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Online Collaboration: Settling the Cyber-Frontier

ArticleMarch 3, 2014

How virtual organizations are changing the social operating system. Prosecutions for online thievery and piracy may grab headlines, but there is another side to the civilizing of the cyber-frontier that may be more significant in the long run–the new systems of organization and self-governance that are enabling people to work together on the internet and […]

Automobiles: Ford Gets in the Fast Lane

ArticleFebruary 19, 2014

US automobile major Ford is stepping on the gas in China, the world’s largest auto market. Can it catch up with rivals General Motors and Volkswagen? In December 2013, an enormous red dome appeared on the banks of the Huangpu river in Shanghai. Nearly 450 people converged under this dome, and watched spellbound as a […]

Shanghai Free Trade Zone: Lightning in a Bubble

ArticleJanuary 22, 2014

Will the Shanghai free trade zone live up to the hype? “In retrospect, one of my biggest mistakes was leaving out Shanghai when we launched the four special economic zones,” Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China’s early economic reforms, said in 1992. The 88-year-old Chinese leader spoke those words during his “southern tour”, a […]

Doing ‘Good’ Science by Decoding Genes

ArticleJanuary 21, 2014

BGI-Shenzhen, the world’s largest gene sequencing entity, is placing China on the global genetics map. Yanmei Zhu, Associate Director for the Strategic Planning Committee, explains BGI’s philosophy and approach. Ten years back it would have been hard to imagine that a Chinese entity could do cutting-edge work in genetics. Today BGI-Shenzhen has changed that perception. […]

How The Environment Impacts Creative Thinking

ArticleJanuary 13, 2014

CKGSB Professor Juliet Zhu explains how environmental factors such as color, lighting and noise impact our creative thinking processes and productivity. Not all of it is intuitive. Getting stuck while coming up with the punch line of your carefully orchestrated marketing plan? Try this: change the desktop image of your laptop to the blue sky […]

Ronald McKinnon: “China has become a pillar of the dollar standard”

ArticleNovember 25, 2013

For the past half-century, the dollar’s status as the de facto unit of international currency has, despite periodic protests from major countries, continued unabated. However, the combination of America’s relative economic decline and the recent political impasse in Washington has pushed China, America’s largest foreign debt holder, to challenge the dollar’s privileged status in world […]

How Chinese Companies are Making it in America

ArticleNovember 11, 2013

How private Chinese companies are navigating mergers and acquisitions in the US. At times, the obstacles seemed insurmountable. The acquisition of A123 Systems, an American manufacturer of lithium ion batteries, by a Chinese auto parts maker named Wanxiang triggered vehement opposition in the US. Lawmakers protested that the technology being sold to the Chinese had […]

Leaning in with Sheryl Sandberg

ArticleSeptember 12, 2013

Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, wants to see more women in the corner office. Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, has turned herself into an evangelist for women. Sandberg, who regularly ranks on various lists of the most powerful women in the world, believes that there is no such thing […]

Digital Marketing and China’s Expanding Internet: Disruptive Technology, Mobile Advertising and Online Privacy

ArticleJune 11, 2013

In January 2013, China’s internet user base reached 564 million users. China’s smartphone users have also surpassed the 300 million mark, signaling a tectonic shift towards mobile internet usage. Despite strict censorship controls on internet content in China, social media has caught on with unprecedented momentum. Established Twitter-like platforms such as Sina Weibo and Tencent […]

CKGSB Opening Ceremony for the EMBA and FMBA 2013 Intake Kicks Off During an Important Time in China

NewsMay 17, 2013

May 17, 2013, Beijing—Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) was pleased to welcome the newest members of its Executive MBA and Finance MBA programs at the school’s Opening Ceremony held in Beijing on May 17.

How to kill innovation without really trying

ArticleMay 8, 2013

Human beings can be pretty ingenious if left to their own devices. However, with a little effort, they can be stopped. The exact recipe for turning a company into a champion innovator, like Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant, may be kind of mysterious, but innovation experts have some fairly clear ideas about how to ensure […]

The Money Squeeze: China’s tightening Credit Market

ArticleMay 1, 2013

The first signs of light emerge amidst the dark prospects for private enterprises in China’s ever-tightening credit market It’s been a miserable few months for financing in China’s private sector. A growing number of debt defaults by companies has spurred regulatory crackdowns on the unofficial lending sector, sometimes called ‘shadow banking’, which has sustained (not […]

Lady de Rothschild Speaks on Inclusive Capitalism at CKGSB

NewsApril 19, 2013

On April 11, 2013, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild participated in a dialogue on Inclusive Capitalism, held on CKGSB’s Beijing campus. The wide-ranging and insightful discussion touched upon public confidence, equality of opportunities, sustainable economies, and preserving an inclusive society, among other issues. Below is a transcript of Lady de Rothschild’s keynote speech.

NYU Professor Maheswaran Reveals Secrets to Successful Global Branding

NewsMarch 29, 2013

Many brands have tried to go global. Some have been successful; a handful of others have failed. Professor Durairaj Maheswaran of New York University's Stern School of Business revealed the secrets to successful global branding on March 28, at CKGSB’s Beijing campus.

China’s Drive for Technological Innovation

ArticleDecember 27, 2012

What is fuelling China’s push towards homegrown tech innovation? It’s the early 8th century and the court of the Tang Dynasty is buzzing. Yi Xing, henceforth to be remembered as famous innovator (and also astronomer, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and Buddhist monk) has just revealed his big invention: the world’s first mechanical clock. He sets the […]

C-Suite Interview: Liang Xinjun, Vice-chairman and CEO, Fosun

ArticleNovember 22, 2012

The Fosun Group, a Shanghai-headquartered conglomerate, has diverse business interests ranging from insurance and healthcare, to retail, steel and mining. Founded in 1992, Fosun has already made it to the list of China’s top enterprises—in 2011, it ranked 81st among the top 500 enterprises in China ranked by Fortune. The group attributes its success to […]

The Thinker Interview: Marshall Goldsmith

ArticleSeptember 30, 2012

Marshall Goldsmith’s brand of leadership appeals to everyone – from Fortune 500 CEOs to the lay man. What makes him so popular? At first glance, Marshall Goldsmith, a bald, sprightly man with icy blue eyes, a fringe of white hair and ears that stick out, looks like a pixie. He darts around the room with […]

Invisible Hand Revealed: How to Put a Lid on Traffic

ArticleAugust 29, 2012

China’s efforts to combat auto congestion and pollution through license plate restrictions are back in the news. Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, will restrict to 120,000 the number of auto license plates issued for the year that began on July 1. This is well below the 330,000 cars added to Guangzhou’s roads in calendar year […]

So close, yet so far

ArticleMay 17, 2012

Last year, Zong Qinghou, founder and president of Wahaha, China’s biggest beverage company, was holding a run-of-the-mill press conference in Beijing. Although Zong was the richest man in China by some estimates, it seemed as though nothing of interest would come out of his speech that day. Then an ostensibly throwaway comment sent stocks soaring. […]

Labor in China: Moving on up

ArticleJanuary 18, 2012

As manufacturing sector gets more sophisticated, companies will have to break down the barriers between low-wage and skilled labor in China. “In this industry, it’s just one or two heroes directing a bunch of knuckleheads,” says Peng Wen, a technician at a Winto Ceramics subsidiary factory in Guangdong Province’s Foshan city. Peng’s […]

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