The EconomistMore from The EconomistAll LogisticsIs China Trying to Circle the Globe with Its Ports?From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India's southern tip.June 28, 2013Logistics OutsourcingStatus, Perception of Women Changes in Chinese ManufacturingIn Guangdong province, where nearly 30 percent of China's exports are made, women usually far outnumber men on labour-intensive production lines. Rural women are hired for their supposed docility, nimble fingers and attention to mind-numbing detail. But in recent years Guangdong's workforce has changed.May 14, 2013All LogisticsEurope Envies Investment U.S. Rail Companies Put Into Improving Their NetworksEuropeans have long pitied Americans for their rotten passenger trains. But when it comes to moving goods America has a well-kept freight network that is the most cost-effective in the world.April 17, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentAre Pure-play Online Retailers and Brick-and-Mortar Sellers Finding Common Ground?"Multichannel" (or even better, "omnichannel") is something almost every self-respecting retailer wants to be. But most pure-play internet vendors resist the idea that actual stores, with their rents, payrolls and security cameras, ought to be one of those channels. The thought of having the same costs as bricks-and-mortar competitors "scares the living daylights out of me," says Charles Hunt, owner of Duvet and Pillow Warehouse, a fast-growing online retailer. Yet things are changing.March 28, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentU.S. Experiences Innovation Deficit, Book ClaimsIt is not surprising that Americans regard their country as an innovation goliath. The world's brightest scientists compete to study at its universities, its feistiest entrepreneurs dream of moving to Silicon Valley and its savviest consumers buy its iPads and software programs. Yet America's innovation advantage is fading rapidly; indeed, in a growing number of areas it has already turned into an innovation deficit.October 18, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentLenovo Shows How Companies from Emerging Markets Can Overcome Difficulties to Become Global BrandsOn July 25th Lenovo, a Chinese computer firm, announced a deal to sponsor the National Football League. The PC maker has come a long way since 1984, when it was founded by 11 engineers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences who wanted to supplement their meager stipends.August 15, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentWere China, Japan, South Korea to Establish a Free-Trade Agreement, It Would Pose a Challenge to U.S.A first reaction to the announcement on May 13th that China, Japan and South Korea are to open talks on establishing a trilateral free-trade area is to shrug. The idea has been around for a decade. There are many obstacles to its realisation. And not so much as a date has been announced for the talks to begin.May 23, 2012All TechnologyDespite the Sluggish Economy, Aviation Soars with ConfidenceSeptember 23, 2011Logistics OutsourcingBlame Suppliers for Delays in Delivery of Boeing's 'Nightmareliner'September 8, 2011Business Strategy AlignmentCome On - How Much Longer Is This Outsourcing Thing Going to Go On?August 3, 2011Previous PagePage 3 of 10Next Page
