Alipay or Tenpay is a pure Chinese mobile payment system while Apple Pay is likely to be a global payment system. More

China's 2015 growth rate sent shivers through global markets, but the country added the equivalent output of Thailand and the Philippines to its economy last year. More

State enterprises were widely believed to be doomed in the 1990s. With the fall of the iron curtain, privatization was sweeping from the Elbe to the Pacific: state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were percei… More

Generally speaking, new ventures – from both developed and emerging economies – globalise by leveraging network relationships (related video). This is because entering international markets typically… More

When a company is taken over by a foreign acquirer this usually triggers a lot of anxiety in the workforce. The new owners will likely want to restructure the firm in some way to get value for their m… More

Innovation typically focuses on the conventional logic of either exploiting new market opportunities (through a demand pull approach) or discovering new previously unknown markets (through a technolog… More

Hailed as one of the greatest diplomatic efforts of the past 30 years, 196 countries came to an agreement on December 12th, to take steps to reduce the risk of a global temperature rise beyond 2 degre… More

Leading executives from some of China’s best known companies gathered in Zurich for the annual CEIBS CEO Summit on December 12, an event packed with discussions on leadership, Europe’s macro economy,… More

Chinese family businesses should pay close attention to the sensational new allegations of widespread misuse of Vatican finances that were revealed by Italian journalists in two books published in Nov… More

It was the right decision for the IMF to make. The IMF reviews the basket every five years. Arguably the RMB may not have met all the requirements for entering the SDR basket now, but it is anticipate… More