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Dispatches from China

Based out of her perch in Beijing, Neelima Mahajan sends her dispatches on how China looks like to the Indian eye

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Deciphering the Chinese consumer
·Business & Strategy

Deciphering the Chinese consumer

As P&G and L’Oreal discovered, the consumers are constantly evolving and arriving at the right mix of low-end and high-end offerings is not easy

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Family comes first at Starbucks China
·Leadership & Organisation

Family comes first at Starbucks China

What can companies whose job roles don’t fit the traditional notions of a good career choice, do to retain staff? Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has a creative solution

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

The rise of the big spenders of China
·Economy, Policy & Society

The rise of the big spenders of China

The Chinese buy more and travel more, and brands are going out of their way to woo Chinese shoppers, both at home and abroad

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Haier's quest for the perfect egg
·Business & Strategy

Haier's quest for the perfect egg

White goods maker Haier is trying out ideas from manufacturing and internet technologies to egg production. Result: Efficiency at China's egg farms has improved tremendously

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

China steps towards intelligent manufacturing
·Technology & the Future

China steps towards intelligent manufacturing

China is committing itself to automation. If all goes as per plan, soon robots and automation will be the norm in Chinese factories

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

You are only as good as your next big idea
·Business & Strategy

You are only as good as your next big idea

The days of relying on a single sustainable competitive advantage are over; companies must focus on spotting new sources of advantage, exploiting them fast, and quickly moving on

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger

Farmville comes to real life - on a plot of land near you
·Business & Strategy

Farmville comes to real life - on a plot of land near you

Alibaba's group-buying website Juhuasuan lets urban users contract farmers to grow selected vegetables on spare plots of land and ship them back to them

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Neelima Mahajan

Neelima Mahajan

Editor in Chief of Think: Act Magazine, Roland Berger