The world has been coming to China in an increasing rate since the days of Deng Xiaoping and the opening of the countrys doors in 1978. Since then, Chinas rise to economic and political power has been nothing less than historic. Chinas rise has corresponded with its global ambitions. It hosted the Olympic Games in 2008 and organized the 2010 World Expo. China is the most populous nation in the world, the second largest economy in purchasing power terms, third largest trader, and gaining ground in foreign direct investments and M&A, and international resource acquisitions. The development of the Chinese MNC is a new feature of globalization, one that will undoubtedly change the geopolitical landscape. The China Goes Global research initiative investigates some emerging questions related to Chinas globalization: Why do Chinese firms internationalize, how do they do so, and what is the impact of Chinese firms and institutions internationalization on other nations?
Until now, there are only a few publications focusing on the expansion and activities of Chinese firms abroad. With the China Goes Global (TM), initiative, Jacobs University, Rollins College, Harvard University and Georgia Tech (CIBER) conduct a collaborative research program to analyze the structure and the inherent problems of this topic, and to give answers to these questions from a variety of stakeholder perspectives - corporate, governmental and non-governmental decision makers as well as researchers.
The outcomes of this project so far have included the organization of several international conferences since 2006, the book China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation (Palgrave McMillan, 2009), a Special Issue in Chinese Management Studies Journal (2009), and a a Special Issue iin the Thunderbird International Business Review (2012), as well as multiple journal articles and book chapters.
The organizers are also happy to announce the establishment of the Chinese Globalization Association (CGA) in 2011 to provide another venue to support and encourage a variety of activities on the topic. Please join our group.
The organizers:
Dr. Ilan Alon
Dr. Julian Chang
Dr. Marc Fetscherin
Dr. Christoph Lattemann
Dr. John McIntyre
Overview
In the face of global economic turmoil over the past few years, Chinas role in the world economy has continued to expand. In 2010, China overtook Germany as the worlds largest trading country. In 2011, China replaced Japan as the worlds second largest economy. Within five years, China may produce a larger share of world GNP than the United States. Chinas globalization has fundamentally changed its socio-political, physical and economic links with the rest of the word, and China has emerged as a leader in trade and investment.
China has achieved much economic success, but it also faces numerous challenges that can seriously hinder its long-term development. Chinas fast economic growth is unbalanced and, perhaps, unsustainable. Chinas governance still lags behind on many indicators, the rule of law is not secure, voice and accountability are weak.
In this context, we announce the sixth international conference examining the multi-faceted aspects of Chinas globalization. We seek papers and presentations that combine multi-disciplinary approaches to analyze different aspects of Chinas businesses, economic, social, legal environments, political systems, and ethical and social structures.
Topics that will be considered for inclusion
Submission
We encourage completed papers but also accept works-in-progress papers and roundtable discussion proposals reflecting a range of theoretical and practical perspectives on the globalization of China and Chinese institutions, firms and people. We also encourage recent book authors of China-related book to submit a proposal to present their findings and insights.
Submitted papers will be double blind reviewed for consideration in the conference. Please submit your paper through our online submission system no later than 1. April, 2012 . Papers need to follow the submission guidelines here . By submitting a paper, authors also agree to review up to 3 papers. The best papers from the conference will be recognized and considered for publication in a book volume or a special issue.
The conference provides an ideal opportunity for scholars and practitioners, as well as Ph.D. students to share and discuss their most recent high quality work with other experts in this research field. Depending on the quantity and quality of accepted papers, an edited book or special issue in a journal are planned.
Important Dates
Deadline for Submission: April 1, 2012
Papers aceptance/rejection: July 1, 2012
Revised Paper submission: August 15, 2012
Organizational Committee
Dr. Ilan Alon, Cornell Professor, Director Rollins China Center, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College , Asia Programs Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Dr. Julian Chang, Executive Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Ash Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Dr. Marc Fetscherin, Associate Professor and Cornell Distinguised Faculty, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College , Asia Programs Visiting Scholar, Harvard University
Dr. Christoph Lattemann, Professor of Business Administration and Information Management, Jacobs University Bremen, Asia Programs Visiting Scholar, Harvard University , Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
Dr. John R. McIntyre, Professor, Director of Georgia Tech CIBER, Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Harvard Kennedy School
The Taubman Building
79 JFK Street
MA, 02318, Cambridge
United States
Location
The campus of Harvard Kennedy School is situated next to Charles River in Cambridge, MA, steps away from Harvard Yard. The Taubman Building is one of the 4 main building as indicated on the map below.
