Carnegie& Associates is a leading company in the corporate training industry and has branches in many countries. How does it customize its services to overcome the many cultural barriers presented when dealing with very diverse workforces? We spoke withPeter Handal, CEO of Dale Carnegie& Associates, Inc.to learn more about their unique business knowledge.
Today’s Corporate Voice focuses on ABB Group of Switzerland, the market leader in electric power, shipping and automation. To learn more about their operations and plans in China, we talked withFred Kindle, President/CEO of ABB.
Pernod Ricard is the world’s 2ndlargest wines and spirits producer, after its establishment in 1957. What sort of brand strategies will the renowned company play in the fierce competition in the Chinese market? We talked withPhilippe Guettat, Managing Director of Pernon Ricard Chinato find out.
After being in the mining business for about 100 years, Inco is the world’s second largest nickel producer and is a major supplier to varied industries, including stainless steel, aviation and automobile. Inco has factories in Canada, China, Indonesia, Britain and America.
Since re-starting the direct route flight from Sydney to Shanghai, Qantas has been an ambitious player in the airlines market to China. As the airline was increasing those direct flights to 4 per week, we sat down for a talk withGeoff Dixon, CEO of Qantasto learn more about the Australian company’s plans for this very competitive market. Future plans include daily flights between Shanghai and Beijing to and from Sydney.
Nokia has recently relocated portions of its R&D team in China. It has established the 3G Core Network R&D Center in Chengdu, the Software Innovation Center in Hangzhou, and the FINCHI Innovation Center in Shanghai. What is the top cell phone handset company up to with these strategic moves into China? We talked withMarko Vanska, Director of Nokia Ventures OrganizationAsiaabout these developments and their cooperative ventures with Chinese companies.
There were over 30 million outbound Chinese tourists last year. This number is expected to continue to grow considerably as China's economy continues to expand. We interviewedBruce MacMillan, President/CEO of TourismTorontoto get his views of the development of Chinese business and tourist travel to his area of the western world as visa requirements improve and Canadian promotions reach out to the Chinese.
The blood products market is a specialized and recent development in China. We interviewedKieu Hoang, president of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd.who considers product quality as the top priority of his company. After almost 20 years in China, he says that the long history of safety and value in their products has led to the good faith of their customers in trusting their blood product supplies.
Among worldwide advertising and PR agencies, WPP is one of the largest, having absorbed Ogilvy& Mather, Grey Worlewide, JWT and many other leading creative and media companies over the last 20 years. We interviewedMr. Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group, whose ambitions for the mega-company’s growth are strong. He expects much faster growth in their Asia-Pacific business, with ad growth in China already at 15-20% annually. He sees China being the 2ndlargest advertising market in the world by 2008.
Mr. Alain Merieux, president of the Foundation Merieux,the time-honored bio-medicine group, talked with us about his company’s efforts toward helping the imbalance in health care access and medical costs in the poorer countries vs. the economically developed nations around the world. He speaks about the importance of open communications and sharing of medical research findings among countries, as well as knowledge of how to battle the diseases that still threaten large populations.
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