Semester | Fall Semester, 2018 | ||
Department | IMBA Program, First Year IMBA Program, Second Year | ||
Course Name | Chinese Business in Global Perspective | ||
Instructor | LENG TSE-KANG | ||
Credit | 3.0 | ||
Course Type | Elective | ||
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Course Objective |
Course Description |
Course Schedule |
Weekly Schedule :
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
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.
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:
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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:
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:
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