Daily Bamboo Innovator Insight: Mon 1 Dec 2014 – Murata makes it big in small components: The Murata Manufacturing chief discusses a post-smartphone future

Life 

“Stumbling your way to greatness: One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they’ve failed more often than everyone else.”: SethGodin

Akihiko Otsuka, the chairman of Otsuka Holdings Inc. and creator of such signature products as Pocari Sweat, died on Friday. He was 77.: WSJ

Mental illness: Caregivers are forgotten collateral damage: AsiaOne

Inventions for a better world: Star

How To Sell Almost Anything: Forbes

Math Anxiety: Why Hollywood Makes Robots of Alan Turing and Other Geniuses: NYTimes

Why We Needn’t Fear the Machines; A Basic Truth: Computers Can’t Be Replacements for Humans: WSJ

Eight Ways to Say No With Grace and Style: Farnam

Investing Process

The Difference Between a Good Company and a Great Company: ClearEyes

China

Reality check: Challenges face VR technology in China: WantChinaTimes

Eight Innovative Industries China Does Better Than Anywhere Else: Forbes

China: Fear of a deflationary spiral; Falling prices for manufacturers plagued by overcapacity present a problem for Beijing’s policy makers: FT

Paths Diverge for China ETFs; U.S. Investors Pump Cash Into Funds; Tide Recedes in Hong Kong: WSJ

Japan & Korea

Samsung ‘crown prince’ Lee Jae-yong poised to make mark: FT

Pantech, Korea’s No. 3 smartphone manufacturer, is at the risk of being closed as its going-concern value turned out to be lower than the liquidation value. Maeil

Hyundai Motor cuts new path in chaebol system; The 1997 financial crisis weaned chaebol from its dependency on the government that enabled them to make their incredible growth. KoreaTimes

Amore Pacific puts premium drive on hold; CEO admits flagship products struggle in target markets: KoreaTimes

‘Three arrows’ said half complete as families struggle with ‘Abenomics’: JapanTimes

Sony executive heralds a revolution in virtual reality: FT

Japan Dairies Losing as Abe’s Weak Yen Boosts Corn Costs: Bloomberg

In fading Japan hinterland, skeptics doubt ‘Abenomics’ will cure ills: Reuters

ASEAN

Tax reform the key to making Thailand an attractive place to set up a treasury centre: Nation

Bakrie Set to Win Golkar Fight in Widodo Setback: Bloomberg

Vietnam Delays Plan to Ease Restrictions on Foreign Shareholders: Bloomberg

Macro

Bond Funds Load Up on Cash; Portfolio Managers Gird for Volatility Amid Expected Rate Increase: WSJ

Pimco suffers $100bn in redemptions from top funds: FT

American Manufacturing Is Alive and Well; Economic Engine Seems to Be Running Nicely: WSJ

Get the SEC Out of the PR Business; Crowing about prosecutions is inappropriate when the agency is also the one deciding guilt and innocence. WSJ

TMT

Apply Pay: Yet another billion dollar business: Asymco

1999 all over again for tech start-ups: BRW

The Algorithm Economy Heads To Amazon: TechCrunch

GrowthStory’s Billion Dollar Dreams; Krishnan and Meena Ganesh, the Bangalore-based entrepreneurial couple, have bet big on a simple mantra: Do what the competition is doing, but do it perfectly. Forbes

Google Unseats Apple In U.S. Classrooms As Chromebooks Beat iPads: Forbes

YouTube stars face authenticity test; Watchdog’s native ads clampdown poses challenge for vloggers: FT

Crackdown on tax abuses by technology companies: FT

Google-Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Tech: WSJ

Asian shoppers flock to Korean online shops; 72 per cent of Gmarket’s foreign customers are from China or from Chinese-speaking countries like Taiwan: AsiaOne

Energy & Commodities

Saudis risk playing with fire in shale-price showdown as crude crashes: Telegraph

GRANTHAM: ‘US Fracking Is A Very Large Red Herring’: BI

Levelized Cost Of Electricity: Renewable Energy’s Ticking Time Bomb? Forbes

Is OPEC A Toothless Tiger? Forbes

Prepare for a long-term fall in energy prices: FT

The Global Shakeout From Plunging Oil; New supply-rather than demand-is dominating the market, and OPEC has been caught by surprise. WSJ

Wind Power Is Intermittent, But Subsidies Are Eternal; There is no need to extend a program that has cost U.S. taxpayers $7.3 billion over the past seven years.: WSJ

China’s Slowdown Hits Price of Iron Ore; Sluggish Demand, Falling Commodity Prices Reduce Government Tax Revenue and Affect Currency Values: WSJ

Brevan Howard Said to Close Commodity Hedge Fund After Losses: Bloomberg

Iran Wary of Oil ‘Shock Therapy’ as OPEC Vies for Market: Bloomberg

Miners ‘Covering Their Eyes’ on China’s Commodity Cliff: Bloomberg

Oil at $40 Possible as Market Transforms Caracas to Iran: Bloomberg

Healthcare

How Montreal startup BiogeniQ is looking to challenge Google-backed 23andMe: FP

Consumer & Others

Unique products are winning over Korean shoppers: JoongAng

Supermarkets, once the envy of business leaders, are in danger of being left on the scrap heap: Telegraph

Domino’s Pizza sees gold in online orders: JPost