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Coming from almost 20 countries across the world, with a wide range of teaching and research interests, CEIBS professors have impressive academic and professional reputations in China and abroad.

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    Lessons from Weibo’s Rise and Fall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 5:08


    Chinese social media platform Weibo’s rise and fall, twice within a decade, offers lessons on how to operate in a turbulent market. CEIBS Associate Professor of Management Terence Tsai, who wrote a case about the company, offers advice to Weibo on the way forward. He also has lessons for other social media platforms — Chinese and Western — and other firms faced with the challenge of surviving in a volatile market.

    Xu Bin: Lessons to be Learned

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2018 23:57


    During this keynote speech Prof Xu Bin analyses the Chinese and Czech economies in an effort to increase understanding between both sides. He was speaking during the Prague leg of CEIBS Europe Forum 2018 on September 25. Click here for speeches, media coverage, photos and more http://www.ceibs.edu/special/chinaeu15/en/index.html

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    CEIBS alumna Divya Joseph on global initiatives at Alibaba Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2018 10:39


    CEIBS Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy Shameen Prashantham met with CEIBS MBA alumna Divya Joseph at Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China. Divya joined the company via the Alibaba Global Leadership Academy in 2016 after graduating from CEIBS. Now she’s one of the people helping to drive the e-commerce giant’s international expansion.

    Authoritarian Capitalism. New Book with Cambridge University Press

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 3:10


    Richard Carney gives real life examples of the issues explored in his book, Authoritarian Capitalism: Sovereign Wealth Funds and State-Owned Enterprises in East Asia and Beyond. After 1945, the liberal-democratic model of capitalism spread across the globe, ultimately prevailing over communism. Over the past two decades, a new statist-authoritarian model has begun diffusing across Asia. Rather than rejecting capitalism, authoritarian leaders harness it to uphold their rule. Based on extensive research of East Asia's largest corporations and sovereign wealth funds, this book argues that the most aggressive version of this model does not belong to China. Rather, it can be found in Malaysia and Singapore. Although these countries are small, the implications are profound because one-third of all countries in the world possess the same type of regime. With an increasing number of these authoritarian regimes establishing sovereign wealth funds, their ability to intervene in the corporate sectors of other countries is rapidly expanding.

    Lecture: The New Era of the Chinese and Global Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2018 90:29


    CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin points out that China’s surprising 6.9% growth in 2017 has made it clear that US President Donald Trump’s America First policy won’t hurt China as much as some may fear. An analysis of the data shows that the Chinese economy has delinked from the global one, no longer powered by external forces such as exports and inward FDI. Instead domestic consumption is the main driving force, pushed along by new technology, a growing services industry and urbanization. It also helps that China has a built-in 3S advantage of scale, scope and the newest ‘s’ factor – speed.

    What is China’s Belt & Road Initiative?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 16:54


    CEIBS Associate Dean and Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy discusses the findings of a research study he co-authored that looks at how trade along the six corridors of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) may be impacted by improvements in infrastructure and customs and border administration. Professor Ramasamy’s paper is titled “Market Integration in the BRI”.

    Who are the ASEAN Champions?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2017 15:50


    Parkland Chair Professor of Strategy at CEIBS Seung Ho Park explains some of his key research findings on ASEAN Champions - strong local firms operating in the ASEAN Economic Community in Southeast Asia, which is set to become the seventh largest economy in the world. Here Professor Park discusses the factors that have enabled these high-performing firms to succeed, and in many cases to beat rival multinational firms. He also shares several examples of these firms in different countries throughout the ASEAN community. For more about Prof. Park’s research on this topic read his book, ASEAN Champions: Emerging Stalwarts in Regional Integration(http://www.ceibs.edu/node/9640). This lecture was recorded on April 11, 2017 at the 2nd CEMS Corporate Roundtable Discussion on Emerging Markets held at the CEIBS Shanghai Campus, which was hosted by the CEIBS Center for Emerging Markets Studies. The complete agenda for the event is at http://www.ceibs.edu/media/events/conference/10427. For more on the CEIBS Center for Emerging Markets Studies see http://www.iems.com/.

