R.E.S.-ilience in Value Creation 《竹经：经商经世离不得立根创新》
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PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 04, 2014
Yoma faces new landscape on its path of diversification
Staying alert: As Yoma’s diversification becomes more substantial, the real estate company and its shareholders will have to watch out for the pitfalls of conglomerates. Read more of this post
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Amitabh Bachchan, Scarlett Johansson and the art of the celebrity endorsement
February 3, 2014 5:57 pmby Andrew Hill
In the strange world of celebrityendorsements, it is usually the brand that dumps the celebrity – as happened, say, when Nike dropped cycling cheat Lance Armstrong in 2012 – rather than vice versa. So it stood out last week when Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan revealed he stopped endorsing Pepsi some years ago, after a young girl asked him why he was advertising a drink her teacher said was “poisonous”. Read more of this post
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Fiona Smith Columnist
The powerful art of forgetting
Published 04 February 2014 10:12, Updated 04 February 2014 15:55
You probably think you are pretty good atforgetting. I find it comes naturally, but others have to work at it.
Fortunately, for those of us who get around with expressions best described as befuddled, our skills at dropping memories into the trash can of oblivion become somewhat of a strength when it comes to dealing with change. Read more of this post
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What Machines Can’t Do
FEB. 3, 2014
We’re clearly heading into an age of brilliant technology. Computers are already impressively good at guiding driverless cars and beating humans at chess and Jeopardy. As Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology point out in their book “The Second Machine Age,” computers are increasingly going to be able to perform important parts of even mostly cognitive jobs, like picking stocks, diagnosing diseases and granting parole. Read more of this post
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Strategy in a World of Constant Change
by Roger Martin | 1:00 PM February 3, 2014
Am I the only person to be getting a bit weary of hearing it repeatedly asserted that we’re living in a world of constant, accelerating change? That competitive advantages are becoming ever more transient and that the secret to survival will be to the ability to transform on a dime? Otherwise, what happened to Tom Tom will happen to you. Please! Read more of this post
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Tom Brakke
January 29, 2014
There has been a lot happening at PIMCO. Although Mohamed El-Erian is still listed on the website as co-chief investment officer, he resigned eight days ago. Now there are six new deputy chief investment officers. Read more of this post
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014
“The WD-40 of the Internet”
By ALEXANDER EULE | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR
With strong profit margins and the safety of recurring revenue streams, Akamai’s stock could rise 25%.
Akamai Technologies‘ co-founder and CEO, Tom Leighton, probably wouldn’t take credit for creating today’s Internet. But unlike some folks, he has a pretty good claim. In the mid-1990s, Leighton, an MIT professor, and Danny Lewin, a graduate student, used applied mathematics and algorithms to solve a looming problem: traffic jams on the ‘Net. The plan involved a network of distributed computers—it was the massing of the Internet’s earliest cloud. Read more of this post
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Giant pipeline brings unaffordable water to China’s north
Staff Reporter
2014-02-04
The eastern route of China’s South-North Water Diversion project officially began drawing and diverting water last November and December from the Yangtze River to 71 counties, cities and areas in Jiangsu, Shandong and Anhui provinces. The much-needed water comes, however, at a price many local officials find difficult to swallow. Read more of this post
February 4, 2014 Leave a comment
Netflix and the self-inflicted demise of major media
BY JAMES ROBINSON
ON FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Ken Auletta’s profile of Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings in the latest edition of the New Yorker starts with a revealing tidbit.
Back in the heady days of 2000, Netflix had 300,000 subscribers. Hastings had a vision even then that films would one day be streamed cheaply over the Internet. But that future was not there yet. The company was losing money. Hastings flew to Dallas and met with Blockbuster, offering them 49 percent of the company. Netflix would become blockbuster.com and be Blockbuster’s online video division. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 5:24 pm
Bullish printer enters the China shop
By Tanya Powley, Manufacturing Correspondent
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It may have taken thousands of years for Chinese ceramic makers to embrace new technology – but one UK printing pioneer has needed only 12 months to capitalise on their break with tradition. Read more of this post
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Content strategy is king
in social media
David Dubois, INSEAD | Business | Sat, February 01 2014, 11:48 AM
Building true social media engagement means creating a content strategy to hook the audience, not just being on social media.
