Chinese Business and Economic Development Fall 2010 T-Th 10:30-12:30 |
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Gelbman Professor of International Business Professor of Political Science tlairson@rollins.edu Links |
Even with the global economic crisis, China and its Asian neighbord remain the most dynamic and fastest growing region in the world. Further, China is a very different business environment for those accustomed to western business systems. Students of international business will need to adapt and adjust to a radically transforming world, with Asian markets and competition an unavoidable reality. This course is designed to provide students with details about the business and economic environment.
China remains a communist country with a significant legacy of a command economy. But it is also a market economy. Understanding this mixture - capitalism with Chinese characters - is a major aim of this course. This requires considerable background combined with detailed examination of Chinese and foreign firms operating in China.
We begin with several classes on on the historical development of the Chinese economy. This includes the nature of the command economy developed duringthe Maoist era and the period of economic reform under Deng Xiaoping. There are several quite different economic regions in China which offer a variety of business environments and resources. Chinese business culture is a topic that leads us on to more specific features of the economy and business: the exceptional role of the government - national and local - in the business system; the nature of the consumer economy; and the role of foreign direct investment and international trade. The nature and operation of firms in China includes both foreign and emerging domestic firms, high technology operations in China, and the nature and future of the Chinese auto industry. Understanding future trands involves a consideration of the eroding position of price advantages in production, including changing demands of workers, shifting bases of competitiveness and the role of energy in the Chinese economy. We conclude with a discussion of the global financial crisis and the enormous role of China in that process.
Goals of the Course:
Required Text:
Barry Naughton, The Chinese Economy, MIT Press, 2007.
Ted Plafker, Doing Business in China: How to Profit in the World's Fastest Growing Market,
Business Plus, 2008.
Course Grade:
Midterm exam |
25% |
Participation |
25% |
Final Exam |
25% |
Research Paper |
25% |
Grade for the Course: There is no curve for the grade in this course; that is, you must meet an absolute standard set by me to succeed in the course. This means everyone can obtain an "A" but everyone can also receive an "F." There is no extra credit in this course. Participation The participation grade for this course involves coming prepared to every class and being ready to make a contribution to the class period: asking informed questions, offering thoughtful comments, and answering questions posed to the class. You can earn a zero in participation by not participating. |
You have three choices for the research paper. 1) a paper comparing two Chinese firms from a list I provide. 2) an analysis of the future of the Chinese auto industry using readings I provide; or 3) writing a paper using sources in several sections of the syllabus where additional readings are provided.
Option 1. You will need to analyze the two firms based on the following:
Comparative financial data
Historical background on the firm
Products/Services
Relationship to the government
Ownership of the firm
Competitive environment of the firm
Future prospectsOption 2
In the syllabus below is a section on the Chinese auto industry with a set of additional readings. The readings focus on analyzing the industry's future based on understanding the major global forces at work. You will write a paper using these sources in making a five years forecast on the Chinese auto industry.
Option 3
There are several parts of the syllabus where additional readings are provided. You may write a paper that uses these readings intensively to define and develop a topic.
Expectations:
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Schedule of Activities:
August
Week 1
31 Introduction to the course (pretest)
September
2 The Legacy of the Command Economy
Naughton, Chinese Economy, 55-83; 231-240 skim
Background material
The Economist China Survey I II
Asia's recent growth
Week 2
7 Economic Reform I
Naughton, Chinese Economy, 240-248; 85-110.
9 Economic Reform I and II: Bottom-Up Capitalism - Township and Village Enterprises
Naughton, 271-292
Week 3
14 Economic Regions in China
Edward Tse, "The China Challenge"
Shanghai
William Overholt, "Hong Kong or Shanghai?"
Additional Material
An American Entrepreneur in Shangha
Out of Shanghai's Shadow: Why Hong Kong Is Becoming China's New Financial Services Center
Hong Kong/Guangzhou/Shenzhen/GuangdongIn Chinese Boomtown, Middle Class Pushes Back
At the Beating Heart of an Export Machine
Additional Material:
Knowledge@Wharton, "Restructuring Guangdong's Economy: Moving Up the Value Chain as Exports Go Down"
Can Huang and Naubahar Sharif, "Manufacturing Dynamics and Spillovers: The Case of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan","
Becky P.Y. Loo, "Export Expansion in the PRC since 1978: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta"
Acquisition of technology capability through special economic zones (SEZs): The case of Shenzhen SEZ
Fu-Lai Tony Yu, "Technological Strategies of Hong Kong Firms"
Leo Goodstadt, "Hong Kong's Long March to Democracy"Tianjin-Binhai
Week 4
16 Chinese Business Culture
Plafker, Doing Business, 78-123.
Jin Ai, "Guanxi Networks in China: Its Importance and Future Trends"
Kenneth DeWoskin and Ian Stones, "Facing the China Corruption Challenge"
21 and 23 The Chinese Government and Chinese Capitalism
Thomas Friedman - US versus China
Plafker, Doing Business, 48-77; 147-178
Yang Yao and Linda Yueh, "Law, Finance, and Economic Growth in China: An Introduction,"
Linda Yueh, "China's Entrepreneurs"
Wubiao Zhou, "Bank Financing of China's Private Sector: The Payoffs of Political Capital"
The Economist, "The Art of Chinese Massage"
Mary Gallagher, Contagious Capitalism, Introduction
David Barboza, "State-Owned Bidders Fuel China's Land Boom"
Axlexei Shevchenko, "Bringing the Party Back In: the CCP and Market Transition in China"
Additional Material:
Shaomin Li, et al. "The Road to Capitalism: Competition and Institutional Change,"
Michael Wines,"China Fortifies State Businesses to Fuel Growth"
Minxin Pei, "China's Governance Crisis"
The Perils and Promise of Chinese Banking, McKinsey Quarterly, 2006
Scott Kennedy, The Extent of the Governments Control of Chinas Economy, and Implications for the United States Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, May 2007.
