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China’s Drive for Technological Innovation

December 28, 2012 By Ambika Behal

What is fuelling China’s push towards homegrown tech innovation? It’s the early 8th century and the court of the Tang Dynasty is buzzing. Yi Xing, henceforth to be remembered as famous innovator (and also astronomer, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and Buddhist monk) has just revealed his big invention: the world’s first mechanical clock. He sets the […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Digital Economy, Economy, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Five Year Plan, Huawei, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Made in China, Patents, Slider, Technology, The Internet of Things, ZTE

Preserving Chinese Culture: The Homes of Huizhou

December 26, 2012 By Matthew Jukes

Bai Shiyuan and his curious collection Enter any of the countless, brown-brick factory warehouses of Haidian district, on Beijing’s northwesterly outskirts, and you’re likely to be greeted by sweaty workers, hoards of crates and scowling overseers. Pass the threshold of entrepreneur and compulsive collector Bai Shiyuan’s warehouse, however, and you’ll walk straight into a breathtaking […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, China, Culture, Know China, Society Tagged With: Architecture, Conservation, Huizhou, Preservation, Slider

Building the Aigo Brand: An Interview with Chairman and Founder Feng Jun

December 24, 2012 By Neelima Mahajan

Feng Jun is a spirited entrepreneur. The Chairman and Founder of consumer electronics giant Aigo Digital Technology Co. Ltd., started the company in 1992 with just RMB 220 borrowed from his mother (back then it was called Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology). Aigo had humble beginnings—it started by selling computer casings and keyboards to companies in […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Connections, Globalization, Marketing, Videos Tagged With: Aigo, Electronics, Feng Jun, Formula 1, Globalization, Olympics, Sponsorship

As Luck Would Have It: Reaping Big Rewards from a Positional Advantage

December 21, 2012 By Brian Viard

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How Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win had someone else laughing all the way to the bank. Changing times can lead to changing fortunes. Recently, events gaining international attention have changed two enterprises’ fortunes for the better. One is a single-person operation while the other is a multi-billion dollar corporation; but both involve liquor and illustrate […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Economics, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China Tagged With: Capabilities-Based Advantage, Mo Yan, Moutai, Positional Advantage, Xi Jiu

Homegrown Style: Mao Jihong’s Quest for the Chinese Luxury Market

December 20, 2012 By Matthew Jukes

Fashion designer Mao Jihong on how one of China’s leading luxury brands made its mark on the mainland Mao Jihong is the man who could build a bridge between the Chinese luxury market and the rest of the world. Standing astride the world’s second-largest luxury market, Mao, the founder and president of Mixmind Art & Design Co., […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Consumers, Culture, Know China, Society Tagged With: Chinese Fashion Industry, Chinese Luxury Brands, Mao Jihong, New Luxury

Gone Fishing: China’s Threatened Aquaculture Exports

December 14, 2012 By Mark Gao

China’s dominance of world seafood production challenged by weaker export markets, rising costs and competition Landy Chow plucks a shrimp and carefully checks the wriggling creature’s body length and weight. The weight and the skin seem right, nods Chow before returning the gray-brown creature to the pond. The shrimp, one of millions he’s bought from […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, China, Chinese Economy Tagged With: Aquaculture, Exports, Seafood Exports

China’s Social Media Giants

December 13, 2012 By CKGSB Knowledge

  Unknown to most people outside China, the country has a very vibrant social media landscape. A surprisingly large percentage of people across both urban and small-town China are hooked to micro-blogs and social networking service (SNS) products. Over the years, Chinese social media companies have come up with some very innovative products and services, such as Tencent’s WeChat, […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, China, Infographics, Technology Tagged With: Facebook, Infographic, QQ, Qzone, Sina Weibo, Slider, Social Media, Tencent, Twitter

Taking a Hard Look at Customer Relationship Management

December 7, 2012 By Li Yang

“Big Data” is fast becoming an important asset for companies. Deciphering data can lead to many useful insights about consumers and their preferences. But the reality is that only a handful of companies really understand how to leverage Big Data in the right way. Big Data is not just about the size of data, but […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Management, Opinion, Videos Tagged With: Big Data, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, Interviews, Oded Netzer

The High-Growth Conundrum: Marketing at Hyperspeed

December 5, 2012 By Bennett Voyles

Marketing is an important function at any time, but it’s perhaps most crucial for a company entering a hypergrowth phase. The product might be selling well, but can be killed by any number of missteps: create demand faster than you can fill orders, and the market may turn away from your brand, never to return. […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, China, Conversations, Management, Marketing, Q&A Tagged With: Geoffrey Moore, High Growth, Hypergrowth, Noam Wasserman

The High-Growth Conundrum: Helping Companies Cross the Chasm

December 3, 2012 By Bennett Voyles

How can small companies grow into large companies? It’s a simple question to pose but not so easy to answer. Some of the most persuasive answers have been offered by Geoffrey Moore. The Silicon Valley consultant made his reputation with two books that offered the tech industry a strategy and perhaps more importantly, a vocabulary […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Management, Strategy Tagged With: Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore, High Growth, Hypergrowth, Made in China

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