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Business and Design: The Future of Design
| Jun. 21 2016
Unlike technology, design seldom follows a neat curve. When it comes to questions of style, it’s hard to chart.


Chinese Consumers Up Their Vanity Spending
| Jun. 7 2016
Just how much time and energy would you spend pondering over which dustbin to buy next? Chances are, not a.
Transitioning Online: Suning’s e-Commerce Strategy
Sun Weimin, Vice-President of China’s electronics giant Suning, on the company’s foray into e-commerce and the.


| Apr. 30 2013
Business on the Battlefield: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is the gift that keeps on giving in the world of business strategy.


| Apr. 28 2013
China’s E-commerce Consumers Wise-Up
Increasingly sophisticated online consumers are pushing China’s cyber retailers to the next level Just as clever marketers have whittled.


| Apr. 25 2013
Invisible Hand Revealed: Mobile Apps that Move Cabs
In an earlier article I discussed how the regulation of Beijing’s taxi fares had taken taxis off the road.


| Apr. 18 2013
Digital Promised Land: Retailers Look to E-Commerce to Succeed in China
Can Western retail brands make it big in China’s e-market? In September 2012, The Home Depot announced that.


| Apr. 15 2013
Mobile Advertising: Tailor-Made in China
China is the world’s largest smartphone user market and, according to Techweb, by December 2012 the percentage of.


| Apr. 10 2013
Can Shanghai Tang Become the definitive Chinese luxury brand?
What luxury clothing retailer Shanghai Tang’s ascent means for made-in-China luxury brands that play up.


| Apr. 9 2013
Bamboo Property Rights
Why enforcing the contentious issue of individual property rights might actually be a good thing for China. Moganshan Mountain near.


| Apr. 8 2013
The Thinker Interview: Jeffrey Pfeffer on Human Sustainability
Organization behavior expert and Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the poor state of human sustainability in organizations In.


| Apr. 5 2013
Yum! Brands in China: Colonel Sanders’ Recipe Gone Wrong
Have Chinese consumers lost their appetite for Yum! Brands? The KFC in the food court at Shanghai’s New.


| Apr. 3 2013
Back To School: In-house Universities boost Management Talent
Chinese companies ramp up training by setting up in-house universities to retain talent A couple of students sit outside.


| Apr. 1 2013
Lost in Thailand: Revolutionizing China’s Movie Market
Lost in Thailand, a Chinese slapstick comedy, recently created a box office record of sorts. Released in China on December.


| Mar. 29 2013