Dr. Ming Wan, Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Political Science Division of the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University (USA), has joined the Advisory Board of the Wong MNC Center
Wong MNC Center News
August 20th, 2014
Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, founder and Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, gave a keynote address, entitled "The Imperative of Paying Attention to the Politics of Chinese Outward Investment," to the 8th annual China Goes Global Conference in Shanghai. Dr. Blanchard emphasized that politics has been associated with Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) since the beginning and that contemporary news stories quite clearly illustrate that political factors are shaping Chinese OFDI in a variety of important ways. Among other ideas, he proposed using the concepts of home country, host country, and the global political context as a way to identify important variables that influence the features of Chinese OFDI.
July 21st, 2014
Dr. Amitendu Palit has joined the blogger community for the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations and will share his expertise about MNCs and regional FTAs as well as East Asian investments in India and Indian investments in East Asia. Amitendu is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and is an economist specializing in international trade policy, regional frameworks and political economy.
June 25th, 2014
Dr. Scott B. MacDonald has joined the blogger community for the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations. Scott is the Head of Research and a Senior Managing Director at MC Asset Management Holdings, LLC, a U.S. SEC registered Investment Advisor based in Stamford, Ct. He is a co-author of Asia’s Rise in the 21st Century and When Small Countries Crash.
April 27th, 2014
The Wong MNC Center sponsored the successful launch of the Asia Society and Rhodium Group co-produced report "High Tech: The Next Wave of Chinese Investment in the US" in Shanghai, China on April 22, 2014.
March 7th, 2014
Dr. Ann Capling, Vice Chancellor, Murdoch University (Australia) and a former member of the Warwick Commission on the Future of the Multilateral Trade System, has joined the Advisory Board of the Wong MNC Center
February 2nd, 2014
Ms. Brenda Lei Foster, Executive-in-Residence Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii, and former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has joined the Advisory Board of the Wong MNC Center.
February 2nd, 2014
Mr. Frank Lavin, President, ExportNow and former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and US Ambassador to Singapore has joined the Advisory Board of the Wong MNC Center. Frank also has held senior posts with various firms including Citibank.
