女士們，先生們，早上好！

      歡迎來到華人學者管理科學與工程協(xié)會第十一次國際年會!

      去年，我們在廣州中山大學慶祝了協(xié)會成立十周年。今天，我們在寧波供應鏈創(chuàng)新學院步入?yún)f(xié)會的第二個十年。這是一件激動人心的事！

      建立協(xié)會和舉辦年度會議的主要動機之一是增強學術研究與管理實踐之間的連接。我們的年會匯集了學界和業(yè)界的精英，他們之間的深層對話促進了學術界和企業(yè)界之間的交流。這件事我們已經(jīng)做了十年，將來我們還會繼續(xù)這樣做。

      商學院正處在一個十字路口，尤其是中國的商學院。諸多挑戰(zhàn)擺在我們的面前，比如優(yōu)質生源的緊縮，對商業(yè)教育價值的譏諷，商學院在大學里的身份危機等等。商學院教育的價值越來越只是體現(xiàn)在一個強大的校友網(wǎng)絡和一個知名度比較高的文憑。但是，獲得一個商學院的文憑并不代表管理能力的提升。 我們在大學里的地位經(jīng)常受到不同程度的質疑，許多其他院系的同事認為我們只會賺錢，很少其它貢獻。我聽到過的最嚴厲的批評是“商學院削弱了管理實踐”。顯然，我不一定同意所有這些觀點。從個人情感來說，這些說法是很難接受的，畢竟我的全部職業(yè)生涯都花在了商學院。但不得不承認，話雖難聽，卻有它的道理。

       我們在追求學術的嚴謹性的同時常常忽略了與實踐的相關性。我們暫且把追求學術的嚴謹性稱作“窮理”，而把與實踐的相關性叫做“務實”。在過去幾十年的發(fā)展過程中，商學院的鐘擺越來越靠近“窮理”，而離“務實”越走越遠。我相信這是目前商學院面臨的許多問題背后的根本原因。為了解決這個根本問題，我們需要改革商學院。這個改革不是在窮理和務實之間二選一，而是要做到兩者兼而有之。具體如何才能夠達到這個目標還需要不斷地探索，但毫無疑問，這將是一項十分重要而艱巨的任務，因為我們需要沖破現(xiàn)有的種種約束。商學院改革需要我們大家的不懈努力。作為上海交通大學安泰經(jīng)濟與管理學院院長，我的主要工作目標將是重塑價值觀，改革學院體制機制，最終回歸商學院的本源，在窮理和務實之間找到一個恰當?shù)钠胶?。我希望我們的協(xié)會，和每屆年會累積發(fā)展起來的這個學科群體，將為商學院的改革起到積極的推動作用。

      最后，在接下來的兩天里，我們將有很多值得期待的會議內容，包括精彩的主題演講、圓桌討論、青年學者論壇、女性學者午餐會、最佳論文獎和為數(shù)創(chuàng)歷史新高的特邀分論壇。在此我要特別感謝本次會議的承辦方，寧波供應鏈創(chuàng)新學院，也要感謝會議學術委員會、組委會、最佳論文評審委員會，感謝他們的指導，感謝演講嘉賓、與會代表和眾多的志愿者，謝謝他們的支持和付出。

      祝會議圓滿成功！

謝謝大家！

Ladies and Gentlemen! Good morning.

    Welcome to the 11th annual international conference of the Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering (CSAMSE) !

    Last year, we celebrated our 10th anniversary in Guangzhou. This year, we embark on our second decade in Ningbo. It's exciting!

    One of the key motivations for establishing the association and the annual conference is to improve the connection between academic research and practice. Our annual conference brings together scholars and practitioners to foster a meaningful dialogue between academia and industry. We have done it for ten years, and we will continue to do it in the future.

    Business schools are at a crossroads, especially those in China. There are a range of challenges. Shrinking pools of good applicants, cynicism about the value of business education, identity crisis within the university, to name a few. The value of business school education is increasingly associated only with establishing business connections and getting a diploma. But the credential is rarely associated with improvement in managerial performance. Our colleagues in other parts of the university think that all we do is to make money, not much else. The most damning comment I have heard is “Business schools weaken practice.” Obviously, I do not necessarily agree with all these comments. Emotionally, they are just very difficult to accept, after all, I have spent all my working life in a business school. But there is some truth in all this, you have to say.

    We pursue academic rigor, often at the cost of sacrificing relevance. In the spectrum between relevance and rigor, the pendulum has swung closer and closer to rigor (and specialization), but farther and farther away from relevance. I believe this is the root cause behind many of the problems now facing business schools. To address the root cause problem, we need a business school reform. It is not about either rigor or relevance. It is about achieving both rigor and relevance. Exactly how to do this is not entirely clear. It would undoubtedly be a monumental task, given all the constraints there are. Business school reform requires a lot of sustained effort from all of us. This is what I intend to do as the Dean of the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which begins in a month. And I hope our association, and this community, will be an important and positive force in this effort.

    For the next two days, we have much to look forward to: outstanding keynote speeches, industry panel discussions, the Young Scholars Colloquium, the Female Scholars Luncheon, the Best Paper Award, a record number of invited sessions, etc. My gratitude to the Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute China (NSCIIC) for making the conference possible. Thanks also to the Program Committee, the Organizing Committee, the Best Paper Award Committee for their leadership roles. Thanks to all the speakers, participants and volunteers for their support.

    Have an excellent conference!

Thank you!