This week’s podcast is about Hillhouse Capital and how they are buying and digitizing Chinese and increasingly Asian companies. I talk about their deals with Belle and Gree.

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Here is my summary of digital operating basics (Dr. Ram’s book combined with some of my own thinking):

1. Scale and growth at small incremental cost.
2. Continuous personalization and customer-facing innovation.
3. A digital core for operations.
4. Ecosystem and connectedness
5. People, culture and work design create a social engine that enables innovation and execution – increasingly personalized for each customer.
6. Money-making at scale makes the company sustainable. It enables continuous innovation, including big bets where the ability to withstand losses is important.

The picture I use to summarize Value Point is shown here.

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Related articles:

• How I Learned to Love SoftBank and Its Investment Strategy (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Daily Update)
• Lessons in Digital Operating Basics from Ram Charan. Part 1 of 2 on “Rethinking Competitive Advantage”. (Asia Tech Strategy – Podcast 98)
• Meituan vs. Ctrip vs. Alibaba: Who Will Win in China Services? (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Podcast 22)

From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• Digital Operating Basics
• Value Point (Ques 7)

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• Hillhouse Capital Group
• Belle
• Topsport International Holdings
• Gree Electric

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