Archive for the ‘China BPO’ Category
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Sasha Ge, Marketing Manager over at Ascendas, the Singapore-based commercial real estate company, and her colleague Erin Li, a Senior Executive in the same department, invited me recently to their office at Ascendas Plaza in Shanghai to tell me more of what they’ve been up to in the company’s development ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Just before Spring Festival 2008 Andrew Hupert at China Solved and I had lunch together at Shanghai’s City Diner, across from the Kerry Center on Nanjing Xi Lu. Over steak sandwiches and fries we discussed the effects of China’s over-heated economic development. Many would agree that China has become a ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
November of last year the Financial Times reported the American private equity fund Chilton planned to set up an investment office in Chengdu. Chilton manages US$6.5 billion in assets from its Stamford, Connecticut headquarters. The fund manager currently manages US$450 million in investments in Asia. Though the company has a ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
A disclaimer for you francophones out there: the title is not mine. At least, the idea for the title is not mine. The allusion came from the lips of a Frenchman on the Hubei government’s website:
“Michel, general manager of Alstom, told reporter [sic] that he likes Wuhan and Hubei culture ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Dalian, Qingdao, Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan, China Development Trends | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
While in Shanghai last week making my rounds of meetings I had a very pleasant conversation with John Huang, a Project Director over at GIC, Global Intelligence Communications. GIC hosts industry-specific conferences in Beijing and Shanghai. I had co-chaired their conference on "The China Summit for Business Development Leaders" ...
Posted in Xian, Nanjing, Services Outsourcing Trends, China IT Outsourcing, China R&D, China BPO, Hangzhou, Dalian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Qingdao, Wuhan, China Development Trends | 4 Comments »
Monday, November 19th, 2007
I really like going out to Jiangning, in Jiangsu Province, a thirty-minute drive south of Nanjing. The half-dozen times I’ve been to Jiangning on site selection projects I always leave the township in a good mood. Must be the Feng Shui. Feng Shui literally means in Chinese language Wind Water: ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, Nanjing, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
I remember about three years ago in a Suzhou bar three American guys swaggered in off the the street. Clearly, they were out-of-towners. They warmed up the locals to their brand of braggadocio by buying and then sharing a bottle of mid-shelf Scotch. Drinks all round. It wasn’t long before ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
During the summer of 2007 I visited a couple of IT Outsourcing companies to get a feel for how and where in China the industry is developing and how China as a launch-pad is serving their purposes. Satyam, one of the Big 4 Indian Outsourcers, is based just outside Shanghai ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
I recently met with representatives of a business development team of a major lighting and consumer electronics manufacturer. The Board of Directors dispatched the Team to develop a projection of what would be the best Chinese cities for the company to invest in over the next five years. The Team ...
Posted in Services Outsourcing Trends, China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, Xian, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
I recently had a charming visit from representatives of Ascendas, a commercial realestate developer. Ms. Ge and Mr. Fan are based out of Shanghai, and traveled into Suzhou to chat about developments of the company throughout Asia. I was already acquainted with Ms. Ge from the AMCHAM Shanghai Conference at ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Nanjing, Suzhou, Dalian, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
