Meituan vs. Alibaba vs. Ctrip Is About 3 Big Questions (Pt 4 of 4)

Since visiting Meituan headquarters, I’ve written a quite a lot about the company (see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). And Meituan’s world is kind of fascinating right now. They have gone public. Awesome. Congratulations. A well-funded war has been launched against them by Ele.me (i.e., Alibaba) in food delivery. Ouch. Meituan and several […]

My Favorite China Reading – October 2018

Greetings from Peking University, I am back in Beijing after China’s big holiday week. I generally try to avoid the tourist craziness that happens every year at this time. In terms of digital China, the giants just keep accelerating and surprising everyone. Lots of interesting things happening in mobility (Didi) and new retail (JD) right […]

重要的是:滴滴正迅速建立司机服务 (第2部分,共3部分)

在该系列文章的第1部分,我接触了一位滴滴司机,试图能够更好地了解滴滴司机的生活(点击此处下载文章)。在第2部分,我将探讨滴滴业务在司机和车主方面非常酷的不断创新。 

阿里巴巴全球领导力学院的最终观感(第3部分,共3部分)

我最近参观了阿里巴巴全球领导力学院(AGLA)。 在第1部分,我描述了我的参观感受。 在第2部分,我谈及该学院和其中一些学员(总结:精彩纷呈)。 这一部分关于杭州 AGLA 和其行政人员的一些最终想法。没有什么条理,只是一些碎片。

Luckin Coffee Doesn’t Need to Beat Starbucks to Win Big in China (Video)

Some thoughts on Starbucks vs. Luckin Coffee in China. Plus stuff around Beijing and Shanghai. Although the outlet number (I said 650) has been increasing rapidly. Link is here. ——— Music by Tobu, Wholm and Blume!https://tobumusic.comhttps://www.youtube.com/tobuofficialhttps://www.facebook.com/tobuofficialhttps://www.soundcloud.com/7obu.

A Day in the Life of a Didi Chuxing Driver (Pt 1 of 3)

I recently sat down with Wang Ziming, a Shanghai native, family man, entrepreneur and top driver for Didi Chuxing. My goal was to understand his work as a Didi driver. What was life like? How has it been changing? What’s next? In this three-part series, I am going to try and detail how the other […]

阿里巴巴全球领导力学院非常出色,你应该现在就申请(2/3)

在第1部分中,我谈到了访问阿里巴巴园区的经历以及他们的独特文化国际化进程。这个话题很有趣,涉及管理、人文与技能多方面。我认为越来越多的中国公司都将要应对这一问题。如何打造一家真正的中国跨国公司?它看起来像什么?

美团、携程或阿里巴巴能否在中国网约车市场战胜滴滴(第1部分/共2部分)

过去几个月以来,中国的几家数字巨头企业先后闯入了网约车市场。这让人颇感意外,因为随着优步的退出,中国网约车市场必定将呈现出滴滴出行一家独大的局面。并且,我认为滴滴也抱有同样想法,因为它们目前正集中精力开拓国际市场。通常来说,只有在赢得中国市场后企业才会这么做。