Chen Chunhua: Fortune Business Leader
Apr 17-2019
Professor Chen Chunhua was named one of the most influential business leaders in China for the year 2019 by fortunechina.com. Published on April 15th, the list consisted of 50 business leaders including Mr. Ren Zhengfei of Huawei, Mr. Pony Ma of Tencent, and Ms. Dong Mingzhu of Glee. Fortunechina.com noted that Prof. Chen has garnered successful experience in corporate management, and has pioneered empirical studies in the management discipline of Chinese institutions of higher learning. “Since assuming the deanship of NSD’s BiMBA Business School in 2017, this legendary mentor in the Chinese business circles has continued to exert influence on the business sphere in the role of scholar,” commented fortune.com. In 2018, Prof. Chen published a new book entitled: Symbiosis-Evolutionary Path of Future Corporate Organizations, based on her 30 years’ research into Chinese enterprises and delineating symbiotic organizations in the age of IoT. At BiMBA, she has championed the future-oriented curriculum design of the EMBA program, initiated the mentor program for MBA students, and launched the CHO100 project connecting top human resource officers in China. Moreover, she has singlehandedly facilitated the partnership between Mu Lan Hui Foundation and NSD, resulting in the creation of Mu Lan School whose exclusive mission is to educate and empower female entrepreneurs. Or is she the Wonderwoman?