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One of the company’s I’ve invested in has relocated machinery production to China, recently, from Europe.
I suggested they look at Thailand, or Malaysia as a potential base, but China won out. I think their decision may not be so insightful as they thought.
Chinese GDP growth hit its lowest level since 1999 last year. Part of the slowdown is being driven by Beijing’s efforts to re-balance the economy away from exports and investment-led growth to domestic demand driven growth.… Read more
I’ve spent too much of my life in meetings, but I recognize that in today’s business meetings, however inefficient, are part of life and an important place to encourage others to support your business ideas.
I realize that meetings are where we offer up our best ideas, put our support behind key people and projects, and voice our objections when we disagree.… Read more
There are times when a quick round up of a topic with some guidance on further reading is useful.
I read ‘Counterparties’ created by Felix Salmon of Reuters, and in future will exert parts of this for you.
Here’s a good simple round up of the current state of the African Economy- not something you read about everyday, but useful nonetheless.… Read more
You’re at a company event and someone asks your views on China vs Japan in North Asia, or whats your perspective of the problems in the middle east… or what do you think will happen in 2014.
You need some cogent answers to difficult questions, and more importantly how they may impact your business.
So for your education, here are three extracts from Quartz.com… Read more
Although my first job was as a Sales Representative and my second job was as a Sales and Product Manager, I didn’t really get interested in how to enhance fundamental Sales performance until I became a General Manager. Before that I was too busy doing thngs to think about how to improve what I was doing.
At that time I had the privilege to work with Guinness Overseas Ltd, a company now part of Diageo.… Read more