COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 277-11

COURSE TITLE: International Business: Doing Business in China

UNITS OF CREDIT: 1 Unit

INSTRUCTOR: Anthony Zaloom

E-MAIL ADDRESS: azaloom@comcast.net

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MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Saturday, 1:00pm-4:00pm on 2/27 - 4/3 (no class on 3/27 for Spring Break Holiday)

PREREQUISITE(S): Completion of EWMBA Core Curriculum

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ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
This course analyzes the challenges faced by multi-national corporations in making direct investments in the Peoples Republic of China. These challenges are examined in the context of the ongoing dramatic transformation of China’s society and economy that began in 1979 with the opening of the country to investment from abroad. Examples of specific topics include Chinese negotiating style, fifty-fifty joint ventures compared with majority controlled investments, threats to intellectual property and coping with endemic corruption. Analysis of these topics incorporates examination of problem-solving approaches developed in the United States while adjusting to China’s dynamic environment. The class will be interactive and use well-known China deals, the instructor’s own experience, and hypotheticals as a basis for discussion and analysis. News events that relate to course topics (e.g., buyout firm Carlyle’s abandoned acquisition of construction machinery manufacturer Xugong), will be incorporated into the class.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Anthony Zaloom has more than 30 years of experience working with Asia, including 4 years working in Beijing. A lawyer by training, Tony has advised numerous multi-national corporations from a variety of industries making direct investments into Japan and China. He has also worked with Japanese and Chinese companies in a number of transactions. Professor Zaloom has been an Asia resident partner for Skadden, Arps and Counsel to Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, two of the world’s leading law firms.

Tony has drawn on his extensive Asian experience in teaching courses at Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies, Tokyo University, Qinghua University and UC Berkeley’s School of Law.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University and earned a JD from Harvard University. He is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese.