The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises:

Transformational Politics, Business Strategies, and Future Paths 

 

Harvard University , Cambridge , MA

 

October 9-10, 2008 

 

 

Conference Agenda

 

1

Wednesday, October 8

4:00 - 7:00 pm Registration (Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)

4:00 - 6:00 pm Chairs and Presenters Meetings (Belfer Center, 5th Floor, Bell Hall)

Room available if chairs would like to meet with presenters for their

panels

4:30 - 5:30 pm Tour of Harvard (Meet at Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)

(Free - Optional)

6:00 - 7:00 pm Chairs and Organizers Meetings

(Belfer Center, 5th Floor, Bell Hall)

7:00 - 9:00 pm Opening Reception (Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye)

Welcome – Organizing Committee:

Julian Chang, Harvard Kennedy School, USA

Marc Fetscherin, Rollins College, USA

Christoph Lattemann, Potsdam University, Germany

Ilan Alon, Rollins College, USA

John McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Thursday, October 9

8:00 - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast/Registration Continues

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)

8:30 - 9:00 am Poster Presenters’ Meeting

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, ADR)

Coordinator: Bruce Jackan, Associate Director for Research,

Ash Institute, HKS, USA

9:00 - 9:30 am Official Conference Welcome

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Julian Chang, Harvard Kennedy School, USA

Marc Fetscherin, Rollins College, USA

Christoph Lattemann, Potsdam University, Germany

Ilan Alon, Rollins College, USA

John McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

9:30 - 10:00 am Outlining the Field

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Julian Chang, Asia Programs, HKS, USA

Yasheng Huang, MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT), USA

10:00 - 10:15 am Break and Relocation for Panels A & B

(Taubman 5th Floor, Nye Reception Area)

 

 

2

10:15 - 11:45 am Session 1

Panel A: Chinese Competitiveness

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: John Saee, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

The US Business Environment: What Kind of Welcome Mat will Chinese Companies Find? (1A1)

Penelope Prime*, Mercer University, USA

A Contextual View of Chinese Enterprise Internationalization (1A2)

Francis Schortgen*, Mount Union College, USA

Racing with the Chinese Dragons (1A3)

Peter Williamson* & Eden Yin, University of Cambridge, UK

Panel B: Chinese Internationalization at the Firm Level

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: Yasheng Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

National and International Expansion of SMEs from China. The Case of Ningxia Hui Autonomous

Region (1B1)

Guillermo Cardoza*, Instituto de Empresa Business School, Spain; Gaston Fornes, University of Bristol,

UK, and ESIC Business & Marketing School, Spain

China Business: Incremental Evolution from Isolation to Global Integration (1B2)

Mary Teagarden*, Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA; Dong Hong Cai, Hainan

University, People’s Republic of China

From Hierarchy to Hybrid: The Evolving Nature of Business Group Governance in China (1B3)

Yue Wang*, University of New South Wales, Australia; Akira Tanaka, Nagoya City University, Japan

Panel C: Chinese ODI (1)

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Chair: Julian Chang, HKS

Internationalization of Chinese Companies: Do Official Statistics Tell the Whole Story? (1C1)

Margot Schueller*, GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Germany; Yun Schueler-Zhou, University of

Hamburg, Germany

An Assessment of the Effects of Institutional Change on Chinese Outward Direct Investment

Activity (1C2)

Hinrich Voss*, Peter Buckley, & Adam Cross, University of Leeds UK

“The Chinese Are Coming!!”: China’s Rise as an Economic Power: Strategies and

Achievements (1C3)

Loong Mun Wong*, University of Canberra, Australia

*Presenter

 

3

11:45 - 1:30 pm Poster Presentations and Box Lunch

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, ADR)

Coordinator: Bruce Jackan, Associate Director for Research, Ash Institute, HKS

State of Accounting in China: Implications for Globalizing Chinese Enterprises (Poster 1)

Richard Chamblin* & J. Mark Munoz*, Millikin University, USA; Xiu Ying Zheng-Pratt, Caterpillar, Inc.

Globally Eminent Chinese Firms – Where Are They? (Poster 2)

Sudhanva Char*, Life University, USA

Public Goods in a Market Economy – Case Study of China (Poster 3)

Yueyun (Bill) Chen*, University of the West, USA

Globalization and the Role of its HR strategy: Case Study of a Leading Chinese Telecom Corporation –Huawei (Poster 4)

Fang Lee Cooke*, University of Manchester, UK

Spillover Effects from Chinese Investments in Africa: Real Potential or “Business as Usual”? (Poster 5)

John Dilyard*, St. Francis College, USA

Country Risk and China’s Outward Direct Investment (Poster 6)

Di Fan*, Monash University, Australia; Miao Fan, National Australia Bank, Australia

Chinese Entrepreneurship in Europe: From Operating the World’s Workshop to Operating Workshops

Around the World – A Case Study of Entrepreneurs in Prato, Italy (Poster 7)

Anja Fladrich*, Monash University, Australia

New Africa Policy: China’s Quest for Oil and Influence (Poster 8)

Wei Liang*, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

1:30 - 3:00 pm Session 2

Panel A: International Entrepreneurship

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: Ilan Alon, Rollins College, USA

Entrepreneurship from Emerging Economies to Developed Economies: Evidence from Chinese

Companies’ Operations in Europe? (2A1)

Dong Bian*, Em Lyon Business School, France; Hongling Jiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

People’s Republic of China

China’s “National Team” Business Groups in Strategic-Asset-Seeking OFDI: Are They Important? (2A2)

Dylan Sutherland*, University of Nottingham, UK

China’s Diaspora and Returnees: Impact on China’s Globalization Process (2A3)

Huiyao (Henry) Wang*, China Overseas Returned Scholars Association, People’s Republic of China;

David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR

* Presenter

 

4

Panel B: Chinese Firms at the Crossroads

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: Marc Fetscherin, Rollins College, USA

Global Mindedness and the Performance of Chinese Multinationals (2B1)

Joseph Johnson*, University of Miami; USA; Eden Yin, University of Cambridge, UK; Yongjian Bao,University of Lethbridge, Canada

The Future of the Relationship: The United States, China and Intellectual Property (2B2)

David McHardy Reid*, Seattle University, USA, Chris Ajemian, Seattle University, USA

Internationalization of Chinese Branded Products: Developed-Country Perceptual Challenges and

Strategic Implications (2B3)

Francis Ulgado*, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Moonkyu Lee, Yonsei University, South Korea

Panel C: Chinese ODI (2)

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Chair: Mary Teagarden, Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA

Strategies of Chinese Multinational Enterprises in Developed and Developing Countries: Observations and Preliminary Conceptualization (2C1)

Howard Xiaohua Lin* & Carlyle Farrell, Ryerson University, Canada

China Investment Corporation (2C2)

Verner Worm*, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Advantage Exploitation and Disadvantage Avoidance: An Empirical Analysis of Outward

Internationalization Propensity of Chinese Private Firms (2C3)

Hongxin Zhao* & Yagang Wang, St. Louis University, USA

3:00 - 3:30 pm Break (Taubman, 5th Floor, Nye Reception Area)

3:30 - 5:00 pm Session 3

Panel A: Economies of Globalization

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: Penelope Prime, Mercer University, USA

The Characteristics and Internationalization of Chinese Global Companies – An Analysis from the Cultural Perspective (3A1)

En-Chi Chang*, Manchester Business School, UK

The Rising Role of China within the Global Economy in the 21st Century (3A2)

John Saee*, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Expanding the Circumference of China’s Circular Economy through Internationalization (3A3)

Joseph Sarkis*, Clark University, USA; James Cordeiro, State University of New York at Brockport,USA; Hanmin Zhu, Wuhan University of Technology, People’s Republic of China

*Presenter

 

5

Panel B: Industries Internationalization: High Tech (1)

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: John McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Success Factors in Chinese Technology Companies’ Overseas Acquisitions: Two Cases (3B1)

Nir Kshetri*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

Strategic Implications of Emerging Chinese High-Tech Companies (3B2)

Hong Liu*, Hang Liu, & Paul Jackson, Manchester Business School, UK

Chinese Firms’ Technology-Seeking R&D, FDI Mode Choices: The Roles of the Natures of Knowledge and Chinese Government Financial Support (3B3)

Qunyong Xie*, University of Agder, Norway

Panel C: Chinese ODI (3)

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Chair: Verner Worm, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

CFIUS, Chinese MNCs and Globalization of FDI (3C1)

Syed Tariq Anwar*, West Texas A&M University, USA

Chinese ODI and its Impact on Indian Telecommunication Industry (3C2)

Kawal Gill*, University of Delhi, India

China’s New Sovereign Wealth Funds: Origins, Development, and Future Roles (3C3)

Stephen Thomas* & Ji Chen, University of Colorado at Denver, USA

5:00 - 5:15 pm Break and Relocation to Littauer Building

5:15 - 6:45 pm Group Photo (John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum space)

Reception (Malkin Penthouse)

6:45 - 7:00 pm Relocation to Taubman Building

7:00 - 9:30 pm Conference Dinner and MOR Best Paper Awards

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye ABC)

Anne Tsui, Arizona State University, USA, and Editor-in-Chief,

Management and Organization Review Journal, announces Best

Papers

*Presenter

 

6

Friday, October 10

8:00 - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Rotunda)

8:30 - 9:30 am Keynote Speaker and Q&A:

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Denis Fred Simon, Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:45 - 11:15 am Session 4

Panel A: Institutional Factors of Globalizing China (1)

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: Phillip Stalley, DePaul University, USA

The Relevance of Corporate Governance Codes in China (4A1)

Christoph Lattemann*, Potsdam University, Germany

Institutions, Decentralization, and Organizational Structure: The Emergence of Corporate Pyramids in

China (4A2)

Tianyu Zhang*, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Joseph P.H. Fan & T.J. Wong, Chinese

University of Hong Kong

Exchange Hazards, Trusts, and Contracts in China: The Contingent Role of Legal Enforceability (4A3)

