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China in Transition: New Business Models and Opportunities Arising from China’s Evolving Business Landscape

  • Date: September 24, 2019 12:00 pm
  • Location: CKGSB Shanghai Campus Hongqiao Vanke Center T5, 988 Lane Shenchang Road, Minhang District, Shanghai
  • Language: English and Chinese (simultaneous translation provided)

About this event

New business models and opportunities arising from China’s evolving business landscape

China is changing at an unprecedented speed and scale, resulting in a complex business landscape. To help you navigate this dynamic market, we are delighted to invite you to the launch of CKGSB’s latest book, China in Transition: 10 Case Studies of Chinese Companies Breaking the Mold. The event will feature several of CKGSB’s seasoned professors and leading companies addressed in the book.

You will hear about China’s economic outlook and how private Chinese enterprises are changing to sustain growth. You will learn about how companies like Tujia—‘China’s Airbnb’—is revolutionizing shared accommodation by innovating for the Chinese market, how traditional companies like Haier are upgrading through digital transformation, how China’s philanthropy is evolving by adapting a business mindset and how multinationals shall adapt their China strategy to the country’s changing landscape. Join us for an eye-opening discussion on how Chinese companies are transforming and the corresponding shifting role and strategy of multinationals in China.

Participants: 130-160 business professionals and executives, journalists, academics, and publishers 

Speakers

LI Wei

Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Center and Director of Big Data Economic Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Michigan

Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3235
E-mail: wli@ckgsb.edu.cn

Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Center and Director of Big Data Economic Research Center, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Michigan

Areas of Expertise: Corruption, Financial Markets, Macroeconomics, Managerial Incentives and Market Competition, Real Estate, Reform, Taxation, Telecommunications Privatization, Valuation in Emerging Markets

Dr. Li is Professor of Economics, Associate Dean for Asia and Oceania, Director of Case Center, and Director of Big Data Economic Research Center at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Before joining CKGSB, Dr. Li was Professor of Business Administration (with tenure) at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, where he has served on the faculty since 2000. Since 2005, Dr. Li has also served as visiting Professor of Economics on the faculty of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Before joining Darden faculty, Dr. Li was assistant professor and then associate professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business from 1994 to 2000. He was also a visiting professor of strategy at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in 2004. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and his B.Eng. from Shanghai Jiaotong University (China).

An authority on Chinese economy and business, Dr. Li’s main research focus is on economic development, taxation, financial markets, corruption, corporate governance, corporate research and development, entrepreneurship, trade and investment in China. His work has been published in prominent academic journals and books, and some of his research results have also been featured in Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and on CNNfn (CNN Money) and Bloomberg TV. Professor Li has extensive consulting experience with multinational firms, Chinese firms, and the World Bank.

Dr. Li has taught Macroeconomics, Global Economies and Markets, Managerial Economics, and Emerging Markets Finance in MBA, Finance MBA, EMBA, and Global EMBA, and Executive Education programs.

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LI Yang

Associate Professor of Marketing, Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, Executive Academic Director for Executive Education Programs and Executive Academic Director of Executive MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
 
PhD, Columbia Business School

Phone: +86 10 8518 8858 ext. 3811
E-mail: yangli@ckgsb.edu.cn

Associate Professor of Marketing, Executive Academic Director for MBA Program, Executive Academic Director for Executive Education Programs and Executive Academic Director of Executive MBA Program, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, Columbia Business School

Areas of Expertise: Machine Learning, Bayesian Nonparametrics, Big Data, Choice Modeling, Text Mining, Recommender Systems

Biography

Dr Yang Li is Associate Professor of Marketing at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). He received a Ph.D. in Marketing from Columbia University, a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University, and a B.S. in Electronics from Peking University. His research focuses on statistical machine learning and Bayesian nonparametrics, with applications including online recommenders, text mining, choice modeling, etc. Professor Li has published on leading academic journals such as Management Science, Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research, and Journal of Consumer Research. At CKGSB, Dr. Li teaches marketing management to DBA, EMBA, MBA, and Executive Education. He has also consulted for Tencent, Baidu, The Trade Desk (China), Haier and Tmall.

