Ilan Alon

Ilan Alon

 

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Dr. Ilan Alon is Rollins College’s Cornell Chair of International Business and Director of The China Center, and Harvard Kennedy School’s Visiting Scholar & Asia Fellow. He published 20 books (3 authored), and over 100 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. His recently published books on China include Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior and International Business Management (Greenwood, 2003), Chinese Economic Transition and International Marketing Strategy (Greenwood, 2003), Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training (World Scientific, 2005), The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises (Palgrave McMillan, 2008), and Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009), China Rules (www.chinarules.org) (Palgrave McMillan, 2009). Dr. Alon established the Rollins China Center in 2005, one of few such Centers in academic institutions worldwide (www.rollins.edu/chinacenter). The Center has hosted international conferences, seminars and visiting scholars, as well as helped organize trips for faculty, students, and alumni from Rollins. In 2006, Alon was selected to participate in the official Scholar Delegation to Taiwan, sponsored by the Taiwanese government. This delegation had the opportunity to meet and discuss Taiwan issues with top officials from government offices, think tanks, and academic institutions. Dr. Alon is a recipient of the Chinese Marketing Award, a dual award from the Tripod Marketing Association (China) and the Society for Marketing Advances (USA), and the prestigious Rollins College McKean Award for his work on education in China. He has taught courses in top Chinese MBA programs including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, East China University for Science and Technology and China Europe International Business School. He is also an international business consultant, with experience in China as well as other countries, and a featured speaker in many professional associations (ilan_alon@hks.harvard.edu, ialon@rollins.edu).

Reference Books

Zhang, Wenxian and Ilan Alon, eds. (2010), A Guide to Top 100 Companies in China, Singapore: World Scientific (Forthcoming).

Zhang, Wenxian and Ilan Alon, eds. (2009), Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, Edward Elgar Publishing (Forthcoming).

Edited Books

Alon, Ilan, Julian Chang, Marc Fetscherin, Christoph Lattemann, and John McIntyre (2009), China Rules: Globalization and Political Transformation, New York: Palgrave McMillan.

Alon, Ilan and John McIntyre, eds. (2008), Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, New York: Palgrave McMillan.
Reviewed in: Chinese Management Studies (2008), vol. 2, no. 3, 229-231; French Center for Research on Contemporary China, www.cefc.com.hk/pccpa.php?aid=2343; Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies (2008), Vol. 46, No. 1, p. 91-94.

Alon, Ilan and John R. McIntyre, eds. (2005), Business and Management Education in China: Transition, Pedagogy and Training, Singapore: World Scientific.
Reviewed in:  International Journal of Emerging Markets (2006), 1 (2), pp. 190-193; T + D (November, 2006), pp. 31.

McIntyre, John R. and Ilan Alon, eds. (2005), Business and Management Education in Transitioning and Developing Countries: A Handbook, Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe.
Reviewed in:  Reference and Research Book News, (2005), p. 132; BizEd, Nov/Dec (2005), p. 54; Journal of Education for Business (2006), Jul/Aug, 81 (6), 345-6.

Alon, Ilan, ed. (2003), Chinese Economic Transition and International Marketing Strategy, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
Reviewed in:  Thunderbird International Business Review, (2004), 46 (4), 481-486; Going Global Career Guides: China, (2004), 19-36; Knowledge, Technology and Policy, (2005), 18 (1), 116-118.

Alon, Ilan, ed. (2003), Chinese Culture, Organizational Behavior, and International Business Management, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
Reviewed in: Thunderbird International Business Review, (2004), 46 (4), 481-486

Alon, Ilan and Dianne Welsh, eds. (2001), International Franchising in Emerging Markets: China, India and Other Asian Countries, Chicago IL: CCH Inc. Publishing.
Reviewed in: Franchising World, (2001), 33 (4), 54-56 (reprinted by www.britanica.com); International Franchising, (2002), (Summer), 8; Legal Alert, (2002), 21 (5), 14; Franchising World, (2002), (July/August), 55; New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, (2003), 6 (1), 63; www.yochevedgolan.com (2005).

