Entrepreneurism in China and India
March 25th, 2008
Thanks to Jessee Dundon for these video leads.
Harvard Business School professor and author of Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Changing Their Futures - and Yours, Tarun Khanna, is featured in these very informative short videos on China and India.
Comparing Development in China and India
Entrepreneurship Is Social Entrepreneurship
Government and Entrepreneurship: The Evolution of Entrepreneurship in China
Social Entrepreneurship in Medical Care
His book is outstanding, by the way. Check it out.
Entry Filed under: Pre-Departure, Beijing, China, India, New Delhi, Pre-Departure
3 Comments Add your own
1. Lindsay Leaver | January 10th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
I thought these videos were awesome! Dr. Khanna said some really interesting things and had some great insight on the difference between India and China. He explained so simply the differences without every judging or saying which was right.
The story of the Doctor in Bangalore was really inspiring. The sense of social responsibility is really powerful. He is efficient and honest, and it seems to be working for him. I like that he builds a new floor every year, and keeps reinvesting to improve and expand for his patients.
Lastly, I thought it was interesting how Dr. Khanna described what is happening with China. The communists have kept a lid on the people very successfully since they decided to open their walls to Capitalism in 1978, but I get the feeling that things are going to burst in China. It seems to me that the more globalized and affluent China becomes, the more protests will occur.
All in all, excellent and lucid videos from a very intelligent speaker.
2. Kirk Story | March 1st, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Dr. Khanna makes a thought provoking comment at the conclusion of the final video in this series. He says, “The government is the entrepreneur in China. It is the only entrepreneur. You cannot be an entrepreneur of any consequence without being part of the government of China. And the opposite is true India. India is just a nosier version of the United States; you stay as far away from the government as you can if you really want to be an entrepreneur.”
Although it is true that entrepreneurs may not benefit much from government policy and contracts, it is important to acknowledge that historic US foreign and domestic policy has long been driven by the interests of business. Whether or not an entrepreneur steers clear of the US government is not determined by “entrepreneur” distinction, rather, net worth and influence are the real determining factors. It’s comical to hear singsong about free market capitalism in 2004 and socialist government takeover in 2010. This distinction is especially ludicrous when we consider the revolving door that rooted Halliburton’s CEO in the Whitehouse. It’s ludicrous when we consider an insurance lobby that owns one of two US political parties. It’s ludicrous when we consider the numerous clandestine US assignations/coups of leaders in the third world, particularly Chile, Panama, El Salvador, Bolivia, Iran, Iraq… Why were these leaders removed? Because they wouldn’t play the neo-liberalism game; because they promised their citizens ‘land and resources belonged not to multinational corporations, but to the people.’ If we look at the policies of the US on a hundred year time-line, the real issue does not concern government takeover of business, no, most signs point to a business takeover of government.
3. Yuxiang Gao | March 19th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
In the book Billions of Entrepreneurs,Tarun Khanna talked about how China and India are alike and how China and India
are different;
He mentioned China is hierarchical and authoritarian; it places a low priority on individual rights.
India is chaotically democratic and may prioritize individual rights to a fault.
In China, the government is the entrepreneur.
In India, entrepreneurs avoid the government as much as possible.
And in this final video , Khanna repeat this point again.
I disgree with the point that ‘The government is the entrepreneur in China. It is the only entrepreneur. You cannot be an entrepreneur of any consequence without being part of the government of China.’
This maybe ture 15 years ago, but things are changing, most of the manufacturing business are related to foreign investors, chinese government just pay much more attention for the industries such as energy and communicationsindustry than other industries.
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