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Monthly Meeting 06/03/2010

Thu, 06/03/2010 - 6:00pm
Time
  • 6:00 PM: Registration & Informal Networking
  • 6:30 PM: Management Forum
  • 7:15 PM: Dinner
  • 7:45 PM: After Dinner Presentation
  • 9:00 PM: Adjourn
Management Forum
Topic: 
Networking
Presented by: 
Facilitated by IEEE-SCV-TMC board member

Facilitated Networking lead by a Board Member on the meeting topic.

After Dinner Presentation
Topic: 
Doing R&D in China
Presented by: 
Xiaohong “Iris” Quan, Phd, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, San Jose State University

DOING R&D IN CHINA

Multinational corporations (MNCs) have increasingly located research and development (R&D) activities in developing countries such as China and India since the 1990s.  While governments in developing countries are eagerly attracting foreign R&D to their local economies, developed countries are concerned about losing their competitive advantage due to R&D offshoring. Given the weak Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regimes in developing countries, intellectual property protection has emerged as a major concern.

Dr. Quan will address the following questions: What exactly do MNC R&D labs do in China?  Why do they invest in such R&D activities?  How do they protect their intellectual property rights there? How do the MNC R&D labs interact with the local innovation systems?

In summary, she will briefly discuss a comparison of the emerging MNCs from China. Dr. Quan’s formal research addresses these issues.

Xiaohong “Iris” Quan is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at San Jose State University. She holds a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. She was a SPRIE Fellow at Stanford University before joining San Jose State University. Her research interests are in the fields of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation management, and international business. Her recent research involves topics on, for example, multinational corporations' research and development activities in China, immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals in Silicon Valley, business model innovation and intellectual property protection in the semiconductor industry. She publishes in academic journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management and the International Journal of Technology Management.

Meal
Choices: 
veggie
poultry
beef
Meal includes: 
Sodas and Coffee
Place

RAMADA Silicon Valey

Location

RAMADA Silicon Valley
1217 Wildwood Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
United States
Phone: 408-245-5330
See map: Google Maps

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Cost
  • All charges are paid at the door by check or cash
  • No credit cards
Early bird – IEEE member: 
$10.00
Early bird – Non-member: 
$13.00
Early bird deadline: 
12:00AM 06/02/2010 (PDT)
Standard – IEEE member: 
$13.00
Standard – Non-member: 
$16.00