An Uphill Battle: China faces diffusion of Internet and ecommerce technologies in the new millennium
If your company is interested in expanding its operations to China, are you aware of the existing ecommerce development challenges that await you? If partnering with a Chinese firm is in your company’s future strategy, does your management team understand the contractual pressures of partnering and setting up business in China? Because of the government’s intention to control its country’s ecommerce growth and economic development, … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Caroline Schwane, Gina Honda, Mark W. S. Chun, Ph.D. | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subject: International – China
China at a Crossroads: Seven Risks of Doing Business
China is at a crossroads. Having become the world’s factory and the most important destination for foreign investment, China’s economy has boomed. Not only is China the preferred location for procuring goods, but its domestic market has achieved critical mass, driving global companies to increasingly target Chinese consumers. China is the place to be.
Yet there is a problematic side to China’s success. China’s growth has … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Ira Kalish | Source: Deloitte | Subject: International – China
How China Will Change Your Business
Fourteen things every entrepreneur should know about the capitalist explosion heading our way. But don’t assume that conceding China’s rise means conceding to China.
Content: Article | Author: Ted C. Fishman | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: International – China
The China Syndrome
A five-dimension analytical model for deciding when (and when not) to purchase from the East.
Content: Article | Authors: Dermot Shorten, Mitchell Quint | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International – China, Outsourcing / BPO
The China Riddle
To survive, smaller U.S. manufacturers will have to export. Therein lies a dilemma.
Content: Article | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International – China
China: Turning Your Toehold into a Forward March
Many multinationals have struggled to make headway in China. The problem isn’t a Chinese aversion to foreign brands. Nor is it the brands’ starting point. Rather, it’s their approach to broadening market share. A handful of multinationals point to a better way.
Content: Article | Author: Ann Chen | Source: Bain & Company | Subject: International – China
How to Fix China’s Banking System
Old bad debt hasn’t been fully resolved. New bad debt is piling up. Yet the problems can be cleared up without a systemic crisis.
Content: Article | Authors: Gregory P. Wilson, Matthias M. Bekier, Richard Huang | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Industry Specific, International – China | Industry: Finance / Banking
The Changing Face of China: China as an Offshore Destination For IT and Business Process Outsourcing
Long the world’s factory, China is now becoming an attractive offshore location for IT offshoring (ITO) and business process offshoring (BPO). These markets are expected to grow as the Chinese government continues to entice foreign multinationals. Similarly, Chinese-based ITO and BPO providers are working to improve their capabilities to capture business from multinationals in the United States and Europe.
This paper highlights findings in
A.T. Kearney’s … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Kearney | Subjects: International – China, Outsourcing / BPO
China and India: The race to growth
The contrasting ways in which China and India are developing, and the particular difficulties each still faces, prompt debate about whether one country has a better approach to economic development and will eventually emerge as the stronger. We recently asked three leading experts for their views on the subject. The essays are:
“India’s entrepreneurial advantage” by Tarun Khanna
“China: The best of all possible models” … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Diana Farrell, Jayant Sinha, Jonathan R. Woetzel, Tarun Khanna | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Economics, International – China
Is China going the way of Brazil?
Ever since the Mao jacket went the way of the ozone layer, China has been the world’s darling economy. ‘Bigness’ and very high rates of growth have persuaded otherwise canny investors to overlook some rather significant risks.
Content: Article | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: International – China
What Lurks Ahead?
CEOs swept up by “China euphoria” could one day be surprised.
Content: Article | Author: William J. Holstein | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International – China
The Challenges of Business-to-Business Selling in China
Excerpts from a Q&A session with Paul Clifford, director and head of Mercer Management Consulting’s Beijing office, addressing some of the special challenges of business-to-business selling in China.
Content: Article | Author: Paul Clifford | Source: Mercer Management Consulting | Subject: International – China
What We Owe to Chinese Classical Economics
Where did modern economics originate? History shows that concepts of inflation, regulation and the free market can all be traced to ancient China, whose ideas were later refined by the Enlightenment thinkers
Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Economics, International – China
A Guide to Doing Business in China
China lends itself to sweeping statements about the nature of doing business there. Most are unfounded.
Content: Article | Author: Jonathan R. Woetzel | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
Making Foreign Investment Work for China
The radically different experience of two industries shows that the country needs more competition as well.
Content: Article | Authors: Diana Farrell, Gordon R. Orr, Paul Gao | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
Checking China’s Vital Signs
China’s growth is impressive, but so are the challenges it faces to keep its growth and reforms moving. This collection of exhibits-part of a special McKinsey Quarterly issue on China-looks at the sources of the country’s rapid economic growth and its effects on businesses and consumers.
Content: Article | Authors: Emmanuel V. Pitsilis, Jeffrey Wong, Jonathan R. Woetzel | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
What Executives Are Asking About China
The head of McKinsey’s office in China answers the senior executive’s most pressing questions about doing business there.
Content: Article | Author: Gordon R. Orr | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
The Three Capitals of China
The strength of China’s markets is pulling some Asian headquarters away from Tokyo and Singapore, but which of China’s “three capitals” makes the most sense – Hong Kong, Beijing or Shanghai? The answer, it appears, is that each has strengths and weaknesses, and chief executives making decisions about where to set up shop need to understand those and factor in the nature of their own … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International – China
China Adjusts Strategies for Speeding Economic Growth
China has learned hard lessons from its long history of revolution and reform, but the country now seems poised to achieve its aim of catching up with the West.
Content: Article | Author: Allan Zhang | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: International – China
Facing the China Challenge: Using an Intellectual Property Strategy to Capture Global Advantage
China is on the CEO’s agenda of virtually every global company, with a powerful concern – Intellectual Property (IP) – increasingly capturing top attention. Large sums of money and future strategic positions are at stake amidst a jungle of IP issues in China. Leading companies pursue three key IP objectives in China: defending and monetizing IP rights, influencing and monitoring the development of key standards, … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: David Michael, Kevin Rivette | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subject: International – China