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Presentation

• Jerry Trapnell, Executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International
   

Plenary II: Lenovo Transformation
From small beginnings, Lenovo has undergone an unparalleled transformation—from relative obscurity to global player. Lenovo began its journey with funding of $25,000 and only 11 researchers in 1984. Today, it has estimated revenues of $13 billion and over 27,000 employees. During the 1990s, Lenovo steadily built its personal computer brand to become the China market leader, with market share of approximately 36 percent. But the company had ambitions beyond its geographic borders. In December 2004, Lenovo made a bold move to acquire the IBM PC business.

As the first Chinese company to realize its global aspirations, Lenovo now faces numerous challenges: How to retain and grow its customer base with its “Made in China” Thinkpad? How can Lenovo succeed in driving its international business back to profitability? And most importantly, how can Lenovo integrate the former IBM unit with the Chinese operation and cultivate a cohesive corporate culture?

Presentation

• Yibing Wu, chief transformation officer, Lenovo
   

(A1) Opportunities in Non-degree Executive Education
The session features leading China-based business schools in non-degree Executive Education.

Dean Bing Xiang will deliver a presentation designed to help business school deans and senior administrators examine a set of key issues faced in executive education (competition, commoditization, etc).  His remarks will help participants gain new insights into the innovative approaches to executive education in emerging markets.

Through the case of CEIBS, as presented by Dean Rolf D. Cremer, participants will learn about the capabilities of a leading China-based business school in delivering non-degree Executive Education and about the value of cooperative programs between two or more business schools as a means of organizational development. Dean Cremer also will discuss how to appreciate the expectations and needs of corporate clients in Asia-Pacific.

Presentation - Cremer
Presentation - Xiang

• Rolf D. Cremer, dean and vice president, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
• Bing Xiang, dean, The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)
   

(A2) International Strategic Alliances: Three Institutional Perspectives on Opportunities, Partnership Structures, and Institutional Resource Commitments
The panel session is designed to explore international, educational partnerships through presentations and discussions from three schools vastly different in stages of development, size, and strategy.  Representatives from Tsinghua University (China), Pearl School of Business (India) and Babson College (USA) will delineate categories of international opportunities, explore possible partnership structures to execute on these opportunities and discuss levels of organizational commitment necessary for success.

Presentation - Bhupatkar
Presentation - Eng
Presentation - Fetters

• Ashutosh P. Bhupatkar, adviser, Pearl School of Business
• Robert Eng, associate professor and executive director, Asian Institute, Babson College
• Michael Fetters, former provost and Walter Carpenter Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Accounting, Babson College
• Chunjun Zhao, deputy chairman, National MBA Education Supervisory Committee of China
   

Plenary III: AACSB Accreditation and Thought Leadership: Assuring Excellence in Management Education Worldwide
The session provides an update on AACSB activities in accreditation and thought leadership, and will explore how AACSB accredited business schools are positioned to address increasing demands for accountability and expectations regarding student learning outcomes. Quality accreditation is a principal method both to attain and maintain excellence in a business school. In 2007, Tsinghua School of Economics and Management became the first in Chinese Mainland to earn AACSB initial accreditation for their undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.  The presentation also shares vital information on the key initial accreditation process and the valued benefits received by the institution.

Presentation - Chen
Presentation - Fernandes and Trapnell

• Guoqing Chen, executive associate dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
• John Fernandes, president and CEO, AACSB International
• Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International
   

Plenary IV: Research Collaborations– best practices and challenges
Three decades of economic reform and two decades of MBA education witness a corresponding momentum of research to identify best management practices and uncover unique management models in the dynamic Chinese context. The panel discusses the role of international collaboration between Chinese and international business schools and scholars in advancing management knowledge for consumption by both local firms and multinational corporations. The panel members share the motivation, experiences, and challenges in their respective school's international collaboration projects and identify important management issues to guide future research through such partnerships at both the institutional and individual scholar levels.

Presentation - Tsui
Presentation - Li
Presentation - Zhao

Panelist:

• Yuan Li, dean, School of Management, Xi'an JiaoTong University
• Weiying Zhang, first associate, dean, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
• Shuming Zhao, dean, School of Business, Nanjing University

Moderator:

• Anne Tsui, Management Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
   

(B1) Opportunities in Executive MBA Education
Presenters from renowned EMBA programs provide an overview and impart knowledge gained from their innovative and effective practices.  Critical program components will be identified and contrasted between the program experts.  Finally, challenging issues and the ongoing quest for quality are discussed.

Presentation - Lu and Little
Presentation - Tsang

• James Little, Danforth chair and academic director, Olin-Fudan EMBA Program, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
• Xiongwen Lu, dean, Fudan School of Management, Fudan University
• Chris Tsang, associate director, Postgraduate Programs, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   

(B2) B-School Collaborations: Strategies and Tactics for Successful Ventures
The panel session explores the key reasons of success (or failure) of b-school collaborations. Each panelist will describe the collaborative ventures he has been involved in, and will explore the key reasons of success/failure. Then the panelists will express their comments on the ventures described by the co-panelists, in order to identify key underlying reasons determining the success. The alignment between strategy and tactical implementation will be specially explored.

Presentation - Lee
Presentation - Tapie
Presentation - Xu

• Matthew Lee, dean, Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong
• Pierre Tapie, Groupe ESSEC President,  ESSEC Business School – Paris
• Fei Xu, assistant president, Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Management and, executive dean, Antai College of Economics and Management