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- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Joycelyn W. Eby
By 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993 into a global conglomerate that ranked #464 in the Global 500. Much of this success it had achieved by cross-industry expansion within China, but since 2008, it had... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: The Evolution of Tsinghua University
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Tsinghua University is one of the most prominent universities in China, and, increasingly, in the world. Its evolution to this position reflects the major developments in Chinese history—outward looking internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, creative survival in the... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Uber in China: Driving in the Gray Zone
By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Shuang L. Frost and Adam K. Frost
CEO and Founder of Uber Technologies, Travis Kalanick, had made clear to investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling, and for... View Details
- 2016
- Chapter
A Global Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-engagement, Re-imagination, and Experimentation
By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende
Book Abstract: This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why... View Details
- October 2015 (Revised August 2019)
- Background Note
Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times
By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang
The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the... View Details
- October 2015 (Revised November 2016)
- Background Note
'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Discussions of "world-class" universities have become an academic cottage industry in the 21st century, and definitions of the term are complex and at times contradictory. This background note traces the origins of university ranking systems and their evolution from a... View Details
- March 2015
- Background Note
Advanced Leadership Field Perspectives: Shanghai
By: William Kirby and Erica Zendell
- January 5, 2015
- Article
China Still Isn't Ready to Be a True Global Leader
By: William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan
- October 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Background Note
China's Environmental Challenge
By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell and Brittany Crow
China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis that faces the world's fastest-growing economy. View Details
- May 2014
- Teaching Note
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (B)
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Appellation Shanxi: Grace Vineyard
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Boardroom Battle Behind Bars: Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings—A Corporate Governance Drama
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
CP Group: Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Taikang Insurance: Standing Out In China's Crowded Insurance Market
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: A Global Company's China Strategy
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell