Ekaterina Molchanova: Global Strategies of Russian and Chinese Mid-size Firms

Theme: Firm Strategies and Better Jobs

Sponsored by EY, HKUST IEMS hosted a two-day workshop with senior leaders from EY as well as high-level researchers and faculty from the international network of universities connected through the emerging market research institutions throughout Hong Kong, India, and Russia sponsored by EY. The current members of EY’s network of emerging market research institutions include HKUST IEMS, the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO IEMS, the Indian School of Business (IBS) IEMS, and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) IEMS. Topics covered during the workshop included China’s innovation systems, India’s pharmaceutical patent systems, China and Russia’s digital financial systems, global firm strategies of Chinese and Russian mid-sized firms, corporate risk management in emerging markets, and employment and training challenges in China and emerging markets.

In addition to providing a platform for researchers at EY’s network of partner IEMS institutes to share their research with each other as well as EY, the workshop provided an opportunity for EY to connect with senior faculty and researchers in the IEMS network and to share EY’s vision and priorities for emerging markets. Moreover share pertinent studies produced by each institution to debate and exchanges views and perspectives on current business challenges in emerging markets in the 21st century; discuss the intellectual framework on how best to address these challenges through research and education by the IEMS network; and to identify opportunities for intra-IEMS cooperation on emerging market studies that broaden the current scope of work produced by individual IEMS institutions.

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