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Selling the family home is an emotionally charged process at every stage. Besides concerns about the new owners and any changes they might make to the... Read more
In terms of automobile production and sales, China is No. 1 in the world, with about 22 million vehicles sold in 2013 alone. But can you name many Chinese... Read more
China’s Internet boom appears to have far more significant economic, social, and business implications than the US Internet bubble of the late 1990s .... Read more
Having started with economy hotels in 2005, Ji Qi, Founder of the China Lodging Group, gradually brought in midscale and upscale properties into his... Read more
Arch-rival Internet giants Tencent and Alibaba back the taxi-hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, respectively, and were operating them on the... Read more
East Asian societies face an interesting paradox: while people and firms often rely on personal connections or private relations to conduct businesses or... Read more
This case study looks at how O.C.T. Mami, China's leading maternity wear brand, has to balance online and offline sales, so that they complement each other... Read more
Is there no end to market disruption by online technologies? It began with traditional book stores and transactions for consumer goods. Now art auctions,... Read more
China’s online retail sales grew 49.7% to RMB 2.79 trillion last year, prompting Ma Jiantang, head of the National Bureau of Statistics, to comment: “This... Read more
In the space of less than four decades Chinese companies have moved from outright imitation to pure business innovation, in parallel with and contributing... Read more