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JOURNAL EDITOR OR CO-EDITOR

Alon, Ilan, John Child, Shaomin Li, and John McIntyre (2009), Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, Management Organization Review (MOR), (Forthcoming). (Special Issue)

Alon, Ilan , Julian Chang, Marc Fetscherin, Christoph Lattemann and John McIntyre (2009), China Goes Global, Chinese Management Studies, 3 (1), 1-75. (Special Issue)

Alon, Ilan and John McIntyre, eds. (2008), The Globalization of Chinese Brands, International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 1 (4), 359-508. (Special Issue)


REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Accepted & Forthcoming (2009/10)

Adithipyangkul, Pattarin, Ilan Alon and Tianyu Zhang, “Executive Perks: Compensation and Corporate Performance in China,”  Asia Pacific Journal of Management, (Forthcoming.
Social Science Citation Index Ranked  Journal (SSCI-ranked)
 
Alon, Ilan, Romie Littrel, and Allen KK Chan “Branding in China: Alternative Brand Strategies” Multinational Business Review, (Forthcoming).

Alon, Ilan and Marc Sardy, “The Globalization of Chinese Management Education,” International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, (Forthcoming,, Invited Paper).

Sardy, Marc, Mark Munoz, James Sun and Ilan Alon (2009), “Dimensionality of Business Ethics in China,” Competitiveness Review, (Forthcoming).

Lattemann, Christoph, Marc Fetscherin, Ilan Alon, Shaomin Li, Anna Maria Schneider (2009), “CSR Communication Intensity in Chinese and Indian Multinational Companies,” Corporate Governance: An International Review, (Forthcoming).
Social Science Citation Index Ranked  Journal (SSCI-ranked)

Fetscherin, Marc, Ilan Alon, and James Johnson (2009), “The Globalization of Industry in the Context of Asian Markets,” Asian Business Management, (Forthcoming).

Alon, Ilan, Christoph Latteman, Marc Fetscherin, Shaomin Li and Anna-Maria Schneider (2009), “Usage of Public Corporate Communications of Social Responsibility in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC),” International Journal of Emerging Markets, Forthcoming. 

Sardy, Marc and Ilan Alon (2009), “Understanding Chinese Management Needs Through Ancient Chinese Philosophy,” International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 3 (2), 207-213.

Halil Kiymaz, Ilan Alon and E. Theodore Veit (2009), "Examining the Returns of American Depository Receipts: Evidence From Emerging and Developed Markets", Wiley InterScience.

2008

Alon, Ilan and John Van Fleet (2008), “The China Challenge,” BizEd (AACSB official journal), (May/June), 36-41.

Alon, Ilan, Marc Fetscherin, Marc Sardy (2008), “Geely Motors: A Chinese Automaker Enters International Markets,” International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 1 (4), 489-498.

Ferreira, Tatiana and Ilan Alon (2008), “Human Resources Challenges and Opportunities in China: A Case From the Hospitality Industry,” International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 1 (2), 141-150.

2007

Feng, XiaoBing and Ilan Alon (2007), “Chinese RMB Exchange Rate and Local Currency Stability in ASEAN,” China Economic Review, 18 (4), 417-424.
 
Herbert, Theodore T., Ilan Alon, J. Mark Munoz (2007), “The Globalising Chinese Business Enterprise: The Role of Strategic Fit,” International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 1 (1), 4-21. (Invited Paper).

Alon, Ilan, Theodore T. Herbert, J. Mark Munoz (2007), “Outsourcing to China: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategic Fit,” Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 10 (1), 33-66. (Invited article)

2006

Alon, Ilan and Ralph Drtina (2006), “Chinese Currency Forecasts and Capital Budgeting,” Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 10 (1), 218-226.

2005

Ballard, Nadia and Ilan Alon (2005), “The Globalization of Shanghai Garment Trade Association: A Case Study,” Journal of International Business Education, 2 (1).

Alon, Ilan and Ke Bian (2005), “Real Estate Franchising: The Case of Coldwell Banker Expansion into China,” Business Horizons, 48 (3), 223-231.
Adopted by:  Harvard Business Online

Jelen, Jonathan, and Ilan Alon (2005), “Internet-Mediated Distance-Learning Education in China as an Alternative to Traditional Paradigms of Market Entry,” Knowledge, Technology and Policy (KT&P), 17 (3/4), 124-139.

