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Is China a threat or an opportunity for your company? Are the 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 over 20 years in China.
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LOLJPB, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: LOLJPB
Do business with China? Then this is the podcast for you. The focus of this podcast is on the issues that suppliers to OEMs are facing given the intense competition with Chinese companies. If that affects you then this podcast would be a great one to start with.
The China Business Podcast is pretty in-depth though so if you're looking for some general information about outsourcing and the impact that China will have on the global business scene then I have a couple of other recommendations for you. The audiobooks The World is Flat and China, Inc. would be better and more interesting sources of knowledge. Both of these audiobooks can be found in the business section of our main catalog.
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Multitasking in China: Put the phone down!
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Jun 10, 2008
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Based on a humorous society and culture column Kent Kedl wrote for “that’s Shanghai” magazine, this podcast features a little rant about what Kent sees as excessive multitasking. Let’s just say, you shouldn’t hear a toilet flush on the other end of the business phone call you’re on.
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Economic impact of the earthquake in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Jun 03, 2008
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The world has been riveted by the tragedy that struck Western China several weeks ago — the earthquake centered in Sichuan province. At the time of this writing, the death toll is well over 60,000, and there are tens of thousands still missing. Millions of people are homeless and many [...]
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Examples of “being good” in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Apr 24, 2008
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In my previous podcast, I talked about how you can’t succeed by simply being in China — you have to BE GOOD. In today’s follow-up, we share some examples of companies and strategies that ARE GOOD.
In the past podcast, I referenced the famous quote from Woody Allen — “90 percent [...]
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Competitiveness in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Mar 17, 2008
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Earlier this month, the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai released the findings of a study conducted among 66 of the chamber’s member companies, assessing their global competitiveness and ways in which they might become more competitive.
Remember when Woody Allen said, “Ninety percent of life is just showing up”? The [...]
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Talking economics: China markets and costs
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
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As China’s over-heated stock markets started to take a bit of a dive early last year, Kent Kedl had a bit of an epiphany: For months, the market had been steadily rising, a China dot-com bubble of sorts in the making. People here were dumping everything into the stock market. [...]
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China outlook 2008
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Jan 07, 2008
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China holds much hope in 2008, and the findings from the 2007 China Business Report from the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai support that statement. In today’s podcast, Kent Kedl talks about the highlights of the survey in the areas of motivation and regulation. Kedl and others presented the [...]
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Kent Kedl writes about “continuous market entry” in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Dec 27, 2007
In the most recent issue of Chamber Eye, the magazine published by the British Chamber Of Commerce in Guangdong, China, Technomic Asia’s Kent Kedl writes about the idea of “continuous market entry”:
For most foreign companies establishing a business in China, the phrase “China market entry” is a one-time process of market assessment, strategy planning and [...]
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Guanxi and government relationships in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Fri, Nov 30, 2007
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Executive search and finding the right talent in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Wed, Nov 14, 2007
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Kent Kedl interviews Lee Brantingham, partner at Strategic Executive Search. SES has been in business for about 20 years, helping companies recruit business leaders across China and the greater Asia Pacific region.
Kent and Lee discuss HR issues in China, particularly the opportunities and challenges in finding the right talent to lead business [...]
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Impact of the China Party Congress
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Oct 22, 2007
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Today we’re discussing a topic we purposefully avoid on the China Business Podcast: Chinese politics. I’ve had some time to reflect on the China Party Congress itself and the impact it’s likely to have on the business environment here in China.
The party congress is held about once every five years in [...]
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Earning my “license to kill”: Driving in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Oct 08, 2007
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Kent Kedl shares the hilarious — and completely true — tale of his efforts to earn a driver’s license in Shanghai. Give a listen to learn about the Office of Telling People to go to Other Offices, the absurd questions that sound like a George Bush speech translated to Swahili and back [...]
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Continuous market entry in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Sep 25, 2007
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In today’s China Business Podcast, Kent Kedl discusses the idea of “continuous market entry.” He emphasizes the importance of looking at the Chinese market as if your company had never been here before. Much like the idea of a couple keeping their relationship fresh by not losing touch of the spark they [...]
