Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2022 MIT Asia Conference in Accounting for "Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings" with Joseph Pacelli and Tianshuo Shi.
Yuan Zou
Assistant Professor
Hellman Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor
Hellman Faculty Fellow
Accounting and Management
Yuan Zou is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. She teaches Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Zou conducts theoretically-motivated empirical studies aimed at furthering the understanding of capital markets, with an emphasis on issues of practical relevance to practitioners and regulators. She is especially interested in understanding the economic link between passive investing, price efficiency, and firm behavior. Her research in this area has been cited in one SEC commissioner speech and one SEC proposed rule. Professor Zou also examines the interaction between different types of disclosures. Her work has been published in Journal of Accounting and Economics and Management Science.
Professor Zou earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Columbia Business School, an M.S. in Finance from Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Finance from Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU).
- Journal Articles
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- Ru, Yi, Ronghuo Zheng, and Yuan Zou. "Public Disclosure of Private Meetings: Does Observing Peers’ Information Acquisition Affect Analysts’ Attention Allocation?" Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 3, 2025.) View Details
- Frankel, Richard, Alon Kalay, Gil Sadka, and Yuan Zou. "Complementarity between Audited Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Former Andersen Clients." Accounting Review 96, no. 6 (November 2021): 215–238. View Details
- Glosten, Lawrence, Suresh Nallareddy, and Yuan Zou. "ETF Activity and Informational Efficiency of Underlying Securities." Management Science 67, no. 1 (January 2021): 22–47. View Details
- Ferri, Fabrizio, Ronghuo Zheng, and Yuan Zou. "Uncertainty about Managers' Reporting Objectives and Investors' Response to Earnings Reports: Evidence from the 2006 Executive Compensation Disclosures." Journal of Accounting & Economics 66, nos. 2-3 (November–December 2018): 339–365. View Details
- Working Papers
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- Bradshaw, Mark, Chenyang Ma, Benjamin Yost, and Yuan Zou. "Generative AI Use by Capital Market Information Intermediaries: Evidence from Seeking Alpha." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-055, April 2025. View Details
- Gu, Pu, Benjamin Yost, and Yuan Zou. "Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage." Working Paper, July 2023. View Details
- Pacelli, Joseph, Tianshuo Shi, and Yuan Zou. "Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings." Working Paper, October 2022. View Details
- Cai, Wei, Ethan Rouen, and Yuan Zou. "Passing the Mic: Career and Firm Outcomes of Executive Interactions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-069, May 2022. View Details
- Ru, Yi, Ronghuo Zheng, and Yuan Zou. "Public Disclosure of Private Meetings: Does Observing Peers' Information Acquisition Affect Analysts' Attention Allocation?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-064, July 2021. View Details
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Zou, Yuan. "Brown and Coconut Spreadsheet Class Solution." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-718, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "Brown and Coconut Spreadsheet Class." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-717, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "Brown and Coconut Spreadsheet Student." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-716, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "Brown and Coconut." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-083, February 2025. View Details
- Pacelli, Joseph, Yuan Zou, and Andre Luk. "Pricing an IPO at Allbirds, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 124-100, June 2024. (Revised February 2025.) View Details
- Zou, Yuan, and Dennis Campbell. "Haidilao: Changing Your Future with Your Own Hands." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 125-705, March 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "AT&T Revenue & Earnings Forecasts - Instructors." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-715, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "AT&T Revenue & Earnings Forecasts - Students." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-714, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan. "SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-080, February 2025. View Details
- Srinivasan, Suraj, and Yuan Zou. "BWX Technologies." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-063, October 2024. (Revised March 2025.) View Details
- Zou, Yuan, and Tim Gray. "SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures." Harvard Business School Case 125-060, October 2024. (Revised February 2025.) View Details
- Zou, Yuan, and Dennis Campbell. "Haidilao: Changing Your Future with Your Own Hands." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-026, August 2024. (Revised February 2025.) View Details
- Zou, Yuan, and Joseph Pacelli. "Pricing an IPO at Allbirds, Inc. - Solution." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-703, February 2025. View Details
- Zou, Yuan, and Joseph Pacelli. "Pricing an IPO at Allbirds, Inc. - Student." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 125-702, February 2025. View Details
- Pacelli, Joseph, and Yuan Zou. "Pricing an IPO at Allbirds, Inc." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-020, February 2025. View Details
- Srinivasan, Suraj, Yuan Zou, and Aldo Sesia. "BWX Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 124-071, January 2024. View Details
- Campbell, Dennis, Yuan Zou, and Shu Lin. "Haidilao: Changing Your Future with Your Own Hands." Harvard Business School Case 122-031, September 2021. (Revised February 2025.) View Details
- Campbell, Dennis, Yuan Zou, Shu Lin, and Maxime Aymonod. "Automation at Haidilao." Harvard Business School Case 121-044, January 2021. (Revised September 2021.) View Details
- Healy, Paul M., and Yuan Zou. "Brown and Coconut." Harvard Business School Case 122-011, July 2021. (Revised August 2021.) View Details
- Awards & Honors
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Winner of the 2022 Innovation in Research Award from the Diversity Section of the American Accounting Association for “Inclusive Managers” with Wei Cai and Ethan Rouen.
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