Discuss the Alibaba Group and its impact on the Chinese e-commerce.At the end of the course the students should be able to:
Identify the “China Challenge” in terms of economic growth, foreign trade, foreign direct investment and role in global international business.
Evaluate the importance of politics in the Chinese development trajectory.
Discuss competing theories on national and global competitiveness, such as Porter’s Diamond and Nolan’s Big Business Revolution, in the context of contemporary Asian society with particular reference to China.
Discuss the political and institutional context of business networks and organizations in China.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach
By focusing on the economic and political context of Chinese business organizations, the overall aim of the course is to provide a solid understanding of the shift of economic power that is currently changing the world and global international business.
The course will start with an overview of China’s role in the global economy, followed by a series of lectures on the nature and characteristics of Chinese economic organizations. In addition the competitiveness of the Chinese economy will be discussed in overall terms as well as from the perspective of selected industries and branches. Against this background the course then explores issues related to China’s approach to market economy and examines in detail Chinese business networks, the form and structure Chinese of firms and the institutional, economic and political environment.
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