Archive for the ‘China R&D’ Category
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, ...
Posted in China R&D, China BPO, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in China BPO, China R&D, China IT Outsourcing, Services Outsourcing Trends, Suzhou, Hangzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Dalian, Chongqing, China Development Trends | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 ...
Posted in China IT Outsourcing, China BPO, China R&D, Services Outsourcing Trends, Dalian, Chongqing, Chengdu, China Development Trends | No Comments »
Monday, February 11th, 2008
A casual lunch with an old Chinese friend at a Cantonese restaurant in Shanghai started me to thinking more deeply about China and innovation. Susan (not her real name) works for a consultancy that is concentrating on developing infrastructure for companies focusing on IT-related fields, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and ...
Posted in China Innovation, China R&D, Hangzhou, China Society, China Development Trends | 11 Comments »
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 »
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A group of Western engineers and I were sitting around Blue Marlin recently marveling at the low price of the new Indian car by Tata, a mere US$2,500. It’s called the Nano. "The Americans, the Japanese, they all said it couldn't be done, getting a car to the twenty-five hundred ...
Posted in China Innovation, China R&D, Suzhou, China Development Trends | 2 Comments »
