Research
The Chinese Century
 As the February 2005 keynote speaker for the
Asia Society Washington Center’s Contemporary
Affairs Series in Washington, D.C., Professor
Shenkar discussed the overall impact of China
on the future world economy and the Chinese
auto industry’s effect on the United States. |
China’s phenomenal economic growth has put it on course to surpass the United States as the world’s largest economy within 20 years. That will have a powerful impact on jobs, companies and the country’s economic future. In his newest book,
The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job , Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management Oded Shenkar says too many Americans have underestimated China’s extraordinary economic growth. He believes China is restoring itself by infusing modern technology and market economics into a nondemocratic system controlled by the Communist party and bureaucracy. His research demonstrates why China’s accelerating growth differs from predecessors such as Japan, India and Mexico and how it will lead to a radical restructuring of the global business system. Widely considered one of the leading experts on comparative and international management, Shenkar was recently appointed a fellow of the Academy of International Business and has written more than 70 articles for such journals as the
Academy of Management Review ,
Journal of International Business Studies and
Management Science . In May, he served on a panel for the U.S.—China Economic and Security Review Commission’s public hearing on China and the Future of Globalization in New York.
