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CKGSB Knowledge Winter 2015 Issue: China’s Five-Year Plans

December 7, 2015 By CKGSB Knowledge

Dating back to 1935, China’s system of five-year plans has long been dismissed as anachronistic, but it remains crucial to guidance of the economy

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, Know China, Magazine Tagged With: Economy, Five Year Plan, GDP

Business Conditions Index: Cautious Optimism for the Chinese Economy

November 24, 2015 By CKGSB Knowledge

According to the CKGSB Business Conditions Index (BCI), businesses in China remain confident, but it remains unclear if they will continue to. In October 2015, the BCI posted a figure of 54.0, a mild rise over September’s 51.1 and slightly above the confidence threshold of 50. The BCI hit a 14-month high of 61.3 in May 2015 before sliding steadily, with readings from July to September hovering above 50, indicating that the sample firms became less optimistic about business conditions with regard to the following six months. Despite a moderate rally, it is unclear whether the momentum will hold and so companies need to remain cautiously optimistic.

Filed Under: All Articles, BCI, Chinese Economy, Know China Tagged With: BCI, Economy

When East Buys West: The M&A Deals of Chinese Companies

October 27, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Chinese companies are on an acquisition spree abroad. On paper, buying abroad may make sense, but from strategy to execution, a lot can go wrong. For every company that buys the right asset at the right time for the right price, handles the regulators of its industry in the right way and manages the integration with just the right touch, as many as four others flounder. Many studies have found that 50-80% of mergers fail to create any additional value, and that in fact a bad acquisition can cost the new company dearly. So how do Chinese companies fare and how can they do better?

Filed Under: All Articles, Mergers and Acquisitions, Winning in China Tagged With: Economy, Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, When East Buys West Series

Alan Krueger on Job Growth and US Recovery

June 1, 2015 By Major Tian

Alan Krueger, former Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, shares his thoughts on the labor market, US economic recovery and the interplay with China.

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Economy, Employment, Know China Tagged With: Economic Recovery, Economy, Employment, labor market, Manufacturing, Sino-US, Slider

Demystifying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

April 21, 2015 By Major Tian

Yukon Huang on the mechanics of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China’s role in its governance, and comparisons with the World Bank and the ADB.

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Connections, Economy, Finance Tagged With: AIIB, Aisa, Economy, Japan, Slider, US, World Bank

The Lure—and Risks—of Emerging Market Bonds

November 12, 2014 By Major Tian

As the global economy looks to emerging markets for growth, investors rush in for the high yields of emerging market bonds. But what about the risks?

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Emerging Economies, Finance, Videos Tagged With: Bonds, Currency, Debt, Dollar, Economy, Emerging Markets, Foreign Exchange, Investment, Slider

Better Days for Business Between India and China?

October 20, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Politics can often be a deal breaker in business between India and China. But now that might change due to changes in both economies.

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Connections, Emerging Economies, Finance, International Trade, Know China, Resources, Videos Tagged With: BRICS, China-India, Chinese Brands, Economy, Exports, FDI, Geopolitics, Made in China, Slider, Vanke, Wanda, Xiaomi

Carl Walter on the fragility in the Chinese banking system

April 15, 2014 By Beidi Zhang

Carl Walter, former COO of JP Morgan in China and CEO of its China banking subsidiary, paints a gloomy picture of the Chinese banking system and outlines the possible risks involved. In the aftermath of 2008’s global financial meltdown, China’s financial system seemed to have emerged unscathed. The country’s economic configuration, often dubbed “Capitalism with Chinese characteristics” by Chinese […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Chinese Economy, Connections, Conversations, Economics, Economy, Finance, Know China, Q&A Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Economy, Financial Crisis, Financing, Internet FInancing, Shadow Banking, Slider

Invisible Hand Revealed: Pork Barrel Politics

May 23, 2012 By Brian Viard

CKGSB, Brian Viard

Why would a steel company get into a wildly-unrelated area such as pig breeding?

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, ExpertSpeak, Finance, Invisible Hand Revealed, Strategy Tagged With: Diversification Strategy, Economy, Invisible Hand Revealed, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Wisco

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