China-Related Strategy Research: Big Research Questions for the Next 5-10 Years and Critical Issues and Challenges for Publishing China-Related Strategy Research (Session 20E)
Haiyang Li, Rice University
Yan Zhang, Rice University

Garden Hotel, June 22, 08:00-12:00

This is a combined session compose of two different but related topics. See below for the detailed information. Only one single registration to session 21e will apply to both sessions.

China-Related Strategy Research: Big Research Questions for the Next 5-10 Years
Haiyang Li, Rice University

In recent years, emerging market firms have become important players in global markets. While there are other large and important emerging markets such as India, Brazil and Russia, the mother of all emerging markets is China. A report published by Boston Consulting Group (2004) states that China is emerging as the industrial power base of the future. Within approximately 35 years, China is predicted to become the largest and most powerful economic force in the world.

As global competition unfolds in China and Chinese firms unleash their competitiveness around the world, both scholars and practitioners have paid significantly increasing attention to China-related strategic management. In this professional development workshop, we would like to explore some of the most critical issues and “big” research questions that both researchers and practitioners should focus on in the coming 5-10 years. This workshop will feature some of the top scholars and practitioners in China-related strategic management. By using an interactive format, this workshop will begin with each panellist expressing his or her views on what are the critical questions scholars and practitioners focus on and which new research questions they inspire in the context of China-related strategy research. Then we will open up for discussion between the panellists and between the panellists and session attendees. We hope that at the end of the workshop we will be able to identify some of the more promising avenues for future research and practice.

Panellists

• Xudong Gao, Tsinghua University
• Lan Li, Development Research Center of State Council
• Yan Zhang, Rice University
• Klaus Meyer, University of Bath

China-Related Strategy Research: Critical Issues and Challenges for Publication
Yan Zhang, Rice University

The former session of “China-Related Strategy Research: Big Research Questions for the Next 5-10 Years” will identify promising avenues for strategic management in the context of China’s emerging market. However, how can one get their papers on these issues published in mainstream management journals such as AMJ or SMJ? This session will feature some of the top scholars with active research programs in China-related strategic management. This workshop will use case study and role-playing approaches. Each panellist will focus on a specific paper he or she has recently published and explicitly describe how he or she deals with the submission-revision process in general and the comments from the editor and reviewers in particular. Session attendees will be encouraged to offer their own insights regarding challenges and how to address them.

workshops.rofessor Daniel Brass (J. Henning Hilliard Professor of Innovation Management at University of Kentucky) will describe how to do social network analysis in organizations. A social network is a set of actors (individuals, groups, organizations) and the relationships that connect them. Professor Brass will describe how to collect social network data, review the typically used network concepts and measures, and explain how to analyze the data. Concepts include centrality, density, cliques, structural equivalence, structural holes, centralization, and others. Information about software packages is also included. Prof. Brass will also review many of the research findings using social network analysis in organizations.

Panellists

• Jane Lu, Singapore Management University
• Wei Shen, University of Florida
• Eric Tsang, University of Texas at Dallas

How to Register

Fill in the registration form here and send to Mr. Red Ng at iacmr@asu.edu before June 1 2008. Results will be notified by email.

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