I recently traveled to Shenzhen to interview Huawei rotating Chairman Guo Ping. Not only is he one of the key decision-makers for the company right now, but he was also Huawei’s 5th employee. So I thought he would be the perfect person to ask both about Huawei’s early days and the most important business questions […]
Hey. here are the notes: Syllabus and reading for the class Course Outline.Digital Strategy.2020 Final Paper and Project Descriptions. AIT Digital Strategy.Final Paper.2020 Examples of good past papers. But a bit short. Great Paper. 2019.G13-ME20203018-ME20203059-ME20203061 Group 26.great example of small Lecture 1 CEIBS Digital Strategy Lecture_1-11.19.v2.public Lecture 2 CEIBS Digital Strategy Lecture_2-11.19.v2.public Lecture […]
In Part 1, I detailed my visit to JD’s new E-Space store in Chongqing. And I ended by posing the following question: Can “experiential” retail dramatically improve the user experience such that traditionally run department stores are at a competitive disadvantage? And my answer to that is yes in basically 6 situations and product types. […]
I’m on a flight home from a visit to JD’s new E-Space in Chongqing. It was quite cool and I’ve been mulling over its implications – for new retail, for ecommerce and for online-merge-offline in China. Here is my current thinking. But first…please join my executive education course Jeff’s Asia Tech Class on China’s tech […]
In this class, I discuss my visit to JD’s new 50,000 sqm e-space in Chongqing – and the question of what new retail (i.e., online-merge-offline) will mean for department stores and shopping malls. You can listen here or at iTunes and Himalaya. Articles / podcasts cited in this class: JD’s E-Space Is a Fascinating New […]
This is Part 2 on my list of cool stuff JD is doing. Not necessarily the big initiatives – but the smaller and often more inventive ideas. In Part 1, I talked about their farming initiative, which is pretty intriguing. First… join my executive education class on China’s tech leaders – and on the strategies […]
I keep a short list of cool stuff China’s digital giants are doing. Not just the big initiatives – but the smaller and often more inventive ideas. And JD tends to have a lot of these. From building their own robotics and drones to trash sorting / redemption programs and farming initiatives, JD has lots […]
