Columbia Business School’s Dean Glenn Hubbard visited CKGSB’s Beijing campus on March 17, 2013 to discuss joint programs between the two schools. During his visit, Dean Hubbard and CKGSB Founding Dean Xiang Bing expressed interest in collaborating on wider ranges

Senior leaders from global top-ten law firm update knowledge about China with a CKGSB Executive Education custom program

Please join us for the 2017 Global Innovation Summit and 8th Young Investors’ Forum where CKGSB Professors Xiang Bing, Gan Jie, Li Yang and Zhang Weining will be joined by a stellar line-up of speakers from academia and industry to address the topics of Fintech and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

17 young alumni from CKGSB have been chosen for the 2017 30 Under 30 List, as selected by Forbes China. In total, 300 top Chinese entrepreneurs under the age of 30 were highlighted in ten categories, including technology, e-commerce, advertising, media, education, food & beverage, entertainment and sports.

Chinese banks employ various strategies as they steadily march into international markets On July 6th 2012, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by market value, became a controlling shareholder in The Bank of East Asia’s US subsidiary after receiving final approval from Ameri­can regulators to purchase 80% of the bank’s …

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Foreign private equity in China is down, but far from out. For most people, having too much money in the bank is hardly a concern, particularly in the current economic climate. For those in the private equity (PE) industry, however, it’s a an unpleasant reminder of how much the world has changed since the go-go …

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China should adopt a measured but determined approach to banking reform.   There is no doubt that banking reform must happen in China. With more than 80% of China’s leverage coming from banks, and lending going predominantly to large state-owned enterprises (SOEs), growth is not likely to take its traditionally strong foothold in small- and medium-sized …

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Billionaire investment czar Sam Zell shares his investing secrets in conversation with Liu Jing, CKGSB Associate Dean and Professor of Accounting and Finance Billionaire property mogul and chairman of Equity Group Investments, Sam Zell, made his first foray into the real estate market while he was still in college. His strategy was simple: buy cheap …

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Capital raising for China-focused private equity funds is booming. In China, however, merely writing a check might not be enough for realizing returns. According to the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), private equity funds in China raised $12.9 billion in the first three quarters of 2011, a marked increase from the $7.5 billion generated …

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The Chinese economy did not escape last year’s dire global economic conditions unscathed. Since small- and medium-sized enterprises have a much shorter life span in relation to western private companies, there is more pressure and challenges to contend with. Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) jointly conducted a survey with Ernst & Young with …

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Much of the west, especially the US, once imagined itself as a land of freewheeling enterprise: the gods of the marketplace reigned supreme and government was a minor obstacle on the path to glorious riches. Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, cracks have appeared in this vision, sometimes known as the Washington consensus, as …

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