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ZHU Rui (Juliet)

Professor of Marketing, Director of Center for ESG and Social Innovation and Member of the Board of Supervisors of the Cheung Kong Education Development Foundation, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, University of Minnesota

Rui (Juliet) Zhu is Professor of Marketing, Director of Center for ESG and Social Innovation and Member of the Board of Supervisors of the Cheung Kong Education Development Foundation at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Prior to joining CKGSB, Juliet was associate professor of marketing, and Canada Research Chair in consumer behavior at the University of British Columbia (BC, Canada) and assistant professor of marketing at Rice University (USA). She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Minnesota in 2003.

Prof. Zhu’s research interests center on behavioral science, social innovation, and brand management. Her research has been published in top journals, such as Science, Journal of Consumer Research, and Journal of Marketing Research. She currently serves as associate editor for the Journal of Marketing. She has published two books, “Enterprises of the Future: A Three-step Approach for Sustainable Business” in 2020, and “Logic of Decision: Behavioral Psychology in Everyday Life” in 2022.

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TENG Bingsheng

Professor of Strategic Management and Associate Dean for Strategic Research, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, City University of New York

Phone: +86-10-85188858 xt. 3328
E-mail: bsteng@ckgsb.edu.cn

Professor of Strategic Management and Associate Dean for Strategic Research, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)

PhD, City University of New York

Areas of Expertise: Chinese Firms’ Global Strategies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, M&A, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Management

Biography

Teng Bingsheng is Professor of Strategic Management and Associate Dean for Strategic Research at CKGSB. He formerly served as a tenured Professor of Strategic Management at George Washington University (GWU), where he was a doctoral advisor and lead professor of the departmental doctoral program.

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Agenda

12:00-13:00 | Lunch and Refreshments

13:00-13:30 | Registration

13:30-13:40 | Event Introduction and Book Launch

Ira ZAKA, Assistant Director of CKGSB Global MarCom 

13:40-13:50 | Welcome Remarks

ZHOU Li, Assistant Dean of CKGSB 

13:50-14:10 | Opening Keynote: China’s Economic Transformation and Outlook

LI Wei, Professor of Economics & Director of CKGSB Case Center, CKGSB

14:10-14:55 | Tujia—Revolutionizing Shared Accommodation in China

14:10-14:20 | Briefing by LI Wei, Professor of Economics & Director of CKGSB Case Center, CKGSB 

14:20-14:55 | Dialogue:

LI Wei, Professor of Economics & Director of CKGSB Case Center, CKGSB 

Ren Jiao, VP of Sweetome

14:55-15:40 | Upgrading Retail with Digital Transformation

14:55-15:05 | Briefing by LI Yang, Associate Professor of Marketing, CKGSB 

15:05-15:40 | Dialogue:

LI Yang, Associate Professor of Marketing, CKGSB 

XU Zhibo, Brand General Manager of Haier Group 

15:40-16:00 | Tea Break

16:00-16:45 | China’s New Wave of Philanthropy

16:00-16:10 | Briefing by ZHU Rui, Professor of Marketing, CKGSB

16:10-16:45 | Dialogue

ZHU Rui, Professor of Marketing, CKGSB

PAN Jiangxue, Founder and CEO of Adream Foundation

16:45-17:25 | Rethinking Multinationals’ China Strategy 

16:45-16:55 | Briefing by TENG Bingsheng, Professor of Strategic Management, Associate Dean for Asia and Europe, CKGSB 

16:55-17:25 | Dialogue:

TENG Bingsheng, Professor of Strategic Management, Associate Dean for Asia and Europe, CKGSB 

Mary BOYD, Shanghai Director, Economist Corporate Network 

17:25-17:35 | Concluding Remarks

Graham EARNSHAW, Founder, Earnshaw Books; Publisher of China in Transition 

17:35-17:40 | Closing by Emcee

17:40-18:30 | Networking

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