The CEIBS Global EMBA (GEMBA) programme, ranked #1 in the world in the Financial Times 2024 ranking, invites you to attend our latest Master Class in Singapore.

About The Event

The Chinese Paradox: Strategic Choices for MNCs in a Fragmented Global Order
Leave, Stay, Pivot, or Expand?

In today’s era of geopolitical friction, tech rivalry, and shifting alliances, multinational corporations (MNCs) must reassess their China strategies. Once a cornerstone of global growth, China now presents both significant opportunities and heightened risks. Trade fragmentation, regulatory shifts, changing consumer behavior, and intensifying local competition mean past assumptions can no longer be taken for granted.

This 90-minute interactive workshop blends case examples and peer discussion to help executives:

• Understand the headwinds and tailwinds shaping China’s business environment.
• Recognise the “new rules of competition” in China.
• Evaluate MNCs’ strategic pathways—leave, stay, pivot, or expand—with clear trade-offs and long-term implications.
• Identify risk-mitigation and value-creation levers for a more complex Chinese market.

This session will sharpen strategic thinking and equip business leaders with practical insights to adapt, compete, and lead in the world’s most consequential market.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 18:30-21:00
Venue: VOCO Hotel
Language: English
Cost: Free
Note: Space is limited, so your sign-up to this event is not confirmed until you receive an email confirmation from our team.

Agenda

18:15-19:00       Registration
19:00-19:20       Welcome and Introduction by Alexis Georgiou, Recruiting Manager
19:20-20:50       Master Class by Daniel Chng, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, CEIBS
20:50-21:00       Q&A
21:00 Onward    Networking

Who Should Attend?

This event is open to all executives and professionals with a minimum of seven years’ working experience, including four years in managerial positions. It is specially designed for those who are considering applying to the CEIBS Global EMBA, and those who want to have a deeper exploration into their potential fit with the programme. The CEIBS Global EMBA intake for this year will commence in November. CEIBS admissions staff will be present at the event to meet with interested candidates.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Daniel Chng is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at CEIBS. Before joining CEIBS, he was an Assistant Professor of Management at SKK Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, and a Sloan Faculty Fellow at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He teaches strategic management, corporate turnaround, and strategic consulting to MBA and EMBA students and top executives of multinational firms and government agencies in China, Europe, South Korea, Africa, and Singapore. He was awarded the MBA Teaching Excellence Award at SKK Graduate School of Business in 2008 and the 2nd prize in the 4th Shanghai MBA Case Teaching Competition in 2022. His teaching cases have won numerous awards, including the Overall Winner of the CEEMAN Case Writing Competition, the Best China-Focused Cases in 2018 and 2020, the EFMD Case Competition Responsible Business Category Winner in 2019, the Responsible Leaders Category Winner in 2020, and the Case Centre Awards and Competitions’ Outstanding Case Writer in 2023.

For more information, contact Alexis K. Georgiou at galexis@ceibs.edu or call +86 21 2890 5488.

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