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Digital Monopolies: Too Many Big Fish in the Sea

July 22, 2015 By Xinlei Chen

The government should step in and regulate digital monopolies because at the end of the day, healthy competition benefits all.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Mergers and Acquisitions, Opinion, Technology, Winning in China Tagged With: Antimonopoly, Competition, Google, Internet Companies, Jack Ma, Slider, Taobao, Tencent, Youku

Brave Old World: The Art of Reviving a Brand

May 14, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Brands have lifecycles and as they lose their relevance, they fall by the wayside. What really goes into reviving a brand and keeping it fresh?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Consumers, Know China, Marketing Tagged With: Brand Loyalty, Coca-cola, Consumer Behavior, Google, Slider, The Brave Old World Series

Don Tapscott on Digital Disruption

April 13, 2015 By Neelima Mahajan

The Digital Economy warrants a fundamentally new social contract, says Don Tapscott, a leading expert on business and technology issues

Filed Under: All Articles, Conversations, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Society, Technology, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: Amazon, Business Models, crowdsourcing, Digital Economy, Google, Internet, Slider

Companies in the Internet Economy: The Dawn of Networks

February 24, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

The internet economy is changing the contours of business, and organizations are fast-changing from rigid hierarchy-driven structures to networks.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Employment, Innovation, Know China, Management, Technology Tagged With: Communication, Competition, GM, Google, Media, Microsoft, Network, Networked Company, Slider, Start-ups, Wikipedia

China Roundup: Alibaba Bonds; and the China-Australia FTA

November 21, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, we saw the debut of Alibaba’s bonds, the new China-Australia FTA, and China’s factory output shrank thanks to the APEC conference.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, International Trade, Know China, Manufacturing, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, APEC, Apple, Australia, Bonds, Facebook, Google, International Trade, PMI, RMB, Slider

Learning from Market Entry: Keep Your Entrants Imaginary

October 28, 2014 By Brian Viard

What industry incumbents can learn from the forces that guide market entry.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Finance, Internet Finance, Invisible Hand Revealed, Marketing Tagged With: Alibaba, Alipay, Android, Brian Viard, eCommerce, Foxconn, Google, Invisible Hand Revealed, JD.com, Marketing, Pricing, Slider, WeChat

Ed Hess on Building the New Age Learning Organization

October 22, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

To stay relevant in the future, individuals need to learn much more quickly and differently. That entails a different kind of learning organization.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Q&A Tagged With: Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Entrepreneurship, Google, Leadership, Robotics, Slider

Innovation Works and its Silicon Valley Dreams

September 15, 2014 By Beidi Zhang

Innovation Works, the Beijing-headquartered incubator founded by former Google China chief Kai-Fu Lee, has set up a base in Silicon Valley. Chris Evdemon, who is spearheading Innvation Works’ US foray, explains the rationale.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation, Q&A, Technology Tagged With: Chinese Market, Copycat, Google, Incubators, InnoSpring, Localization, Silicon Valley, Slider, Start-ups, WeChat

China Roundup: The Chinese economy and structural changes; Baidu Eye; and Apple’s New Problem

September 5, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, figures from the HSBC/Markit PMI implied that the Chinese economy might finally be on the path to the much-need structural change; local government financing got a new breather; and Baidu launched its Google Glass competitor, Baidu Eye. The Broader Picture Last week, a flash Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) reading from HSBC and Markit […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, Know China, Manufacturing, Policy and Law, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Baidu, Car Rental, Google, HSBC, IPO, Labor, Loans, Local Government, PMI, Slider

The Going Gets Tough for MNCs in China

August 20, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan and Major Tian

A combination of factors such as a slowing Chinese economy, rising costs, lethal competition and increased government scrutiny are changing the dynamics of business for MNCs in China. How should they cope? In the past three decades, China was the place to be for multinational companies (MNCs): a cheap labor force, effective infrastructure and an increasingly […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Chinese Economy, Connections, Finance, Multinationals in China, Strategy, Talent, Videos Tagged With: Baidu, Branding, Chinese Market, Economic Growth, Google, Government Control, Huawei, Human Resources, Li Ning, MNC Strategy in China, Slider, State Owned Enterprises

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