2018 China Goes Global Conference
2018 China Goes Global Conference 2018
—— The Belt and Road Initiative: Global Perspective
Date: 18 - 20 June, 2018
Location: Shanghai, China
Conference venue: East China Normal University (ECNU)
Address: 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai
Monday, 18 June 2018 (Company Visit - 13:30-18:00, Welcome Reception – 17:00-21:30)
12:30-13:30 Registration
Assembly Point: Lobby, Yi Fu Building, ECNU
*Please gather at the Lobby of Yi Fu Building at 13:30, and the bus will depart to Fosun on time.
13:30-14:30 Commute between Yi Fu Building and Fosun International
14:30-14:45 Company Visit to Fosun International, Group Photo
14:45-15:30 The Internationalization Journey of Fosun
Speaker: Mr Jiannong Qian, Senior Vice President of Fosun International
Q&A
15:30-16:15 Fosun’s post-investment management and membership system from the perspective of Fosun’s C2M strategy
Speaker: Jun Wang, Assistant President of Fosun Group, CMO
16:15-16:45 Interactive Discussion chaired by Mr Shiyu Wang, Dr Ilan Alon, Prof William Wang
16:45-17:15 Visit to Shanghai Fosun Art Center
17:15 The End
17:15-18:00 Commute between Fosun International and Yi Fu Building
18:00-19:00 Registration
Venue: Lobby, Yi Fu Building, ECNU
19:00-20:30 Welcome Reception
Venue: Coffee Bar, Yi Fu Building, ECNU
2018 China Goes Global Conference
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Venue: Lecture Hall, 1 Level, Yi Fu Building, ECNU
8:15-9:00 Registration & Networking
Venue: Lobby, Yi Fu Building, ECNU
9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks ECNU
9:05-9:10 Opening Remarks by Dr Ilan Alon, President of CGA
9:10-9:15 Opening Remarks by Prof William Wang, Vice Dean of emlyon business school
9:15- 9:40 The Belt and Road Initiative and the Linkage between East and West of Global Industry Chain
Keynote Speaker: Zhigang Yuan, Director of Academic Committee of Faculty of Economics & Management, East China Normal University; Visiting Professor
of emlyon business school
9:40-10:15 Geely's Journey of Internationalization and Brand Enhancement
Keynote Speaker: Mr Xueliang Yang, Vice President of Geely Automobile Group
10:15-10:25 Group Photo
10:25-10:40 Refreshment Break and Networking
10:40-11:05 The Role of Institutions in Explaining OFDI from an Emerging Economy
Keynote Speaker: Prof Junjie Hong, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Dean of School of International Trade and Economics at University of
International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
11:05-11:30 The Chinese Renaissance : Re-Emergence, Renewal & Global Projection (s)
Keynote Speaker: David Gosset, Founder of the Europe-China Forum
11:30-12:30 Round Table Discussion: Globalisation of Chinese Companies at the Context of Belt and Road Initiative
12:30-12:45 Signing Ceremony - Research Project on the Belt and Road Initiative
12:45-13:30 Lunch
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Geopolitics – part 1 13:30-15:00, 19 June Chair: Zhigang Yuan, East China Normal University Venue: 101, MBA Center The Economic Growth and Development Effects of China's One Belt, One Road Initiative Peter Enderwick The Overall Development of the Belt and Road Countries: Measurement, Ranking and Assessment Biliang Hu, Qingzhong Pan, Shuyu Wu The Belt and Road Initiative: Assessing Global Grand Strategies and a Survey Syed Tariq Anwar The Missing Western End of the New Silk Road Richard T. Griffiths
