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Market Entry: To Boldly Go Where Others Have Gone Before

December 22, 2015 By Brian Viard

The opening of the 1960s television show Star Trek which followed the voyages of the Starship Enterprise explained that its crew’s mission was “to boldly go where no man has gone before.” For firms the mission can be quite different as they often have to go where others have already gone. Unless a firm is the first to enter a market, it will face one or more incumbents upon entry. In such cases, how should a firm decide whether and where to enter? A look at how this worked out in the case of Uber and Didi Kuaidi in China’s competitive taxi hailing app market.

Filed Under: All Articles, Consumers, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China Tagged With: Competition, Didi Dache, Invisible Hand Revealed, Taxi App, Uber

Didi Dache-Kuaidi Dache Wants to Do More Than Just Drive you Home

May 12, 2015 By Major Tian

Cheng Wei, founder and CEO of Didi Dache, on how the combined entity of Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache will evolve into a full-service transportation platform

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Competition, Didi Dache, Kuaidi Dache, Slider, Taxi App, Tencent, Uber, Yidao Yongche

Creating Customer Value is Not Enough

April 1, 2015 By Brian Viard

The price you are able to command for your services doesn’t just depend on how much customer value you create.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Employment, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China, Supply Chain Tagged With: Brian Viard, Employment, Labor, Slider, Taxi App, Value Chain

China Roundup: Lei Jun on the Xiaomi Note, innovation and smart homes

January 15, 2015 By Major Tian

This week, Lei Jun triggered memories of Steve Jobs at the launch of the new Xiaomi Note where he also discussed the company’s future; taxi-hailing app Kuaidi Dache got a fresh cash infusion; and the eternal question made a comeback: does China need more stimulus?

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Connections, Digital Economy, Economy, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Apple, Chinese Economy, Kuaidi Dache, PBOC, Smartphone, Taxi App, Xiaomi

China Roundup: Is the Chinese Economy Rebalancing?

January 8, 2015 By Major Tian

Tencent launched China’s first private bank, local governments vowed to crack down on ride-hailing apps, and with China set to miss its growth targets, it is being speculated that the much needed economic rebalancing has finally kicked in.

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, Finance, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Chinese Economy, Didi Dache, Fosun, GDP Growth, Kuaidi Dache, PBOC, Slider, Taxi App, Tencent

China’s Taxi Apps Fight it Out: Didi Dache vs Kuaidi Dache

January 8, 2015 By Li Hui

A look at China’s fast-changing market taxi app market, and how the two big rivals, Tencent-backed Didi Dache and Alibaba-backed Kuaidi Dache, are burning cash to outdo each other.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Infographics, Marketing, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Didi Dache, Infographic, Kuaidi Dache, Mobile Apps, Slider, Taxi App, Tencent

Uber in China: In for the Long Haul?

December 22, 2014 By Major Tian

Uber has plunged headlong into China’s immensely complex and hypercompetitive transportation and taxi app market. Can it win?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Connections, Globalization, Strategy Tagged With: Baidu, Business Models, Car Rental, Competition, Didi Dache, Government Regulation, Kuaidi Dache, Slider, Taxi App, Uber

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