The event was part of the Global Business Strategy: China program that was sponsored jointly by Columbia Business School Executive Education and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

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Ed Hess is professor of business administration and Batten executive-in-residence at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business and is the author of Smart Growth (Columbia Business School Publishing, 2010).

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Dr. Guthrie has held visiting positions at Harvard Business School, INSEAD and the graduate schools of business at Stanford University, Columbia University and Emory University.

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It was the latest stage in an international program organized by Columbia, top France-based business school Insead and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing.

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