Georgetown Club of Shanghai China

Happy Hour: July 22 (Thu) at Cotton’s (Anting Road)

kevin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:39:50 +0000

We wanted to announce there will be an Georgetown Club Happy Hour on Thursday, July 22 at Cotton’s on Anting Road. Here are the details for the event:

Georgetown July Happy Hour

July 22, Thursday
6:30 – 9:00 pm
Cotton’s (link to website)
132 Anting Lu, near Jianguo Xi Lu
安亭路132号，近建国西路
6433 7995

It should be a great chance to catch up with other alumni and friends of Georgetown. Please invite your friends — everybody is welcome to come.

Also just to remind you:

If you’re interested in getting some free consulting from Georgetown MBAs, please contact Professors Rivoli and Romanelli. Find out more about the 7th Annual MBA Global Experience Shanghai: 2011.
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Looking forward to seeing you at the happy hour!

The Georgetown Shanghai Team

Georgetown MSB Global Experience Shanghai 2011 – Free MBA Consultants

kevin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:12:47 +0000

The Georgetown School of Business is running a program designed to give its MBAs real experience consulting in China. They are looking for companies and organizations in China to give them consulting projects, which they will work on from October to March 2011 at no cost. This is the second year the alumni club has been involved with this.

We believe this is a tremendous opportunity, and we strongly encourage all alumni and friends of alumni to contact the faculty leaders, Professor Pietra Rivoli and Elaine Romanelli. Here are the details:

7th Annual MBA Global Experience Shanghai: 2011

Professor Pietra Rivoli: (202) 687-3775 rivolip@georgetown.edu
Professor Elaine Romanelli: (202) 687-4188 romanele@georgetown.edu

The Georgetown University School of Business is committed to promoting learning and leadership in international business. Such education cannot be done from afar; students must experience first-hand the challenges of doing business both across national borders and within other countries. Georgetown’s International Residencies provide such experiences for students in our MBA programs.

For this Experience, we seek consulting projects from companies or organizations that have interests in China. Projects can focus on market and industry analysis, financial valuation, production and operations, social issues, or any specific functional or management issue that confronts the leadership of the sponsoring organization. Since 2003, we have served more than 70 client companies and organizations with interests in China.

We offer to sponsoring organizations teams of 5-6 second year MBA students who are closely supervised by full-time Georgetown faculty. There are no costs to the client companies. The timeline of the process is as follows:

August-October, 2010: Clients and faculty leaders work together to define the project content and scope.
November 2010-February 2011: Project teams are assigned; teams work on the projects in Washington DC under faculty supervision.
Early March, 2011: Student teams meet with the client in or near Shanghai to present their work and conclusions.

Though possibilities are quite varied, projects should also be sufficiently contained in scope to permit substantive research and analysis over a four-month period, and they should also be amenable to a substantial amount of research being done from the US. We will attempt to assign projects so that teams have some Chinese language capability if necessary, but project communication, as well as the final report, will be in English.

While there are no financial costs, our clients do have 2 important responsibilities:

1.To assign a contact person with whom the students can consult occasionally about the project, either by telephone or e-mail.
2.To attend the final presentation and meet with the project team in Shanghai in early March.

Some examples of recent clients, as well as brief project descriptions, are provided below:

Acer (Multinational PC vendor): The team provided a best-practices analysis and prepared illustrative case studies for managing multiple brands and for transitioning national and subsidiary brands into a global brand.

Beijing Duoou (Eco-friendly paper producer): The team examined market opportunities in the US and Europe for Duoou’s paper products, which are “tree-free” and manufactured with a process that is virtually non-polluting.

Beijing Organic Farm (Organic agriculture company): The team provided advice regarding the most effective supply chain and logistical in the organic food industry, and analyzed alternative models for branding and for cooperation among producers.

Calvert Group (US mutual fund company, multiple projects): Students analyzed and updated the firm’s China policy, which guides investment decisions regarding Chinese companies by assessing firms’ social and environmental performance. A second project assessed best practices by the pharma industry in combating HIV/AIDS.

Federal Express (multiple projects): One team analyzed the market opportunities for express delivery services in the intra-China market in preparation for liberalization of this industry post-WTO, and a second team analyzed the market implications of CEPA.

Nanjing Ruikang (Chinese food producer): Students developed a US market entry strategy for a Chinese producer of organic honey and royal jelly.

Principle Capital Limited (Chinese venture capital firm, multiple projects): One team analyzed the economic fundamentals of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) market in the US to assess the potential attractiveness of this industry; another team analyzed the potential for international strategic alliances for a Chinese food additive producer. A third project examined industry trends in social networking.

EducAsian: (US study abroad provider for China): Students evaluated growth opportunities outside the traditional undergraduate student language study market.

LiNing (Chinese sportswear firm): Students evaluated marketing strategies for branded sports apparel, with particular attention to the value of sponsorship of well-known athletes.

Citigroup: Students analyzed successful methodologies for small scale agricultural lending.

