Corporate Political Strategies of Private Chinese Firms

Hao Ma is Professor of management and academic director of Beijing International MBA Program (BiMBA), National School of Development, at Peking university. He earned his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from The University of Texas at Austin, and held faculty positions in the US, Japan, and China. He has published in leading English and Chinese outlets, authored about a dozen books, and lectured frequently to both academic and business audiences on a wide range of topics relating to the management of business firms in global competition. Shu Lin is a research fellow at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Shereceived her Ph.D. from Peking University. Her research interests focus on corporate political strategy and business-government relationship in transitional China.Neng Liang is Professor of management and Associate Dean (Faculty) at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He obtained an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Ph.D. from Indiana University (Bloomington). He was on the tenured faculty of Loyola University of Maryland, and taught in the United Statesand Europe before returning to China. He is vise president-elect of International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR). Neng Liang and Shu Lin's research on erroneous learning from the West won the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award at the 2005 annual meeting of the Academy of Management (Aom)