Those who love to drink coffee often h Read more of this post
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Apple Said To Be Exploring Inductive Charging And Solar Power In iWatch Testing
Posted 20 hours ago by Darrell Etherington (@drizzled)
Apple’s work on an upcoming smartwatch includes explorations of induction charging and solar-powered batteries, according to a new report from the New York Times. As part of a larger piece about battery tech in general, the NYT revealed that Apple has been working on tests involving wireless induction charging for the smartwatch, and methods for incorporating solar panels into the display to draw power from the sun, and potentially ambient light. Read more of this post
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This Chinese online retailer’s IPO documents could be a bit too candid
5 hours ago
We don’t really know what we’re doing in some businesses. The company recently expanded into internet finance, providing supply-chain financing to supplier and loans to customers. “We have limited experience in operating an internet finance business,” the prospectus admits. Read more of this post
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Lenovo swells into IT challenge
Chinese firm buys Motorola, leapfrogs over LG Electronics
BY KIM YOUNG-MIN, KIM JUNG-YOON [kjy@joongang.co.kr]
Feb 04,2014
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The rapid growth of Lenovo is posing a direct threat to Korean mobile-device manufacturers, local analysts say – and even to Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone vendor.
The Chinese company, which gobbled up Motorola on Jan. 29, is openly professing that its goal is to move past Apple and Samsung.
“From now until 2015, Lenovo and Motorola’s smartphone sales goal is 100 million,” said Lenovo Chairman Yang Yuanqing on Feb. 2.
ith the buying of Motorola from Google, Lenovo has leapfrogged LG Electronics and Huawei to become the world’s third-largest smartphone vendor. According to Strategy Analytics, Lenovo and Motorola’s combined market share in the global smartphone market was 6.2 percent as of the end of last year, compared to Huawei’s 4.8 percent and LG Electronics’ 4.7 percent. Read more of this post
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2014-02-02 18:18
CEO risk weighs on SK future
By Choi Kyong-ae
SK Group is backpedaling in its overseas energy projects because of the incarceration of its chief.
In the latest example, SK Energy, an affiliate of SK Group, pulled out of the final bid to acquire a controlling stake worth up to 1 trillion won in United Petroleum, an Australian oil company. This was widely seen as the conglomerate’s failure to make concrete investment decisions amidst its current leadership vacuum. Read more of this post
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More S. Korean companies in ‘1 trillion won club’ list
Chun Chung-hong
2014.02.04 17:50:41
A series of South Korean companies are to made entry into the ‘one trillion won club’ of sales. Those are Hanssem, Moneual and Seoul Semiconductor. Their feat holds significance as they achieved surging growth in their respective furniture, electronics and LED areas even amid unfavorable business condition. Read more of this post
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Nutella should be worried about Hershey’s new hazelnut spread
By Roberto A. Ferdman @robferdman
February 3, 2014
Chocolate spreads are on their way to becoming a pantry staple for Americans, and The Hershey Company isn’t about to miss out. The US-based chocolate maker recently started its own line of Nutella-like chocolate spreads, called Hershey’s Spreads. The spreads come in three flavors: chocolate, chocolate with almond, and chocolate with hazelnut. Read more of this post
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Spending money has never been easier in China’s mobile finance era
Staff Reporter
2014-02-04
A Yu E Bao advertisement reading, “Use it anytime.” (Internet photo)
The era of internet financial services began in China in 2013, which has since provided the average member of the public easier access to financial tools and products, reports the Chinese-language Securities Times. Read more of this post
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Europe is on the hunt for ‘zombie banks’
AP
FEB 4, 2014
FRANKFURT, GERMANY – In Europe, the zombie hunt is on — not for undead humans but for “zombie banks,” the walking dead among lenders, too financially troubled to loan money in an economy that desperately needs investment, growth and jobs. Read more of this post
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2014-02-03 18:59
Will unification galvanize Korea Inc.?
