Guanxi is one of the most prevalent vocabularies used in China’s business environment. In her talk, Professor Bilian Sullivan will share her insights on the following aspects: 1) How can we understand Guanxi from a general network perspective? 2) What are the idiosyncratic features of Guanxi in China? 3) Are there new characteristics of Guanxi in China’s ... Read More

Organizations are faced often with multiple problems to solve at any given time, so how do they decide which problems merit attention first? Bilian Ni Sullivan of HKUST explores this problem in the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which tackles both human and non-human (such as aircraft) problems and has to come up with new rules to address each problem ... Read More