The European Business Review

By Gregory C Chow
The most important aspect of the Chinese economy today is its rapid changes. The changes are propelled by the Chinese entrepreneurs. This essay is an attempt to understand who the entrepreneurs are, the environment in which they work, whether the dynamic changes will continue and what policies can be proposed to improve the [...]

By Michael Useem
Indian and Western business leaders preside over demanding worlds. Both bring a vision of where they want to take their enterprise, both are called on to make timely decisions, and both use much the same management skill set. Yet at the same time, Indian and Western executives have evolved distinct leadership styles that, in India’s [...]

By Christopher Alden
Spurred on by the global financial crisis, leading emerging states such as China have taken an increasingly commanding role in global economic affairs in response to the trauma experienced by Western industrialised states. Nowhere is this trend more evident than in Africa, a continent traditionally regarded as sitting on the margins of the [...]

By Simon Groves
The 2010 FIFA World Cup demonstrates that patriatism is alive and well throughout the world, and the images of ecstatic – some would say fanatical – supporters urging their national teams to victory, not to mention the constant deafening barrage of the now world famous (or should that be infamous?) vuvuzelas, still resonate [...]

Economic recovery in China, India, and elsewhere in the region could be the strongest source of sustained global growth for years to come.
In September 2008, the global financial crisis hit Asia like a tidal wave, flooding in from the U.S. and Europe. Within weeks, Asian GDP growth rates began to tumble: China’s annual growth rate [...]

After a tough grind through the Year of the Ox, it’s easy to see why China is looking forward to the beginning of the Year of the Tiger in February. Thanks in large part to the Chinese government’s ability to keep the world’s third-largest economy moving over the past 12 months with a massive, two-year, [...]

Although they often behave like the new global citizens, China’s modern consumers have many unique traits that aren’t immediately obvious to marketers. New research into buying habits and brand preferences shows the risks of misreading this complex and fast-changing market.
In 1995, executives at a major US appliance manufacturer thought they had China all figured out. [...]

Developing and developed countries may have a lot more in common these days than many people think. Take health care. As the U.S. Congress continues to debate President Obama’s controversial national health care plan, an innovative program similarly aiming to improve the lives of the poor is being launched on the other side of the [...]

Moises Naim, editor of Foreign Policy, has spent more than a decade studying the illicit economy that moves everything from drugs and guns to pirated movies and human body parts around the world. In the book, Illicit, he outlines what amount to a shadow system of global business and trade.

Q: In Illicit, you write that [...]

If there were just a few things that China has wholly embraced from the West, it would be their love for Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC as it is more commonly known. In 1987, the fast-food operator opened its first outlet near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Then came 2,000 other outlets, which sprung up across [...]