Archive for 2011
Professor Jonathan Story, Marusi Chair of Global Business at RPI Lally school, uncovers China.
Professor Jonathan Story, Marusi Chair of Global Business at RPI Lally school; Professor Emeritus at INSEAD; Distinguished Visiting Professor at Fordham University; and now Chairman at Story Productions Ltd, uncovers China in front of you. Jackson: You wrote the book China Uncovered. Who did you write it for? What uncovered make China a special market? Professor [...]
Mr. Michaud, Name Partner of the Michaud-Kinney Group shares insights in IP issues in China and else.
Mr. Michaud, Name Partner of the Michaud-Kinney Group (MKG), talks about IP issues in China, latest trend in IP laws and IP fights, and advices for students who want to become patent attorneys. Here’s a short introduction from MKG: “The Michaud-Kinney Group specializes Intellectual Property Law. At Michaud–Kinney, we work closely with our clients to develop [...]
Sean O’Sullivan ’85, 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year, talks about his companies and entrepreneurship in China
Sean O’Sullivan ’85, 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year, Managing Director of Avego, General Manager at SOSventures, Advisor at Chinaccelerator, Chairman and Co-founder of MapInfo, co-creator of cloud-computing, rockstar, photographer, humanitarian, just to list a few, talks about his experience in China from his companies and entrepreneurship there. Jackson: First congratulations on being recognized as the co-creator [...]
Eric Schmidt ’01, ’02 , President of CEBEX Group/ China Entrepreneurs, talks about his experience and vision of China.
Jackson: Could you describe briefly what CEBEX Group and those affiliated brands do? Eric: CEBEX Group is a business intelligence company, which I co-founded in 2003 that focuses on providing three key services to customers, mainly through business conferences that we hold throughout the year. We provide our customer base with educational opportunities, up-to-date information, [...]
Scott Miller, President of Dragon Innovation, talks about manufacture, and IP in China
Scott Miller, President of Dragon Innovation, a consulting firm helps companies building products in China, and former VP of Engineering, New Product Development, and Asia Pacific at iRobot, talks about his Chinese experience, his insights of manufacturing in China, and issues around it. Jackson: Could you give yourself a brief self-introduction? Scott: So far, it’s been [...]
Bruce Peters, Director of Global Strategic Product Alliances at General Motors, talks about global business and Chinese experience.
Bruce Peters, Director of Global Strategic Product Alliances at General Motors, once liaison between General Motors and RPI, talks about cultural differences, managing employees from different cultural backgrounds, challenges and lessons of doing global businesses, and R&D in China. Bruce has spent his career in five different countries, including four years in China; and speaks [...]
David Foley, VP/MD of Harley-Davidson Asia Pacific, talks about H-D’s riding into China
David Foley, Vice President and Managing Director of Harley-Davidson Asia Pacific, shares the experience of Harley-Davidson riding into mainland China. With over sixteen years at Harley-Davidson, David is responsible for sales, marketing and business development in the region and oversees all functions and staff within direct markets, subsidiaries and representative offices. From 2004 to 2007, [...]