Economic Growth and Structural Transformation
Our first session, with Professor Li of Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management. Ninety minutes on China's economic trajectory since Reform and Opening Up, grounded in specifics like a small village factory founded in 1975 that grew into the world's largest steel producer. His core takeaway: China's growth is a return to the norm after reentry to the world market, the opposite of a miracle.
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Country Case Studies on Economic Development and Structural Transformation
Rather than let the first lecture end as a memory, participants split into groups and built short case studies of their own, examining countries from Germany to China. The aim was never the rigor of the research. It was learning to think like an economist instead of simply listening to one.
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Global Industry, Innovation, and Cross-Border Strategy
Mr. Wei, Executive Vice President of Freudenberg's Automotive Sector and former CEO of NOK-Freudenberg China, joined us straight off a flight to discuss Germany's tradition of industrial "hidden champions" and what it takes to lead across two very different business cultures.
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Inflation Across Borders, With Professors from Montreal and Shanghai
Participants chose a country each and examined what was actually driving inflation there, from energy markets to policy response. The strongest analyses were sent to Professor Ming Li of Concordia University and Professor Ninghua Du of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for feedback, closer to how real research gets reviewed than how a classroom assignment gets graded.
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