How to go there?
Detailed directions to the Harvard Kennedy School as well as information about train, bus, parking and others can be found here.
Official conference hotel is the Sheraton Commander in Cambridge.
16 Garden Street
Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 02138
The rate is $209 a night + tax. Right now the cutoff date to book rooms is September 1st. We have a block of rooms the nights of October 2nd and 3rd, and a few rooms on the 1st and 4th for the few people that arrive earlier, depart later. This link will bring them to a website dedicated to the block. For guests that prefer to call in, the number is 1-888-627-7121 and they should reference the China Goes Global room block.
Other Accomodation
Hotel rates in the Boston/Cambridge region are very high. We encourage you to book your room in early July in order to get a reasonable rate. There are various hotels and Bed & Breakfast (B&B) near the Harvard Campus. See here
Please note that all presenters and participants must register to attend the conference. The early bird registration fee of USD 495 i s due on July 15, 2012 , and the regular registration fee of USD 595 is due on August 15, 2012 . The registration fee includes refreshments, lunches, reception, and conference dinner. Conference registration does not include accommodation or travel costs.
Registration Form
Download registration form here
Send registration form....
- by e-mail: GlobalNetwork_hks.harvard.edu
- by fax: +1 617-495-4948
- by post:
Julian Chang
The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia
79 JFK Street, Mail Box 130
Cambridge, MA 02138
Payment
For credit card payments, please access our secure payment website here
Questions
For any questions about paper submission, please contact either Ilan Alon , Marc Fetscherin or Chrisoph Lattemann .
If you have any questions about registration, please contact Julian Chang and if you have difficulties with the online credit card payment, please contact James Hoadley or John McIntyre .
* Cancellation Policy: Cancellation of conference registration can be made up until August 15, 2012 with a 100 USD processing fee. For cancellations after August 15, 2012, unfortunately no refund can be made.
Keynote speakers
tbd a
Preliminary Program Overview*
Monday October 8, 2012
4:00 - 7:00 pm Registration - (Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)
4:30 - 5:30 pm Tour of Harvard (Free - Optional) - (Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)
6:00 - 7:00 pm Chairs & Organizers Meetings - (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, ADR)
7:00 - 10:00 pm Private program for paid registrants (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye)
Tuesday October 9, 2012
8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast/Registration
(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)
8:30 - 9:00 am Poster Presenter's Meeting
(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, ADR)
9:00 - 9:30 am Official Conference Welcome
(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)
9:30 - 10:00 am Keynote Speaker 1
10:00 - 10:15 am Break and Relocation to 5th Floor
10:15 - 11:45 am Session 1 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B, C)
Panel 1: tbd
Panel 2: tbd
Panel 3: Book panel Discussion
11:45 - 1:30 pm Networking Lunch and Poster Presentation (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
1:30 - 3:00 pm Session 2 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
Panel 3: tbd
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm Session 3 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
5:00 5:15 pm Relocation to Ground Floor Rotunda
5:15 5:30 pm Group Photo
5:30 6:00 pm Break
6:00 6:30 pm Reception
6:30 - 10:00 pm Private Program for Registrants (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
Incl. Keynote Speaker 2
Wednesday October 10, 2012
8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am Keynote Speaker 3
9:30 - 9:45 am Break and Relocation to 5th Floor
9:45 - 11:15 am Session 4 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
Panel 3: Book panel Discussion II
11:15 - 11:30 am Break
11:30 - 1:00 pm Session 5 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
1:00 - 2:00 pm Poster Presentations & Box Lunch (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, ADR)
2:00 - 3:00 pm Session 6 (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A,B,C)
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break and Relocation to Taubman Building, Ground Floor (Photo)
3:15 - 4:00 pm Expert Panel: Future Path of China and & Chinese Companies
Conference End
* subject to change
Rollins College - Crummer Graduate School of Business
Ilan Alon is Cornell Chair of International Business and Director of The China Center at Rollins College, and Visiting Scholar & Asia Fellow at Harvard University. He published 27 books, and over 100 peer-reviewed articles. His recent books on China include: Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior and International Business Management (Greenwood, 2003), Chinese Economic Transition and International Marketing Strategy (Greenwood, 2003), Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training (World Scientific, 2005), The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises (Palgrave, 2008), Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009), China Rules (Palgrave, 2009), and A Guide to the Top 100 Companies in China (World Scientific, 2010), Entrepreneurial and Business Elites of China (Emerald, 2011). Dr. Alon is a recipient of the Chinese Marketing Award, a dual award from the Tripod Marketing Association (China) and the Society for Marketing Advances (USA), and the prestigious Rollins College McKean Award for his work on education in China. He has taught courses in top Chinese MBA programs including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, East China University for Science and Technology and China Europe International Business School. . He is also an international business consultant, with experience in China as well as other countries in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America, and a featured speaker in many professional associations (ialon_rollins.edu).
