工商管理系学术讲座

Seminar of Department of Business Administration

Title: A Critical Analysis of One Belt, One Road as China’s Contribution to Global Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

Speaker:  Dr. Ulf Henning Richter

Time: 13:30–15:30 June 30, 2017

Place: Room 308, Tongji Building A

Coordinator: Dr. Jing Zhong 

Abstract：

The author theoretically analyzes Xi Jinping’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) strategy as major pillar of China’s peaceful ascendance as global power. The global shift is accompanied by the rapid development of China’s private sector and rapidly increasing outward investment. Chinese MNCs rapid penetration into regions such as Africa or South East Asia, often referred to as “springboard strategy”, are frequently criticized for lack of transparency, overlooking the needs of the local population, and ignorance of environmental considerations. For OBOR strategy to be successful it will require a new level of corporate governance, an advanced understanding of corporate social responsibility in dealing with the needs of the host nations such as capacity building, support of local SMEs, and investments in environmentally sustainable projects to guarantee long-lasting success.

Short Biography of Speaker：

Dr. Ulf Henning Richter is an Associate Professor of Global Business and Strategy at Tongji University. He received his Doctorate in Economic Sciences from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, for his thesis on corporate responsibility in a globalizing world, and an MBA from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel in Germany. He is also a Visiting Scholar with the Social Innovation Centre at INSEAD, Membership Secretary of the AIB Sub-Saharan Chapter, and was previously a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University