China Europe 13:30-15:00, 19 June Chair: Christoph Lattemann, Jacobs University gGmbH Venue: 201,MBA Center Enrich-China: Cooperation in Science & Innovation Between China and Europe Andrea Degen, Jessie Zheng Zhang, Beat Scheurer, Katrin Reschwamm An Analysis of the Impact of Regional Push and Pull Factors on the Location Decisions of Chinese Manufacturing Firms Investing in Europe Lauretta Rubini, Ping Lv, Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Curran, Chiara Pollio Finnish-Chinese Investment Negotiation: Power Positioning and Search for Common Ground Santa Stopniece Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision in European Union Gargi Sahu
Green and Sustainable Development
13:30-15:00, 19 June Chair: Thomas Schøtt, University of Southern Denmark Venue: 401,MBA Center
Green Belt and Road? The Roles of Chinese NGOs
Kathinka Furst
Continuous Upgrading Process of Chinese Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprise: From the Traditional Upgrade Path to the Green Innovation-Driven Path
Yunshi,Mao, Zekai Huang,Yangchun Liu
Prototyping Business Growth and Sustainable Supply
Chain Innovation
Dr. John Wilkerson, Dr. Marcia Daley, Yixin Jin, Yuehe Cui
15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break and Networking
Venue: Level 2, MBA Center, ECNU
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Geopolitics – part 2 15:30-17:00, 19 June Chair: Xiaping Cao Venue: 101, MBA Center China As Smart Power - One Belt, One Road Ulf Henning Richter One Belt One Road: Insomnia Destiny? Donasius Pathera Participatory and Consultative Mechanism in An Authoritative Context: Empowerment As By-product of Development Giulia Cuini
China Outward FDI 15:30-17:00, 19 June Chair: Georges Haour, IMD Venue: 201,MBA Center Motives of Inward FDI and Subsequent Outward FDI: Subnational Evidence from China Yuanyuan Li The Effects of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment on Host Country Economic Growth along Belt and Road Initiative Xiong Tian. The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Regional Innovation Capacity in China Xiong Tian, Paul J.J. Welfens
Innovation on Chinese Automobile Industry 15:30-17:00, 19 June Chair: Xavier Richet Venue: 401,MBA Center Product Architecture and Organizational Capabilities As Sources of Product Innovation: Case Studies of Geely and Tata Hua Wang, Giovanni Balcet, Chris Kimble The Quest for Innovation of Chinese Firms: the Case of the Automotive Sector Claudio Petti, Francesca Spigarelli, Ping Lv, Mario Biggeri Chinese Acquisitions of Made in Italy Firms – The Acquisition of a Premium Manufacturing Firm in the Automotive Sector Alessandra Vecchi Chinese FDI in the Automotive Industry in Europe: a Variety of Strategies Xavier Richet
18:00-21:00 Gala Dinner
- The Deep-Level Essence of the Belt-and-Road Initiative
Keynote Speaker: Peter Ping Li, Professor of International Business at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China; Professor of Chinese Business Studies at
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
- Best Paper Award, The Best PhD Student Paper Award, Best Reviewer’s Award
- Performance
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Parallel session on the 20th June
Geopolitics – part 3
9:00-10:30, 20th June
Chair: Ulf Henning Richter Venue: 101,MBA Center China's Geopolitical Power Gian Cesare Romagnoli China Goes Global, Against a Headwind Quan Li Political Affinity and FDI Xiaping Cao, Wenlian Lin, Sili Zhou
China-Africa
9:00-10:30, 20th June
Chair: McIntyre, John R, Georgia Tech Venue: 301,MBA Center Carving Out An Empire? How China Strategically Uses Aid to Facilitate Chinese Business Expansion In Africa Tarek Harchaoui, Robbert Maseland, Julian Watkinson Chinese Foreign Economic Engagement in Africa: The Location Decision of Chinese Multinationals Saileshsingh Gunessee, Minghai Zhou Live and Let Live: Africa’s Response Options to China’s BRI Emmanuel Kodzi The Economic Development Component of the Ethiopia-China Relationships Messay Mulugeta
