Yasheng Huang

The native form of this personal name is Huang Yasheng. This article uses the Western name order.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Yasheng Huang
200px Huang at The Emerging Markets Summit, 2009
Born	Beijing, China
Residence	USA
Ethnicity	Chinese
Citizenship	American
Education	B.A (Government) Ph.D (Government)
Alma mater	Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government)
Occupation	Author, economic strategist, professor
Employer	MIT Sloan School of Management, Fudan University, Harvard Business School, University of Michigan
Known for	expertise on international business, political economy, and international management

Yasheng Huang (Chinese: 黄亚生) is a professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.

He had previous appointments at the University of Michigan and Harvard Business School.

Huang is the author of Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, a history of economic reforms in China.

Early life and education

Dr. Huang was born in Beijing, China. He moved to the United States to pursue his higher education, and enrolled for a B.A. degree program, with a major in government from Harvard College; which he completed in 1985. Upon completion; he went on to earn a Ph.D. in government from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991.

Career

While he was preparing for his Ph.D, he worked as a World Bank consultant and associate professor at the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989. In 1997, he joined Harvard Business School as the Associate Professor in business, government and international economics.

He is currently a professor in international management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, joined in 2003. At MIT, he founded and heads the China Lab and India Lab. His research areas include human capital formation in China and India.

Bibliography

Dr. Huang’s scholarly works and articles have been published in a number of economics and management journals, and publications including TheWall Street Journal, The Economist, and Businessworld. He also authored / co authored books on topics – globalization and emerging markets; FDI, Investment strategies, financial liberalization in China. A selection of his books and articles, are the following;

• Books (author)
• Articles
  • Yasheng Huang, Tarun Khanna (July 2003); Can India Overtake China?; Foreign policy
  • Yasheng Huang (July/August 2008); The Next Asian Miracle; Foreign Policy magazine;
  • Yasheng Huang (December 2008); The China Growth Fantasy; Wall Street Journal;
  • Yasheng Huang (January 2011); Rethinking the Beijing Consensus; Asia Policy;

External links

• Official website
• Yasheng Huang at TED
  • "Does democracy stifle economic growth?" (TEDGlobal 2011)