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Fairphone Takes a Crack at Fair Trade in Mobile Phones

Are you among those who worry about where their products come from? So you prefer to shell out an extra.

by Li Hui | Oct. 13 2015

#Employment, #Taxi App, #Slider, #Labor, #Value Chain, #Brian Viard

Creating Customer Value is Not Enough

The price you are able to command for your services doesn’t just depend on how much customer value you.

by Brian Viard | Apr. 1 2015

#Innovation, #Patents, #Internet, #Artificial Intelligence, #Communication, #Slider, #Network, #Networked Company, #Labor

Innovating in the Networked Organization

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

by Bennett Voyles | Mar. 25 2015

#Foxconn, #Labor, #ASEAN, #Reform and Opening Up, #Foreign Direct Investment, #Chinese Economy, #Slider, #Government Control

China Plus One: Does it Add Up?

As China changes, companies are being forced to adopt China Plus One strategies and look at other countries for manufacturing.

by Chris Russell | Feb. 2 2015

#Factory, #Employment, #economic development, #Foxconn, #Korea, #Labor, #Robotics, #Japan, #Industry, #Slider, #Technology, #Healthcare

Robots in China: The Bot Connection

How the growing use of robots in China will impact different sectors of the economy, as well as the country.

by Greg Isaacson | Nov. 11 2014

#Car Rental, #IPO, #Labor, #PMI, #Loans, #Local Government, #Apple, #Baidu, #Slider, #Google, #HSBC

China Roundup: The Chinese economy and structural changes; Baidu Eye; and Apple’s New Problem

This week, figures from the HSBC/Markit PMI implied that the Chinese economy might finally be on the path to.

by Major Tian | Sep. 5 2014

#Slider, #Infrastructure, #labor market, #China Transition, #Government Regulation, #Labor, #Urbanization

The Business of Urbanization in China

The government is preparing to throw billions into urbanization in China, but has it thought through the hardware challenges? Perhaps.

by Colin Shek | Jul. 2 2014

#Labor, #Business Conditions, #Slider

A New Leaf for the Chinese Economy

The state of the Chinese economy: the latest CKGSB Business Conditions Index shows that business are gearing up for growth.

by CKGSB Knowledge | Dec. 26 2013

#Labor, #Chinese Economy, #Slider

Bolshie in Beijing: Soaring Labor Costs in a Slowing Economy

China’s labor costs are soaring even as the economy slows. How are companies responding? It was a tactic designed.

by Christopher Beddor | Nov. 13 2013

#Automation, #Foxconn, #Hal Varian, #Internet of Things, #Labor, #Manufacturing, #Robotics

The Future of Work: Hello robot, goodbye worker

How will the progress of IT and automation change the future of work? In 1988, Harvard Business School Professor Shoshana.

by Bennett Voyles | May. 30 2012

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