    How China is Driving Sharing Economy Innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2017 28:21


    CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang takes us on a deep dive into China’s sharing economy. Among the topics he explores: why China’s sharing economy is among the most advanced and innovative in the world, which sharing platforms are most popular right now with Chinese millennials, and what criteria venture capital investors use to evaluate sharing economy start-ups. This lecture was recorded during a session at the CEIBS Center for Emerging Market Studies Corporate Roundtable Discussion held on April 11, 2017 at CEIBS Shanghai Campus.

    US MNCs Foreign Cash Worth Less?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 2:29


    Prof. Wang and his co-authors, Prof. Jarrad Harford of University of Washington and Kuo Zhang of Xiamen University, looked at a sample of US-listed multinational firms that disclose their foreign cash holdings. The findings show that the more cash a firm holds overseas, the lower shareholders value that cash. The researchers also found that firms with large cash holdings overseas tend to under-invest domestically and over-invest abroad.

    Foreign Cash: a Taxing Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 2:52


    Most US multinational companies park their foreign earnings in jurisdictions with favourable tax policies in order to reduce their tax bill. For example, Ireland charges 12.5 % corporation tax while in the US it’s 35 %. If a multinational wants to repatriate foreign cash back to the US they need to pay the tax difference. CEIBS Prof. Cong Wang explains this taxation problem and predicts how Trump’s administration might help solve the problem.

    Reliving the American Dream in China

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 2:41


    CEIBS Professor of Marketing Lydia Price, an American, explains how living abroad helped her grow professionally and why she is re-living her youth in China.

    Being a tiger mom in China

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 1:38


    CEIBS Professor of Marketing Lydia Price, an American, explains what it takes to be a tiger mom in China and what this experience taught her about doing business in the most populous country in the world.

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    Business schools’ role in building a sustainable future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 2:59


    COP 22 is over, now the work begins. CEIBS Professor of Marketing Lydia Price explains why b-schools need to focus on educating environmentally and socially responsible leaders.

    Single’s Day under a Magnifying Glass

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2016 16:57


    CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang explores China’s biggest e-commerce shopping holiday - Single’s Day. Date recorded: Nov 8, 2016

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    Why international brands can’t afford to ignore China’s Single’s Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 1:21


    This year Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba rang up US$5 billion in sales in the first hour of its Single’s Day e-commerce event. This annual e-commerce holiday, celebrated by Chinese consumers and retailers on November 11, rivals Cyber Monday in the US in total sales volume. CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang explains why it is also profitable for international brands.

    China’s E-Commerce Giants battle on Single’s Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 1:45


    This year Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba rang up US$5 billion in sales in the first hour of its Single’s Day e-commerce event. This annual e-commerce holiday, celebrated by Chinese consumers and retailers on November 11, rivals Cyber Monday in the US in total sales volume. CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang explains the fierce rivalry between China’s e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.

    China’s Single’s Day E-commerce Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 2:52


    CEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang explains who profits most on November 11th when Chinese consumers spend billions shopping for bargains online. Known as Single’s Day, this e-commerce holiday in China rivals Cyber Monday in the US in total sales volume.

    Chinese RMB Added to SDR Basket Impact on Euro

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016 1:29


    The Chinese yuan officially became part of the IMF’s basket of currencies on October 1, 2016. CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin explains what this means for the Euro.

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    Chinese Currency Added to IMF Basket. Why It’s a Good Move

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2016 1:24


    The Chinese yuan officially became part of the IMF’s basket of currencies on October 1. In this excerpt from a previous interview in August 2015, CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin explains why this is a good move not just for China but for the rest of the world.

