Archive for the ‘China IT Outsourcing’ Category
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
A recent visit to the Filipine island of Cebu and a small discovery there set me to thinking about the course China has set itself to become a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) powerhouse. I had gone on a company trip for team building and other activities to the small subtropical ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
I mentioned this before in a previous article, but I still crack up when I think of what an Indian friend of mine said to me recently. We were talking about how fast China has been developing its industries when he wise-cracked: "India could do with twenty years of no ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I'll be delivering the keynote address on "Investment Trends in China's Second- and Third-tier Cities" at an Investment conference hosted by the China Economic Review:
Investment in Jiaxing Xiuzhou: Hub of the Future
April 9th, 2008, Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai
Half-day conference
Jiaxing city, located in between Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
I've been invited to serve as keynote speaker for what should prove an interesting conference. From the online brochure:
FORUM SYNOPSIS
Hangzhou - well known for its scenic sights and famous West Lake, is also one of the most dynamic cities in propelling China into the IT service industry. With more than ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Yesterday, while heading over one of the bridges that connects north Nanjing with the city proper, across the Yangtze River, I marveled at the refineries that belched steam, flames and only-God-knows-what-else into the air. I was returning from a visit to one of the Chinese IT software companies in the ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
It’s not often Chinese government officials invite me out to eat Mexican food, replete with tasty Magaritas. But there I was, stuffing my face with chicken fajitas on a Saturday night at Suzhou Industrial Park’s (SIP) newly opened Casa Zoe Tex Mex with two officials from nearby Wujiang Economic Trade ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
New Venture Outsourcing Blog has an insightful report about AT Kearney's study on the competitiveness of various countries in shared services such as IT- and Business Process Outsourcing, call centers and the like. Chris Harris, author of the blog, digs beneath the numbers and observes, "... you can see that ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
The China Economic Review recently reported that an old buddy of Hu Jintao, Liu Yupu, will be the new Party Chief in Shenzhen.
Analysts say Liu must deal with three major issues facing the Pearl River Delta boom town: upgrading its electronics industry, attracting new talent and maintaining industrial advantages ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Reuters recently published an excellent article that discusses Bo Xilai's placement in Chongqing as the new Communist Party boss:
"Chongqing residents are putting a lot of hope in Bo Xilai. 'People feel the city has a new opportunity,' said Xiao Zhou, 32, who works for a cosmetics company in the heart ...
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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 ...
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