R.E.S.-ilience in Value Creation 《竹经：经商经世离不得立根创新》
March 17, 2014 Leave a comment
Amit Jatia and McDonald’s 15-year Wait for Success
by Shravan Bhat, Samar Srivastava | Mar 13, 2014
Amit Jatia and McDonald’s stuck by each other and adapted to value-conscious, vegetarian India. After 15 meagre years, they’re finally feasting Read more of this post
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Self-Described Champion of India’s Poor Under Court Scrutiny
By GARDINER HARRISMARCH 13, 2014
Ink was thrown at Subrata Roy, chairman of the Sahara Group, as he arrived at India’s Supreme Court last week. CreditAssociated Press
NEW DELHI — Subrata Roy has long been one of Asia’s most flamboyant billionaires, a bejeweled, modern maharajah who lives on an opulent 270-acre estate and presides over the Sahara Group, which is, by its own account, India’s largest private employer. To his allies, Mr. Roy is an up-from-bootstraps hero who built from scratch a sprawling empire that provides vital financial services to India’s poor. Read more of this post
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FAMILY BUSINESS LEADERS WHO THINK THEY “KNOW BEST” HINDER SUCCESSION PROCESS
ARTICLE | 12 MARCH, 2014 12:39 PM | BY JESSICA TASMAN-JONES
Family business leaders who think they “know best” and adopt a paternalistic leadership style can lead to unsuccessful succession transitions, according to new research, by leading to feelings of dissatisfaction and inertia in the next generation.
According to Paternalistic leadership in family firms: Types and implications for intergenerational succession, there are three types of paternalistic leadership styles – authoritarian, benevolent and moral – and some can be more detrimental to leadership transitions than others. Read more of this post
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HOW ONE OF GOOGLE’S FINEST FOSTERS THE BIG IDEAS
AS CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER FOR GOOGLE CREATIVE LABS, IT’S ROBERT WONG’S JOB TO LIVE AND BREATH INSPIRATION. FROM HOW HE FINDS HIS TO HOW HE ENCOURAGES HIS PEOPLE TO ATTAIN THEIRS, HE TELLS US THE BEST WAYS TO FEED CREATIVITY.
The “poetry of a moment,” says Robert Wong, is often in the restraint.
Whether he’s giving his team near-impossible puzzles to solve in no time or hosting endless brainstorming sessions, boxing in a creative mind is his best innovation catalyst. Read more of this post
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NETFLIX’S MAJOR HR INNOVATION: TREATING HUMANS LIKE PEOPLE
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF BUREAUCRACY, A BOOMING COMPANY RELIED ON COMMON SENSE?
BY DRAKE BAER
Back in 1997, before it was streaming a billion hours of Internet television a month, Netflix was a startup. They had a fairly standard vacation policy: 10 vacation days, 10 holidays, and a handful of sick days per person. Rather than formally tracking these days, they opted for an honor system, with employees tracking their own off days and informing their managers when appropriate. Read more of this post
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ED CATMULL ON WHY THINGS WILL ALWAYS GO WRONG—EVEN AT PIXAR
IN A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION WITH FAST COMPANY, CATMULL–THE PRESIDENT OF PIXAR, WHO HAS LED THE ANIMATION POWERHOUSE TO 14 NO. 1 HITS–SHARES HIS MANAGEMENT SECRETS.
BY ED CATMULL
Right now, since Disney Animation has Frozen, which has a shot at becoming a billion-dollar movie, they’re elated. Meanwhile, at Pixar, after a lot of work we’ve had to say, “You know, Good Dinosaur doesn’t meet our standards, so we’re going to restart. It’s a promising idea, but we need to rethink the team.” That’s painful, but it’s a pain we own. Every time we make a mistake there is pain, and I’m acutely aware that some people bear more pain than others [some 50 people were recently laid off]. But our core belief is that we’ve got to do the right thing for the movies. The ongoing value here is that everything we do is in service of that final story we deliver to the world. Read more of this post
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Mascot Kumamon turns cute into bear market
AFP-JIJI
MAR 12, 2014
Kumamon, the popular bear mascot of Kumamoto, draws a big crowd to a campaign event promoting food products from the prefecture in Tokyo on Feb. 23. | AFP-JIJI Read more of this post
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Beats Hopes to Serve Up Music in a Novel Way
MARCH 12, 2014
Is the new music streaming service from Beats Electronics a worthy competitor to Spotify and Pandora? Molly Wood gives her verdict.
THERE’S a new subscription music service in town, one that purports to know you and your music tastes better than you know them yourself. One that urges you to forget about what you think you like and surrender to a sea of playlists lovingly created by artists and celebrities far more brilliant and beautiful than you. Read more of this post
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Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem
In start-up land, the young barely talk to the old (and vice versa). That makes for a lot of cool apps. But great technology? Not so much.