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    Meet Assistant Professor of Management Emily David

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 2:55


    She explains why she loves Shanghai and the field of psychology and how her research has covered everything from cross-cultural interactions on the International Space Station to the impact of familiarity on expatriate turnover.

    Going Head to Head With the Big Guys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2016 1:27


    CEIBS Prof. of Management Yu Zhang takes a look how small or start-up companies can challenge large players in the market.

    How the Capital Market Affects Firm Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2016 3:45


    “My research currently looks at the interaction between the capital market and firm strategy in terms of how capital markets influence the strategic decisions made by companies and their managers, and how it shapes the way they compete with other firms. My interest in this topic goes back to my college life. When I began college I chose finance as my major. It was a very hot major back then. I learned a lot about the newly-developed stock market in China. But later I realised that in order for the capital market to develop well, you really need to have good quality companies. And so when I went to graduate school for my PhD, I chose strategy as my major because I really want to help companies grow better. At INSEAD I often took advantage of the free subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times so that I could become well-versed in the language of business. It struck me that almost every day there was a front-page story about some big name company missing its earnings forecast and the resulting drop in its stock prices. So this led to my dissertation in which I looked at the pressure managers face to meet or beat analyst forecasts on firm earnings, and how this pressure influences companies’ strategic decisions. I published a paper on that and that’s how I got into this area of academic research. Over the last decade my co-authors and I have found that in almost all industries – whether it’s in the US or in China, developed or developing countries – the pressure to meet or beat analysts’ forecasts or earnings pressure is causing managers to engage in more short-term-oriented behaviour. That creates problems for firms to really perform well in the long-term. If you want firms to excel in the long-term, they really need to make a commitment and pursue strategic investments that might sacrifice short-term performance. But if they face pressure to deliver short-term performance in the current quarter, or current year, that’s going to be a problem for them.” ~ Yu Zhang, CEIBS Prof. of Management

    Mobile Payment Revolution: China vs US

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2016 2:32


    “The payment market, especially mobile payment, is one of the segments in which China is actually moving much, much faster than the US market. Americans would be surprised at how deep the penetration is for WeChat pay and Alipay in China’s mobile payment business. In the US it’s very hard for you to imagine that you can use your mobile to pay for almost anything in life – taxis, shopping, movie tickets, restaurants, the list is endless. In the US, people still carry dozens of cards in their wallet or purse and they swipe these cards almost everywhere. This is why companies like Square, for example, can do very well in the US because it helps consumers do business with small and medium sized merchants who couldn’t otherwise afford payment terminals. Remember also that in the US the concentration ratio of the retailers is way higher than in the Chinese market. So this is why, for example, if you look at Apple Pay and even Google’s Android Pay, while they were very advanced technologies there’s huge opposition from the large merchants. Companies like Walmart, Target and Starbucks would rather have their own payment systems. Apple Pay is definitely not a first mover in China; it’s a sort of a late mover in the market. They have to work very hard to increase their penetration ratio of the payment terminals here. But almost all the grocery stores in China, especially in the big cities, are already occupied by the free bar scanners offered by Tencent and Ali. So there’s a long way to go.” ~ Yu Zhang, CEIBS Prof. of Management

    What’s Next for China’s Booming E-Commerce Industry?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2016 2:55


