Professor Analysis

Jing Bing, CKGSB Associate Professor of Marketing, on Chinese beauty brands moving beyond channel-led growth

Beyond the channel boom: Building lasting Chinese beauty brands

How Chinese cosmetics brands can turn fleeting sales opportunities into sustainable growth

20 October 2026 - 10 min read

JING Bing

Baohong Sun, CKGSB Professor of Marketing and Director of the AI × Web3 Research Center, author of Brand Intelligence

Stop Renting Your Intelligence and Build Your Own

SUN Baohong

19 October 2026 - 12 min read

Asia Start participants discussing ideas in a CKGSB classroom, May 2026
Tech & Innovation

Next AI race shifts from building to deployment

Edward TSE

10 October 2026 - 6 min read

CKGSB Professor Li Wei explaining China's anti-involution policies and domestic demand challenges.

Anti-Involution, Overcapacity and China’s Domestic Demand Problem

LI Wei

08 October 2026 - 12 min read

LI Wei

The US Treasury building engraved on the reverse of a ten dollar bill
Markets & Economy

US Treasuries Are Heading Toward a Dangerous Turning Point

Edward TSE

Close-up of a computer processor chip
Tech & Innovation

The New Landscape of AI Compute

Edward TSE

Shanghai skyline at dusk, looking east across Puxi to the Pudong financial district
Markets & Economy

China shifts to high gear with new economic model

LI Xuenan (Erica)

CKGSB Professor Li Xuenan analyzing the globalization trends of Chinese industrial companies.
Markets & Economy

Four in Ten Chinese Industrial Companies Are Considering Going Global. Yet 99% Are Still Just Selling Products

LI Haitao

A painted portrait of Emperor Yang of Sui beside a photograph of Maurizio Gucci in a grey suit, arms folded
Leadership & Management

Succession tragedies: What Emperor Yang of Sui and Maurizio Gucci can teach family businesses

LI Haitao

Shoppers and illuminated storefronts on a busy street in central Chengdu at night
Markets & Economy

China’s new engines of domestic demand: Six industries with RMB 10 trillion potential

Edward TSE

Chinese innovation “overtakes by changing lanes”
Tech & Innovation

Chinese innovation “overtakes by changing lanes”

SUN Tianshu

CKGSB Professor discussing how intelligent AI agents and agentic AI will redefine modern business competition.

AI’s second act: Why intelligent agents will redefine business competition

LI Haitao

Portrait of the Dean and Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance at CKGSB, author of the article on corporate succession and building lasting family businesses.

Four lessons for building companies that last: What Disney and Apple’s succession stories reveal

OU-YANG Hui

Aerial view of a large container ship guided by tugboats, symbolizing China's robust logistics infrastructure and foreign trade scale.

How China’s foreign trade keeps defying the odds

Edward TSE

From digital employees to knowledge productivity
Tech & Innovation

From digital employees to knowledge productivity

LIU Jing

CKGSB Professor Liu Jing, co-author analyzing China's innovative pharmaceutical and drug industry growth.

Why China’s innovative drug industry is taking off

TENG Bingsheng

Strategic transformation of Chinese companies beyond price competition, illustrated in CKGSB Knowledge analysis

How companies in China can escape the race to the bottom

TAO Zhigang

US Action in Venezuela and Risks for China Investment - CKGSB

Decoupled but entangled: What the Trump-Xi summit means for the global economy

FAN Xinyu

The Rise of Labubu: Behind the emotional economy are the emotions of the economy

The Rise of Labubu: Behind the emotional economy are the emotions of the economy

LI Xuenan (Erica)

What the China’s Two Sessions Reveal About China Economy - CKGSB

A maturing economy: signals from China’s Two Sessions

Edward TSE

China’s Global Impact on Business - CKGSB

China factor increasingly at core of corporate global plans

TENG Bingsheng

From AI Models to Business Impact - CKGSB

Business value is evolving again, thanks to AI

TENG Bingsheng

AI and Decision-Making: How to Avoid the Flattery Feedback Loop - CKGSB

Beware of AI’s “flattery trap”: Human-machine dynamics in the AI era

LI Xuenan (Erica)

Academic Research and Seminars at a Leading Business School - CKGSB
Leadership & Management

Erica Li: Role of research and academic seminars for business schools like CKGSB

TAO Zhigang

US Action in Venezuela and Risks for China Investment - CKGSB

US and Venezuela: what it means for China’s Latin America interests

LI Yang

Generative Engine Optimization: A New AI Marketing Paradigm - CKGSB
Tech & Innovation

Generative engine optimization: Is China’s AI creating a new playbook for marketing?

FAN Xinyu

FAN Xinyu, Assistant Professor of Economics, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB)，wrote the post
Consumer & Brands

Why IKEA China’s store closures signal a deeper shift in China’s retail landscape

XIANG Bing

As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist
Geopolitics & Trade

As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

LI Haitao

The Importance of Globalization and Localization for Long-Term Development of Chinese Companies - CKGSB
Leadership & Management

Succession in Southeast Asian Chinese business families

ZHANG Xiaomeng

AI, Jobs and Workplace Mental Health in China - CKGSB
Tech & Innovation

AI in the workplace: Impact on employee mental health in China

SUN Tianshu

AI+: Driving Business Reconfiguration and Innovation - CKGSB
Tech & Innovation

AI+: A New era for business reconfiguration

TENG Bingsheng

AI Commercialization and Investment Trends - CKGSB
Tech & Innovation

AI commercialization: How companies are cashing in on the AI revolution

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