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The Future Is Now

February 19, 2020 By Kevin Livingston

The rollout of 5G is making global headlines, with everyone now wanting to connect to the internet with the new technology, and China is at the forefront. How is the race shaping up?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: China 5G, Telecommunications

Alibaba, Tencent and Walled Gardens: History Repeats Itself

May 19, 2015 By Brian Viard

In a bid to prevent users from venturing out of their proprietary environment, Alibaba and Tencent are aggressively adopting a walled garden strategy.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Invisible Hand Revealed, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Alipay, Brian Viard, Internet, Mobile, Slider, Telecommunications, Tencent, WeChat

China Data: A Milestone for RMB Internationalization

March 9, 2015 By CKGSB Knowledge

Essential numbers on China: from the RMB internationalization to the contraction in the luxury market, growth in e-commerce transaction value, and more

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Consumers, Finance, Infographics, Know China, Logistics, Retail Tagged With: Chinese Outbound Investment, Infographic, Logistics, Luxury Goods, Peugeot, Retail, Slider, Telecommunications, Wanda, ZTE

The Networked Company: The Tricky Art of Managing Networked Organizations

March 4, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Networked organizations mean flatter structures and more creativity, and also a new approach to managing a workforce that thinks and behaves differently. In 1994, when the internet was still mostly an academic information channel, most organizational charts looked a lot like they had for a hundred of years—as many as seven or eight levels from top to […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Employment, Know China, Management Tagged With: Network, Networked Company, Slider, Talent Management, Teamwork, Telecommunications

Companies in the Internet Economy: The Way We Work Now

March 2, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

The internet economy is bringing efficiency to the world of work, but it has downsides as well.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, Employment, Innovation, Know China, Society, Technology Tagged With: Communication, Efficiency, Employment, Network, Networked Company, Slider, Teamwork, Telecommunications

Can Women Have It All?

January 5, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Can women have it all? Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi famously disagreed. And this is why she is right.

Filed Under: All Articles, Employment, Know China, Society Tagged With: Businesswoman, Diversity Series, Gender equality, Glass Ceiling, Slider, Telecommunications

Is Mobile the Future of Banking?

December 10, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

Mobile banking is proving to be a disruptive force for traditional branch banking. What is the future of banking as we know it—and the future of cash?

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Best Practice, Consumers, Digital Economy, Finance, Technology Tagged With: B2B, Bitcoins, Infrastructure, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payments, Slider, Telecommunications, Walmart

Should the West be Afraid of China’s State Capitalism?

October 15, 2014 By Major Tian

The popular notion is that state-owned enterprises are very powerful in China. To what extent is that true? Are fears of China’s state capitalism overblown?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Finance Tagged With: Alibaba, Chinese Economy, Economic Growth, Economic Reform, Private Sector, Slider, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Telecommunications

Nicholas Lardy on the Five Misconceptions About China

October 14, 2014 By Major Tian

Do state-owned enterprises still hold sway over the Chinese economy? Economist Nicholas Lardy responds to that question, and lists out the five common misconceptions about China.

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Connections, Economy, Videos Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Coal, Exports, Monopoly, Natural Gas, Nicholas Lardy, Slider, SOEs, State Owned Enterprises, Telecommunications

Huawei Takes on the World

June 16, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

Is Huawei’s global branding push enough to erase the memory of public blunders and herald the next step toward global success? It’s difficult to recall a case of more corporate schizophrenia in the past two years than that of Huawei, China’s largest maker of telecommunication network equipment. When Eric Xu, Huawei’s Executive Vice President and […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, Connections, Globalization, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: 4G, Branding, Business Strategy, Chinese Brands, Electronics, Huawei, Slider, Smartphone, Technology, Telecommunications, US

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