Dr. Edward Yihuai Wang is a lecturer at the Institute of International Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is a researcher in International Business and holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for International Business at the University of Leeds, U.K. His research focuses on international joint ventures, knowledge transfer, and global innovation. His Ph.D. thesis explored issues of international joint venture performance measurements and parent company learning through international joint ventures in the context of the Chinese automotive industry through a structural social anthropology lens. Prior to joining GSU, he served as a researcher and teaching member at the Leeds University Business School in the UK. His prior work experience includes analyzing global technology innovations at multinational consultancy firms. He specializes in autonomous driving technologies.