Overview: Governance, Risk, Technology, and Value

Abstract

In this chapter the editor provides his overview, firstly, on China vis-à-vis two sets of countries, the developed and the developing, and, secondly, the diversity of insiders’ perspectives on these themes: governance, risks, technology, and values. Against the USA, the UK, Japan, and Germany, China on the basis of factual data of per capita performance still lags far behind. However when benchmarked against developing cluster (say, Brazil or India), China leads the pack. With instantaneity through the Internet, China should rapidly be overtaking even the USA on technology. The background of how this unique book of readings emerged from professors attending the series of Global Chinese Management Studies Conferences is provided. The roots to these Conferences may be traced to authors’ workshop at Zhong Shan Da Xue (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangdong, China. In the editor’s opinion, China is in phased transitions. What once prevails under Hu Jintao may be less relevant under Xi Jinping. Thus managers ought not to rely on rhetoric but gain insights from deep empirical research. Under governance, contributors captured changes in corporate social responsibility (CSR), the governance of capital markets and to the entire country, and the fusion of accounting information. Risk is an increasingly critical dimension of management, and authors emphasized three very different aspects: financial warning system, consumer-oriented risk insurance, and corporate philanthropic actions. Diverse topics of new product development, entrepreneurism in forestry and eco-labels are put under technology. Values include these: corporate values, I Ching and leadership (destructive). The editor hopes this Diversity of Managerial Perspectives from inside China may become the basis for discussion forums.

Appendix: Participating Universities from China

1	Beijing Forestry University	北京林业大学
2	Beijing Jiaotong University	北京交通大学
3	Beijing Normal University, China Academy of Social Management	北京师范大学
4	Beijing Union University, Beijing, China	北京联合大学
5	Capital University of Economics and Business	首都经济贸易大学
6	Central South University	中南大学
7	Central University of Finance and Economics	中央財經大學
8	Changchun University of Science and Technology	长春理工大学
9	China University of Political Science and Law	中国政法大学
10	Chinese University of Hong Kong	香港中文大學
11	Chongqing University	重庆大学
12	Dalian University of Technology	大连理工大学
13	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies	广东外语外贸大学
14	Guangdong University of Technology	廣東工業大學
15	Guangzhou University	廣州大學
16	Hainan University	海南大學
17	Harbin Institute of Technology	哈尔滨工业大学
18	Hohai University	河海大学
19	Hunan University	湖南大学
20	Jiaxing University	嘉兴学院
21	Jinan University	暨南大學
22	Kainan University	开南大学
23	Kunming University of Science and Technology	昆明理工大学
24	Nanjing Audit University	南京审计学院
25	Nanjing University	南京大学
26	Nankai University	南开大学
27	National Chengchi University	國立政治大學
28	National Chiao Tung University	國立交通大學
29	National Chung Cheng University	國立中正大學
30	National Taiwan University of Arts	國立臺灣藝術大學
31	Renmin University of China	中国人民大学
32	Shanghai University of International Business and Economics	上海对外经贸大学
33	Shantou University	汕头大学
34	Shanxi University	山西大学
35	Shanxi University of Finance and Economics	山西财经大学
36	Shaoxing University	绍兴文理学院
37	Shenzhen University	深圳大学
38	Sichuan University	四川大学
39	South China Agricultural University	华南农业大学
40	Southeast University	东南大学
41	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	西南财经大学
42	Sun Yat-sen University	中山大学
43	Takming University of Science and Technology	德明财经科技大学
44	Tamkang University	淡江大學
45	Tatung University	大同大學
46	The Central University of Finance and Economics	中央财经大学
47	Tianjin University	天津大学
48	Tsinghua University	清华大学
49	University of Hong Kong	香港大學
50	University of International Business and Economics, Beijing	对外经济贸易大学
51	University of Macau	澳門大學
52	University of Science and Technology	中国科学技术大学
53	University of Shanghai for Science and Technology	上海理工大学
54	Wuhan University	武汉大学
55	Xiamen University	厦门大学
56	Yancheng Institute of Technology	盐城工学院
57	Yuanpei University	元培科技大學
58	Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming	云南财经大学
59	Yunnan University of Nationalities	云南民族大学
60	Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China	浙江理工大学
61	Zhejiang University	浙江大學
62	Zhengzhou University	郑州大学