Kimberly Chong: What Do Management Consultants Do?

The video features a discussion with Kimberly, a research fellow at University College London, about her project on financialization in post-Mao China. She redefines financialization as the spread of financial principles to non-financial entities, focusing on cultural impacts. Her fieldwork in a global management consultancy highlights the ethic of shareholder value and its cultural transmission. The video also explores perceptions of Chinese enterprises and Kimberly's academic journey from economics to anthropology, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration in finance studies.

How does the speaker view the relationship between management consultants and their clients?

What role do Western intermediaries play in the modernization of Chinese state-owned enterprises?

What led the speaker to transition from economics to anthropology?

What is the speaker's perspective on the cultural aspects of finance?