SemesterFall Semester, 2018
DepartmentIMBA Program, First Year IMBA Program, Second Year
Course NameChinese Business in Global Perspective
InstructorLENG TSE-KANG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Weekly Schedule :



 





  1. Introduction and Organization



     




  2. An Overview of Economic and Business Environment in China



    Yingyi Qian, “How Reform Worked in China”, Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley, 2001.



    http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/39858/wp473.pdf?sequence=3



     



    WBR, 2013, Part I. , Ch 1, China’s path: 1978-2030; Ch 2, A New Development Strategy for 2030. PP. 4-24.



     



    Ling Chen & Barry Naughton, A Dynamic China Model: The Co-Evolution of Economics and Politics in China. Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 26, No. 103(January 2017), pp. 18-34



     




  3. Historical Legacies of Pre-Reform Era



    A brief historical and background introduction to China in the pre-reform era



    DVD: The Morning Sun.



     




  4. State Business Relationship and Chinese Business Culture



    Chen, MingJer and Danny Miller, “The Relational Perspective as a Business Mindset: Managerial Implications for East and West,” Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 25, No. 3(August 2011), pp. 6-18.



    Fangtao Zou and Yongqiang Gao, “Guanxi with Government as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Mainland China,” Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge; Cambridge; March 2007; Vol. 10, No. 2; pp. 158-162.



     



    Regina Abrami, William Kirby, and McFarlan, Can China Lead (HBR, 2014), Ch5.



     



    5. Regional Business Opportunities and China’s Belt and Road Initiatives





Anthony GO Yeh, Fiona F Yang, and Jiejing Wang (2015). “Economic transition and urban transformation of China: The interplay of the state and the market,” Urban Studies, Vol.52, No.15, pp. 2822-2848.



 



Kristen Looney and Meg Rithmire, “ Urbanization with Chinese characteristics? China’s gamble for modernization”, Harvard Business School working paper, 2016.



www.hbs.edu/.../16-083_643383b9-cfdf-479e-9569-181a4f4fb0c1.pdf



Gan Junxian and Mao Yan, China's New Silk Road: Where Does It Lead? Asian Perspective, Vol. 40, No.1 (January 2016), pp.105-130.



 



Yiping Huang, “Understanding China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Motivation, framework and assessment”, China Economic Review (2016) pp.1-8



 



6 Optional topics



 





  1. Cases and Presentations: Doing Business in the Regional context and BRI



    Choose specific cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing , Xian, or more detailed study on BRI/AIIB . etc.



     



    8. China’s high tech development and “Made in China 2025” Plan



     



    Mckinsey Global Institute, “China’s digital economy: a leading global force”, August, 2017



    file:///C:/Users/ipsas/Downloads/Chinas-Digital-Economy-Discussion-paper.pdf



     





Jon Schmid & Fei-Ling Wang, Beyond National Innovation Systems: Incentives and China’s Innovation Performance. Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 26, No. 104(March 2017), pp. 280-296.



 



 



McKinsey Greater China FIG Practice, “Disruption and Connection: Cracking the Myths of China’s Internet Finance Innovation”, July, 2016.



 



file:///C:/Users/TK%20Leng/Downloads/Disruption-and-connection-cracking-the-myths-of-China-internet-finance-innovation%20(1).pdf



 



 



9 Cases and Presentations: High tech, e commerce, big data, and the Chinese version of industries 4.0



IT, AI, Telecom, bio-tech, electronics, software, e-commerce, internet finance, “science parks” in China;



 



10 Environmental protection and new energy business in China



 



WBR, 2013, Part II, Report 3, Seizing the Opportunity of Green Development in China,



 



“China Environment Series, No. 13”, 2016. Woodrow Wilson Center. Selected topics.



 



https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/china-environment-series-13



Xiaojun Li & Christina Gai-Wai Chan, Who Pollutes? Ownership type and environmental performance of Chinese firms. Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 25, No. 98(March 2016) , pp. 248-263.



 



11 Guest Speakers (tentative)



 



 



12 Cases and Presentations: Business of Energy and Environmental Protection in China



Choose specific issues, such as new energy development, climate change, air and water pollution, or specific regions, such as Pearl River Delta Area, Yangtze River Delta, or Pan Bo-Hai Sea area



 



13 Taiwan-China Business Connections and discussions



Shirley Lin, Taiwan’s China Dilemma (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016). Selected chapters. Chapter 4, 5, 6



Group discussions



 



14 Culture and Creative Sectors in China



Michael Keane, Handbook of China’s Culture and Creative Industries, 2016. Chapter 8, 15, 16



 



Zheng Jane and Roger Chan, “The Impact of ‘creative Industry Clusters’ On Cultural And Creative Industry Development In Shanghai” City, Culture and Society, vol. 5, Issue 1 (March 2014), pp. 9-22.



 



 



15 Case studies: Culture and Creative Sectors in China



Outbound and inbound tourism, Chinese film/TV/mass media industry, preservation of Chinese cultural heritages, China’s “cultural and creative” industries, and other cities for cultural industries like Hangzhou, Beijing, etc.



16. Conclusion



 



Course Requirements: Since this is a seminar-based course, students must participate actively in the discussion. Participants are required to finish the readings before the weekly class meetings.



 



Registered students and auditors must make at least two formal presentations in class:





  1. Choose one of the topics for weekly sessions. You and those who select the same topic are responsible for identifying key arguments of the reading materials and providing additional information.




  2. Choose one of the “Case and Presentation” sessions and present your research findings. Normally it will be related to your term paper topics.



     



    Instructor will lead the discussion of the weekly session, lecture supplemental topics, and raise further questions.



     



    All the reading materials, except downloadable internet documents, will be compiled in the reading packet.




Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Class participation and presentations: 60%



Term paper (4500-5500 words): 40%



no mid-term and final exams.



Term paper due date : to be announced


Textbook & Reference

No textbook is required for this course. However, the professor strongly recommend the students to read the recent World Bank Report, downloadable from the internet : World Bank, China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society, 2013 (WBR)



 



This year we are going to read some chapters of the following two books for a general review of Chinese economy and development:



 



 





  1. Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi ed., The China Question, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018)




  2. Barrry Naughton, Chinese Economy (MIT Press, 2018)





 



 



Major Academic Journals: China Quarterly (CQ), China Journal (CJ), Issues and Studies (IS), Journal of Contemporary China (JCC).



 



Magazine: China Business Review (CBR), China Perspective (CP), Beijing Review, Shanghai Daily, The Economist, etc.



 



Internet and Database:





  1. Pro Quest, EBSCO




  2. Beijing Review (http://www.bjreview.com/)




  3. World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org)




  4. China Business Review (http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/)




  5. China Daily http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/index.html




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