Asi­an Eco­nom­ic Or­gan­isa­tion & Com­pet­it­ive­ness

Course content

By focusing on the economic and political context of Chinese and Japanese business organizations, the overall aim of the course is to provide a solid understanding of the shift of economic power that is currently changing the world and global international business.

The course will start with an overview of China's and Japan's role in the global economy, followed by a series of lectures on the nature and characteristics of Chinese/Japanese economic organizations. In addition the competitiveness of the two countries will be discussed in overall terms as well as from the perspective of selected industries and branches. Against this background, the course then explores issues related to China's/Japan's approach to market economy and examines in detail Chinese/Japanese business networks, the form and structure of the Chinese/Japanese firm, the institutional, economic and political environment as well as the development of "alliance/network" capitalism.