How the capital market affects firm strategy

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.

Going head to head with the big guys

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

3 tips for entrepreneurs who want to go global

The right networking skills can help entrepreneurs eying the global market. Author of Born Globals, Networks and the Large Multinational Enterprise, CEIBS Professor Shameen Prashantham on how to leverage connections.

Read Prof. Prashantham's latest column on how globalisation benefits entrepreneurs in The Conversation.

Mobile Payment Revolution: China vs US

The mobile payment is one of the segments in which China is actually moving much, much faster than the US market. Americans would be surprised at how deep the penetration is for WeChat Pay and Alipay in China’s mobile payment business. Apple Pay is definitely not a first mover in China; they have to work very hard to increase their penetration ratio of the payment terminals here. CEIBS Prof. of Management Yu Zhang explains the key differences in mobile payment between China and the US.