To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: Content:
- Having a clear understanding of the institutional theory and
the institution-based view of strategy.
- Having a clear understanding of the three aspects of
China's institutional environment, as the lecturer has
explained in the course.
- Having a clear understanding the different responses to such an
institutional environment of the businesses situated in China, as
the lecturer has explained in the course.
- Having the capability to apply the institutional theory and the
institution-based view of strategy to a specific Chinese business
strategy-related topic of the student's own choice.
- Having the capability to clearly explain and defend his or her
analysis (above mentioned application) at the oral exam.
- Language:
- The student should be able to present and discuss a given topic
in English using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and academic
terminology.
- The student should be able to communicate in a coherent manner
without committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation
errors that disturb communication.
- The student should be able to demonstrate that s/he is
sufficiently at ease in the language to respond fluently to the
examiner’s questions, so that the examination flows as a
dialogue.
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The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
| Institutions
and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context -
Content: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the content of the synopsis and the oral presentation. | | Size of written product | Max. 5 pages | | Assignment type | Synopsis | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
| Institutions
and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context -
Language: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the students' language skills. | | Size of written product | Max. 5 pages | | Assignment type | Synopsis | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
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This course focuses on China's institutional environment and
business strategies in response to that institutional
environment.
We adopt W. Richard Scott's (1995) view that
'the Institutions are composed of cultural-cognitive,
normative, and regulative elements'.
Accordingly, we divide the 10 lectures (three hours each)
into four parts, i.e., Introduction, Regulative aspect,
Normative aspect, and Cognitive aspect. Each of the latter three
parts has three specific topics.
Introduction
- Why should we pay attention to China? The institution-based
view of business strategy. Three aspects of institution
(regulative, normative, cognitive)
Regulative aspect
- China’s SOEs and industrial policy
- Diversification with Chinese characteristics: a
politician-entrepreneur exchange perspective (ALSO, business groups
as development friendly institution, Amsden 2009)
- China’s e-commerce and platform competition
Normative aspect
- Doing business in China: Face, Booze, Sex, and the Dark Art of
Dealmaking in China
- Spurious competitiveness: why many rose and fell rapidly
- Huawei’s catch-up: how and why did it happen?
Cognitive aspect
- Chinese Culture: collectivism or individualism, long-term or
short-term oriented, cultural paradox?
- Creativity Chinese vs. Western: notion, dialectic
thinking-creativity connection
- Solutions to organizational paradox: Chinese vs. Western
philosophy
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