China-Russia & Poland
9:00-10:30, 20th June
Chair: Reinhard Biedermann, Tamkang University Venue: 501,MBA Center Research on Economic and Trade Cooperation Between China and Russia under “One Belt and One Road” Liwen Zhu, Sheng Chen Absorptive Capacity, Talent Management Practices and Firm Performance: The Case of China and Russia Marina Latukha, Anna Veselova Understanding Poland’s Interest in China’s Belt and Road Iinitiative Lukasz Gacek
Refreshment Break and Networking Venue: Level 2, MBA Center, ECNU
China-Asian Countries
11:00-12:30, 20th June
Chair: Julian Chang, AITIA Institute Venue: 101,MBA Center
Segmenting Asean Markets by
Clusters, Cities and Urbanization
11:00-12:30, 20th June
Chair: McIntyre, John R, Georgia Tech Venue: 301,MBA Center Exploring Urban Regeneration Effects in “Culture Cities of East Asia” Maxime Jaffré, Elena Raevskikh
Book Presentation - 1
11:00-12:30, 20th June
Chair: Paul Ross, Nokia Venue: 501,MBA Center China on the Way to Be a Major Contributor on Innovations for the World
Panel discussion session
11:00-12:30, 20th June
Chair: David Reid, Seattle University Venue: 201,MBA Center (TBC) The Strategic Drivers of Chinese Acquisitions – The Emblematic Evidence of Italian Luxury Firms Alessandra Vecchi
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Religion :Challenges and
Recommendations for Business
Mark Kam Loon Loo
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB)'s Strategic Role in Helping China
"Regain its Historic Role in the World."
Ji Chen, Stephen Thomas
Contouring the Sino-Indian Relationship
Through the Lenses of BRI
Tanwir Arshed
What Makes Shanghai Tick: Sociocultural Nexus of China’s Global City Hanchao Lu Exploring the Foreign Exposure of Chinese Science Parks: Insights from Science Parks in China Francesca Spigarelli, Lorenzo Compagnucci, Dominique Lepore
Georges Haour International Students in China. Education, Student Life and Intercultural Encounters Dervin Fred, Xiangyun Du, Härkönen Anu (Eds.) Revitalising the Silk Road Richard T. Griffiths
Adaptation and Resistance: China’s Rise and the 21st Century Liberal World Order Tobias ten Brink
12:30-13:30 Lunch
China – other regions
13:30-15:00, 20th June
Chair: Thomas Rosenthal, Digital Bros
Venue: 101,MBA Center A Guanxi Perspective on Buyer-Supplier Relationships in China and Brazil Sandra Graça, James Barry Talented Women Entrepreneurs: Education Affecting Entrepreneurial Entry in China and Middle East & North Africa Liu Ye, Thomas Schøtt
Corporate strategy
13:30-15:00, 20th June
Chair: Junsong Chen, emlyon business school Venue: 301,MBA Center Emnes’ Investments in China: Why Do They Locate FDI In or Out of SEZs? Andrei Panibratov Entrepreneurial Pursuits in the Chinese Diaspora: Compared to Europeans Thomas Schøtt, Ye Liu Trends and Facts on Chinese Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions Shuang Hu, Saileshsingh Gunesse, Chang Liu
Book presentation – 2
13:30-15:00, 20th June
Chair: Wenxian Zhang, Rollins College
Venue: 501,MBA Center
China Visualized by Americans
Wenxian Zhang.
Handbook of the Sociology of Youth in
Bricks Countries
Tom Dwyer
PhD Session – Part I
13:30-15:00, 20th June
Chair: Francesca Spigarelli. University of Macerata Venue: 201,MBA Center (TBC) Chinese Data Base for International Business Ping Lv, University of Chinese Academy of Science How to Publish in Top Level Journal Ilan Alon, Agder University Shared Resources Management in the Mekong: How An Ethnographic Study Informs Macro-level Social and Political Analysis
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China’s Strategy and Political
Gamesmanshuip in the Arctic Region.