Innosis (Taiwanese technology firm): Students evaluated best practices in industry-University partnerships in the technology industry, as well as pre-IPO financing opportunities.

Hottech Energy (Beijing energy service company): The team evaluated best practices in sales force management and combined service and equipment sales.

Shenyang CGC (Shenyang-based credit guarantee organization): Students compared and contrasted the credit guarantee practices in the US, Japan and Korea, and highlighted innovative practices in public/private partnerships.

References from these or other firms are available upon request. We look forward to working with you!

8th Shanghai All Universities Mixer (Thu, June 24)

kevin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:04:46 +0000

Please come to the 8th Semi-Annual Shanghai All Universities Mixer. With over 350 average attendees in past events, this is the largest mixer in Shanghai for alumni from universities abroad to mingle and network.

Participating alumni groups include:
Berkeley/Haas, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, INSEAD, Michigan, MIT/Sloan, Northwestern/Kellogg, Princeton, Stanford/GSB, UPenn/Wharton, USC, Yale and others.

Date/Time:
Thursday, June 24, 2009
7:00-10:00 pm

Venue:
Vue Bar
32-33/F, Hyatt on the Bund,
199 Huangpu Lu,
near Wuchang Lu
黄浦路199号,
外滩茂悦大酒店32-33楼
近武昌路
6393 1234 ext 6348

Cost:
RMB 100 per person, which includes two premium drinks and canapes

Due to limited capacity of the venue, please RSVP early if you plan to attend. RSVP will also guarantee your food and beverage at this special rate. Also, feel free to forward this invitation to others.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDJid01ZZHdUQ2Y0bUZLSE12NmJxbHc6MQ

Shanghai All Universities Organization

For more information or specific inquiries, please email info@alluniversities.cn

Prof Prem Jain to talk about Warren Buffett’s Investing Style (Tues, Jun 29 – CONFIRMED)

kevin — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:38:47 +0000

We’re very fortunate to have Professor Prem Jain from Georgetown’s McDonough Business School in Shanghai on Tuesday, June 29. Professor Jain is traveling through China in part to promote his new book, “Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Management When Investing“. In his book, Professor Jain looks at how Buffett’s strategy is often viewed as being deep value, but in reality, Buffett uses several sophisticated criteria behind his investment decisions.

Professor Jain will be giving a short talk for Georgetown alumni. .
Date: Tuesday, June 29
Time: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Alumni Lorena Valencia has kindly volunteered to host the event.

If you’re interested in attending, please send a short message to gtownchina(at) gmail(dot)com so we can get an idea of headcount.

Proefessor Jain’s book covers:

How to build a diverse and profitable portfolio the Warren Buffett way
Why successful investors need an appropriate psychological temperament
Buffett’s thoughts on market efficiency and how to incorporate them into investment decision making
How issues related to profitability and accounting can provide a perspective that is uncommon in investing circles
Why Buffett thinks differently from others about portfolio diversification, corporate governance, and much more

Accepted Students Reception on Saturday, April 24, 3 p.m.

kevin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:20:09 +0000

We wanted to invite everyone to a reception honoring newly admitted students to Georgetown. Accepted students, waitlisted students, their families, and all Georgetown Shanghai alumni are encouraged to come and welcome the new students into our community.

It is a big accomplishment to get admission into Georgetown University, and many of the students will have several outstanding choices to consider this spring. We hope that gatherings like this will demonstrate the strength of the Georgetown community, and the warmth of the welcome they will receive in Washington DC in the fall.

Accepted Students Reception
Date: Saturday, April 24
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Alumni Lorena Valencia has kindly volunteered to host the event.
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We look forward to seeing you there!

The Georgetown Shanghai Team

If there are any questions, please send an email to gtownchina@gmail.com.

Georgetown Gala: Tuesday, March 2 at Kathleen’s 5

kevin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:17:12 +0000

We wanted to remind alumni and friends of Georgetown University that the Georgetown Gala will be held at March 2 at Kathleen’s 5. There will be complimentary drinks and food from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Professors from Georgetown and over 100 Georgetown MBAs will be visiting from the US. This will be a great opportunity for the Georgetown community in Shanghai to meet each other and connect with Georgetown students.

Georgetown Gala

Tuesday, March 2, 6:30 PM
Drinks and food are complimentary from the Georgetown McDonough Business School.
All Georgetown alumni and friends of Georgetown are all encouraged to attend.

Kathleen’s 5 at the Shanghai Art Museum
5th Floor, Shanghai Art Museum at People’s Square
325 Nanjing Xi Lu
021 – 63272221
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This will also be an opportunity to also meet the new University Liason Director – Pei Liu (刘佩). Pei Liu has recently been appointed to the post, and she will be in charge of spearheading Georgetown’s efforts in China.

RSVP is not required, but please send an email to Laura Grainger at lug2 at georgetown.edu to help her with estimating headcount.

We think this will really be a great event. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

The Georgetown Club of Shanghai, China