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Lecture: India and China's Cross-Cultural Influences, Opportunities and Challenges

Apr 26-2019   



 

The two civilizations of China and India have been in exchanges for thousands of years. While China is on way to becoming the largest market in the world, India's magnetic draw has also risen significantly, seeing the arrival of many top Western companies as well as Chinese ones such as Alibaba and Xiaomi. According to CBinsights, India was home to 20 unicorns as of early 2019, making it one of the top five unicorn-intensive countries. On April 26th, Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta will give a speech at PKU Cross-Cultural Leadership Forum to compare and contrast China and India in such areas as culture, economy and management, and present the opportunities and challenges for Chinese entrepreneurs eyeing the India market. He is invited by Prof. John Yang, Co-Dean of BiMBA Business School, who will comment on Dr. Mehta’s speech.

 

Dean and Board Director of India’s MICA Business School, Dr. Mehta teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is widely recognized as a top expert in Indian studies. Previously he taught economy and strategic management at Purdue University for 16 years and co-founded high-tech firm Simulex Inc. He returned to India in 2006 to take charge of the partnership between Duke University and IIM.

 

Theme: India and China's Cross-Cultural Influences, Opportunities and Challenges

Time: 18:30-21:00, Friday April 26, 2019

Venue: 2nd Floor, Wan Zhong Building, NSD, PKU

Speaker:  Shailendra Raj Mehta

 

About the speaker:

Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta is the President and Director, MICA and Distinguished Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MICA. Before joining MICA, he was the Chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University where he also served as Acting Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Strategy and prior to that Provost/Vice Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. After a 16-year stint at Purdue University where he taught Economics and Strategic Management, he returned to India in 2006-07 to head the collaboration between Duke CE (Duke University’s Corporate Education Arm) and IIM-Ahmedabad as its head for India, West Asia and the Middle East and simultaneously as Visiting Professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad.

 

Dr. Mehta has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics and Experimental Economics. His research was the subject of a full-length review by The Economist. His work on creating world-class universities has been discussed around the world and profiled in over ten languages including Chinese, Russian, French, German and Arabic among others.

Lecture: India and China's Cross-Cultural Influences, Opportunities and Challenges

Apr 26-2019   



 

The two civilizations of China and India have been in exchanges for thousands of years. While China is on way to becoming the largest market in the world, India's magnetic draw has also risen significantly, seeing the arrival of many top Western companies as well as Chinese ones such as Alibaba and Xiaomi. According to CBinsights, India was home to 20 unicorns as of early 2019, making it one of the top five unicorn-intensive countries. On April 26th, Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta will give a speech at PKU Cross-Cultural Leadership Forum to compare and contrast China and India in such areas as culture, economy and management, and present the opportunities and challenges for Chinese entrepreneurs eyeing the India market. He is invited by Prof. John Yang, Co-Dean of BiMBA Business School, who will comment on Dr. Mehta’s speech.

 

Dean and Board Director of India’s MICA Business School, Dr. Mehta teaches innovation and entrepreneurship and is widely recognized as a top expert in Indian studies. Previously he taught economy and strategic management at Purdue University for 16 years and co-founded high-tech firm Simulex Inc. He returned to India in 2006 to take charge of the partnership between Duke University and IIM.

 

Theme: India and China's Cross-Cultural Influences, Opportunities and Challenges

Time: 18:30-21:00, Friday April 26, 2019

Venue: 2nd Floor, Wan Zhong Building, NSD, PKU

Speaker:  Shailendra Raj Mehta

 

About the speaker:

Dr. Shailendra Raj Mehta is the President and Director, MICA and Distinguished Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MICA. Before joining MICA, he was the Chairman of the Board of Management at Auro University where he also served as Acting Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Strategy and prior to that Provost/Vice Chancellor of Ahmedabad University. After a 16-year stint at Purdue University where he taught Economics and Strategic Management, he returned to India in 2006-07 to head the collaboration between Duke CE (Duke University’s Corporate Education Arm) and IIM-Ahmedabad as its head for India, West Asia and the Middle East and simultaneously as Visiting Professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad.

 

Dr. Mehta has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organization, Information Economics and Experimental Economics. His research was the subject of a full-length review by The Economist. His work on creating world-class universities has been discussed around the world and profiled in over ten languages including Chinese, Russian, French, German and Arabic among others.