Reinhard Biedermann
Chinese Management, Foreign Staff
An Emerging Paradigm for Globalization
in the 21st Century
Paul Ross
Giulia Cuini, PhD Student, Dept. of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Exploring Opportunities and Challenges of A Collaborative Governance in Smart Specialization Strategies: A Systematic Review of the Literature Dominique Lepore, Ph.D student, Dept. of Political Science, University of Macerata
15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break and Networking
Venue: Level 2, MBA Center, ECNU Case studies 15:30-17:00, 20th June Chair: Mark Greeven, emlyon Business School Venue: 101,MBA Center Untraditional Internationalization Process of Chinese SME: Case Evidence Julia Zhang, Karolina Baran, Raushan Aman, Xiaotian Zhang Nonlinear Internationalization Process of Family Business: Case Evidence From China Xiaotian Zhang, Julia Helena Zhang, Raushan Aman The Relational and Institutional Factors of Innovation in Services: The Case of B2B Services in China Yejing Huang, Betty Feng, Penelope B Prime, Leigh Anne Liu Case Study Selling Opera Software Brynjel Johannes Toft, University of Agder Ilan Alon, University of Agder
Cultural and Social Impact 15:30-17:00, 20th June Chair: Francis Ulgado, Georgia Tech Center Venue: 301,MBA Center The Confucian Concept of Punishment and Chinese Social Realities: Must the Death Penalty Harm China’s Global Image? Lilou Jiang Cultural Competence and Social Rationality in Performance Management Systems Design Projects: a Conceptual Analysis Jean-Yves Le Corre. Cultural Intelligence Effects on Expatriates' Adjustment and Turnover Intentions in China-Mainland Khalid Akhal, Shimin Liu Making Cities Resilient as China Goes Global Ye-Sho Chen
Historic Perspective 15:30-17:00, 20th June Chair: Xiaohua Yang, University of San Franscisco Venue: 501,MBA Center Chinese Migrant and Diaspora Investors Going Global Maria Elo, Xiaotian Zhang Huaqiao: Overseas Chines Workers: Their Story of Struggles and Triumphs in Philippine Socitety (1898-1929) Borras, Lecturer Irene Gajo Irene G. Borras The Early History of Shanghai’s Financial Capitalism in the Global Periphery, 1860s-1940s Jiajia Liu Internationalization Strategy of Chinese Health Care Firms The Case Study of Beijing Tong Rentang Dan Yang, Attilio Mucelli, Boxing Yang, Kaiyan Wang, Dominique Lepore
PhD Session – Part II 15:30-17:00, 20th June Chair: Francesca Spigarelli, University of Macerata Venue: 201,MBA Center (TBC) Enhancing Cross-Sector Collaboration to Innovate in the Water Management Sector Lorenzo Compagnucci, Ph.D student, Dept. of Law, University of Macerata The Cultural Impacts on the Post Acquisition Integration of the Globalized Chinese Enterprises in Europe Peihua Li, DBA student, emlyon business school The Influence of the Multilingual Environment on Decision-Making in Multinational Teams. Albert Krisskoy, Ph.D student, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubjana Chengdu Based International New Ventures – Does Social Capital
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Accumulation in a Key Growth City of
China Facilitate Instrumental Action for International Expansion? Gordon Leonard, DBA Student, Ph.D student, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University Does the Porter Hypothesis Holds in China? Evidence From the Pulp and Paper Industry Hongyu Nian, PhD student, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Refreshment Break and Networking Venue: Level 2, MBA Center, ECNU
17:10-17:45 Closing Venue: 101,MBA Center
China’s Transforming Economic Engagement with Southeast Asia Keynote Speaker: Peter Gammeltoft, Professor of International Business at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School Closing Remarks
*Please be aware of changes in the program may occur.
2018 China Goes Global Conference
About Conference Location
ZhongShan N Rd
Zhongshan N Rd Gate
Hyatt Regency
Shanghai Global Harbor
Ningxia Rd
2018 China Goes Global Conference