China Business Blog and Podcast
Is China a threat or an opportunity for your company? Are there real growth opportunities for you in the world's fastest growing market? Expertise and insight from Technomic Asia China, a market strategy consulting firm with more than 20 years in China.
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News Flash – Mexico is Closer to the U.S. than is China!!
An article in CNN Money a couple of days ago was headlined “Mexico overtakes China as the number one location for manufacturing goods destined for the American market.” A survey was done among U.S. manufacturers who said that, on average, fully landed manufacturing costs on products manufactured in …
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China M&A – An interview with Dr. Kim Woodard (part 2)
Download this podcast Length 17:54 Download audio file (20091102_kim_woodard_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a Podcast interview with Dr. Kim Woodard, the newest addition to the Technomic Asia team here in Shanghai. Kim’s background includes setting up A.T. Kearney in the early days of China busi …
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China M&A – An Interview with Dr. Kim Woodard (part 1)
Download this podcast Length 17:03 Download audio file (20091028_kim_woodard_pt1.mp3) Unless you have been living in a hole or the dark side of the moon for the past year, your life has somehow been impacted by the global economic slowdown. You, a friend or a family member have lost a job; yo …
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Life in China IS Reality TV
Download this podcast Length 6:14 Download audio file (20091025_china_reality_show.mp3) I woke up this morning with two words running through my head: “Reality TV”. Kind of a scary thought, huh? But what got me thinking about Reality TV is not the content, per se, but the business model: find a b …
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Seeing China’s Potential – Part 2 of an Interview with Sayed Jafry of ThermoFisher Scientific
Download this podcast Length 15:22 Download audio file (20091016_syed_jafy_pt2.mp3) Last week I posted the first part of an interview with Sayed Jafry of ThermoFisher where we discussed their decision to located the global headquarters for their environmental division in China. Even though China i …
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Seeing China’s Potential – An interview with Syed Jafry of ThermoFisher Scientific (part 1)
Download this podcast Length 14:38 Download audio file (20091014_syed_jafy_pt1.mp3) Those of you who are long-time listeners to the China Business Podcast have heard us talk, endlessly, about ways that companies need to be looking at the potential opportunities in China, not just the actual ones … …
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Don’t make me disobey my mother … China should be a top priority for 2010
Download this podcast Length 4:16 Download audio file (20091009_china_top_2010.mp3) My mother told me that its not polite to say “I told you so”, but I can’t help it. From the start of the global economic crisis last year, we’ve been blogging and Podcasting like maniacs saying, “Yea … I know it is …
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Healthcare … a right or a business??
More not-so-random thoughts on China health insurance I was just in the U.S., speaking at the Analytical and Life Sciences Systems Association annual senior management meeting on the China market for healthcare and food safety research. In preparing for that talk and my most recent Podcast on Chin …
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Health Care Insurance in China, Really?
Download this podcast Length 15:40 Download audio file (20091002_china_healthcare3.mp3) In the past couple of Podcasts, we’ve been talking about healthcare in China and, specifically, about the potential opportunities that this might represent for foreign companies doing business in China. The ral …
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In China, its not easy being “green”
Interesting article by Tom Friedman in the NYT the other day on the race to get green between China and the West. I love Friedmans stuff he hails from my neck of the woods, St. Louis Park, MN so I gotta support the homies but I think might be getting a bit too excited too soon. The story can be …
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Technomic Asia’s Kedl on Marketplace Radio – GM Producing Buick’s (Beike) in China
Technomic Asias Kent Kedl was interviewed on Marketplace Radio on Tuesday, May 26. The story focuses on GM producing cars in China, not only for the China market, but perhaps to export to the US. Its a story that illustrates the interdependence of global supply chains. The piece is reported by Ma …
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Crazy for Coffee in China – but is it a market yet?
Finally, my coffee addiction is validated by Science. My late night espresso binges have been criticized by friends: “ARE YOU CRAZY???” theyd ask. Turns out I am just the opposite – a recent study by some Scandinavians (who know their coffee) found that “those who had reported drinking three to fi …
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In China A Name Means Something
Download this podcast Length - 7:39 Download audio file (20090905_name.mp3) The scholar Confucius was an interesting guy … he was also a bit of a worry-wart. Certainly, there was a lot to be worried about … Kingdoms were fighting Kingdoms, people were starving, there was a general lack of education …
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China Health Care: The Land of Opportunity
Download this podcast Download audio file (20090830_healthcare2.mp3) In a country this big there are plenty of sick people. Combine hundreds of millions of sick people, with less than 1,200 hospitals capable of providing comprehensive care, by that I mean best physicians, technicians, and staffing, …
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China strategist and M & A specialist joins Technomic Asia team in Shanghai
Dr. Kim Woodard will extend Technomic Asia M A practice Shanghai – August 21, 2009 – Technomic Asia CEO, Steve Ganster, announced today that Dr. Kim Woodard will join the company as of September 1, 2009 and will help lead the company’s Asian M A practice, focusing on developing a comprehensive dea …
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China Healthcare … and you think the U.S. has problems??
Download this podcast Download audio file (20090807_china_healthcare1.mp3) I have been living and/or working in China for over 20 years and have been witness to one of the world’s most amazing phenomena … the aging of the population. Why is that so amazing in China? Well, just 50 years ago the lif …
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China Has Gone Mainstream, But US Business Still Gets Excited
Download this podcast Download audio file (20090703_nothing.mp3) Those of you who are regular consumers of this Podcast and associated blog may have noticed that I have been unusually quiet as of late. In fact, I’ve gotten email messages asking if I was alright. Was I sick? Did I break my fingers …
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Continuous Market Entry Never Ends in China
Download this podcast Download audio file (20090629_market_entry.mp3) Nearly 18 months ago, I wrote an article for the British Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou called “Continuous Market Entry”. A client of ours found that article and called to talk to me about it. It had been awhile since I looked …
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China’s M&A Market, Like a Ride on Disney’s Space Mountain
Download this podcast Download audio file (20090621_manda.mp3) I’m speaking this week at the Sixth Annual GIC Mergers and Acquisition Summit, the title of my presentation is Deal Cultivation – Keys to Success in Making Acquisitions in China. The MA process in China is much different than in the Un …
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Mergers and Acquisitions in China: Not a Quick Wedding
Steve Ganster Keynotes Deal Cultivation at China M A Conference Shanghai, China, June 21, 2009 – Steve Ganster, Executive Director of Technomic Asia, will highlight the opportunities and challenges of mergers and acquisitions in China at the GIC sixth annual Mergers and Acquisitions Summit held in …
China Business Blog and Podcast