By YIREN LUMARCH 12, 2014
The Cisco Meraki office in Mission Bay, San Francisco, is 40 paces from the water, and just as nice as Google’s. On a clear winter day in late December, I sat in one of its conference rooms with a company spokeswoman on my right and Sanjit Biswas on my left, peering out through floor-to-ceiling glass. On the other side: brightly patterned furniture, murals and paneled wood, a well-stocked cafeteria, a deck with spectacular views of the bay. Twelve months earlier, in a deal meant to bring fresh edge to Cisco, the networking behemoth bought Meraki from Biswas and two co-founders for $1.2 billion. Now they were making good on their promise — starting with the décor. Read more of this post
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College dropouts strike it big in the business world
Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel (L), Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell (Bottom Right) and Larry Ellison, founder of software giant Oracle (top Right)
By Mykolas Rambus
Wealth-X
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014
Whilst some ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals patiently wait decades to amass their fortunes, others strike gold early on, even dropping out of college to pursue their lucrative careers. By 2020, this is predicted to be an ever-increasing trend, especially with individuals making in-roads into social media and software. Read more of this post
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NUS unit flags 16 China firms with high bond default risks
The Business Times
13 March 2014
[SINGAPORE] Sixteen Chinese companies face a high chance of having their bonds default over the next year, given a lack
of cash and problems of overcapacity in their industry, data from National University of Singapore’s Risk Management
Institute (RMI) showed. Read more of this post
March 16, 2014 Leave a comment
Updated: Thursday March 13, 2014 MYT 12:22:28 PM
Tech takes on autopsies
(From left) Mathavan and iGene Forensic Scientist Dr Nor Amira Ismail look on as iGene Medical Research Scientist Dr Hemanth S. Naik demonstrates how a digital autopsy is done. Read more of this post
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Baltic Dry Plunges 8%, Near Most In 6 Years As Iron Ore At Chinese Ports Hits All Time High
Tyler Durden on 03/12/2014 16:34 -0400
It would appear record inventories of Iron ore and plunging prices due to China’s shadow-banking unwind have started to weigh on the all-too-important-when-it-is-going-up-but-let’s-blame-supply-when-dropping Baltic Dry Index. With the worst start to a year in over a decade, the recent recovery in prices provided faint hope that the worst of the global trade collapse was over… however, today’s 8% plunge – on par with the biggest drops in the last 6 years – suggests things are far from self-sustaining. Still think we are insulated from the arcane China shadow-banking system, which suddenly everyone is an expert of suddenly? Think again. Read more of this post
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March 12, 2014 5:07 pm
Strong demand for ‘junk’ bonds erodes investor protection
By Tracy Alloway and Vivianne Rodrigues in New York
Insatiable investor demand for higher yielding securities has helped push protection for buyers of junk-rated bonds to its lowest level on record, the rating agency Moody’s has warned. Read more of this post
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March 12, 2014 10:39 am
Active fund managers are closet index huggers
By John Authers
Study finds ‘closet indexing’ is rife in US active funds
How active is your fund manager, and what chance do they really have of beating the market? Read more of this post
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March 13, 2014 12:01 am
Technology research centres face entrepreneurial scrutiny
By Tanya Powley, Manufacturing Correspondent
The business secretary has asked a serial entrepreneur to examine government-backed technology centres that were launched in 2011 to solve the difficulty Britain has long had in commercialising scientific breakthroughs. Read more of this post
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March 12, 2014 6:40 pm
African banks: Fragile dream
By William Wallis
An institution created to embody stability and unity came close to failure. A new chief could provide a second chance
For nine months, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated was creeping towards disaster. Depositors were taking fright. The stock price was dipping. A stream of internal letters warned the bank and the decades-old dream of building a pan-African rival to Barclays or Citibank was at risk of collapse. Read more of this post
March 16, 2014 Leave a comment
King’s Realm Spans Across Continents
Candy Crush Maker’s Global Footprint Helps It Navigate Web of Patent, Tax and Regulatory Issues
AMIR MIZROCH
March 12, 2014 1:56 p.m. ET
LONDON—It’s good to be King, but the road to the throne can be complicated.
Game maker King Digital Entertainment PLC is planning to start trading this month on the New York Stock Exchange—valuing itself Wednesday at as much as $7.6 billion after it set a price range for its initial public offering. Read more of this post
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Lego to build on movie success, tackle globalisation challenge
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 – 15:19
AFP
BILLUND, Denmark – With record sales and a hit movie expected to propel them further, Lego could be expected to bask in its successful turnaround, but the Danish maker of colourful toy blocks is pressing ahead to face the challenges of globalisation. Read more of this post
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Will costs erode Singapore’s edge?
