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Online money transfers and the “Skype” of money

August 11, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

Companies like TransferWise and CurrencyFair are gaining popularity in the online money transfer market. Will such services disrupt traditional banking the same way Skype disrupted long-distance telephony? TransferWise, a start-up that offers a low-cost way for consumers to exchange currency, recently raised $25 million, bringing it one step closer to convincing consumers and investors that it really will […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Best Practice, Consumers, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Competition, Currency, CurrencyFair, Foreign Exchange, Government Regulation, PayPal, Skype, Slider, Start-ups, TransferWise, Western Union, World Bank

The Age of Micro-Multinational Companies

May 22, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

Low communication costs and improved access to global markets for talent, supply chain requirements and customers is paving the way for micro-multinational companies. In the old days, startups were usually formed by people who’d known each other for a long time–relatives, professional colleagues, or old school chums–a small team that got together and created something […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Supply Chain, Talent Tagged With: eBay, eCommerce, Google, Hal Varian, IT, labor market, Micro-multinational, MNCs, Multinational Company, Skype, Slider, Telecommunications

The Future of Freemium

July 3, 2013 By Ana Swanson

How companies like Tencent are finding ways to keep their services free China is in love with Tencentʼs mobile chatting application, WeChat (Weixin in Chinese). The service—a close copy of the US application WhatsApp but with novel features like a ‘shakeʼ function to add new friends and walkie-talkie-like voice chatting—had more than 260 million users […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Freemium, LinkedIn, Skype, Slider, Tencent, WeChat

Download the June 2013 issue of CKGSB Magazine: Future of Freemium

July 1, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

You are invited to download the June issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY: The Future of Freemium: In light of the recent debate over whether WeChat should start charging its users, CKGSB Magazine takes a close look at the freemium model in which a company provides the bulk of its services […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Technology Tagged With: 3G, 4G, Automobiles, Bottom of the Pyramid, Freemium, IPOs, Jingdong, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Lenovo, LinkedIn, Lower-Tier Cities, Magazine, Mobile, Real Estate, Rothschild, Skype, Slider, State Owned Enterprises, Stockmarket, Stuart Hart, WeChat

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