    “There has been a big boom in e-commerce and what we call the online-offline arena. But in the past half-year there has also been talk about whether the winter’s coming; a lot of companies haven’t been able to sustain their cash flows or financing and they’ve had to close their business. But there are good companies, and one of the ones I like a lot is Jing Dong (JD.com). They have been doing very well in terms of their strategic investment and commitment and have found a very unique way to compete against incumbents like Alibaba or Taobao. I think in the future whether it’s e-commerce, online or offline, it has to be the efficiency and viability of the business models. Amazon can do very well because they are extremely efficient in their operations. If you go to Amazon’s warehouses, you will see that the number of people is much fewer than in the typical Chinese e-commerce company warehouse. A lot of the work is done by the Kiva warehouse robots. Amazon is building huge warehouses in the US. These are about 10 or 20 stadiums in size. Once they reach scale they can use their own truck fleet, they’re starting to buy or lease their own air cargo fleet as well, so it’s all about efficiency, scale, scope. And that’s something that every company, whether it’s Chinese or American, has to think about. At the end of the day it’s about how efficiently you can compete in the market. It’s an efficiency driven business. On the other hand, there can be multiple types of business models. Amazon is just one successful model but not necessarily the model everyone should use. If everyone does what Amazon does, then there’s no differentiation. Even Amazon is now starting to look at whether they should have physical stores. That’s because other than efficiency, low cost and low price, retail consumers want something else – they want the real shopping experience. Online shoppers cannot replicate the traditional shopping experience. So in that sense I think in the future there will be different kinds of business models co-existing for e-commerce”. ~ Yu Zhang, CEIBS Prof. of Management

    Sino-Western Megadeals and Regulatory Risks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 3:32


    Answers from CEIBS Dean Professor Ding Yuan, an expert on globalisation of Chinese companies.

    Should Shareholders Worry When a Chinese Firm Takes Over One That They Have Shares in?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2016 1:45


    Answers from CEIBS Dean Professor Ding Yuan, an expert on globalisation of Chinese companies.

    Supply Chain Financing: How it Works & Who Benefits

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2016 4:07


    Traditional business models are being transformed by Supply Chain Financing (SCF) and Internet technologies. CEIBS Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Zhao Xiande explains how SCF works, and who stands to gain.

    Tips for Succeeding as an Entrepreneur.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 3:54


    CEIBS President & Professor of Entrepreneurship Pedro Nueno’s advice on how to improve a start-up’s chances of surviving.

    In China, Life’s All About Being Online!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2015 5:34


    Can anyone really say they’re immune to digital marketing? How do the US and China stack up against each other when it comes to the Internet? Why do poorer Chinese families spend more on their sons? Watch CEIBS’ Assistant Professor of Marketing Chen Lin explain her research.

    CSR vs Charity

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015 3:11


    Is feeding the poor really a good example of corporate social responsibility (CSR)? CEIBS Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy explains the real meaning of CSR. It may be just as simple as following the labor laws.

    Diversity Drives Innovation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2015 4:23


    Is there a link between diversity and innovation? What types of diversity are bad for the economy? CEIBS Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy presents his research findings.

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    Tips on Attracting Chinese Investment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 3:36


    Turns out handing out visas doesn’t make a country more attractive to Chinese investment. What works? CEIBS Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy shares his research findings.

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    What Makes You Tick?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2015 3:51


    CEIBS Prof Bala Ramasamy explains how he got into his main research areas and what he does when off campus. Hint: he’s changing young lives.

    Why Are People Poor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 4:43


    CEIBS Prof Bala Ramasamy uses the answer from his research as the basis for his camp for kids, the Foundation for Leadership and Moral Empowerment (FLAME) in Malaysia.

    MNCs from Emerging Markets Get Failing Grade

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2015 4:10


    Emerging markets expert & CEIBS Professor Sam Park offers profit-boosting advice for both MNCs and local companies.

    MNCs Need New Profit Strategy for Emerging Markets?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2015 3:59


    Why are MNCs finding it harder to turn a profit in emerging markets? Sam Park, CEIBS Professor of Strategy and author of Scaling the Tail explains how multinationals can sustain profitable growth in these markets.

    Is There a Quick Fix for China's Economy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2015 4:16


    CEIBS Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy explores fears behind China's slowdown and provides the most likely quick fix scenario. Interview recorded on 4th Sept 2015.

    Should We Be Worried About China’s Slowdown?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015 6:13


    CEIBS Prof of Economics Bala Ramasamy analyses the reasons behind China’s slowdown.

