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The Crackdown on Tax Evasion in China

March 17, 2015 By Helen Roxburgh

Multinationals in China are coming under increased scrutiny due to allegations of tax evasion.

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Know China, Multinationals in China, Policy and Law Tagged With: GDP, Government Regulation, MNCs, Multinational Company, Slider, Tax Revenue

China Roundup: State of the Economy; MNCs Hit new highs (and lows); and the Alibaba Share Price Fall

September 26, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, China’s factory activity improved a little even as factory employment figures slumped; Adobe announced its intention to shutter its China R&D center while other MNCs remain upbeat; and the Alibaba share price fell after last week’s spectacular IPO.

Filed Under: Airline Industry, All Articles, Automobile Industry, China Round-up, Connections, Finance, Know China, Manufacturing, Multinationals in China, Resources, Stock Exchange Tagged With: Agricultural Bank of China, Airbus, Alibaba, General Motors, Loans, MNCs, PBOC, PMI, Slider

India-China Relations: Silk Road 2.0

September 22, 2014 By Ana Swanson

Will India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi change India-China business relations?

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Emerging Economies, Finance, International Trade, Know China, Manufacturing Tagged With: China-India, Foreign Investment, Huawei, Infrastructure, labor market, Localization, MNCs, Slider, Telecom, World Bank

Understanding the Globalization of Chinese Companies

July 30, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Joel Backaler, author of China Goes West, talks of the globalization of Chinese companies and whether or not the West needs to be wary of them. Chinese companies are globalizing at an unprecedented rate. While Lenovo is now the world’s largest PC maker, Haier is the world’s largest consumer appliance manufacturer. Huawei has been giving […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Conversations, Globalization, Strategy Tagged With: Bright Food, Business Strategy, Chinese Brands, Chinese Company, Globalization, Haier, Huawei, Lenovo, MNCs, PC-Plus, Slider, TCL, Weetabix

The Age of Micro-Multinational Companies

May 22, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

Low communication costs and improved access to global markets for talent, supply chain requirements and customers is paving the way for micro-multinational companies. In the old days, startups were usually formed by people who’d known each other for a long time–relatives, professional colleagues, or old school chums–a small team that got together and created something […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Supply Chain, Talent Tagged With: eBay, eCommerce, Google, Hal Varian, IT, labor market, Micro-multinational, MNCs, Multinational Company, Skype, Slider, Telecommunications

In China’s Cosmetics Market Beauty is Pocket Deep

May 8, 2014 By Jill Petzinger

In China’s increasingly competitive cosmetics market who will come out ahead and who should re-evaluate?  Stepping into the cosmetics section of any Shanghai-based department store means entering a brightly lit wonderland of shiny displays, impossi­bly beautiful faces plastered on the wall, and a barrage of demonstrations. Groups of young, fashionable girls cluster around the stands, trying […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Connections, Consumers, Infographics, Marketing, Multinationals in China, Strategy Tagged With: Branding, Chinese Market, Consumers, Cosmetics, Garnier, Industry, L'Oreal, MNC Strategy in China, MNCs, Online Shopping, P&G, Revlon, Slider, Taobao

3M Company: In China for China

February 13, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Francis Hu, COO and CFO at 3M China, talks about the company’s ‘location management’ strategy and the opportunity in China’s push towards domestic consumption.  The 3M Company, the American multinational giant that gave the world Post-it Notes and the Scotch-Brite scouring pads (and also adhesive tapes for Frank Gehry’s iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, China, Connections, Conversations, Globalization, Management, Strategy Tagged With: 3M, Beijing, Business Strategy, Consumers, Management, MNC Strategy in China, MNCs, Slider

“17% of Global Innovation is Coming From Emerging Markets”

February 11, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Texas A&M’s Venkatesh Shankar on how emerging markets are reshaping the global innovation architecture. The year 2007 marked a major turning point for General Electric Corporation (GE). For the very first time, in GE’s more than century-old history, the company earned more from its operations outside of the US, than within. That, as the company revealed, […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Conversations, Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Q&A, Strategy, Videos Tagged With: Business Strategy, Emerging Markets, GE, Innovation, MNCs, Slider

China’s Fourth-Tier Cities: The Road Less Worn

February 18, 2013 By Berken Byrne

China’s fourth-tier consumer markets come into their own. If you travel to China’s poorest fourth-tier-cities such as Jiangsu Province’s Taixing in the hope of leaving behind the international brands that dominate the major coastal cities, then you will be disappointed. The familiar grin of KFC’s iconic Colonel Sanders is there to greet you outside the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Chinese Economy, Demographics, Know China, Marketing, Retail Tagged With: #Fourth-Tier Cities, #Philips, Apple, KFC, MNC Strategy in China, MNCs, Multinational Company, Slider

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