What are the operational risks faced by mobike, a B2C asset-heavy company for whom operational data that helps it keep track of its bicycles is the most important part of its existence? More

It’s tempting for executives in charge of strategic planning at western multinationals to look to entry and expansion in emerging markets as a magic pill for boosting sales volume and meeting growth t… More

If shopping is a national sport in China, Single’s Day is its World Cup. This year, Chinese internet giant Alibaba rang up US$ 5 billion in sales in the first hour of November 11. Its rivals are also… More

“What impact would having Donald Trump in the White House have on China-US trade? The US President Elect seems to want to renegotiate various agreements the US has with trading partners. This likely w… More

“I would describe the 2016 battle for the White House as "social media marketing expertise" versus "the economists". Four hundred economists were anti-Trump (19 of them have Nobel prizes), all the tra… More

As the Chinese Embassy in Delhi recently pointed out, China and India have made remarkable progress in the last 15 years, as bilateral trade has grown by a factor of 24 from $2.9 billion to $71.6 bill… More

Many media comments blamed the failure of the Yahoo empire on Marissa Mayer, the company’s female CEO, and her shopping spree. More

Financial markets have become increasingly nervous whenever China reports its quarterly GDP numbers. The nervousness is not surprising since China is the second largest economy, in real terms, or the… More

Entrepreneurship, the pursuit of opportunities despite lacking the necessary resources at the outset, is often celebrated as a hero of the global economy. More

China’s vast, diverse and still-growing market, its legions of low-cost scientists and engineers, and its innovation ecosystem of research institutes, technology parks and universities (built by the g… More