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CKGSB Knowledge Fall 2016 Issue: The Middle Minority

September 07, 2016

The Fall 2016 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like:

COVER STORY:

CHINA DATA:

  • From stats on robots to sports, and supercomputers to mining, the numbers you need to know

SNAPSHOT:

CHINA INSIGHT:

  • Kissing Cousins: After a fierce rivalry, Didi and Uber China have joined hands
  • China’s Red Inc.: Are China’s corporate debts too heavy to bear?
  • The Silver Age: China’s population may be aging past the point of no return
  • The Great Idea Bubble: How much sizzle remains in the world’s hottest tech startup scene?
  • Hands Off: Chinese companies have joined the driverless bandwagon
  • A Company Called Wanda: Once of China’s biggest property companies had grown into an empire, but how stable is its future?
  • The Heat is On: A less-than-healthy regulatory environment is holding back China’s pharmaceutical industry

BUSINESS BAROMETER:

CONVERSATIONS:

  • C-Suite: Esteban Liang, Managing Director, Costa, Asia, discusses coffee in China and Costa’s mission to make a space for the middle class
  • The Thinker Interview: Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, talks strategy and creative thinking in business
  • Q&A: Arthur Kroeber, author of China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, talks about how China got here
  • Q&A: Ripa Rashid, Managing partner at Hewlett Consulting Partners in New York, discusses women in the emerging-markets workplace

Downtime:

  • Fever Pitch: The Chinese government’s desire to see the country become an elite football nation is having an impact both on and off the pitch

BOOKSHELF:

  • Jacob Parker, recommends books on China for executives

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