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China Law Blog: Interview with Steve Dickinson
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Aug 27, 2007
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In today’s episode of the China Business Podcast, I sit down for a discussion with Steve Dickinson of the China Law Blog, one of the best blogs on the Web.
Steve is an American lawyer living in Shanghai. Over the last ten years Steve has taught law (in Chinese) off and on at [...]
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Supply quality concerns in China aren’t new
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Aug 09, 2007
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China has been hitting the news again recently, and this time it is over quality issues from products manufactured in China. It started with pet food, and then moved on to tires, toothpaste and now some toys are suspected of having lead paint on them.
To those of us that have been hanging [...]
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China’s new VAT export refund policy
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Jul 12, 2007
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China’s new value-added tax refund rate policy was announced on June 19th. In essence, the new policy will reduce the amount of VAT refund currently enjoyed by exporters in China. The scope of impact will depend on both the exporter’s structure as well as the type of product it exports (a product’s [...]
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Steve Ganster presents opening speech for Shanghai American Chamber Annual China Trends Conference
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Jul 02, 2007
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The Shanghai American Chamber conducted its annual China Trends conference in Shanghai earlier this month, aiming to update the business community on key trends in China’s economic, regulatory, political and business areas that will affect the operations of American and other foreign businesses in China.
Steven Ganster, managing director of China strategy consulting [...]
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China strategy in Six Steps: Part 2 of 2
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, May 24, 2007
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This is second of two parts of my presentation from a recent event hosted by the Minnesota Trade Office. The first part, which you can find here, covers an introduction to China strategy and a discussion of the first step –- analyzing your “China readiness.”
As we continue today with “The Six Steps [...]
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China strategy in Six Steps: Part 1 of 2
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, May 01, 2007
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Today’s podcast is from a presentation I gave recently at an event for the Minnesota Trade Office, its 2007 China Practicum. I spoke at the first China Practicum, too, ten years ago. As you might have guessed, things have changed a bit since then.
In this seminar, I laid out the basic principles [...]
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China strategy: Crossing the rocky river
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Mar 20, 2007
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The only way to cross a river with no bridges, that’s full of stones and has a rapid current, is with a good strategy. A former premier of China once said that you cross a rocky river by feeling for stones. Feeling for those stones and crossing the river is the business [...]
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Real-world case study in China strategy
Author: Kent Kedl
Wed, Feb 21, 2007
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Steve Ganster and Kent Kedl, authors of the business strategy book “The China Ready Company,” have posted an audio recording of a chapter of their book online, as a special installment of their China Business Podcast series. The chapter discusses a real-world case study of ABC Company’s planning for China. ABC Company [...]
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WD-40’s China strategy, part 2
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Feb 01, 2007
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Interview with Geoff Holdsworth, managing director, Asia Pacific for WD-40: Part 2
Kent Kedl of Technomic Asia brings you part 2 of his interview with Geoff. Geoff and Kent discuss finding and hiring the right people for your China operation and how to train them.
Geoff says hiring is not all that different than [...]
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WD-40’s China strategy
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Jan 02, 2007
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Kent Kedl interviews Geoff Holdsworth, managing director, Asia Pacific for WD-40. This is part 1 of a two-part interview. We’ll post part about a week or two from now. Geoff talks about the beginnings of the WD-40 brand and distribution in China, how they entered the market, and how they “leaked in” [...]
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China business is like dodgeball
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Nov 30, 2006
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How can companies avoid trouble in the complicated and exotic China business landscape? Simple. The rule is this: Success in China is like a game of dodge ball: The winner is the last one standing.
There are no secrets that you have to uncover, no foggy path you must walk down, no secret [...]
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Starbucks in China and booming cities
Author: Kent Kedl
Thu, Nov 16, 2006
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And we’re back! Sorry for being out of touch for so long. We’ve been busy with speaking engagements and moving across the globe. I moved full-time to Shanghai — saves the insane amount of travel I was doing before. My partner Steve Ganster and I have been speaking at China-focused events in [...]
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Retail and consumer goods in China
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Aug 29, 2006
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The retail/consumer goods market in China is dramatically different than in the U.S. or anywhere else. The China Business Podcast’s own Kent Kedl and 13-year China vet Matt Cooper discuss some of the specifics of hitting this much sought-after market. Kent is co-author of “The China Ready Company,” and Matt been in [...]
