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Forskningsprojekter

For yderligere information om de enkelte forskningsprojekter kontakt venligst de angivne kontaktpersoner. 


The Organization and Management of Globally Distributed Innovation Activities

"The Organization and Management of Globally Distributed Innovation Activities: Comparing the Firm-Level R&D from both Danish/European and Chinese Perspectives" is a project sponsored by the Sino-Danish Center (an education and research joint project funded by the Chinese and Danish governments), which seeks to address two sets of research questions: (1) What are the patterns of innovation/R&D in China by Denmark and European MNEs? What are the key contextual factors and underlying mechanisms for such activities? What are the links between innovation in the home countries and that in the host countries for Denmark/ European MNEs? (2) What are the patterns of innovation/R&D in Nordic countries/Europe by Chinese MNEs as latecomers? What are the key contextual factors and underlying mechanisms for such activities, especially the process for MEN latecomers to catch up with and even leapfrog the global incumbents? What are the links between innovation in the home country and that in the host country for Chinese MNEs?
Contact person: Peter Ping Li

"Suitable for Growth"

"Suitable for Growth" is an industry project on market entry by Danish firms in China.
Based on a major grant from the Danish Government this project seeks to help the medium-sized Danish firms penetrate the mid-end market in China. In particular, the role of second-home strategy (including the second brand in China and other emerging markets) will be emphasized. This is a joint project with the Industriens Fond and Universe Foundation in Denmark.
To learn more about this project contact Peter Ping Li .

Projects on the Chinese Philosophy of Wisdom and Framework of Creative Cognition

These projects seek to develop the philosophy of wisdom in terms of “Tao” as the ontology, “Yin-Yang” as the epistemology, and “Wu” (intuitive imagination) as the methodology as well as the Chinese framework of creative cognition in terms of complexity-ambiguity-metaphor link. In particular, the role of play in creative process is emphasized.
Contact person: Peter Ping Li

Projects on the Indigenous Theories about Decision-making in the Contexts of Complexity and Ambiguity

The projects on "indigenous theories about decision-making in the contexts of complexity (holistic and dynamic) and ambiguity (uncertainty)" seek to develop indigenous theories regarding the cognitive frames of Yin-Yang Balancing to strategic decision-making style among Asian CEOs in contrast to that in the West, including intuition and insight.
Contact person: Peter Ping Li

Compressed Capitalism and the New India

This project captures the complex dynamics of Indian capitalism as it unfolds at the national level and articulates with global capitalism. It identifies the key drivers of the Indian variant of capitalism, which is argued to be compressed because of the simultaneous coexistence of the historical phases of capitalism representing both rudimentary and advanced economic sectors. These are primitive accumulation, petty commodity production, and state-business led mature production systems. By disaggregating the three legs of compressed capitalism in India, the project also identifies the selective opportunities offered by global capitalism and the structural constraints imposed in  transforming India.
Working papers have been presented in York University, UK, University of Sydney, and University of Auckland. A fourth paper will be presented at MIT.
Contact Person: Anthony P. D’Costa

Capital Accumulation and Economic Development: Japan and India in the World of Talent Mobility

This study, originally funded through an Abe Fellowship awarded by the Social Science Research Council, New York, and financed by the Japan Foundation, investigates how the mobility of technical talent props up capital accumulation in different places, how states try to regulate this process, who gets what from this movement, and identifies some of the social consequences in both the sending and receiving countries. The empirical materials are mainly drawn from India and Japan.
The following three pieces have been published:
2009: (with Kobayashi, T.) “Foreign Talent and Innovation: China and India in the Japanese Software Industry” in Parayil, G. and D’Costa, A.P. (editors), The New Asian Innovation Dynamics: China and India in Perspective, (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 216-246.
2008: “The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications,” in Solimano, A. (ed.) International Mobility of Talent and Development Impact (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 44-83
2008: “The Barbarians are Here: How Japanese Institutional Barriers and Immigration Policies Keep Asian Talent Away,” Asian Population Studies, November, 4 (3): 311-329
Contact person: Anthony P. D'Costa

State, Party and the Changing Business Environment in China

The project focuses on the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in governing China. It explores the current state of the CCP and the
many challenges it faces. The project also considers the dynamics of development in China, the party organisation, and the party's role in society more widely.
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Asia Research Centre, is in charge of the project in cooperation with Professor Zheng Yongnian, East Asian
Institute, National University of Singapore and Nothingham University.
See more about the project: State, Party and the Changing Business Environment in China

China World Project

The main focus of the ‘China in the World, the World in China’ (China World) research project is twofold:
  1. To focus on Chinese business practices among Chinese entrepreneurs in Mainland China and among Chinese business communities from around the world
  2. To focus on notions of 'Chinese-ness' and how it is spelled out in different societal settings.
The China World Network consists of cross-disciplinary international researchers from within the social sciences.
See chinaworld.cbs.dk for further information.
Current network administrators, Michael Jacobsen and Can Seng Ooi, both Asia Research Centre, CBS.

Human Resource Challenges to China’s Outward FDI Objectives

This project seeks to examine the human resource challenges associated with China’s outward foreign direct investment objectives in two important ways:
  1. By investigating the willingness of qualified talent in host countries to work for Chinese companies that seek to invest abroad
  2. By examining the attitudes of Chinese students, who have studied and/or are now working in Western European countries, about returning to work in China.
Read full project proposal: Proposed Study on Human Resource Challenges to China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment Objectives
Verner Worm, Asia Research Centre, is in charge of this project in cooperation with Susan Aaagaard Petersen, Asia Research Centre, and Rosalie Tung, Simon Fraser University.

Business Practices among Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia

Project title: 'De-essentialising Notions of Chinese Capitalism. On Business Practices among Ethnic Chinese SME Entrepreneurs in Penang, Malaysia'. The project is co-sponsored by FSE. Project period January 2007-December 2008.
Contact person: Michael Jacobsen

LOK Japan Project

The focus of the project is to explore how Danish companies facilitate knowledge transfer and information exchange between headquarters and subsidiaries/alliances in Japan and how they successfully implement forthcoming ideas into general company/regional/local strategy.
Contact person: Lisbeth Clausen

Negotiating in Asia: The Challenges of Value Creation in a Complex Environment

The project is founded on the fact that, while there is a general awareness that negotiation is crucial to effective strategy implementation, most individuals and organisations have often been unable to translate this understanding into practice. This obstacle to value creation provides a challenge to many companies operating in Asia. While recognising the political, cultural and economic diversity of the Asian region, the project aims to identify some of the common obstacles, how they might best be overcome, and which skills individuals need in order to deal with the challenges inherent in cross-cultural negotiations.
Verner Worm, ARC, and Rajesh Kumar, Aarhus Business School, are responsible for the project.


Sidst opdateret af Lene Krarup Laursen 26.04.2012