McKinsey Greater China

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[...] of times you come downtown could easily fall close to zero. Read more of my views on my LinkedIn Influencer blog. And please follow me on Twitter. Image credit: Paul Arps / Flickr [...]

[...] in China right out of college? How did it work out for you? Read more of my views on my LinkedIn Influencer blog. And please follow me on Twitter. Image credit: Penn State / Flickr [...]

[...] strap or handle fall off before the end of the conference. Read more of my views on my LinkedIn Influencer blog. And please follow me on Twitter. [...]

[...] , competition is intensifying, and costs are rising. With greater scale and capabilities, Chinese companies find many Asian markets in particular looking attractive – higher prices and less [...]

[...] need massive amounts of help to do so. Already the cost of good IT talent is soaring. Most Chinese companies will be unable to solve their technology challenges for themselves. Clean energy: China [...]

[...] economic growth was remarkable. If half of it comes into being, the opportunities for Chinese companies could also be large. It is time to explore, build a presence and potentially make some big [...]

[...] new Internet wave will change the nature of competition: it will enable the most efficient Chinese companies to grow more quickly, shine more transparency on business and consumer markets, and create [...]

[...] have had to agree to annual wage increases three to four percentage points higher than state-owned enterprises in order to narrow the significant pay differential that had developed by 2010. The [...]

[...] ownership is not needed and may often be a disadvantage. Increasingly, China’s state-owned enterprises, who make most of these investments, prefer to invest in Asia over Africa as they find [...]

[...] value chain, China Inc (and in these sectors it is very much China Inc, almost entirely state-owned enterprises) would take opportunities to undertake value added processing in Russia. Russia has the [...]

[...] for individuals from businesses who are using their data. Many private companies and state-owned enterprises hold vast amounts of information on their customers. While new laws have been passed [...]

[...] liberalization, major regulatory changes and the rise of digital finance. What do we see? Chinese consumers are not loyal to their banks. For example, less than half of Chinese consumers will remain [...]

[...] has allowed it to make more sophisticated products and move into first-tier cities. Rising Chinese consumers The American middle class was the world economy’s growth engine throughout the 20th [...]

[...] , and most recently in 2007 and 2011.) Highlights of our current research include: Chinese consumers are still among the least loyal in Asia. For example, less than half of Chinese [...]

[...] coming into many service sectors, to provide new services that will be purchased by Chinese consumers, and to stimulate domestic competition to improve (in the same way that foreign investment [...]

[...] The McKinsey Global Institute recently published the results of their research into global flows of goods, services, [...]

[...] classified as officially poor, but are still unable to meet decent standards of living. (McKinsey Global Institute) The first and most immediate objective for the government is to manage their [...]

[...] I just published with my colleagues at the McKinsey Global Institute a new (and lengthy) report on China’s Internet and its potential impact on China’s [...]

[...] sustainable model for growth. About the authors Jonathan Woetzel is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, where Yougang Chen is a principal, Michael Chui is a partner, and Elsie Chang and [...]

[...] for the materials. For example, I got the sense that there is a new willingness to accept Chinese investment in exploiting new mines in Siberia and the Russian Far East, with a list of priority [...]

[...] a visit to Pakistan this week was just how positively China is regarded. Chinese business, Chinese investment, Chinese products, Chinese leaders all seen in a very positive light. As the consumption [...]

According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, non-financial direct investments into Russia in 2014 increased by over 250% to more than USD 8 billion. [...]

[...] game changing announcements may be made, opening large parts of the Russian economy up to Chinese investment for the first time. What might be on the wish list? Could there be benefits for both [...]

I received a call last week from a group of planners at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planning body. T [...]

I just published with my colleagues at the McKinsey Global Institute a new (and lengthy) report on China’s Internet and its potential impact on Chin [...]

The leaders of China’s Internet success stories are rapidly becoming part of China’s establishment, interacting frequently with senior government [...]

Until recently, China’s Internet economy was consumer driven. The country leads the world in the number of Internet users, and Chinese enterprises d [...]

[...] and social services in Beijing. I concluded with a discussion on how the development of Internet businesses in China is changing citizens’ needs for what they most need in their local community. I [...]

[...] selling and digital marketing more quickly. More broadly, the increased productivity of Internet businesses, especially in retail and financial services, are leading to job losses, losses of well- [...]

[...] companies are seen to be role models in data protection. Encouraging national markets. Most Internet businesses are born national. Yet regulations at a city or provincial level can hold back the [...]