Company Boards in China and India – Functioning on Half a Brain?

By Alice de Jonge Studies have shown that companies perform better when there is an equal representation of women at senior levels. However, some countries...

Bridging Cultural Divides: Doing Business in China

Q&A with Steven P. Feldman In today’s global economy, multinational companies must do business in China. In his recent interview with The World Financial Review,...

China and Latin America: Connected and Competing

By Kayla Chen & Xiangming Chen   The Global Rise of China The rise of China has stolen more headlines than any other global issue these days,...

A Brand Culture Approach to Chinese Branding in the Global Marketplace

By Wu Zhiyan, Janet Borgerson & Jonathan Schroeder Global brand literacy is expanding rapidly, as is the appeal of brand identity, for a growing number...

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...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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