Competitiveness in China
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 considering the size, fragmentation and competitiveness in the Chinese marketplace these days, just being there is not enough. Kent sums it up: “You can’t just be here. You have to be good.”
Three key take-aways from the study:
-China is losing it’s competitiveness
-Successful companies are adopting a dual strategy in China (listen for explanation)
-Companies should push China strategies to go deeper into China
Kent addresses the first two take-aways in today’s podcast. In the next episode, we’ll dive deeper into this third point.
In the meantime, if you have any questions or are looking for more insight into this report and its significance, e-mail Kent.
April 24th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
[...] my previous podcast, I talked about how you can’t succeed by simply being in China — you have to BE GOOD. [...]