President Park Geun-hye, right, talks about the significance of Korean unification in a discussion with World Economic Forum (WEF) Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab after delivering a keynote speech at the WEF’s annual conference in Davos, Switzerland Read more of this post
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Brompton Bicycle shows British manufacturing how to shift up a gear
Sun, Jan 26 2014
By Brenda Goh and Neil Maidment
LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Loan refusal letters and retailers’ rejections frame the walls of the Brompton Bicycle factory, a reminder of the obstacles the firm has overcome to establish itself as the UK’s top bike-maker, selling 45,000 a year around the world. Read more of this post
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In 2 Charts, Here’s Why An Emerging Markets Crisis Would Be Worse Than Ever Before
FEB. 3, 2014, 7:32 PM 3,381
In recent weeks, we’ve seen a rout in emerging markets as investors have been pulling out of stocks, bonds, and currencies in these regions. Read more of this post
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Trainee accountants to help turn around ailing Bumi companies
Published: 2014/02/04
KUANTAN: The National Entre-preneur Development Corp (PUNB) will appoint 50 trainee accountants to help turn around financially-ailing Bumiputera companies.
Chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said 30 per cent, or 2,040 of the 6,800 Bumiputera firms have failed to keep up their repayments to PUNB due to business losses.
“PUNB has decided to appoint 50 trainee accountants this month and we hope they will help alleviate the burden of these firms which cannot afford the services of an accountant.
“Money going out, coming in, profits, loss, marketing, etc, must be recorded daily. Sometimes we conduct our businesses well, but lack of proper accounting skills is one of the reasons why Bumiputera companies do not succeed,” he said after meeting Bumiputera entrepreneurs here. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 8:26 am
Succession exposes risks for hedge funds
By Stephen Foley
Why many founding managers are finding it hard to say goodbye
“As we age, time becomes our most precious commodity.” So wrote Robert Karr, one of the “Tiger cub” hedge fund managers to have learnt their craft at Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management, who decided last week that he would shut down his $5bn fund, Joho Capital. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 7:11 pm
Corruption in the EU costs business €120bn a year, study finds
By James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels
Corruption has increased since the sovereign debt crisis hit the eurozone and costs the EU economy about €120bn a year in lost tax revenues and foreign investment, according to a European Commission study. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 5:02 pm
The serial adultery of the modern customer
By Andrew Hill
The best way to make shoppers loyal is to give them what they want
The eulogies last week for Justin King, outgoing chief executive of J Sainsbury, make clear he won his crown as Britain’s most successful grocer by reconnecting with his loyal subjects – the shoppers – after years of neglect. But his abdication as chiefexecutive of the country’s second-largest supermarket chain, after a decade in charge, is a good moment to ask whether customer loyalty really matters any more. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 4:58 pm
Anti-rhetoric can be the best rhetoric
By Sam Leith
Rhetoric can be written as well as spoken. The rules are – with certain exceptions – basically the same. A fine example was offered recently in an article by the German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in The Guardian, the UK newspaper. Using the anniversary of the first world war – what the Greeks called kairos, or timeliness – Mr Steinmeier sought to defend the European project by arguing that it was the bestbulwark against another such catastrophe. Read more of this post
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February 3, 2014 8:38 am
Yudhoyono’s ‘big white book’ sparks debate about president’s legacy
By Ben Bland in Jakarta
Indonesian president’s reflections offer little insight
Fifty years after Mao Zedong’s “little red book” was first distributed in China, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has published his own rather less pithy “big white book” of reflections on politics and leadership. Read more of this post
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A Cure for Hospital Design
Strategies to Keep Patients and Their Visitors From Getting Lost
LAURA LANDRO
Updated Feb. 3, 2014 11:47 p.m. ET
A Cure for Hospital Design; It’s a problem when patients and visitors continually struggle to navigate the maze of the modern medical complex. Hospitals borrow strategies from airports and shopping malls Read more of this post
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Infrastructure Funds Are Intriguing, but…
Managers’ approaches vary greatly and holdings can overlap with other funds
LISA WARD
Feb. 3, 2014 4:21 p.m. ET
When investors look at the global need for new electrical grids, bridges and roads, some see a path to big money. Read more of this post
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