Trouble in the Middle: American-Chinese Business Relations, Culture, Conflict, and Ethics
By Steven P. Feldman
Western businesspeople face a dilemma. China’s growing role in international business means it is nearly impossible not to do business in...
Building Ethical Business Cultures: BRIC by BRIC
By Alexandre Ardichvili, Douglas Jondle, Jack Wiley, Edgard Cornacchione, Jessica Li & Thomas Thakadipuram
As the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs) continue...
China’s Environmental Challenges
By Judith Shapiro
China’s huge environmental challenges are tied to domestic politics, rapid economic growth, and an intense phase of globalization. With rising wealth there...
Is China Buying the World?
By Peter Nolan
China’s ‘catch-up’ has been one of the most remarkable aspects of the era of capitalist globalisation. Below, Peter Nolan argues that the...
The ICBC Path to Chinese Governance: Lessons for the Western and Emerging Markets
By Didier Cossin & Abraham Lu
Since its dual IPOs in 2007, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), one of the largest...
The Social Theory of Contemporary Capitalism
By Partha Chatterjee
The sociology of capitalism developed by Max Weber and its critique developed by Marxists are unable to account for the transformed structure...
Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development: An East Asian Perspective
By Akihisa Mori
Despite democratisation and foreign assistance, many East Asian nations are stuck in the mud in terms of developing domestic environmental governance. Their...
A Tale of Two Games: Global Strategies of Multinational Companies in China’s E-commerce Market
By Xin Wang & Justin Ren
Why has there been hardly any successful entry into China’s e-commerce market by western firms? From consumer-to-consumer markets to...
The Oreo Story: How Kraft Turned America’s Favorite Cookie into a Chinese Classic
By Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao & David Michael
When Irene Rosenfeld became CEO of Kraft Foods in June 2006, she became the...
A Story About Inspiring A Local Community To Become Entrepreneurial Using Lessons Learnt From...
By Yiannis Kanellopoulos
IT management consulting is usually perceived as a technical endeavour in which consultants focus on bits and pieces. However, it primarily has...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
