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CKGSB Knowledge Spring 2015 Issue: The New Silk Road

March 19, 2015

The Spring 2015 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like:

COVER STORY:

  • The New Silk Road: China’s bold new trade and transport initiatives are reorienting the country’s economy, and it’s place in the world.

CHINA DATA:

SNAPSHOT:

  • Reaching for the Skies: Aviation in China continues to soar higher and higher

CHINA INSIGHT:

  • Technology Gold Rush: China’s technology giants are going out into the world, and they’re picking up tips and talent along the way
  • The Sea Turtles: Overseas returnees and the Chinese job market
  • Speed Limit: Breakneck growth in China’s auto industry looks to be coming to an end, and it threatens to reshape the whole sector
  • Into the Hinterland: They’ve cracked the cities, and now Alibaba and JD.com are looking to build rural empires
  • Card Rejected: The likes of Visa and MasterCard have been seeking full access to the China market for years
  • The MI Revolution: Xiaomi has leapfrogged its way to the top table of China’s smartphone market, but will its plans for expansion be as successful?

BUSINESS BAROMETER:

  • Holding On: Confidence remains, in spite of a challenging business environment

CONVERSATIONS:

  • C-Suite: Laurence Barron, Chairman of Airbus Group China, on the company’s growth in China’s expanding aviation industry
  • The Thinker Interview: Jim Collins, author of Built to Last, tells us how companies achieve greatness
  • The Thinker Interview: Don Tapscott, the man who literally coined the term the ‘Digital Economy’, on humanity’s need for a new social contract in the digital era
  • Q&A: Peter Cuneo, former CEO of Marvel Entertainment, on the blood and sweat that goes into a turnaround

DOWNTIME:

  • Helping Hands: China’s poor charitable record

BOOKSHELF:

  • Rui Ma, Partner at 500 Startups, on books for the present, as well as the future

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