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University of Sydney Business School
IBUS 6020 Enterprise
Management in China
Week 13: Final exam preparation
Semester 1 2022
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• The final exam is designed to:
1. Test your ability to discuss a topic on enterprise management
2. Show that you read the required literature and followed the
lectures and tutorial discussions
3. Show you can apply lessons from your case company
• The final exam (2 hours) contains 5 essay questions
1. You must answer all five questions.
2. Each question is worth 10 percent of your total marks.
3. Do not write more than four hundred words for each question.
4. All questions are explicit or implicit discussion questions.
5. Avoid descriptions and do not paraphrase definitions.
Final exam
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Learning
agenda of
IBUS6020
Three
environments
– The macro environment
– Formal and informal institutions
– State and Government
– Rule of Law and markets
– The micro environment
– Governance
– People
– Markets
– The global environment
– Motivation
– Obstacles
– CSR
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The domestic macro environment
Governance
Institutional
security
Market
institutions
Government
enterprise
links
Central-local
formal and
informal
institutions
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The micro environment
Enterprise
Corporate
governance
comparative
Human
Resources
Management
E-commerceInnovation
Stock market
finance
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Globalisation
Multinational
enterprises
Inbound FDI:
impact
Outbound ODI:
motivation
Home and host
markets, Local
responsiveness,
standardisation
Geo-strategic
factors
Decoupling
Globalisation
Reglobalisation
Global CSR
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Prework discussion questions
– Does China have formal and informal institutions? Which of the two are more important for
Chinese enterprises?
– Will formal collaboration between firms replace informal collaboration over time or is there a
place for both?
– Competition between local governments was useful in the early reform period, but it does not
support enterprise growth anymore.
– Can Taobao or similar firms replace legal regulation?
– Is China a leader or a follower in technical innovation? Please discuss by presenting arguments
for both sides.
– Is the Chinese model of e-commerce transferable to overseas markets?
– Non-traditional entry modes facilitate the entry of Chinese companies into overseas markets.
– Is the employment situation in China different from Western countries such as Australia?
– Is China becoming too dependent on foreign inbound and outbound investment?
– Do Chinese companies need to consider business ethics when they operate overseas?
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How to structure your final exam essays
Conclusion 1
– Digitalisation, specifically the shift
from traditional hardware to
blockchain, big data and AI will
impact my case company significantly
as it will put pressures on their data
storage operations.
Conclusion 2
– The benefits of digitalisation
outweigh its risks as it fosters
international cooperation
domestically and internationally
on a scale that not many would
have viewed as a possibility.
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How to structure your final exam essays
– Introduction – very brief: see the instructions for the Group Report
– Discussion – three steps: see the instructions for tutorial Week 13
– Proposition
– Counter proposition
– Resolution and synthesis
– Conclusion – very brief: see the instructions for the Group Report
Plan your time well: you have 24 minutes per topic.
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How to formulate an introduction to the question:
What motivations do Chinese companies have to invest overseas?
Introduction 1
– According to Dunning’s eclectic
paradigm, ownership, location and
internalisation advantages motivate
firms to go abroad. In terms of
location choice, there are three
primary factors for firms seeking ODI:
market seeking, efficiency seeking
and resource seeking. Do SOEs have
different motivation factors to private
enterprises?
–
Introduction 2
– Firstly, Chinese motives to invest
overseas of course include the
traditional market, asset and
resource seeking motives.
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