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China’s automotive aftermarket is growing, complicated
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Aug 21, 2006
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China’s automotive aftermarket is a growing, complicated market. A new research report from Technomic Asia offers some insight and statistics on the Chinese auto aftermarket. Steve Ganster, CEO of Technomic Asia and author of “The China Ready Company,” discusses some highlights and lessons from this new report. Steve discusses trends in the [...]
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Wait! You’re not ready for China!
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Jun 20, 2006
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Is your company a Type D? If so, you had better wait: You’re not ready for China.
In this edition of the China Business Podcast, Kent Kedl discusses the China Readiness Assessment — and the significance of its results — with Jim Pentecost of Dickinson Press.
Dickinson Press recently completed Technomic Asia’s China Readiness [...]
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Don’t wait for politicians to fix things
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Apr 25, 2006
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The global trade imbalance — which is somewhere around $200 billion between the U.S. and China right now — is something that we can change. There’s no need to wait for politicians and economists to work their bureaucratic magic (or lack thereof). Proactive business tactics are the solution to any business problem [...]
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China’s President Hu Jintao visits the United States
Author: Kent Kedl
Wed, Apr 12, 2006
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Today’s installment of the China Business Podcast features Steven Ganster and Kent Kedl, directors of Technomic Asia, offering their insights on the upcoming visit to the United States by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Ganster comments on the U.S. perspective and offers advice for U.S. businesses, who he says will benefit from “direct engagement” [...]
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Chat with the National Association of Manufacturers
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Mar 21, 2006
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Today’s installment of the China Business Podcast comes to us courtesy of the National Association of Manufacturers. Steve Ganster, the managing director of international strategy firm Technomic Asia, appeared on NAM’s radio show to discuss his new book, “The China Ready Company,” which he co-authored with Kent Kedl, Technomic Asia’s executive director [...]
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The Six Ds: due diligence, due diligence, due diligence
Author: Kent Kedl
Fri, Feb 03, 2006
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We have been talking in the past few podcasts about doing a China acquisition & alliance deal - what we call A&A. I have used a number of analogies - from boat captains to dating relationships - to describe the process and outcomes of China A&A. Today, I would like [...]
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Qualifying China partners
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Jan 17, 2006
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In our last podcast, we talked about a really, really bad idea I heard about during a conversation with a guy on airplane. To review, he was hell-bent on totally destroying his company by entering the China market by doing a really stupid deal with a Chinese company that he knew NOTHING [...]
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Date before you get married
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Dec 13, 2005
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I fell into conversation with a guy on an airplane recently. You know, that kind of easy, open talking that two people do when they know they are only going to be knowing each other for the next 90 minutes. After the usual “What do you do? Oh, that’s interesting,” “What do [...]
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“Outsourcing” buzzword
Author: Kent Kedl
Wed, Nov 02, 2005
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“Outsourcing” is a buzzword that was originally used along with “Management By Objective” and “Core Competencies” as something that added value to a company or a business. In this case, a company figured out what they were best at, management set clear objectives and their performance was measured by those objectives. Outsourcing [...]
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It goes to 11: Spinal Tap for China Strategy
Author: Kent Kedl
Fri, Oct 07, 2005
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The other day I was sitting with the general manager and the VP of manufacturing from a company and we were talking about their China strategy. They are currently sourcing a couple of products from a China supplier there but two executives were thinking that they could do something more. We talked [...]
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…There were louder rumblings of agreement, and…
Author: Kent Kedl
Tue, Sep 13, 2005
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…There were louder rumblings of agreement, and another man stood up and told the story of how his horse and cart had fallen down the side of a steep hill and his horse was injured.
“Now I have no way to make money. We must do something about this gravity!”
This was too much [...]
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Pundits fear China, but…
Author: Kent Kedl
Mon, Aug 29, 2005
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The talking-head circuit in the global media has never had a feeding frenzy quite like the topic of China in the global economy. Learned scholars, business people and pointy-headed pundits yammer on and on about the opportunity that China represents or the threat of disaster that is sure to follow its global [...]
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