To Kill the Goose that Lays Golden Cars
Too many cars and too much traffic. Beijing tries to rein in the deteriorating problems with administrative measures. The fiscal incentives to buy cars have been consigned to history. The country is no...
View ArticleCan Italy Be Chinese Investors’ Port Of Call?
Courtesy of Marco Spinedi, Asia Observatory, Scientific Committee Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s recent official visit to China has brought the prospect of Asian direct investment in European...
View ArticleIs the First Globalization Age Already Over? The Foucault Pendulum is...
Something happened during these last months to the global manufacturing scenario. It seems as if some events, unconnected to each other, emerged from the river of globalization as obstacles to its...
View ArticleThe Soviet-ization Of The Chinese Economy – Part 2 of 5
In the Soviet Union, the theoretical battle had been won by the “voluntarists” against the “determinists.” The former (led by Preobrazenski and other important Bolsheviks that were subsequently...
View ArticleCrisis, Fuel Prices, And Infrastructure Put The Brakes On The Indian...
After years of constant acceleration, the Indian automobile industry has abruptly hit the brakes. Sales have decreased for the second month in a row; the sharp august decline (-19% with respects to the...
View ArticleThe Soviet-ization Of China – Part 3 of 5
The framework of the Chinese economic model was industrialization in forced steps. Before building up Socialism, the country needed to defeat its backwardness. Therefore, it needed to build a material...
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Lessons from the History of the Global Chemical Industry for China’s Companies
Dr. Kai Pflug, CEO, Management Consulting – Chemicals (Ltd.) Dr. Bernhard Hartmann, Managing Director, A.T. Kearney China Most Chinese chemical industry participants would agree that the domestic...
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Water treatment in China
Water treatment describes those processes which make water more acceptable for a specific end use. Depending on the requirements of this end use, water treatment thus means removal of specific...
View ArticleRatan Tata Steps Down, After 144 The Helm Goes To An Outsider
After 144 years, the president of the Tata group will not share his last name with the company: Ratan Tata, after 21 years, is stepping down. He leaves his corporate responsibilities among recognition...
View ArticleConsolidation of China’s Fragmented Industrial Sectors – about time but...
Unlike industries controlled by a few giants such as oil, railway, utilities and telecommunication, the industrial sectors in China are actually highly fragmented. According to neoclassic economics...
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