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How Many Chinese Companies Can Leap from China to Playing on the Global Stage?
The era of easy growth for Chinese companies is coming to a close. Sales growth is slowing, while margins and profitability are under pressure. To reach the next level, Chinese companies need first to overcome a more challenging economy at home, where the days of relying on low labor costs, price competition, and a giant domestic market to fuel growth are over.
Lenovo May Be Top Dog in China, But Its Image Is Old Hat
How does a Chinese company make itself cool to locals? For Lenovo, the answer is to appear less Chinese.
Can Chinese Companies Compete on a Global Playing Field?
Considering the astonishing growth of China's economy over the past decade, it should come as no surprise that 73 Chinese companies showed up on this year's Fortune Global 500. That's up from 11 just ten years ago, but given that fact that the nation saw average annual GDP growth of 9.91 percent between 1979 and 2010, and is now the world's second largest economy, one might ask why more Chinese companies aren't on Fortune's list.
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Research Released on Speech Analytics, Industrial Networking, Supplier Risk Management, Other Areas
Reports from the Contact Center/Marketing Effectiveness, Manufacturing, Product Innovation + Engineering, and Supply Chain Management research practices of Aberdeen are now available.
Uncertain Economy Affects Retail Supply Chain
As retail supply chains grow increasingly larger geographical footprints, they become more susceptible to risk. Retailers have long prepared for natural disasters and geopolitical events, but ongoing financial crises and uncertainty has them even more concerned.
The Retail CIO's Impossible Job of Making Everybody Happy
Why is it that the same retailers who will replace a finance clerk's desktop like clockwork every four years will let their POS linger for eight, nine, 10 or more years? Why is it that data centers can be consolidated and servers can be virtualized but e-commerce still operates as a separate channel? The answer is simple: politics.
A Unique Teaching Tool for SCM Students
Chris Schrage, instructor of marketing at the University of Northern Iowa, describes a unique global trade-practices project that involved students from the U.S. and Brazil, and artisans from Latin America.
Can Chinese Companies Compete on a Global Playing Field?
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Amid Economic Uncertainty, Cautious Hiring Continues in Most Labor Markets, Report Says
Job seekers should see varying degrees of positive hiring activity across 31 of 42 countries and territories, with employers in 22 labor markets reporting improved or relatively stable hiring intentions compared to the third quarter. However, according to ManpowerGroup's fourth-quarter 2012 Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, the pace of hiring is expected to weaken in 26 markets compared to one year ago.
E-Tailers Miss Many Opportunities to Fully Exploit the Possibilities of E-Commerce, Study Finds
While online marketplaces offer additional revenue opportunities for retailers and merchants, there are many areas to improve upon before retailers can fully realize the benefits of them, according to a study from Merchantry, an e-commerce technology provider.
Six Steps for Launching an E-Commerce Site
So you're thinking of launching an e-commerce store, whether it's to turn a hobby into an additional income, to take your "bricks and mortar" business online, or perhaps you're ready to launch a new full-time venture in cyber space.
Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers Project Strong Second Half in 2012
Prime Advantage, a buying consortium for mid-sized manufacturers, announced the findings of its 10th semi-annual Group Outlook Survey, revealing financial projections and top concerns of its member companies for the second half of 2012. The majority of surveyed manufacturers report healthy revenue projections, strong hiring and capital spending plans. However, for a small portion of respondents these plans may see delays due to uncertainty about the results of the federal elections.
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