Category Archives: Danwei FM

China Businesscast: Restrictions on foreign investments with attorney Steven Dickinson

Posted on 2008-02-25 by Robert Ness

A conversation with attorney Steven Dickinson, coauthor of China Law Blog, on the new rules for foreign direct investment in China.

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China Businesscast: China’s New Oriental and ETS, a classic IPR case study

Posted on 2008-02-20 by Robert Ness

A talk with IPR attorney Maya Alexandri on what IPR-related policies foreign companies operating in China should adopt.

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Danwei FM: Technology policy in Asia

Posted on 2008-01-04 by Robert Ness

Interview with David Wolf, CEO of Wolf Group Asia, on China’s technology policy.

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Danwei FM: CEO of China-based vertical search engine

Posted on 2008-01-02 by Robert Ness

Barak Paztal is co-CEO of Meijob.com, a job-focused vertical search engine based in Beijing. Barak introduces his firm and gives insight into the job search experience of China’s jobless netizens.

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Danwei FM: Interview with Caroline Campbell

Posted on 2007-12-24 by Robert Ness

Interview with Caroline Campbell, creative director and co-producer of the Green Dragon Media Project.

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Danwei FM interview with Bill Bishop of Red Mushroom

Posted on 2007-12-10 by Robert Ness

An interview with Bill Bishop, CEO of Red Mushroom, the company responsible for children’s virtual world Baobaobengbeng

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Danwei FM: Inflation in China

Posted on 2007-12-06 by Robert Ness

Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group (CMR), shares his insights on recent inflation in China and its effect on the consumer.

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Danwei FM: Chinese demand more plastic

Posted on 2007-10-31 by Robert Ness

Your correspondent had a business textbook in university that illustrated, with neat little box diagrams, the cultural differences in economic behavior between East and West, specifically that Americans buy everything on credit while Asians stow all their money in low … Continue reading →

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Danwei FM: Job search with Maneck Mohan

Posted on 2007-10-29 by Robert Ness

Maneck Mohan, founder of Recruit.net As Chinahr.com’s annoying superman job seeker commercial circulates on Focus Media screens and subway station walls, we are reminded of the proliferation of job sites that has occurred in the last year or so. Is … Continue reading →

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When strategy consultants collide; “the good stuff” vs “its good enuff”

Posted on 2007-10-23 by Robert Ness

Strategic consultants do battle Orit Gadiesh, chairwoman at Bain and Company, published an article in Forbes.com arguing that multinational brewing companies should to produce light beer versions of their international products at low cost, with quality just good enough to … Continue reading →

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