introduction june 2010 can seng ooi, ph.d., copenhagen business school pia polsa, ph.d., hanken...
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INTRODUCTION
June 2010
Can Seng Ooi, Ph.D., Copenhagen Business School
Pia Polsa, Ph.D., HANKEN School of Economics
Hello! We are Can-Seng and Pia
• www.ooi.dk• [email protected].• Tel: +86 (135) 2444 6564• Procelænshaven 24, 2000 Frederiksberg
You will meet Pia on Monday
• www.hanken.fi/staff/polsa/• [email protected]• Tel. +86 (152) 1661 2736• Room 411, Siyuan Building, School of Management , Fudan University• After 15 July, P.O.Box 479, 00101 Helsinki
Agenda
• Learning objectives• About this course• Daily morning debriefs• Your assignment
While in class ...
• Usual rules apply– No shorts and flip flops,
please.– Company visits: Smart casual,
at least
• Your participation essential – You will only get what you give!
Learning Objectives
• To get a BASIC knowledge about SOME issues that are important for doing business in China
• To attract an interest to find out more about these issues
• To learn to find out about issues in doing business in China
Topics
• International business frameworks
• China issues: guanxi, culture, CSR, social political situation
• Firm visits
Daily Morning Debriefs
• Daily morning debriefs: 8 groups– Arguments and discussions– 3 main learning points from each
lecture/visit– 10 minutes for each group,
discussion follows
Your Assignment• Individual or group submissions
• Develop your own “live” cases
• Examples: Vestas in China, Airbus in China
• You may use the OLI and sophisticated PEST frameworks.
• Concentrate on one or two business issues, e.g. trademark protection, HRM issues, marketing, joint-venture challenges
• 8-10 pages (13 pages for 2-member teams; 16 pages for 3-members teams), excluding references, appendices and front page (1.5 spacing, New Times Roman 12 pt, 2.5 cam margin all round). PDF format.
• You will be graded A, B, C, D, E and F
• Deadline: 13 August 2010.
• Send electronic submission to [email protected]
Your assignment
• You will be evaluated on the following:
– Clarity of your assignment
– Your arguments
– Use of theories
– Reference to a relevant literature review
– Your empirical materials
– Presentation of your assignment