Institutions and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context

About the course

Subjects

Sociology Strategy Globalisation Internationalisation

This course has 10 lectures.

Lecture 1: Introduction to the institution-based view of strategy

Lecture 2: China’s state capitalism and state-owned enterprises (SOEs)

Lecture 3: China’s health care system: Understanding the doctor-patient tension in China

Lecture 4: China’s go-global policy: Understanding the US-China trade conflict

Lecture 5: Chinese government’s censorship policy

Lecture 6: Intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China

Lecture 7: Trust-building: China’s e-commerce and platform competition

Lecture 8: The ubiquity of unrelated diversification in China

Lecture 9: Yin-Yang, Zhong-Yong, and Guanxi: How Chinese way of thinking impacts on Chinese business management

Lecture 10: China’s indigenous innovation strategy and its ambition for technological leadership

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Explain the institutional theory and the institution-based view of strategy.
Analyze China's institutional environment, in terms of the regulatory, normative, and cultural/cognitive aspects of institution.
Elaborate the different responses to such an institutional environment of the businesses situated in China.
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.

Level

Master

Type

Mandatory course

ECTS

7.5

Code

CCBLO2009U

Teaching periods

Spring – semester

Academic year

2025/2026

Status

Available places

Teaching language

English

Teaching Format

On campus

Exams

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