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Introducing ‘Business Plus Education Ecosystem’ as a Commentary to Fey (2022)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2022

Jiang Wei*
Affiliation:
Zhejiang University, China
Zhongyuan Zhang
Affiliation:
Zhejiang University, China
*
Corresponding author: Zhongyuan Zhang ([email protected])

Abstract

In a recent paper, Carl Fey (2022) ponders the future development of Chinese business schools. He observes that the American model of business education – the target of emulation for most Chinese business schools up to this point – shows signs of serious inadequacy. It is high time, Fey argues, that Chinese business schools come up with ‘indigenous’ models of business education that better serve the needs of China's social and economical development. The paper then sketches a framework featuring some fundamental aspects of such indigenous models. We find Fey's central argument and framework both timely and inspiring. In what follows, we draw on what is happening at the School of Management of Zhejiang University (‘the School’) to respond to, and dialogue with, some of Fey's ideas.

Type
Perspectives
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The International Association for Chinese Management Research

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Footnotes

ACCEPTED BY Editor-in-Chief Xiao-Ping Chen

References

REFERENCE

Fey, C. F. 2022. A perspective on the potential of Chinese business schools: A call for greater attention to context, differentiation, and developing an indigenous model. Management and Organization Review, in press. doi:10.1017/mor.2022.19Google Scholar