(Ed Note: This article first appeared in Forbes, for whom George is a regular contributor. He is also an alumnus of Coca Cola where he formed a deep respect for CEO Neville Isdell and his leadership ability. George looks back on those qualities here) If decisions have to go through you, you’re the choke point at […]
Kering ramping up digitalization in China
Amid the outbound travel restrictions due to the COVID-19, prominent luxury house Kering Group has been further leveraging its digital ecosystem to deliver fluid shopping experiences both online and offline in China- its fastest-growing market globally in the first quarter this year-said a top executive. Gregory Boutte, chief client and digital officer of France’s Kering […]
Sany, ZTE, and Beijing Mobile in partnership
Equipment manufacturing company Sany Group has teamed up with Beijing Mobile Communications Co Ltd, a unit of China Mobile, and ZTE Corp, to launch an integrated cloud-network solution for increased use of 5G tech in the manufacturing sector. According to Sany, by using China Mobile’s private network, the integrated cloud-network solution will be able to […]
Young entrepreneurs share stories of success
Korea has been active in stepping up efforts to become an innovative and entrepreneurial economy… driven by the current administration’s “creative economy” initiative… which relies heavily on vibrant startup culture in the tech industry. Nonetheless, startups and entrepreneurship are fairly new concepts in the Korean economy. But, Asia’s fourth-largest economy has been seeing a burgeoning […]
Top 10 most valuable e-commerce and retail brands
China’s e-commerce platform Tmall replaced Taobao as the most valuable brand in e-commerce and retail in 2019, followed by JD, according to a list released by Hurun Research Institute in December. East China’s Zhejiang province has the most number of valuable e-commerce and retail brands in the list, the report said. Here are the top […]
Top 10 cities by the market value of listed firms in the Chinese mainland
Beijing ranks first among all the cities in the Chinese mainland in terms of market value of all listed companies, according to a report by Securities Times. With a 27.18 trillion yuan ($4.19 trillion) market value for its 659 listed companies, China’s capital city of Beijing has taken a leading role on the list of […]
BlackRock wins approval to run wealth business in China
BlackRock has received approval to begin operating a wealth management business in mainland China, as the world’s biggest international investors push to access the country’s vast pool of savers. The joint venture, 50.1 percent owned by BlackRock and includes China Construction Bank and Singapore’s state fund Temasek, gained approval from the China Banking and Insurance […]
Economic resilience backs the auto industry
China’s strong economic resilience is to lend support for the automobile industry, According to the data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday, carmakers in China churned out more than 2.23 million cars in April, up 6.3 percent on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, the number of cars sold increased 8.6 percent on […]
Succession Planning Critical to Business Continuity
Many companies fail to pay adequate attention to their leadership pipelines and succession planning. Earlier this month, a study published in the Harvard Business Review came to an astonishing conclusion: the market value wiped out by badly managed CEO and C-suite transitions in the S&P 1500 alone is close to $1 trillion a year. It […]