We have a new, perhaps shocking, idea. While China has been learning management practices from the West for the last 30 years, Western companies operating in the country can now learn from China how t… More

Many new ventures seek to win internationally but simply do not have the wherewithal of their large and established counterparts. And yet, many new ventures that I have encountered in China, India and… More

With the size of economic, social and environmental challenges growing at a scale and scope that can shatter limits set by global governments, Mother Nature and society, technology will become the gau… More

Midea, the Chinese household appliances (“white goods”) manufacturer just made what analysts called an ‘incredibly high’ bid for German robot maker Kuka. This acquisition would take the Chinese invest… More

The term “Industry 4.0” is supposed to display the fourth industrial revolution. The first Industrial Revolution was driven by the steam engine and mechanisation, the second by Henry Ford’s assembly l… More

We have seen a trend of corporate investing in the Chinese TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) sectors where large companies such as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent invest not only in their own… More

George Kohlrieser’s hostage rescue stories will make you sweat, but you will be impressed by the composure this psychology expert showed in those situations.  As a famous hostage negotiation expert, a… More

In the recent wave of Chinese investors going global, it is remarkable how much goes into real estate and other businesses that have a large element of fixed assets. These investments reveal a lot abo… More

Let me acknowledge that my views are not entirely unbiased because as someone who lives in China I am aboard what some, like Soros, say is a sinking ship; if the ship goes down I will definitely be hu… More

Entrepreneurs today have a diversity of venture financing sources they can try to tap; each has different benefits and risks. Independent venture investors (IVC), who have been around for decades, are… More