Strategy & Innovation in China

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The goal of the course is to equip students with a better understanding of the strategy and innovation lessons from China. In particular, we discuss cutting-edge innovation in important industries ranging from social media to telecommunications. Many of the Chinese firms we study are already world class competitors. As such, while our focus is China, you will find that the principles of innovation are generally applicable elsewhere. The course provides a quick survey of China’s unique business landscape, in addition to a generalized toolkit to analyze strategy and innovation in fast growing industries. Whether your goal is to do business in China and beyond, or to better compete with Chinese firms in your existing industry here in the US, you will find the course informative, relevant and timely. The course examines many different types of business—private and public, Chinese and American —and the institutions that have and will define China’s economic trajectory and its role in the global economy. We will read and discuss a combination of cases, academic articles, book chapters as well as real-time news and reports.