BAM 2018), 4th–6th September 2018, Bristol Business School, UK.

[project list]

1. Research on the digital transformation of small and medium-sized manufacturing industry in the Yangtze River Delta under the background of private economic development, National Office of philosophy and Social Sciences, approval number: 19bgl0142019-2021, funding: 200000, presided over. 


2. Research on digital transformation of small and medium-sized manufacturing industry in Wenzhou under the background of private economy development, Wenzhou science and Technology Bureau, Project No.: r2019000429-2020, funding: 10000, presided over.

3. Cross border e-commerce virtual simulation project based on "global buy, global sell", Wenzhou University, funding: 100000, presided over.