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科目名稱:中國企業與全球發展

Course Name: Chinese Business in Global Perspective

修別:選

Type of Credit: Elective

3.0

學分數

Credit(s)

40

預收人數

Number of Students

課程資料Course Details

課程簡介Course Description

This is a course on the transformation of Chinese business in the era of globalization and post-globalization. The course is organized around fifteen seminars, covering structural, institutional, environmental, technological and cultural transformation of Chinese business and Chinese economy.

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    課程目標與學習成效Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes

    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. (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. (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.

    每周課程進度與作業要求 Course Schedule & Requirements

    教學週次Course Week 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type

    WEEKLY SCHEDULE

     

    1. 1.  Introduction and Organization
    2. 2.  Coping with the new economic order in the post-pandemic world   
       
       
      World Economic Forum, “Chief Economists Outlook”, May, 2023.
       
       https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Chief_Economists_Outlook_May2023.pdf?_gl=1*1pl5fc2*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjw756lBhDMARIsAEI0Agn7TPJlBsU6WlxuSRvan_7JEbK7wKicKpHY6qs4gtYToz4DhoGH0asaAsIiEALw_wcB 
       
      IMF, “Geo-economic fragmentation and foreign direct investment”, April, 2023
       file:///Users/lengzegang/Downloads/ch4.pdf 
       
       
      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
    1. 3.   Historical Legacies of Pre-Reform China
       
      A brief historical and background introduction to China in the pre-reform era
       
      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 
       
      Historical review video
       
    1. 4.  State Business Relationship and Chinese Business Culture
       
       
      Meg Rithmire, Hao Chen, “The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China”, The China Quarterly, Volume 248 , Issue 1 , December 2021 , pp. 1037 – 1058.
       
      Yanjie Bian, “The Prevalence and the Increasing Significance of Guanxi.” The China Quarterly, Vol. 235 (Sep 2018), pp. 597-621.
      Chen, MingJer & 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.
       
    1. 5.  China’s Belt and Road Initiatives and regional development
       
       
      “China’s massive belt and road initiatives”, 2023
       https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative 
       
      “China’ Belt and Road Initiative: Sustainability in the new silk road”, University of Cambridge, 2022. 
       https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/files/chinas_belt_and_road_initiative090622_en.pdf 
       
      Zheng, Jane, 2022, “Rethinking the growth machine logic in cultural development: urban sculpture planning in Shanghai”, China information, 2022, 0920203X221081328.
       
    1. 6. 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.
       
    1. 7.  China’s AI and high tech development  
       
       
      “How business and close China’s AI gap”, May, 2023
      https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/how-businesses-can-close-chinas-ai-talent-gap#/
       
      Jennifer Pan, “Controlling China’s Digital Ecosystem: Observations on Chinese Social Media”, China leadership monitor, June, 2022.
       https://www.prcleader.org/pan 
       
      Yin Li and Kaidong Feng ,”China’s Innovative Enterprises at the Frontiers: Lessons from Indigenous Innovation in Telecom-Equipment and Semiconductor Industries”, China Review, Volume 22, Issue 1, February 2022, pp. 11-37.
       
      “China’s Advanced AI Research Monitoring China's Paths to "General Artificial Intelligence”
      CSET Report, July, 2022 
      https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/chinas-advanced-ai-research/
       
    1. 8.  Cases and Presentations: AI, e commerce, big data, and the Chinese version of industries 4.0 
       
      IT, AI, big data,Telecom, bio-tech, electronics, e-commerce, fintech, new energy car , etc. 
       
      9.  Electric Vehicles, new energy, and environmental industries in China 
      “How did China come to dominate the world of electric Cars”, May, 2023
      https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/21/1068880/how-did-china-dominate-electric-cars-policy/
      Sirma Altun1  · Ceren Ergenc”The EU and China in the global climate regime: a dialectical collaboration-competition relationship”, Asia Europe Journal, May, 2023
      Gørild M. Heggelund, “China’s Climate and Energy Policy: At a Turning Point? “ International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics , Vol. 21, No. 2/3 (2021), pp. 9-23.
       Anna  Holzmann and  Nis  Grünberg, “ “Greening”  China: An analysis of Beijing’s sustainable development  strategies.” The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Jan 07, 2021
      https://merics.org/en/report/greening-china-analysis-beijings-sustainable-development-strategies
    1. 10. Cases and Presentations: Business of EV, Energy and Environmental Protection in China
       
      Choose specific issues, such as Chinese automobile industries, 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.
       
    1. 11.  Culture and Creative Sectors in China 
       
      Zi’ang Zhang , Zengxian Liang , Jigang Bao , “From theme park to cultural tourism town: Disneyization turning of tourism space in China” ,Regional Sustainability, 2 (2021), 156-163
       
      Ho, Hang Kei, “Twenty-first Century Wine Consumption Trends in East Asia :History, Luxury and Transformation”, Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change , vol. 6 , no. 2 ,2021
       
       Junhan Ye ,”The Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Digital Humanities: Applying to Dunhuang Culture Inheritance, Development, and Innovation”, Journal of Computer Science and Technology Studies , 2022
       
    1. 12.  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. 
       
    1. 13.  The Chinese Model revisited  
       
       
      Mark Leonard, “China is ready for a world disorder: America is not”, Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2023
      https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/china-ready-world-disorder
      Jae Ho Chung, “Homework for Beijing: Five Hurdles on China’s Path to Becoming a ‘Responsible Great Power’ ” Asian Perspective, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2021).
      Kai Yang, Stephan Ortmann, “From Sweden to Singapore: The Relevance of Foreign Models
      for China's Rise.” The China Quarterly, Vol. 236 (Dec 2018), pp. 946-967.
       
    1. 14.  Guest Speaker (tentative)
       
       
    1. 15.   Conclusion

    授課方式Teaching Approach

    40%

    講述 Lecture

    30%

    討論 Discussion

    20%

    小組活動 Group activity

    10%

    數位學習 E-learning

    0%

    其他: Others:

    評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria

    Class participation and presentations:  60%

             Term paper (3000 words):  40%

             No mid-term and final exams.  

     Term paper due date :  to be announced 

    指定/參考書目Textbook & References

    No standardized textbook is required for this course.  

    The following two books were published about five years ago, but still provid general background reviews of Chinese economy and business development. Updated information and materials will be offered in the weekly readings:

     

     

    1. 1. Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi ed., The China Question, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2018)
    2. 2. Barry Naughton, Chinese Economy (MIT Press, 2018)

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