Category Archive for 'Banking'

Book Review: Mr. China by Tim Clissold

Posted in Banking, Business-to-business, China, China business book reviews, China marketing, Chinese executives, Culture, Financial industry, Retention, Strategy on Apr 22nd, 2007

Mr. China: A Memoir is a book for all of us who have ever longed to “crack” the China market and Chinese culture — and come out as the ultimate “Old China Hand”. “But in the end, it’s an illusion” states the author Tim Clissold of this pursuit. He should know — he’s gotten about [...]

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Microfinance in China’s countryside? It might just be on the horizon…

Posted in Banking, China, China marketing, Financial industry on Jan 6th, 2007

If Bangladesh can do it, so can we. That’s perhaps the sentiment running through the heads of the financial oversight commission in the Chinese government. They saw the Grameen Trust, a pioneering microfinance institution in Bangladesh making loans to poor farmers without collateral, win the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Grameen Bank branches are located in [...]

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