Dr. Marc Fetscherin is an Associate Professor at the Crummer Graduate School of Business and the International Business Department at Rollins College as well as an Associate of the Rollins China Center. He is also a Cornell Distinguisde Faculty. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (Asia Programs). He teaches various courses related to International Business and Marketing. Dr. Fetscherin was already a Fellow at Harvard University (2005) as well as a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley (2004). He received his Ph.D. in Economics and Social Science from the University of Bern, Switzerland . He also holds a master degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the London School of Economics (LSE), UK; as well as a Master in Management (MIM) from the University of Lausanne, Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Switzerland. He has published over 70 publications ranging from Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings, Presentations. The most relevant for this project are China's cross-boarder M&A in the 21st Century, The Globalization of Chinese Brands, and The Chinese Automotive Industry is Driving West among. Dr. Fetscherin has extensive international experience and speaks 6 languages. He is a former McKinsey & Company consultant. He is also member of various review boards and professional associations.
Jacobs University
Dr. Christoph Lattemann is Professor for Business Administration and Information Management at the Jacobs University Bremen. He is a Visiting Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Engineering and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, JFK School of Governance. Formerly he held senior positions in project management in the financial industry for over four years and is still consulting governmental institutions and companies. He has taught courses in top MBA programs such as Copenhagen Business School and Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He published seven books and over 100 articles in the mentioned research field in top ranked journals such as as Management International Review (ranked under top 40 journals in Business from Financial Times), Corporate Governance - An International Review, Corporate Reputation Review, Revue de l'organisation responsible, HMD-Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, etc.). His recent book is on International and inter-organizational governance (2010). Prof. Lattemann was honoured several times for his research by e.g. best paper awards on conferences. Prof. Lattemann is member of the scientific committee for international management of the German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB).
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Julian Chang is the Executive Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. HKS is committed to advancing the public interest by training skilled, enlightened leaders and solving public problems through world-class scholarship and active engagement with practitioners and decision-makers. The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia convenes government leaders, policymakers, students and scholars committed to enhancing public policy research and teaching on Asia. From 1996 to 2001 Chang held various teaching and managerial positions at Stanford University focusing on Asia and China-related activities. He first visited China in 1977 and returned to work there in the mid 1980s. Since he took over the daily management of the Harvard Kennedy Schools Asia-related programming in 2001, he has made several trips a year to China and Asia. His PhD research was on political marketing and he is currently looking at the nature and dynamics of the outbound investment activity of Chinese enterprises large and small, state and private. His publications include the edited books China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation, Economic Reform and Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan and China in the WTO, and Presidential Politics in Taiwan: The Administration of Chen Shui-bian, as well as work on Chinese media and Sino-Russian relations
Georgia Tech - Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER)
Dr. John R. McIntyre has been Director of the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), a national center of excellence, since 1993 and a full professor of international business management and international relations with joint appointments in the College of Management and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. He received his graduate education at McGill, Strasbourg and Northeastern Universities, obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. Published in over 80 journals, reviews, and book chapters. He is author and co-editor of ten books, including Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training and Globalization of Chinese Enterprises. Recipient of numerous competitive grants to further the internationalization of business education and research. Extensive corporate consulting experience; expert in the aluminum industry.
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