2004

Alon, Ilan and Le Lu (2004), “The State of Marketing and Business Education in China” Marketing Education Review, 14 (1), 1-10. (Lead Article)

Lu, Le and Ilan Alon (2004), “Analysis of the Changing Trends in Attitudes and Values by the Chinese: The Case of Shanghai’s Young & Educated,” Journal of International and Area Studies, 11 (2), 67-88. (Korea)

Alon, Ilan and Ke Bian (2004), “Franchising Profile and Practices in the People’s Republic of China,” IBAT Journal of Management, 1 (1), 98-117. (India)

2002

Alon, Ilan, Mark Toncar, and Lu Le (2002), “American Franchising Competitiveness in China,”chinaanalysis.com/cat1_innovation/media Journal of Global Competitiveness, 10 (1), 65-83.

2001

Alon, Ilan (2001), “Interview: International Franchising in China with Kodak,” Thunderbird International Business Review, 43 (6), 737-754.
Reviewed in: Strategic Direction, (2003), 18 (7), 15-19.
Reprinted in: Nanjing Business Review (2006), 7, 242-253.

1999

Alon, Ilan and Edmund Kellerman (1999), “Internal Antecedents to the 1997 Asian Economic Crisis,” Multinational Business Review, 7 (2), 1-12. (Lead Article in a Special Issue on the 1997 Asian Crisis)


CASE STUDIES

Alon, Ilan and Amber Xu (2006), “Master International Franchising in China: The Case of the Athlete’s Foot (Part A (#9B06M054), Part B (#9B06M090), and Teaching Note), European Case Clearing House (ECCH) and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Case Center.
·    Selected for inclusion in CEIBS Case Research book featuring the decade’s best contributions on entrepreneurship in China to be published by Zhejiang People’s Publishing House;
·    Published as an article in a refereed journal;
·    Translated to Chinese;
·    Selected for the textbook  Entrepreneurship, 4th edition, by Marc J. Dollinger (Marsh Publications, 2007)

BOOK CHAPTERS

Alon, Ilan, Robert Moore, and Wenxian Zhang (2009), “Doing Business in Asia,” in Handbook of Research on Asian Entrepreneurship,” Leo Paul Dana, Mary Han, Isabell M. Welpe,eds., Edward Elgar (Forthcoming). (Reprint).

Alon, Ilan, Robert Moore, and Wenxian Zhang (2007), “Doing Business in East Asia and the Pacific Rim,” in Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business, Schmidt, W., Conaway, R., Easton, S. & Wardrope, W. eds., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.



PUBLICATIONS IN EDITED JOURNALS/VOLUMES

Alon, Ilan (2006), “Opportunities for Restaurant Franchising in China,” Franchise-Chat.com; Updated version reprinted (2007) in China Currents, http://www.chinacurrents.com/spring_2008/cc_alon.htm

Alon, Ilan (2005), “The Meaning of China: A Newly Powerful Neighbor Has Japan in Fear and Fascination,” American Chamber of Commerce Japan (ACCJ) Journal, (July), 24-29. (Japan)

Alon, Ilan (2005), “China vs. Japan: Who Trumps Asia?” Insights (an AIB publication), 5 (3), 13-16. (Reprint)

Alon, Ilan, Mark Toncar, and Le Lu (2002), “Opportunities for Restaurateurs in China,” International Franchising, (Summer), 6-7.

ORGANIZED CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIUMS

Alon, Ilan (with Marc Fetscherin, John McIntyre, Julian Chang, and Christoph Latteman) (2009), China Goes Global, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA.

Alon, Ilan (with the American Association for Chinese Studies AACS) (2009), Annual Meeting, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.

Alon, Ilan (with William Wei) (2009), East vs. West: Competition or Cooperation, MacEwan College, Alberta, Canada. 

Alon, Ilan (with Marc Fetscherin, John McIntyre, Julian Chang, and Christoph Latteman) (2008), China Goes Global, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA.

Alon, Ilan (2007), “Association of Colleges of the South: China Program Leaders,” Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. 

