04221nas a2200445 a 4500 20260817172647.0 210428s2018 th uu m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12369858 AIT RSPR no.SM-18-07 Peng, Xueying China's belt and road initiative : opinions and reasons from France, explored and compared with those of experts Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 58 leaves : ill. +1 online resource Research studies project report ; no. SM-18-07 A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for thedegree of Master of Business Administration Research Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 China{u2019}s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is on almost everyone's lips and controversial among governments, academics, experts and citizens. Our review has uncovered numerous document from China, the EU and think tanks but little information from or about France, where the researcher{u2019}s exchange semester took place at EDHEC Business School in Lille. We seized the opportunity to collect information in Lille and contribute to filling this knowledge gap. The main objective of the research is to explore and map the opinions, which the respondents have on economic, political and cultural/social aspects of BRI and attributed SWOT. Based on purposive and snowballing sampling, the data was collected from academics, students, business representatives (16 face-to-face interviews). To improve our knowledge on BRI and avoid falling to prey on stereotypes, we compared the opinions with publications from experts who professionally work on BRI (secondary data from academics, members of government or private organizations). Our analysis shows that a large majority - 14 out of 16 - of the respondents sees BRI positively in all three dimensions, economic, political and cultural/social. This result is enhanced by the fact that the number of overall positive statements about BRI outnumbers the overall negative ones (166 to 130). Further, the opinions and arguments on BRI held by the respondents are rather general and lack of substance but they are corroborated by findings from experts working professionally on BRI. We have provided evidence that BRI has already achieved results such as Chinese and EU strategic papers and projects within the EU but a few only in France; it is somehow an absentee since the previous and current President do not focus on China and have strong hesitations, mainly for security reasons. We recommend that BRI is given a clear profile and, due to its importance also in the future, government agencies should be created that professionally monitor, analyze and report on BRI for consumption of the 'public'. Trade routes China China Foreign economic relations France Zimmerman, Willi, Chairperson Vimolwan Yukongdi, Co-Chairperson Sununta Siengthai, Examination Committee Winai Wongsurawat, Examination Committee Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) , Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. SM-18-07 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13001 .b12369858 mnait m 240418 0 210428 m b m 0 mnait mnarc mnarc 40 61 20 Barcode : 30050120886519 CREATED : 2021-02-04 RECORD # : i13338699 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : - CREATED : 2021-02-04 RECORD # : i13338705 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211028724 CREATED : 2021-09-12 RECORD # : i13356598 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 16984 16984 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-18-07 30050120886519 2026-08-17 17:26:47 1 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-18-07 2026-08-17 17:26:47 2026-08-17 61 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-18-07 30050211028724 2026-08-17 17:26:47 1 2026-08-17 20