Thursday, March 13, 2014 – 09:00
Alvin Foo
Economics Correspondent
The Straits Times
LAST week, Singapore captured headlines at home and abroad for an unsettling reason: It was named the world’s most expensive city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Read more of this post
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Doctors defy South Korean President’s warning
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 – 09:27
Lee Hyun-jeong
The Korea Herald/Asia News Network
SEOUL – Concerns about the country’s health services are growing as doctors plan to launch further industrial action later this month, despite stern warnings from the government. Read more of this post
March 16, 2014 Leave a comment
China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Trap
Beijing’s unmet promises to Hong Kong are a lesson for Taiwan.
Updated March 12, 2014 6:23 p.m. ET
The recent stabbing of government critic Kevin Lau is horrible enough for the people of Hong Kong. But it is also damaging to Beijing’s efforts to convince the people of Taiwan to support official negotiations aimed at eventual reunification with mainland China. Read more of this post
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China’s Quiet Lehman Moment
A solar-power company’s default makes investors reconsider assumptions about the government.
JOSEPH STERNBERG
Updated March 12, 2014 7:09 p.m. ET
The default of Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology Co. last week set off speculation that China has reached its “Bear Stearns moment.” This is the first time a domestic bond has been allowed to default. Economists at Bank of America suggested that it will leave investors queasy about unsustainable debt levels, much as news in 2007 of mortgage-related losses at two Bear Stearns hedge funds triggered doubts about the U.S. housing market. Read more of this post
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Revenue Gets Rich Price Tag in IPOs
Small Firms With Small Sales Seeing Lofty Valuations; Castlight Health Offering to Test Appetites
MATT JARZEMSKY And TELIS DEMOS
March 12, 2014 9:13 p.m. ET
The bull market for initial public offerings of small companies with scant sales is about to get a check-up. Read more of this post
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Soong Ching Ling, the woman behind Sun Yat Sen
Thursday, March 13, 2014 – 06:30
Lisabel Ting
The Straits Times
Behind every successful man is a strong woman, and founding father of the Republic of China, Sun Yat Sen was no exception. Read more of this post
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How to Boost Efficiency in Asset-Intensive Industries: Flex in Operations
by Christian Greiser, Roland Haslehner, Alexander Wachtmeister, and Tobias Streicher
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
Continued sluggishness in the global economy is putting special pressure on companies in asset-intensive industries. These companies are operating well below capacity, and the weak demand has prevented them from passing on the full costs of raw materials and energy, for which prices remain stubbornly high. Read more of this post
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Seven Ways to Profit from Big Data as a Business
by James Platt, Robert Souza, Enrique Checa, and Ravi Chabaldas
MARCH 05, 2014
Information is multiplying inside businesses at an exponential rate, generated by sensors, social media, transactions, smartphones, and other sources. Companies increasingly want to tap into the potential of these vast, fast-moving, complex streams of data to achieve step-change improvements in performance. But executives would be wise to consider whether the information they collect could do even more than boost performance. In fact, big data can generate billions of dollars in additional revenues that can go toward fueling growth. Read more of this post
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Surviving the Sophomore Slump: The Moves That Matter Most
A Leadership Study from The Boston Consulting Group and Spencer Stuart
by Roselinde Torres, Judy Johnson, James M. Citrin, and Susan S. Hart
MARCH 10, 2014
Leadership churn in large companies has intensified over the past decade1. CEOs are particularly vulnerable during their second year of tenure. The proportion of CEOs who leave office for “year 2 performance reasons” is strikingly high. It’s a time that could be called “the sophomore slump,” when stakeholders lower their threshold of tolerance and when CEOs themselves might feel their ambitious vision being thwarted and may grow dejected at the slow pace of change in the organization. Read more of this post
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Gauging the Chinese Threat to European Machinery Makers: A German Perspective on the New Competitive Landscape
by Ralf Moldenhauer, Nikolaus Lang, Florian Bonanati, and Jan Schönfeld
MARCH 12, 2014
The competitive landscape for European machinery manufacturers—makers of traditional machinery (such as engines and turbines) as well as optical products and electronics—is changing rapidly. Chinese challengers are increasing their presence in developed markets and growing their businesses throughout the value chain. Once dismissed as low-end upstarts, Chinese machinery makers have built up their capabilities and now compete head-to-head with multinational companies on their home turf as well as in emerging markets. Read more of this post
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Kohlberg looking to sell Singer sewing machine company – sources
3:51pm EDT
By Olivia Oran
(Reuters) – The Singer sewing machine company, largely credited with helping develop the U.S. fashion industry by allowing clothes to be made more cheaply and efficiently, is exploring a sale that could fetch more than $500 million, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Read more of this post
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