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The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

by Rachel Layne

Trade tensions between the US and China have continued well beyond the Trump Administration's tariffs. Harvard Business School faculty offer insights for leaders managing the complexities of doing business with the world's second-largest economy.

The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital

Re: William C. Kirby

The city of Wenzhou in southeastern China is home to the country’s largest privately owned mental health hospital group, the Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd. It’s an example of the extraordinary entrepreneurship happening in China’s healthcare space. But after its successful initial public offering (IPO), how will the hospital grow in the future? Harvard Professor of China Studies William C. Kirby highlights the challenges of China’s mental health sector and the means company founder Guan Weili employed to address them in his case, Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China.

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

by Dina Gerdeman

Which universities will step into the void as American colleges decline? In the book Empires of Ideas, William Kirby explores how the history of higher education in the US, China, and Germany might shape its future.

Is There a Winner in Huawei’s Digital Cold War with the US?

Re: William C. Kirby

Bill Kirby discusses his case study of China-based Huawei’s growth and ultimate confrontation with the United States government, and China's response to the coronavirus. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

Re: Multiple Faculty

As the year comes to a close, we revisit the Cold Call podcasts that attracted the most listeners in 2016. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Re: William C. Kirby

Can parents and prospective students trust college rankings? Bill Kirby unpacks this complex system, including what “world-class” actually means, what rankings don’t take into account, and how schools are learning to game an imperfect system. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

Re: William C. Kirby

Bill Kirby discusses how a historic international accord on reducing environmental emissions might signal a greener future for the world's most populous nation. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

The Alibaba Effect

by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan

Alibaba's $200 billion mega-IPO is history-making in a number of ways. Bill Kirby and Warren McFarlan discuss what the deal says about Chinese entrepreneurship and American markets. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan

Creativity and innovation can be nurtured in different educational and institutional settings, but does China have a good institutional framework for innovation? An excerpt from Can China Lead? Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

by Michael Blanding

It's fashionable to be bullish on China. But the new book "Can China Lead?" urges a more cautious view on the prospects of the country, where government bureaucracy stifles innovation. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

The Steve Jobs Legacy

Re: Multiple Faculty

Harvard Business School faculty offer their perspectives on the legendary career of Steve Jobs, who remade several industries even as he changed how we use technology. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

by William C. Kirby

In a new book, The People's Republic of China at 60: An International Assessment, HBS professor William C. Kirby discusses common assumptions about pre-revolutionary China and its development into an economic power. Key concepts include: Essays in the book address four main themes: politics; social transformations; wealth and well-being; and culture, belief, and practice. Kirby refers to the first three decades of the PRC as "a regime of wasted, and wasteful—not to mention criminal—youth." However, he says, many of the essays in the book show how the country has taken good advantage of the last three decades. Mid-century revolutionaries and scholars cited the economy as a major reason that China needed a revolution. However, the country actually sustained decent financial growth, fueled by private enterprise, from the 1910s until the onset of the global depression of the 1930s and the Sino-Japanese war in 1937. While China's central government was weak in the first half of the twentieth century, the country during that time developed strong methods of institution-building at the national, provincial, municipal, and local levels. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Business Summit: China in the Global Economy

Re: William C. Kirby

While the global economic downturn will affect China's exports, the domestic economy is expected to remain strong, agreed panelists at the HBS Business Summit. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization

Re: Multiple Faculty

In this breakout session, panelists shared insights, informed by history, of the convergence that globalization promotes. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.