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A China Bridge to Somewhere … we are just not sure where

Download this podcast Length – 10:20 Download audio file (20100127_bridge_to_somewhere.mp3) As we’ve been saying on this Podcast for a month or so now, China had a really good 2009.  While most of the world is thrilled to send 2009 off to the Group Home for Annoying Old Years and welcome 2010 in diapers, China is still doing victory [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 18:21 Download audio file (20100123_kim_woodard_pt5.mp3) We are continuing our series on mergers and acquisitions in China through a conversation I have been having with Kim Woodard, a Vice President here at Technomic Asia and a specialist in China M&A.  In over 30 years of doing business in China, Kim has done deals both [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 17:55 Download audio file (20100118_kim_woodard_pt4.mp3) One of our themes for 2010 here at the China Business Blog and Podcast is “acquisitions”.  A typical market sector in China is very fragmented and very crowded – there are many players working in their own local areas.  From automotive, to healthcare to consumer products … they [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 6:47 Download audio file (20100103_direct_sales.mp3) I was quoted recently in an article in the New York Times on the growing demand of direct sales in China.  The article is very well done and I highly recommend anything that David Barboza writes on China … the man knows his stuff about China [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 14:23 Download audio file (20091230_five_themes.mp3) OK… I am just going to put it out there: these last 10 years have kind of sucked.  Years from now, we are going to look back on the first decade of the new millennium and only the very strong among us are going to be able to [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 6:14 Download audio file (20091228_kiss_off.mp3) Most Americans live with the delusion that we blend in well in foreign cultures. We think that because we come from a melting pot culture we are, by definition and constitution, “multi-cultural” and, therefore, “any-cultural”.  As a card-carrying American (VISA card, I should clarify), I can tell you [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 13:17 Download audio file (20091219_david_thomas_pt2.mp3) We are at the end of a two-part interview with David Thomas, Founder and Managing Director of Think Global Consulting, based in Sydney, Australia.  In the first part of our interview, we explored the long – and often complicated – relationship between Australia and China.  As members of [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 13:39 Download audio file (20091208_david_thomas_pt1.mp3) In  past interviews here on the China Business Podcast, we’ve talked with business leaders about their approaches to China … why their company came to China, how they are approaching the market, how  things are going, etc.  I am trying to think back, but I don’t think we’ve [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 14:00 Download audio file (20091122_a_bill_powell_pt3.mp3) In our recent Podcast series, we have been talking with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines, based in Shanghai.  In the last Podcast, we got into, what I thought, was a VERY interesting discussion about the uniqueness of what is going on in China these [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 6:43 Download audio file (20091126_soe_and_poe.mp3) Those who have been doing business in China for awhile are quite familiar with the differences between the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and the Privately-Owned Enterprises (POEs).  For those of you not familiar with this distinction, let me break it down for you.  The POEs are just that, companies [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 21:17 Download audio file (20091118_a_bill_powell_pt2.mp3) We are in the middle of a discussion with Bill Powell, senior writer for Time and Fortune magazines.  In the first part, we talked about China and the rest of the world, how we try to make comparisons to what is happening in China with what we have [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 17:29 Download audio file (20091115_bill_powell_pt1.mp3) Over the past 4 years of the China Business Podcast we’ve done many interviews with business people in China, typically leaders of companies or operations.  We’ve talked about the intricacies of doing business here, the opportunities and challenges, and specific strategies and tactics that have worked for them. Well, [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 6:43 Download audio file (20091106_safety_in_china.mp3) I was in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago for a conference.  I flew from Shanghai to LAX, landing there at about 11:00 in the morning.  By noon I was on the road in my rental car.  But it wasn’t until about 12:45, driving 70 mph on [...]

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Download this podcast Length – 16:50 Download audio file (20091106_kim_woodard_pt3.mp3) OK … we are on to Part 3 of our interview with the newest addition to the Technomic Asia team, Kim Woodard.  In this section, we get down into the nitty-gritty of doing deals in China.  Enjoy!

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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 business and running his own boutique M&A consulting firm.  We brought [...]

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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; your municipal budgets are being cut; heck, [...]

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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 bunch of people, average schlubs, and film them [...]

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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 is not currently a big part of their business, ThermoFisher management thinks that this [...]

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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 … to look not only at the present, but the future of [...]

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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 rough out there.  But China [...]

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