If They Can Knock Off Disneyland…
In the Hutong Mixing a cold cocktail of one part disgust, one part mirth, and three parts burnout 0016 hrs. So the world has discovered that Beijing has a theme park that significantly knocks off...
View ArticlePiracy: To Win the Battle, Identify the Enemy
In the Hutong Using WMD against mosquitos 2058 hrs. Shaun Rein fired me a link to his recent BusinessWeek op/ed about how it is possible to win the piracy battle. It’s worth a read. He and I are often...
View ArticleeKarma: Have a Little Virus, Pirates
Third Ring Road East Breathing deep the inversion layer 1022 hrs. Steven Schwankert of Village Grouch fame wrote an excellent piece for IDG (picked up here in The Washington Post) describing how...
View ArticleChina and the Salvation of Windows XP
Pacific Century Starbucks, Beijing Dust in the wind 1343 hrs. Galen Gruman at IDG publication InfoWorld has done the technology industries a community service, building a petition signed by 100,000...
View ArticlePRC IPR for MBAs
Starbucks Pinnacle Plaza Sucking Indian Summerbreeze 1354 hrs. Last week I had the opportunity to moderating a panel on technology and intellectual property rights in China for a group of MBA students...
View ArticleIPR Protection: Beyond Law and Enforcement
In the Hutong Sore from power-walking 1635 hrs. In conducting my technology and intellectual property rights (IPR) panel with the Notre Dame Medoza b-school students last week, I realized in the midst...
View ArticleTen Principles of Luxury Marketing in China
In the Hutong Do you use ice cream in coffee shakes? 1500 hrs. Before I do my deep-dive into the small shelf of books and articles on the PRC luxury goods industry that has been growing in my library,...
View ArticleChina, the WTO, and Censorship
In the Hutong Fighting the Hump Day Blues 1616 hrs. There is a movement afoot to build a case for filing a complaint against China at the World Trade Organization, alleging that China’s efforts to...
View ArticleDebunking Counterfeit Myths: It Ain’t About China
In the HutongFiguring out WordPress1348 hrs. A thoughtful piece in BusinessWeek, “Debunking Common Myths About Counterfeits” suggests that our peceptions about counterfeits and China may be a little...
View ArticleCongress, Huawei, and ZTE
In the Hutong Catching up post holiday 1108 hrs. If you have been following the news, you will have heard that a U.S. Congressional committee has issued a report urging U.S. firms not to do business...
View ArticleDebunking Counterfeit Myths: It Ain’t About China
In the HutongFiguring out WordPress1348 hrs. A thoughtful piece in BusinessWeek, “Debunking Common Myths About Counterfeits” suggests that our peceptions about counterfeits and China may be a little...
View ArticleSix Principles of Entrepreneurial IPR Protection in China
Hutong Forward Somewhere in San Francisco 0930 hrs. The issue of intellectual property rights and their protection continues to bedevil the agenda between China and the rest of the world. Do Chinese...
View ArticleSetting the Stage for Chinese Innovation
Near People’s Square, Shanghai Skyline in Silhouette 0700 hrs. Walking the floor at both CES in Las Vegas and Electronica China in Shanghai within a ten-week space provides one with a clear view of...
View ArticleShameless Plug Dept.: New Fast-Food Paper
Hutong West Contemplating lunch 1253 hrs. My most recent paper, this one on addressing the challenges facing fast food franchisors in China, “Jumping China’s Great Food Wall (pdf),” is now up on the...
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