Alon, Ilan (with John McIntyre) (2006), “The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: The Advent of a New Age Multinational Enterprise,” Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.

Alon, Ilan (with Don Rogers) (2005), “Internationalization Initiative: Outsourcing to Asia,” International Business Studies, Rollins College (Co-Sponsored by Georgia Tech, Rollins MHR, World Trade Center Orlando), Winter Park, Florida.

Alon, Ilan (2004), “Internationalization Initiative: Chinese Culture and Economic Growth,” Crummer Graduate School of Business and Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.

Alon, Ilan (with John McIntyre) (2003), “China’s Business Practices and Environment: Creating Opportunities for US firms in the World’s Fastest Growing Economy,” Co-sponsored by Georgia Tech and the University of Florida CIBER, Atlanta, GA.

Alon, Ilan (2001), “Chinese Cultural Diversity in the Age of Global Interdependence,” Co-sponsored by the State University of New York and the Rochester Chinese Association, Rochester, NY.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Sardy, Marc, Mark Munoz, James Sun and Ilan Alon (2008), “Emerging Dimensions of Ethics in China,” Annual Association of the American Society for Competitiveness, Orlando, Florida (Nov. 6-8).
Distinction: Paper Received Best Paper Award in the Conference and given a priority review in the forthcoming journal of the association, Competitiveness Review.


Fetscherin, Marc, Christoph Lattemann, Anna-Maria Schneider, Ilan Alon (2008), “CSR in China,” Research Symposium on Corporate Governance, Virginia Beach, VA (Oct. 24-5).

Lattemann, Christoph, Marc Fetscherin, Ilan Alon, Anna-Maria Schneider (2008), “Chinas’ Interpretation of Corporate Social Responsibility,” 3rd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (October, 8-10).

Sardy, M.J, Alon, I., (2007) Challenges and responses of Chinese Management Education in 21st Century, Proceedings of the CLADEA, Miami, November.

Leung, T.K.P., Ricky Y.K. Chan, Ilan Alon, Tam Tsui Wa (2007), “An Online Loyalty Model: The Differences between U.S. and Chinese Users” Proceedings of the American Association of Chinese Studies, Richmond, USA.

Littrell, Romie F., Ilan Alon and Ka Wai Chan (2006), “Regional Differences in Preferences for Managerial Leader Behavior in China,” 5th Asia Academy of Management Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Littrell, Romie F., Gary D. Gregory, and Ilan Alon, (2006), “Personal Values in Urban China and South Korea: Modern Confucian Societies in Transition,” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Conference, Beijing, China.

Alon, Ilan, Theodore T. Herbert, and J. Mark Munoz (2006), “Assessing the Potential for Chinese Global Integration,” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Conference, Beijing, China.

Alon, Ilan and J. Mark Munoz (2005), “A Comparative Examination of Outsourcing Opportunities in China and the Philippines,” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference, Manila, Philippines. 

Lu, Le and Ilan Alon (2003), “Business Education in China’s Higher Education Institutions,” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Southeast (USA) Annual Meeting, George Nakos and John Rushing, eds., Clearwater, Florida (November 12-14), 120-129.

Alon, Ilan and Ke 'Bianca' Bian (2003), “International Franchising in the Real Estate Market in China: An Interview with Coldwell Banker,” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) and the 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Region of DSI, Shanghai, China (July 4-8).

Bian, Ke and Ilan Alon (2003), “A Survey of Franchising in China,” Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Society of Franchising, San Antonio, Texas (Feb 14-16).

Bian, Bianca and Ilan Alon (2002), “A Survey of Franchising in China-Practices and Perspectives,” Proceedings of the Fourth West Lake International Conference on Small & Medium Business, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Alon, Ilan, Mark Toncar, and Lu Le (2002), “Restaurant Franchising in China: A Field Study of Shanghai,” Proceedings of the Academy of International Business (AIB) South East Asia and Australia Regional Conference, Shanghai, China.

Alon, Ilan (2001), “International Franchising in China: An Interview with Kodak,” in International Diversity in Franchising: Towards a Global Understanding, International Society of Franchising, Lorelle Frazer, editor, Los Vegas, Nevada, Tab 4.