Kevin Zhou*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA; Laura Poppo, University of Kansas, USA

Panel B: Industries Internationalization: High Tech (2)

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: Fei-Ling Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Internationalizing Chinese Entrepreneurs: The Role of Technology (4B1)

Ilan Alon*, Rollins College, USA; Miri Lerner, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Jaffa, and Tel-Aviv

University, Israel

Global Links and China’s Uneven Technological Trajectory: The Case of China’s Integrated Circuit

Design Industry (4B2)

Douglas Fuller*, King’s College London, UK

Primacy of Power: Regulatory Battles for Promoting National Standards in China (4B3)

Wei Liang*, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

Panel C: FDI and Globalization in China

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Chair: Marc Sardy, Rollins College, USA

* Presenter

 

7

The Corporatization of the Chinese Oil and Petrochemical Industries: Evolution without Revolution

(4C1)

Olivier Roche*, McGill University, Canada

FDI and China’s Global Trade Competitiveness: Evidence from Measuring Sino-EU15 Intra-Industry

Trade (4C2)

William Xiaojun Wei*, Grant MacEwan College, Canada

The Lucas Paradox in China (4C3)

Xiaolei Zha*, Jia He & Oliver M. Rui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

11:15 - 11:30 am Break

11:30 - 1:00 pm Session 5

Panel A: Institutional Factors of Globalizing China (2)

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: Christoph Lattemann, University of Potsdam, Germany

The Effects of the Institutional Environment on the Internationalization of Chinese Firms (5A1)

Daniel Ding*, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Gloria Ge, University of Auckland, New Zealand

A Review of the Literature on the Expansion of China’s Firms to Latin America (5A2)

Gaston Fornes*, University of Bristol, UK, and ESIC Business & Marketing School, Spain; Alan Butt-Philip, University of Bath, UK

How Would an Appreciation of the RMB and Other East Asian Currencies Affect China’s

Exports? (5A3)

Willem Thorbecke*, Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan; Gordon Smith, George

Mason University, USA

Panel B: Local Influences of Internationalizing China

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: Louise Curran, Toulouse Business School, France

Chinese Companies’ Global Hunt for Natural Resources: How Chinese Government is Supporting

Them (5B1)

Hongmei (May) Gao*, Kennesaw State University, USA

Asia Going Global –Top CEO Questions for the Globalization Journey (5B2)

Sarena Lin*, McKinsey & Company, USA

Going Global of Chinese Private Enterprises: Wenzhounese Model and its Impact on Home

Development (5B3)

Huiyao (Henry) Wang, China Overseas Returned Scholars Association, People’s Republic of China*;

Bin Wu, University of Nottingham, UK

*Presenter

 

8

1:00 - 2:00 pm Networking Lunch

2:00 - 3:30 pm Session 6

Panel A: Institutional Factors of Globalizing China (3)

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye A)

Chair: David Reid, Seattle University, USA

Impact of Corporate Political Strategy on Expropriation Hazards: Evidence from the Chinese Private

Sector (6A1)

Nan Jia*, University of Toronto, Canada

Environmentally-oriented International Isomorphic Pressure Relationships to Organizational Learning and Performance amongst Chinese Manufacturers (6A2)

James Cordeiro*, SUNY Brockport; USA; Joseph Sarkis, Clark University, USA; Qinghau Zhu, Dalian

University of Technology, People’s Republic of China; Kee-Hung Lai, Hong Kong Polytechnic

University, Hong Kong SAR

Can Trade Green China? Participation in the Global Economy and the Environmental Performance of Chinese Firms (6A3)

Phillip Stalley*, DePaul University, USA

Panel B: Understanding Regional Influences

(Taubman Building, 5th Floor, Nye B)

Chair: Mary Conway Dato-On, Rollins College, USA

Chasing the Dragon. The Emerging EU-China Relationship and its Impact on Business (6B1)

Louise Curran*, Toulouse Business School, France

Comparison of PRC and Indian Responses to the Elimination of US Textile and Apparel Quotas:

Economic and Cultural Perspectives (6B2)

Joseph Pelzman*, George Washington University, USA; Amir Shoham,The College of Management

Studies and Sapir Academic College, Israel

China’s New Approach to ODI in Africa: A Model for a Government Seeking Natural Resources (6B3)

Amir Shoham*, The College of Management Studies and Sapir Academic College, Israel; Mosi

Rosenboim, Open University and Sapir College, Israel

3:30 - 3:45 pm Break and Relocation to Taubman Building Ground Floor

*Presenter

 

9

3:45 - 5:00 pm Future Path of China and Chinese Companies

(Taubman Building, Ground Floor, Wiener Auditorium)

Chair: Julian Chang, Harvard Kennedy School, USA

Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School, USA

William Overholt, Harvard Kennedy School, USA

Organizing Committee:

Marc Fetscherin, Rollins College, USA

Christoph Lattemann, Potsdam University, Germany

Ilan Alon, Rollins College, USA

John McIntyre, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

5:00 pm Conference Ends