    How Small Companies Can Make Globalisation Work for Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2015 7:36


    Globalisation isn’t ALL about the big names. Author of “Born Globals, Networks and the Large Multinational Enterprise” and CEIBS Professor Shameen Prashantham explains how small companies can punch above their weight by leveraging networks and partnering with large multinational companies.

    3 Tips for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Go Global

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2015 5:36


    The right networking skills can help entrepreneurs eying the global market. Author of “Born Globals, Networks and the Large Multinational Enterprise” and CEIBS Professor Shameen Prashantham on how to leverage connections.

    CEIBS’ David Gosset on 40 Years of China-EU Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2015 8:29


    2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the EU and China. CEIBS Senior Research Associate and Deputy Director for European Relations David Gosset analyzes the importance of the Sino-European relationship to – and for – both sides, and the rest of the world. He looks at the challenges being faced now, and what lies ahead. Gosset is also director of the Academia Sinica Europaea at CEIBS and the founder of the Euro-China Forum.

    CEOs with Daughters Make Kinder, Gentler Bosses?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2015 4:14


    It turns out there’s some element of truth to the Despicable Me movies where the villain is transformed from being Super Bad to Super Dad after he has to father three little girls. Now new research has shown that having a daughter also impacts the way CEOs run their companies. A study of some of the largest companies in the US shows that CEOs with daughters spend an extra $59.5 million per year on corporate social responsibility (CSR). They also tend to lean towards more diversity in the workplace when it comes to gender and minorities, show greater concern for employees, and do more to ensure work-life balance. In fact, having a female child makes a male CEO almost a third more likely to make CSR decisions similar to those made by a female CEO. The new research was done by CEIBS Finance Professors Henrik Cronqvist and Frank Yu. They looked at the decisions made by almost 400 American CEOs who, between them, have a total of almost 1,000 children. Previous research had shown that judges with daughters tend to vote more liberally. So too are congressmen with daughters, especially when it comes to reproductive rights issues. This is the first time, though, that the effect on the behaviour of CEOs from large corporations has been examined. “Male CEOs with at least one daughter show a stronger attachment to society at large and concern for the well-being of stakeholders other than their shareholders. This may be expressed as increased concern for not only diversity, but also the environment, employee relations, and similar issues,” says Prof Frank Yu. The paper is available for download at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2618358

    CEIBS' David Gosset Explains China's New Silk Road Initiative

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2015 12:00


    China's Grand Strategy - The New Silk Road - a vision to boost development along the ancient silk road connecting China and Europe. Watch CEIBS' David Gosset explaining why and how China's New Silk Road will reshape the world.

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    Can India Build 50 Global B-schools by 2025? Lessons from China

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2015 20:36


    CEIBS Prof Rama Velamuri speaking during Indian Management Conclave 2014. Video provided by Indian Management Conclave 2014

    Crisis Looming in China

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 3:25


    CEIBS Visiting Prof Wang Jianmao evaluates the country's economic status

    Nothing to Fear from Chinese Firms Going Global?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2015 6:14


    Prof. Ding Yuan, former Co-director of CEIBS Centre for Globalisation of Chinese Companies, shares his findings.

    Alibaba’s Global Expansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2014 4:11


    CEIBS IAB Co-Chairman Prof. John Quelch discusses the challenges and opportunities of Alibaba’s steps towards internationalisation.

    MNC's Reeling From Food Scandals in China?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2014 5:19


    CEIBS Prof. Richard Brubaker explains why transparency is key for multinationals targeting the Chinese market.

    Alibaba IPO Explained

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2014 2:34


    CEIBS Prof of Finance Henrik Cronqvist tells us why BABA is such a big deal.

    Chinese Multinationals Going Global

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 7:27


    Why do Chinese companies invest overseas? What is special about Chinese firms going abroad? What challenges are they facing? CEIBS Prof. Klaus Meyer explains.

    China & the Climate Change Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2014 6:27


    How can China be more sustainable? CEIBS Visiting Professor of Sustainability Richard Brubaker explores the environmental issues that Chinese people worry the most about.

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