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Engaging Emerging
Markets – Outreach
The centre is involved in a variety of outreach
activities which bring cutting edge
research to practising managers. Also in
this section, you will find a variety of
international options targeted at enriching our
students' learning and professional experience. Visit this
section often to find out more about our
activities and forthcoming events.
Thinking Locally, Managing
Globally
Paul W. Beamish
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This article looks
at understanding the challenges for
Chinese companies entering foreign
markets - and suggests that it is
important to first establish the
requirements for competing globally, and
then evaluate whether Chinese
enterprises' strengths align with these
requirements.
Read more...
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The Role of Taiwanese Firms in the
Global Value Chain
Lecture by Shih-Fen Chen
May 18, 2011
(Taipei, ROC)
Hosted by
the Harvard Business Review in Taiwan
and organized by the Ivey Hong Kong
campus, Professor Shih-Fen Chen presents
to HBR readers his perspectives on the
role of Taiwanese firms in the global
value chain, and addresses key issues
faced by most Taiwanese manufacturers.
Read more...
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The
Second Annual Donald L. Triggs Lecture
in International Business
Winning the Global Competitive Game:
How Canadian industry and government can
benefit from
seismic geo-political shifts
Vancouver Convention Centre
Jan 27, 2011
Join Dean
Carol Stephenson in a presentation and
dialogue with David Emerson,
whose insights on developing
international markets amid
game-changing, economic and political
upheaval signal the need for a new model
of competitive leadership.
(Read
coverage by Financial Post Executive)
Click
here to view the presentation.
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Moving Upwards:
The Involvement of Boards of Directors
in the UN Global Compact
Escudero,
M., Power, G., with Waddock, S.,
Beamish, P.W., and Cruse, S.
This paper,
published by the United Nations Global
Compact Lead (GCLead) in March
2010,
provides preliminary arguments regarding
how, and in what specific areas, Board
of Directors may act in reinforcing the
leadership role of CEOs in advancing
corporate citizenship in general, and
implementing the Global Compact - the
largest international initiative of its
kind - in particular.
Click
here to read more.
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Ivey signs MOU with Indian Institute of
Management (IIMB)
Ivey is
expanding its presence in India by
partnering with the Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore on a new initiative
that will enhance educational
opportunities at both schools. Click
here to read more.
(l to r)
Ivey Dean Carol Stephenson and IIMB
Director Pankaj Chandra at the MOU
signing ceremony in Bangalore. |
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Donald L. Triggs
Lecture
"After the Crisis: Canada and the Rise
of Asia in the World Economy"
On November
25, the Ivey Idea Forum hosted the
inaugural Donald L. Triggs Lecture in
International Business featuring Yuen
Pau Woo, Chief Executive of the Asia
Pacific Foundation of Canada. To watch
video clips or download a transcript of
the presentation,
click here.
(l to
r) Yuen Pau Woo, Ivey Dean
Carol Stephenson, and Don Triggs
(MBA'68)
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Ivey Expanding Asia Presence
The
Executive Committee concluded a
week-long pan-India trip accompanied by
Centre faculty researcher Prof. Charles
Dhanaraj. The purpose of the trip was to
explore academic partnerships, to engage
the business community, and to advance
Ivey’s presence in India. On Oct 31,
2009, Ivey Dean Carol Stephenson and
Dean Ajit Rangnekar of the Indian School
of Business signed the Memorandum of
Understanding on case development and
training partnership between Ivey and
ISB. For details,
click here.
Ivey Dean
Carol Stephenson and Ajit Rangnekar,
Dean of the Indian School of Business
sign partnership for Case Development
Centre
(More Photos)
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Joint Venturing
by
Professor Paul W. Beamish
The Ivey
Idea Forum -- A Cross-Enterprise
Leadership™ Series
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 @ 8:00 - 9:30
am
ING Leadership Centre, Toronto
Breakfast included (7:30am)
Click to listen to
a 4-minute interview with
Professor Paul
Beamish on joint ventures
Watch a video clip of Paul Beamish
discuss principals
from his
new book, Joint Venturing.
Every year,
corporations establish thousands of
joint ventures (JVs), investing hundreds
of billions of dollars. In fact, between
25% and 40% of all foreign investments
take place via equity JVs. The use of
JVs and strategic alliances has been
rapidly growing.
Ivey
Professor Paul Beamish has worked as a
joint venture facilitator for Fortune
500 and other corporations for many
years. The senior executives in these
organizations often noted that the
decision-making format he used with them
would make a great book. This is it.
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Access India: Your company's next move?
The Ivey
Idea Forum -- A Cross-Enterprise
Leadership™ Series
Thursday, January 22, 2009 @ 8:00 - 9:30
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ING Leadership Centre, Toronto
Breakfast included (7:30am)
42 participants heard from Ivey
Professor Charles Dhanaraj, Gary Comerford (MBA '75, Senior Vice
President, International Sun Life
Financial Inc. Canada) and Hari Panday
(President Wealth Management, North
America Region and President and CEO,
ICICI Wealth Management Inc., Canada).
Topics included conducting
business in India, the opportunities for
Canadian businesses in emerging markets,
the challenges of working with Indian
companies, how current Canadian
companies are participating in the
Indian marketplace, and the success of
Indian companies in Canada.
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Emerging India: Strategic
Innovations in a Flat World
Strategic Management
Society (SMS) Special
International Strategy Conference
December 12-14, 2008
Host: Indian School of
Business (ISB)
Co-Chairs:
Professor Charles Dhanaraj,
Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario
Professor M. B. Sarkar, Temple
University
Professor Rishikesha Krishnan,
Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore
Professor Sougata Ray, Indian
Institute of Management,
Calcutta
The
conference saw a participation
from 120 International and 45
Indian Business Schools. Also
present at the occasion were 60
Deans from leading global and
Indian Business Schools, and a
galaxy of leaders from the
Indian industry. The three-day
mega-event was an apt platform
to integrate strategy scholars
and executives in India with
their global counterparts, in
order to co-learn and co-create
a greater enterprise, and to
define an ambitious research
agenda that can help propel the
next stage of inquiry in the
field of strategy. As the rise
of India poses opportunities as
well as fundamental challenges
both to academics and
strategists, the lens of focus
at the Conference was on the
challenges for Indian firms in a
‘flat world’ global economy.
For conference highlights, click
here.
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