To successfully establish business in China has proven to be challenging for many multinational companies as well as for small and medium size enterprises.
Knowledge about the Chinese economy and the ability to understand how to navigate in the Chinese business environment is therefore the key to success for any company today. Shanghai is probably one of the best places to experience the tremendousdevelopment that China goes through at the moment.
When?
The seminar “Doing Business in China” is offered February 25th – March 1st 2013 in cooperation with Fudan University in Shanghai. All lectures are held in English. The participants will also be invited to a session in Oslo in April 2013 in order to summarize and draw conclusions from the programme.
Who should attend?
All business leaders and key personnel who need a thorough understanding of doing business in China will benefit from the seminar. The week in Shanghai will give you a unique opportunity to understand the magnitude of the recent changes in the Chinese society, and how these changes affect the business opportunities in today’s China.
Why attend this seminar?
During the week you will meet experts and executives from China and Europe. Professors from the Fudan University will give lectures providing an excellent opportunity to get an in-depth under standing of how to do business in China today.
- Chinese economy after the global financial crisis
- China’s political role on the internationalarena
- The demographic challenges of China
- Chinese investments abroad
Through meetings, presentations and discussions with Chinese academics and managers, as well as with Western leaders with a long work experience in China, you will get a unique opportunity to improve your understanding of today’s business environment in China as well as the Chinese culture.
- Gain insight to the “Guanxi” (relationship) and networking secrets in China
- Negotiations
- Social meetings and networking with peers sharing your interest in China and with business leaders working in China
- The Chinese business culture.
- Visits to industrial parks and companies;foreign-owned, joint-venture and Chinese companies.
Seminar Directors
Randi Lunnan is Professor of Strategy. She has been involved in the MBA program in China since 2003, teaching the Strategy and International Business modules. She has also held the associate deans position for this program. Professor Lunnan also is involved with teaching and has cooperations in Singapore, Lithuania and the US. Lunnan's research in China includes foreign company's management of their China operations, and their relations to Chinese companies'.
Rolv Petter Amdam is Professor of Business history, and Dean of BI's executive Programmes. Since 2003 he has visited China annually with executives and students. He has lectured on international management at business schools in Singapore, France, Lithuania and Egypt. Amdam's research in China focuses on how Norwegian martime firms intergrate with the local maritime cluster.
