April 15, 2009
| Speaker | Yasheng Huang Author “Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State” China Program Associate Professor in International Management MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Topic | Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State |
| Time | 12:30p.m. – 2:00p.m. Lecture |
| Location | Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 702 |
| RSVP | RSVP Required as this is a luncheon event. |
Professor Yasheng Huang teaches political economy and international
management at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His previous appointments include faculty positions at the University of
Michigan and at Harvard Business School. He was also a consultant to the World
Bank.
In addition to academic journal articles, Professor Huang has published Inflation and Investment Controls in China (1996), FDI in China (1998), Selling China (2003), Financial Reform in China (2005, co-edited with Tony Saich and Edward Steinfeld), and Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics (2008).
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics is a detailed narrative account of history of economic reforms in China. It is based on detailed archival and quantitative evidence spanning three decades of reforms, this book shows that private entrepreneurship, facilitated by financial liberalization and microeconomic flexibility, played a central role in China's economic miracle.
At MIT Sloan School, Professor Huang founded and runs China Lab and India Lab, which aim at helping entrepreneurs in China and India improve their management. He has held or received prestigious fellowships such as National Fellowship at Stanford University and Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Fellowship. He is a member of MIT Entrepreneurship Center, a fellow at Center for Chinese Economic Research and Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua University, a fellow at William Davidson Institute at Michigan Business School, and a World Economic Forum Fellow.
Sponsored by: The International Business Center Global Speakers Series, The Center for Emerging Market Enterprises and The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs