In December 2015, Wired Magazine published an article entitled “How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed into a Hub for Innovation”. As Chinese companies have started to shake their titles as the “Google of China” or the “Tesla of China”, and as domestic tech companies such as Huawei, Alibaba or Mobike have started to move into, and be replicated themselves in other markets, the question of ‘are Chinese companies capable of innovation?’ has been answered.
The majority of China success stories in the tech industry, be it domestic or foreign companies, have been based on a commitment to business model innovation; on a company’s ability to build on ideas incubated abroad and to adapt them to the local market and to further develop integrated digital ecosystems.
The European Chamber is delighted to welcome Professor Lehmann Ortega, HEC Paris School of Business, and Paul Pan, Managing Director, Gaofeng Advisory, to lead a discussion on business model innovation. Professor Ortega teaches this subject at one of Europe’s leading EMBA programs and quite literally wrote the book on how to challenge traditional business models. Mr Pan has spent his career focusing on digital disruption in China, previously as COO of Google China. He now advises leading multinationals on how to adapt their global operating models to suit China specific needs.
Agenda
15:00-15:05 Welcome Remarks by European Chamber
15:05-15:50 Business Model Reinvention in Existing Enterprises, Professor Laurence Lehmann-Ortega, HEC Paris School of Business
15:50-16:30 China’s Distruptors, Paul Pan, Managing Director, Gaofeng Advisory
16:30-17:00 Q&A session
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