R.E.S.-ilience in Value Creation 《竹经：经商经世离不得立根创新》
April 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Apr 14, 2014
Education and India’s Jobs Crisis
RAYMOND ZHONG and SAPTARISHI DUTTA
Ram Singh knows basic arithmetic, Hindi and elementary English. But he regrets leaving school early. Read more of this post
April 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Apr 14, 2014
Beijing’s Bad-Air Days, Finally Counted
Thanks to the U.S. State Department, Beijing residents finally have the answer to one of the city’s greatest mysteries: How often is the air polluted?
April 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Asia Joins Trend Toward Floating-Rate Bonds
Issuance at Fastest Pace on Record to Catch U.S. Demand
FIONA LAW
April 14, 2014 12:51 a.m. ET
To take advantage of demand from U.S. investors worried about rising interest rates, Asian companies are changing the way they raise cash, selling floating-rate debt at the fastest pace on record. Read more of this post
April 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Samsung Says Branding Drove Gains
Electronics Maker Insists Apple Had Nothing to Do With Its Smartphone Success
DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI
Updated April 14, 2014 7:22 p.m. ET
A Samsung Electronics Co. executive said its gains in the U.S. smartphone market are the result of a strategy shift begun in 2011, not because it “followed” Apple Inc.AAPL +0.40% ‘s iPhone. Read more of this post
April 22, 2014 Leave a comment
Hunt for Thai Radio Personality Grows
Ko Tee Accused of Threatening King Bhumibol
JAMES HOOKWAY
Updated April 14, 2014 7:11 p.m. ET
BANGKOK—A nationwide manhunt for an outspoken radio commentator accused of threatening the country’s king expanded Monday and has rekindled one of Thailand’s most flammable disputes: the role of its monarchy. Read more of this post
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
Why We Keep Losing Our Keys
Everyday Memory Lapses Hit at Any Age; Train Your Brain to Find Things Faster
SUMATHI REDDY
April 14, 2014 7:11 p.m. ET
Misplacing keys and phones are the result of every day memory or cognitive lapses – the result of a failure in our working memory – that are the norm. What are some of the factors that can affect our propensity to lose or misplace things? Sumathi Reddy reports. Photo: Getty. Read more of this post
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
World’s Highest Minimum Wage on Ballot in Switzerland
By Catherine Bosley – Apr 13, 2014
Jasmin Eicher has already axed her sole full-time employee to keep afloat her shop selling cards, candles and paper in a Zurich suburb. If Switzerland approves what would be the world’s highest minimum wage, she says the only option would be to close her door. Read more of this post
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
China Is Losing Its Taste for Gold
Economic Slowdown, Constrained Credit Markets Suppress Demand
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
L’Oréal’s Global Kit Adds a Chinese Brand
French Cosmetics Giant Aims to Build Newly Acquired MG Brand Outside Asia
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
On investing…
How Warren spends his day: Read more of this post
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
Understanding Corporate Governance Through Learning Models of Managerial Competence
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach
NBER Working Paper No. 20028
Issued in April 2014
A manager’s shareholders, board of directors, and potential future employers are continually assessing his ability. A rich literature has documented that this insight has profound implications for corporate governance because assessment generates incentives (good and bad), introduces assorted risks, and affects the various battles that rage among the relevant actors for corporate control. Consequently, assessment (or learning) is a key perspective from which to study, evaluate, and possibly even regulate corporate governance. Moreover, because learning is a behavior notoriously subject to systematic biases, this perspective is a natural avenue through which to introduce behavioral and psychological insights into the study of corporate governance.
April 21, 2014 Leave a comment
April 14, 2014
CFO Magazine
It’s Complicated
Complexity is easy to see but hard to beat. But in a recent survey, CFOs revealed a simple-sounding solution. Read more of this post
April 20, 2014 Leave a comment
Disruptive entrepreneurs: An interview with Eric Ries
Companies are all too aware of the disruptive power of technology. The author of The Lean Startup argues that the competitive reaction of many organizations remains fatally flawed.
April 2014
Renting the means of production Read more of this post
April 20, 2014 Leave a comment
Apr 14, 2014
Indian Handset Maker Micromax Eyes Stake In Pantech
By Min-Jeong Lee and R. Jai Krishna
Micromax Informatics, a privately held Indian handset maker, is eyeing a stake purchase in struggling South Korean peer Pantech, in which Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics005930.SE +0.37% own a stake, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
Updated : 2014-04-13 18:32
Jewish moms train kids to ask why
Inquisitive mind key to successful education; experts
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Korean and Jewish moms have a single-minded devotion to their children’s success and put an overwhelming emphasis on education as a means to achieve it. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
Updated : 2014-04-13 18:39
Are chaebol owners overpaid?
