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EB-5 program brief introduction from Cooper Erving & Savage LLP immigrant attorney
Increasingly, our alumni ask our club questions regarding the EB-5 visa, or Immigrant Investors, program. We were lucky to have Ms. Kimberly Finnigan, an attorney from Cooper Erving & Savage LLP, giving us a brief introduction of the EB-5 program. Cooper Erving & Savage LLP is a prestigious Law firm in Albany with a history [...] Continue reading
EB-5 program brief introduction from Cooper Erving & Savage LLP immigrant attorney
Increasingly, our alumni ask our club questions regarding the EB-5 visa, or Immigrant Investors, program. We were lucky to have Ms. Kimberly Finnigan, an attorney from Cooper Erving & Savage LLP, giving us a brief introduction of the EB-5 program. Cooper Erving & Savage LLP is a prestigious Law firm in Albany with a history [...] Continue reading
Gordon Chang invents a new genre of porn– “China Fail”
Gordon Chang’s latest Forbes article reads a bit like pornography for those frustrated China-watchers who are hot & bothered to see China fail, and fail spectacularly. As usual, he downplays the financial and political resources available to the central government which could be used to mitigate problems in the economy. (A link to the article …
Your Purchasing Manager is corrupt.
HERE’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ABOUT IT I’m often asked by foreign factory managers in China how I would handle the various difficult situations that might arise; fake resumes (fire the perpetrator), violence among the workers (fire anyone who throws a punch), sexual harassment (fire the guy who…), etc. But the one questions I get …
China manufacturing ain’t going nowhere.
I hate to say “I told you so”, but… Time was, when everyone was talking a manufacturing exodus from China. I felt like the lone voice saying “not so fast!” I cited a number of strategies which offset rising labor and other manufacturing costs mainly by adding value, as opposed to chasing cheaper labor. Now …
China manufacturing ain’t going nowhere.
I hate to say “I told you so”, but… Time was, when everyone was talking a manufacturing exodus from China. I felt like the lone voice saying “not so fast!” I cited a number of strategies which offset rising labor and other manufacturing costs mainly by adding value, as opposed to chasing cheaper labor. Now …
Service-rich manufacturing: China’s new killer app?
Lots of experts are still talking about how manufacturers in China, faced with rising labor and other manufacturing costs, might preserve their competitiveness and profitability. Here’s rundown on the strategies championed (mostly by those who manufacture nothing… but that’s another story). GO STATESIDE: Everyone chased cheap labor to China. Now that it’s not so cheap …
Made in America: the reports of its resurrection are greatly exaggerated
The predictions of a re-shoring trend may be greatly overblown. I commented on this post over on Forbes: “Why Mass Employment in Manufacturing Isn’t Coming Back: It’s The Productivity“. While it’s true that increased labor rates and perceived supply chain risks in China and other “low-cost countries” may prompt some manufacturers to “re-shore” production back …
Jack Perkowski talks about how he managed the dragon and how he plans to fly higher with it.
Jack Perkowski is a Wall Street veteran and the Founder and Managing Director of JFP Holdings, a China merchant bank which helps global companies develop and implement their China strategies and to assist Chinese companies develop global footprints. He is also the founder and former CEO of ASIMCO Technologies. Jack is the author of Managing [...] Continue reading
Foxconn workers will get more money for fewer hours. What about better hours?
Foxconn/Apple have responded to bad press by vowing to implement changes that benefit workers. That will necessarily mean it will reduce it’s operators’ overtime working hours and, presumable, it will have to boost regular-time salaries to offset the operators’ loss of revenue. The result, of course, higher unit labor costs for Foxconn, and maybe …
