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The Talking Cure: Pay Attention to Counter Narratives

ArticleJanuary 16, 2017

Telling and retelling stories is one of humanity’s most durable characteristics: Harvard linguist Michael Witzel has argued that most of the world’s mythologies grew out of a single set of stories first told in Africa 130,000 years ago. Yet what is the future of corporate storytelling? Although our penchant for storytelling may not change any time soon, the storytelling used inside the corporation does seem to be shifting in two ways. First, storytelling is becoming recognized as a trainable skill. Second, and possibly more importantly, the Internet is making it increasingly difficult for companies to control a single version of their own story.

New Youth: Understanding China’s Millennials

ArticleFebruary 3, 2016

China’s millennials are an increasingly complex demographic, who as well as enjoying the fruits of China’s reform and opening up are also beset by all manner of societal and economic pressures, making them arguably much more different from their parents than their Western counterparts are from theirs. From an ever tougher job market to unobtainable home prices, millennials have to navigate a world with less security than was enjoyed by previous generations, all amidst slowing economic growth, to boot. And the many companies looking to sell to this increasingly important generation of consumers will have to grapple with all these issues, too.

Regional Disparities in China: Time For a Lift Up

ArticleSeptember 16, 2015

There are stark regional disparities between the inland and the coastal regions in China. Can the less-developed regions ever catch up with the coast?

China Round-up: Thaw in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Bitcoin Ban, and the Apple-China Mobile Tango

ArticleDecember 6, 2013

The week that was: the Shanghai Stock Exchange will finally end the IPO freeze; British Prime Minister David Cameron brings a slew of business deals to China; and bitcoins come under the scanner. China to end IPO freeze There have been no initial public offerings on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since late 2012, but the […]

China’s Third Revolution: Xi is Transforming the Middle Kingdom

ArticleSeptember 5, 2018

The era of Deng Xiaoping is over in China. We are now living in a new historical epoch: the era of Xi Jinping. That is the message of The Third Revolution, the new book by renowned China scholar Dr. Elizabeth Economy. This view is far from controversial within China; in fact, it is official party doctrine. But the fact that an academic of Dr. Economy’s standing is calling time on Dengism is significant. Over her career, she has proven a remarkably clear-sighted forecaster of where China is heading. In this interview, she explains why China analysts need to develop a new understanding of China’s development trajectory for the Xi era.

Chosun Biz Interview with Wu Qun: Insight from the Balinghou Generation

NewsAugust 8, 2015

“We are different from the previous generation with regard to our enthusiasm towards overseas expansion.” That’s the view of CKGSB student Wu Qun, the vice president of Jiangsu Yuyue medical equipment & supply Co., Ltd and a leading example of China’s post-1980s generation making their own way in the world.

China Roundup: Apple inches ahead of Samsung in China; China’s Staggering Debt; and a New Food Scandal

ArticleJuly 25, 2014

The week that was: Apple is making a comeback and beating Samsung in China; China has a debt-to-GDP ratio of a whopping 251%; and fast food giants find themselves battling a new food scandal. Will Apple eat Samsung’s pie? Although the earnings report of Apple’s third fiscal quarter of 2014 (Apple’s fiscal quarter runs from […]

Social Commerce in China Goes Beyond Sharing

ArticleJanuary 27, 2013

Dabbling in social commerce might help Chinese e-commerce companies deal with fickle consumers and heightened competition. 11th November 2012 marked a watershed moment in the history of e-commerce in China. The date marks Singles’ Day or Guanggun Jie, a curious festival that came up to celebrate bachelorhood. Whatever its origins, today Singles’ Day has become […]

Changing Tracks

ArticleFebruary 20, 2023

Vietnam is becoming an increasingly attractive option for manufacturing and even Chinese companies are making the switch

NetEase, China’s Online Underdog

ArticleAugust 14, 2017

NetEase has come back as a potential challenger to China’s biggest tech firms.

Welcome to the WeChat Galaxy

ArticleJanuary 13, 2016

Tencent has used WeChat to create a mobile ecosystem for China, which has more smartphone than PC users. By steadily integrating value-added services into a social media app, Tencent has made it increasingly useful to both consumers and businesses. That means WeChat has more opportunities than other messaging apps to make money. In contrast to Facebook, which earns most of its revenue from advertising, WeChat monetizes by integrating online payment functions that encourage shopping through the app and selling games. In the second quarter, Tencent recorded RMB 4.5 billion in revenue from games purchased through WeChat and its older instant messaging app QQ, up 11% year-on-year.

Will WeChat Succeed in Mobile Commerce?

ArticleAugust 26, 2014

WeChat, China’s wildly popular social messaging app, is experimenting with mobile commerce in a bid to become an all-in-one platform. What are the odds of success? Twenty two-year-old Yin Junyu has been selling fashion accessories made of synthetic pearls and designer jewelry replicas for the last two years at a small store in Beijing’s Tongzhou […]

Lenovo-backed ZUK Co-creates Smartphones With Millennials

ArticleSeptember 7, 2015

Unlike parent company Lenovo, ZUK is trying to woo youngsters and blaze its own path. To do that it is immersing its engineers in their environment and involving youngsters in the conceptualization and design process.

Don Tapscott on Digital Disruption

ArticleApril 13, 2015

The Digital Economy warrants a fundamentally new social contract, says Don Tapscott, a leading expert on business and technology issues

Tiger Woman on Wall Street: a Q&A with Junheng Li

ArticleSeptember 30, 2013

A conversation with Junheng Li, author of Tiger Woman on Wall Street US investors still have little confidence in Chinese companies. That was the conclusion to be drawn from 2012, in which only two Chinese companies—Vipshop, an online retailer, and YY Inc, a social media platform—listed shares in the US. It was the lowest yearly […]

The Switch: Lenovo’s Strategy in the PC-Plus era

ArticleJuly 16, 2013

PC-manufacturer Lenovo is gearing up for the era of tablets and smartphones with an improved business model When the iPad 2 was launched in 2011, late Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared the years to follow as the “post-PC era”. Thanks to abysmal PC shipment numbers since, an army of tech bloggers have followed in suit […]

Red Star Rising: A Q&A With Steve Blank

ArticleJuly 27, 2015

Steve Blank, entrepreneur and founder of the Lean Startup movement, on how Beijing taught him the world no longer revolves around Silicon Valley.

David Cameron’s Visit: Boosting UK-China Trade Ties

ArticleDecember 11, 2013

Sir Victor Blank, former British Business Ambassador and Chairman of CKGSB’s European Advisory Board, talks about the significance of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s three-day visit to China to boost UK-China trade relations. British Prime Minister David Cameron sent a clear message during his three-day visit to China last week—UK means business. He brought with […]

The Prospects for China’s Economy and Impact for European Businesses

NewsMarch 24, 2018

With accurate, independent data increasingly hard to come by in today’s China, join CKGSB Professor Li Wei as he introduces for the first time in Europe his unique Business Confidence Index (BCI), which measures the business sentiment of Chinese executives about China’s macro-economic environment. He will also join a panel of experts to discuss the implications for businesses in Europe.

Is Under Armour the Underdog in the Chinese Sportswear Market?

ArticleOctober 14, 2015

An underdog in an industry dominated by giants, sportswear brand Under Armour recently pulled off a growth miracle by increasing its quarterly revenues more than 20% in 21 consecutive quarters. The 19-year-old Baltimore, MD-based company surpassed its German competitor Adidas last year in sales in the US, only trailing Nike in the world’s largest sportswear market. And now Under Armour trying to replicate its success in global markets, especially China. What does it have going for it in the world’s second-largest consumer market?

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