Critics call for disclosure of detailed guidelines on executive compensation
According to a recent executive salary disclosure, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (top left) received the largest paycheck, amounting to 30.1 billion won ($28.8 million). Following were Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo (top right) and Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn (bottom left). Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee (bottom right) was excluded from the list because the regulation on disclosure exempts non-board members Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
ODM channel behind S. Korean manufacturer’ robust growth
2014.04.13 17:53:27
As early as a decade ago, South Korea’s apparel company Sae-A Trading produced its goods entirely through OEM (original equipment manufacturer) channel. The apparel company recorded 1.3 trillion won ($1.2 billion) sales last year, as high as the amount generated by a large company. The driving engine behind its robust performance is ODM (original design manufacturer) channel. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
China targets trust firms in shadow-bank crackdown: sources
2:20am EDT
By Hongmei Zhao
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China has issued stricter guidelines governing trust companies, two sources with direct knowledge of the rules told Reuters on Monday, in a bid to counter systemic risks posed by the biggest players in the country’s shadow-banking sector. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
China’s local govt debt sparks fears of Lehman-style collapse
Staff Reporter
2014-04-13
China’s snowballing local government debt has investors concerned about a Lehman Brothers-style collapse triggering a new financial crisis, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
Chinese civil society: Beneath the glacier; In spite of a political clampdown, a flourishing civil society is taking hold
Apr 12th 2014 | BEIJING, CHENGDU AND GUANGZHOU | From the print edition
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
How Jyothy Laboratories Silenced Sceptics
by Samar Srivastava | Apr 14, 2014
The homegrown consumer goods company has beaten the odds and transformed to turn around the Henkel India business
Soon after homegrown Jyothy Laboratories acquired Henkel’s India business in May 2011, joint managing director Ullas Kamath went on a month-long road trip across the country. Kamath remembers that as being a lonely time, with only his driver for company. Just as well, though, as it was also a time for introspection and ideation. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
A Better Way to Finance That College Degree
A student-loan innovation protects graduates from overwhelming debt.
MIGUEL PALACIOS And ANDREW P. KELLY
April 13, 2014 6:38 p.m. ET
If you thought mortgage-underwriting standards were lax right before the housing crisis, wait until you take a closer look at student loans. Borrowing for a house at least requires an appraisal of the property and an assessment of the borrower’s future capacity to pay. Student loans require neither. Instead, students and families are encouraged to invest in any program at any price. There is a better way, but it’s time to look beyond traditional student loans. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
As Growth Slows in India, Rural Workers Have Fewer Incentives to Move to Cities
Few Manufacturing Jobs and High Inflation, Combined With Rural Programs, Stall India’s Urbanization
RAYMOND ZHONG and SAPTARISHI DUTTA
Updated April 13, 2014 10:43 p.m. ET
MORKAHI, India—As a teenager, Ram Singh left this remote rural village and moved to fast-growing New Delhi to chase the spoils of his country’s economic boom. Read more of this post
April 19, 2014 Leave a comment
Parental Involvement Is Overrated
By KEITH ROBINSON and ANGEL L. HARRIS
APRIL 12, 2014, 2:32 PM 78 Comments
Most people, asked whether parental involvement benefits children academically, would say, “of course it does.” But evidence from our research suggests otherwise. In fact, most forms of parental involvement, like observing a child’s class, contacting a school about a child’s behavior, helping to decide a child’s high school courses, or helping a child with homework, do not improve student achievement. In some cases, they actually hinder it. Read more of this post
April 18, 2014 Leave a comment
My Ideas, My Boss’s Property
By ORLY LOBELAPRIL 13, 2014
SAN DIEGO — THE big story in Silicon Valley these days is a class-action lawsuit alleging that several major tech companies, including Google and Apple, agreed not to try to hire away one another’s employees — thereby hindering workers from seeking out better-paying jobs. Read more of this post
April 18, 2014 Leave a comment
Happiness and Its Discontents
APRIL 13, 2014, 8:00 PM 3 Comments
What does it mean to be happy?
The answer to this question once seemed obvious to me. To be happy is to be satisfied with your life. If you want to find out how happy someone is, you ask him a question like, “Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole?” Read more of this post
April 18, 2014 Leave a comment
Leaner and More Efficient, British Printers Push Forward in Digital Age
By GEORGI KANTCHEVAPRIL 12, 2014
PETERBOROUGH, England — At a media conference a few years ago, the editor of The Guardian newspaper, contemplating the future of print, recalled his paper’s installation of its newest presses in 2005. Read more of this post
April 17, 2014 Leave a comment
Getting the Right Person in the Right Job
APRIL 13, 2014
By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE
Doug Tompkins is the founder of The North Face and the co-founder of Esprit. He and his wife, Kris, run Tompkins Conservation, a not-for-profit entity that acquires and restores nature reserves in Chile and Argentina, then donates them to national park systems. Read more of this post
April 17, 2014 Leave a comment
A Gossipy Newsletter Aims Higher
By RAVI SOMAIYAAPRIL 13, 2014
LONDON — Every Thursday the Popbitch newsletter, written in a typewriter font redolent of the early Internet, lands in the inboxes of hundreds of thousands people in Britain and around the world. Read more of this post
April 17, 2014 Leave a comment
Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow
By NICK BILTON
APRIL 13, 2014, 11:00 AM 35 Comments
I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
No, fans of “The Graduate,” the word isn’t “plastics.” Read more of this post
咬定青山不放松，立根原在破岩中。 千磨万击还坚劲，任尔东西南北风。
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