Yasheng Huang, "Just How Capitalist is China?"
World Bank, Doing Business in China, 2008
Changhong Pei and Lei Peng, "Responsibilities of China After Accession to the WTO"
Week 5 1/2
28 Business in China
Plafker, Doing Business,; 19-47; 124-146
David Barboza, "Apple Making New Push Into China,"
Janamitra Devan, et al. "A Consumer Paradigm for China"
Knowledge@Wharton, "Sales and Distribution in Today's China"
Resource:
American Chamber of Commerce, American Business in China, 2009
30
Midterm Exam
October
Week 6
5 Internationalization of Chinese Economy: Foreign Trade and TNCs in China
Naughton, Chinese Economy, 401-423; 375-398
7 Chinese Firms
Naughton, 297-328
Knowledge@Wharton, "The Emerging Chinese Company"
Andrew Grant, "How Corporate China is Evolving"
Ambition of a Wolf: Portrait of an SOE in China
Mary Teagarden and Dong Hong Cai, "China's Global Companies"
Additional Material:
Knowledge@Wharton, "Huawei Technologies in Africa"
Peter Nolan and Godfrey Yeung, "Big Business with Chinese Characteristics,"
9 - 16
Cultural Excursion
Week 7
19 and 21 High Technology in China
Naughton, 349-374
Knowledge@Wharton, "Winners and Losers: Internet Search in China"
Yuval Atsmon and Max Magni, "China's Internet Obsession"
Week 8
28 and 28 Chinese Auto Industry
JIanxi Luo, "Chinese Independent Auto Firms"
John Moavenzadeh, "China's Impact on US Autos"
The Economist, "Ford Sells Volvo to Geely"
Keith Bradsher, "ChinaVies to be the World Leader in Electric Cars"
Research Option
The Future of the Chinese Auto Industry
Filipe Barbosa, "A Look at China's Auto Industry"
Filipe Barbosa, "Rethinking China's Auto Industry Prospects"
Global Forces: Introduction
The Great Rebalancing
Energy and Environment
Productivity
The Global Grid
The State and Markets
Electrifying Cars
November
Week 9
2 The Changing Structure of Prices in China
Naughton, Chinese Economy, 179-208
Pfalker, 179-200
4 Changes in China's Competitive Environment
Christoff Bliss, et al. "China's Shifting Competitive Equation,"
Knowledge@Wharton, "Chinese Manufacturing in an Age of Resource Price Volatility"
Huawei to Enter US Market, Maybe
Jimmy Hexter and Jonathan Woetzel, "Bringing Best Practice to China
Knowledge@Wharton, "Is China Still Competitive for Global Manufacturers?"
Week 10
9 and 11 How China Competes on Global Energy
Naughton, Chinese Economy, 329-348
Richard Lester and Edward Steinfeld, "China's Real Energy Crisis"
Keith Bradsher, "China Takes Lead in Clean Energy, With Aggressive State Aid"
Daniel Yergin and Scott Roberts, "Riding the Tiger"
Keith Bradsher, "In Crackdown on Energy Use, China to Shut 2000 Factories"
Martin Jones, et al. "China's Green Opportunity"
Knowledge@Wharton "The Dragon Turns Green: China's Manufacturers Adapt
to a New Era"Hongyi Harry Lai, "China's Oil Diplomacy: Is it a Global Security Threat?"
Knowledge@Wharton, "Renewable Energy in China: A Necessity, Not an Alternative"
June Dreyer, "Sino-American Energy Cooperation"
Knowledge@ Wharton, "The Race for Energy: What wil it Mean for Western Firms?"
Sarah Wang, "The Answer to China's Energy Demands May be Blowing in the Wind"
Keith Bradsher,"China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy"
Reference:
Joanne Guth and Melissa Ginsberg, "Energy Use in China: Trends in Oil Demand and Imports"
Hengyun Ma,et al. "China's Energy Economy: A Survey of the Literature"
Energy Information Administration, "China: Country Analysis Brief"
Week 11
16 and 18 Trade, Finance and Economic Crisis in US-China Relations
Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick, "Chimerica and the Global Asset Boom"
Changing Fortunes of Financial Power and Clout?
Mark Lander, "Dollar Shift: Chinese Pockets Filled as Americans' Emptied"
Knowledge@Wharton, "China'sCurrency Policy"
Michael Wines and Keith Bradsher, "China's Leader Says He Is 'Worried' Over U.S. Treasuries,"
Keith Bradsher, "China Losing Taste for Debt From US"
Keith Bradsher, "China Grows More Picky About Debt"
Yashung Huang, "Global Imbalances and China"
Eric Altbach and Michael Cognato," Understanding China's Sovereign Wealth Fund"
McKinsey Global Institute, "The New Power Brokers: Gaining Clout in
Turbulent Markets"Bibo Liang, "The Political Economy of US Trade Policy Toward China"
Reference
Paul Bowles and Baotai Wang, "Flowers and Criticism: The Political Economy of the Renminbi Debate"
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Research Paper Due
25
Final Exam
The Near Future in China and Asia
Andrew Cainey, et al., "Capturing the Asian Opportunity"
Knowledge@Wharton, "The Road to China"