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Xiaomi’s Mission Impossible?

April 28, 2015 By Chris Russell

Having conquered China’s smartphone market, Xiaomi now wants to take over your living room—and the world

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Innovation, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Business Model Innovation, Internet of Things, Lenovo, Marketing, Patents, Slider, Smartphone, Xiaomi

Innovating in the Networked Organization

March 25, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

The networked organization has changed how business innovates—but will the new system last?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Innovation, Internet, Labor, Network, Networked Company, Patents, Slider

The Xiaomi Business Model: Built to Last?

March 18, 2015 By Major Tian

Xiaomi has attained an enviable position in the Chinese smartphone market. But will its current strategies help it retain its prized spot as it gains scale?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Business Models, Electronics, LeTV, Patents, Slider, Smartphone, Technology, Xiaomi

Can Patents Disrupt Xiaomi’s Dream Run?

December 17, 2014 By Major Tian

As it pushes for internationalization, what is Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi up against?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Intellectual Property, Technology Tagged With: Chinese Market, India, Intellectual Property, Patents, Slider, Smartphone, Xiaomi, ZTE

Brain Power: The Patent Buying Spree of Chinese Tech Companies

September 24, 2014 By Douglas Bulloch

Chinese tech companies are stocking up on patent purchases, but is it anything more than share price padding?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Digital Economy, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Chinese Company, IBM, Innovation, IP, Lenovo, Motorola Mobility, Patents, Samsung, Slider, Technology

Business Lessons from the Football World Cup Champions

September 16, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

Why the Germans, winners of the 2014 football World Cup, are so good at the other game the world cares about—business.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Connections, Economy, Employment, Innovation, Know China Tagged With: Economic Growth, Employment, Eurozone, Exports, Germany, Income Disparity, Migrant Workers, Patents, Slider

CKGSB Knowledge Fall 2014 Issue: The Alibaba IPO and Variable Interest Entities

August 29, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

The Fall 2014 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like: COVER STORY:  Around the World: In a circuitous way, billions of dollars rely on an international game of legal cat and mouse. China’s top companies use variable interest entities, but now the Alibaba IPO is shining a light on this legal grey area. CHINA BY NUMBERS:  From […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Tagged With: Alibaba, Alibaba IPO, Automation, Automobiles, Baidu, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Green Investment, Greentech, Intellectual Property, Luxury, Patents, Property, Robotics, Samsung, Sina, Slider, Variable Interest Entities

Why Elon Musk Released Tesla’s Patents

July 7, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

Overnight the maverick electric car company became an evangelist of the Open Source philosophy. Why is releasing Tesla’s patents such a big deal? In the traditional business playbook, one way companies win is to create something useful, patent it, and then make money on their exclusive right to use that intellectual property (IP). Most companies still operate this way […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Know China, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Automobiles, Business Strategy, Elon Musk, EV, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Patents, Samsung, Slider, Technology, Tesla

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

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