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The Heat is On for the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

November 14, 2016 By Matthew Nitkoski

China’s large and still growing population, accompanied by rising household wealth and rapid increases in healthcare spending, has transformed China into the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical market. In 2015, overall pharmaceutical sales in mainland China totaled more than $115 billion, placing China behind only the United States ($330 billion). With a population of over 1.3 billion, the sheer size of the market all but guarantees that the Chinese market will continue to grow despite the problems faced by the healthcare system. “Healthcare is the one market where the market size equals the population,” says Kent Kedl.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Know China, Society Tagged With: China's Healthcare System, Healthcare, Multinational Company

Torben Pheiffer on Chinese Consumer Behavior in a Rapidly Changing Market

August 17, 2016 By Tom Nunlist

Torben Pheiffer on Chinese consumer behavior

Chinese consumers have changed faster than consumers in probably any other market. Increasing exposure to international media and social media is changing the expectations of Chinese consumers. On top of that, the broad economic slowdown and brand saturation in China has ratcheted up competition to new levels as the days of easy money disappear. For both multinationals and Chinese companies, the changing market dynamics present challenges they have never seen before. In this interview, Torben Pheiffer, Managing Director of SapientNitro, China, explains how companies need to adapt their branding strategies.

Filed Under: All Articles, Consumers, Conversations, Globalization, Multinationals in China Tagged With: Chinese Consumers, Huawei, Made in China, Multinational Company, Nike

Homeward Bound: Chinese Sea Turtles Return to a New Reality

May 5, 2015 By Colin Shek

Long the purveyors of advanced skills and knowledge, Chinese sea turtles, or overseas returnees, are now finding a different environment back home.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Employment, Globalization, Know China, Talent Tagged With: Competition, Education, Employment, Hot Issues in China, Multinational Company, Slider, Talent

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

British Chip Designer ARM on How to Win in China

October 27, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

Allen Wu, chip designer ARMʼs Greater China President, on how the company is navigating Chinaʼs increasingly treacherous environment for foreign companies.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, Intellectual Property, Know China, Manufacturing, Talent, Technology Tagged With: Business Models, Government Control, Huawei, IBM, Industry, Microsoft, Multinational Company, Slider, Smartphone, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Xiaomi

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

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

Interview with Johnny Kwan, Chairman, BASF Greater China – I

October 22, 2012 By Carol Wang

Few people know that BASF, the world’s largest chemical company headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, has been involved with the Greater China region since 1885. Back then, it started selling chemical dyes to Imperial China. Today BASF’s China offerings have grown beyond dyes to a diversified portfolio including petrochemicals, inorganics, polymer dispersions, polyurethanes, coatings, construction chemicals […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, C-Suite Interview, China, Connections, Conversations, Emerging Economies, Globalization, Videos Tagged With: BASF, Chemicals, Emerging Markets, MNC, Multinational Company

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