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CEIBS President & Professor of Entrepreneurship Pedro Nueno’s advice on how to improve a start-up’s chances of surviving.

CEIBS Adjunct Professor of Marketing Michel Gutsatz explains the difference between luxury and the concept of ‘See Now, Buy Now’.

It turns out there’s some element of truth to the Despicable Me movies where the villain is transformed from being Super Bad to Super Dad after he has to father three little girls. Now new research has shown that having a daughter also impacts the way CEOs run their companies. New research by CEIBS Finance Professors Henrik Cronqvist and Frank Yu looks at the decisions made by almost 400 American CEOs who, between them, have a total of almost 1,000 children. Previous research had shown that judges with daughters tend to vote more liberally. So too are congressmen with daughters, especially when it comes to reproductive rights issues. This is the first time, though, that the effect on the behaviour of CEOs from large corporations has been examined. Download the paper here

The Chinese yuan officially became part of the IMF’s basket of currencies on October 1, 2016. CEIBS Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin explains the significance of this event for China and the rest of the world.

CEIBS Professor of Management Yu Zhang's research looks at the interaction between the capital market and firm strategy in terms of how capital markets influence the strategic decisions made by companies and their managers, and how it shapes the way they compete with other firms. Here he explains some of his findings, which show that in almost all industries – whether it’s in the US or in China, developed or developing countries – the pressure to meet or beat analysts’ forecasts or earnings pressure is causing managers to engage in more short-term-oriented behaviour which creates problems for firms to really perform well in the long-term.

Traditional business models are being transformed by Supply Chain Financing (SCF) and Internet technologies. CEIBS Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Zhao Xiande explains how SCF works, and who stands to gain.

CEIBS Prof. of Management Yu Zhang takes a look how small or start-up companies can challenge large players in the market.

Known as Single’s Day, November 11 is an annual e-commerce holiday in China that rivals Cyber Monday in the US in total sales volume. This is the third in a special series of episodes in whichCEIBS Professor of Marketing Jeongwen Chiang explains China's e-commerce landscape and the significance of Single's Day. This year Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba rang up US$5 billion in sales in the first hour of its Single’s Day e-commerce event. Here he explains why it is also profitable for international brands. Learn more about Single's Day and China's E-commerce landscape. Read Prof. Chiang's column on how Single's Day is a Big Data boon to Alibaba here. Read his column about how mobile phone penetration and China's rural consumers are the engines driving e-commerce growth here. Los Angeles Times on Single's Day 2016 What's it like being a delivery man on Single's Day in China? ABC News Australia reports.

Is feeding the poor really a good example of corporate social responsibility (CSR)? CEIBS Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy explains the real meaning of CSR. It may be just as simple as following the labor laws.

How can China be more sustainable? CEIBS Visiting Professor of Sustainability Richard Brubaker explores the environmental issues that Chinese people worry the most about. Read Prof. Brubaker's column "Reframing Sustainability for China & Future Cities".