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China’s E-commerce Consumers Wise-Up

April 25, 2013 By Engen Tham

Increasingly sophisticated online consumers are pushing China’s cyber retailers to the next level Just as clever marketers have whittled the meaning of Christmas down to the goods that are gifted on the 25th of December, festive days in China are quickly following suit. Singles Day—a celebration of bachelorhood on the 11th of November—seems to have […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Innovation, Know China, Logistics, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 360buy.com, Alibaba, Alibaba.com, Alipay, E-Commerce, E-Commerce in China, Gome, Slider, Suning, Taobao, Tmall, Vancl, Yihaodian.com

Invisible Hand Revealed: Mobile Apps that Move Cabs

April 18, 2013 By Brian Viard

In an earlier article I discussed how the regulation of Beijing’s taxi fares had taken taxis off the road. Recently there has been a spate of mobile applications (mobile apps) to address this problem: DiDiDaChe and YaoYaoZhaoChe in Beijing, KuaiDiDaChe in Hangzhou, and DiDi and KuaiDi in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Although varying slightly, these apps […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Consumers, Economics, Entrepreneurship, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Apps, Beijing Cabs, Beijing Taxis, Beijing Traffic, Invisible Hand Revealed, Mobile Apps, Slider, Taxis

Mobile Advertising: Tailor-Made in China

April 10, 2013 By Liz Mahoney

China is the world’s largest smartphone user market and, according to Techweb, by December 2012 the percentage of users in China accessing the internet from mobile platforms reached 74.9%. At 420 million users this is a huge opportunity for advertisers to access their customers constantly and more directly than ever before via mobile advertising. But […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Innovation, Marketing, Technology Tagged With: App, Apple, Apps, Made in China, Mobile Ad, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Apps, Mobile Internet, Mobile Web, Slider, Taobao

Bamboo Property Rights

April 8, 2013 By Brian Viard

Why enforcing the contentious issue of individual property rights might actually be a good thing for China. Moganshan Mountain near Hangzhou in China’s Zhejiang Province is famous not only for striking scenery and white tea, but also for bamboo. Bamboo is an extremely versatile plant and over the centuries, the Chinese have grown it to […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Connections, Economics, Economy, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Invisible Hand Revealed, Know China, Policy and Law Tagged With: Asset-specific Investment, Bamboo, Innovation, Property, Property Rights, Slider

Lost in Thailand: Revolutionizing China’s Movie Market

March 29, 2013 By Li Yang

Lost in Thailand, a Chinese slapstick comedy, recently created a box office record of sorts. Released in China on December 12th, 2012, as a low-budget sequel to Lost on Journey, the film became an overnight success earning over $202.1 million in box office revenue. By January 1st, 2013, it earnt over RMB 1 billion, becoming […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Chinese Economy, Consumers, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, ExpertSpeak, Finance, Innovation, Marketing, Opinion Tagged With: Chinese Films, Enlight Media, Lost in Thailand, Slider

Download the March 2013 issue of CKGSB Magazine: Tapping homegrown innovation

March 25, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

You are invited to download the March issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY: Innovation: Incubators tap homegrown innovation in China. With close similarities to incubators in Silicon Valley and an arsenal of China-specific tactics for start-up success, Chinese incubators are moving beyond the traditional role of incubators. They are creating […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Best Practice, China, Chinese Economy, Connections, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance, Globalization, Infographics, Innovation, Know China, Private Equity, Talent Tagged With: #Sir Tom Hunter, Apple, Art of War, Baidu, Best Buy, E-Commerce, E-Commerce in China, Environment, Globalization, Haier, Huawei, Incubators, Innovation, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Jennifer Li, KFC, Lenovo, Nokia, Pizza Hut, Private Enterprise, Robert Aumann, Slider, Smartphone, Sun Tzu, Yum! Brands

‘Creating’ Creativity

February 14, 2013 By Zhang Kaifu

A recent global IBM CEO survey says that the majority of CEOs who participated believe the key to navigating today’s uncertain economic climes is creativity. Creating an innovative workplace is an essential part of business today, but implementing practices that actually nurture creativity is much more difficult than supporting it in theory. Many in the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Know China, Marketing, Q&A, Videos Tagged With: #Corporate Culture, Creativity, Innovation

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

Yihaodian Chairman Gang Yu on Crafting a Sophisticated e-Commerce Strategy

November 27, 2012 By Neelima Mahajan

Some time in the middle of last year, subway commuters in Beijing and Shanghai stumbled across an interesting experiment–the walls of select stations had been turned into virtual supermarkets by Yihaodian, a Chinese online supermarket. All a commuter had to do was scan the QR codes of whatever he needed on the ‘virtual supermarket aisles’ […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Innovation, Marketing, Videos Tagged With: E-Commerce in China, Gang Yu, Retail, Virtual Supermarkets, Yihaodian

Yihaodian Chairman Gang Yu on e-Commerce in China

November 27, 2012 By Neelima Mahajan

At last count, China had nearly 538 million internet users–a number that is growing everyday. Out of these 538 million, 194 million have shopped online. And this number is also growing everyday. As a result, e-commerce is one of the hottest sectors in China right now. The Chinese customer is demanding–and unforgiving–and competition between players […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Innovation, Know China, Marketing, Retail, Supply Chain, Videos Tagged With: E-Commerce in China, Gang Yu, Yihaodian

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