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The Xiaomi Business Model: Built to Last?

March 18, 2015 By Major Tian

Xiaomi has attained an enviable position in the Chinese smartphone market. But will its current strategies help it retain its prized spot as it gains scale?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Business Models, Electronics, LeTV, Patents, Slider, Smartphone, Technology, Xiaomi

Amazon China: A Lightweight

January 14, 2015 By Ana Swanson

Amazon China is redoubling its efforts, but will it succeed at the second attempt in the country’s hyper-competitive e-commerce sector?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Retail, Strategy Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon, Amazon China, Competition, eBay, Free Trade Zone, Government Regulation, Kindle, Localization, Slider, Taobao

Crafting Winning Negotiation Strategies

December 23, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Stuart Diamond, author of Getting More, on the negotiation strategies that will help you seal the deal—and achieve much more.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Strategy Tagged With: Business Negotiation, Business Strategy, Individualism, Power, Slider

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

Gary Hamel: “Innovation is the Only Insurance against Irrelevance”

December 16, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

For three decades strategy guru Gary Hamel has been stressing upon the need to make innovation a systemic capability, but have organizations done their bit?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Management, Strategy, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: Business Models, Employment, Gary Hamel, Management, Slider

The Gary Hamel Interview: Unleashing another Revolution

December 15, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Gary Hamel, the Godfather of Management 2.0, on reengineering the DNA of organizations based on, among other things, the principles of markets.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Management, Strategy, Talent, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: Business Models, Competition, Employment, Gary Hamel, Leaders, Slider, Talent Management, Teamwork

Tesla China: Charging Up!

December 12, 2014 By Chris Russell

Having finally brought its innovative technology here, Tesla China now faces the challenge of making it work in the worldʼs largest auto market.

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, Know China, Strategy Tagged With: Automobiles, Chinese Consumers, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Infrastructure, Innovation, Localization, Slider, Tesla

Tom Doctoroff on Marketing in the Digital Era

November 26, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Tom Doctoroff, CEO, J. Walter Thompson Asia Pacific, on why marketers need to embrace the digital era without forgetting the fundamentals of traditional branding and marketing.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, Digital Economy, Marketing, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, BMW, Brand Loyalty, Digital Marketing, Li Ning, Slider, Social Media, Twitter

How Proya Built a Cosmetics Brand By Betting on China’s Lower-Tier Cities

November 5, 2014 By Li Hui

In a little over 10 years, Proya has become a leading domestic cosmetics brand in China by focusing on the underserved population in the hinterland, and now it wants to go global.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Marketing, Strategy, The Chinapreneurs Tagged With: Chinese Consumers, Chinese Market, Competition, Cosmetics, E-Commerce, Globalization, Japan, L'Oreal, Positioning, Proya, Slider

10 Jack Ma Quotes on How to be a Better Entrepreneur

October 9, 2014 By Li Hui

We put together 10 Jack Ma quotes that sum up the Alibaba founder’s business philosophy and his inspiring journey as an entrepreneur.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Entrepreneurship, Management, Strategy Tagged With: Alibaba, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Jack Ma, NYSE, Taobao

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