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Special Reports on Business Ethics

Sep 19, 2019
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In collaboration with AKO Foundation, Knowledge@Wharton has produced four special reports on business ethics. The topics were chosen, in part, to show the inter-relationships among these themes as companies try to navigate the ethical challenges of the modern world.

Joy City Mall: Big Data Analytics Drives Commercial Success

Jan 17, 2020
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China’s bricks-and-mortar shopping malls have come under significant pressure in recent years. Despite strong economic growth and rising consumer demand, China faces severe overcapacity of its physical retail space. This[…]

Tahoe Group: Bridging Culture and Real Estate Development

Nov 27, 2019
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China’s real estate sector remains a significant source of economic activity, despite an economic slowdown and tightened credit conditions. Government policies have fueled this growth for decades, with residential real[…]

Country Garden’s People-centered Growth Strategy

Sep 30, 2019
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In 2017, China’s investment in real estate development reached 11 trillion yuan (US $1.7 trillion), a 7% increase year-on-year. A significant chunk of this capital went into Tier 2 and[…]

Beating the Giants: Zhongliang’s Strategy for Growth

Aug 20, 2019
China
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Stories of success in China’s real estate market invariably come from the country’s largest firms. But not always. The stunning rise of China’s Zhongliang Group Limited is one such exception.[…]

Succeeding Against All Odds: Vanke’s Songhua Lake Ski Resort

Jul 29, 2019
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In late 2014, Vanke, one of China’s largest real estate companies, embarked on a new chapter in its corporate history with the launch of a 40 billion yuan (US $6[…]

Greentown Service Group: Gaining Ground in ‘Smart’ Services

Jun 11, 2019
China
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China’s real estate sector has seen exponential growth in the past few decades, serving as a pillar of strength for the world’s second-largest economy. However, as population growth slows and[…]

Wanda: Strategic Transition to an Asset-light Model

May 29, 2019
China
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The Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is one of the world’s largest commercial property companies, with operations in real estate management, financial services, and the tourism and cultural businesses. The[…]

China Evergrande Group: Strategic Repositioning Toward a Sustainable Growth Model

May 20, 2019
Leadership
Asia-Pacific, China
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Over the last 15 years, China Evergrande Group has embarked on an astonishing growth path that saw its four-person team become one of the largest and most well-known real estate[…]

Poly Developments: REIT Securitization in China’s Rental Housing Market

Mar 11, 2019
Asia-Pacific, China
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As China’s residential real estate prices continue to rise, home ownership has become increasingly out of reach for many people. Yet rental housing is not a reliable option for most[…]

Cruising Ahead: China Merchants Group’s Shekou Prince Bay Project

Feb 18, 2019
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As China’s economy continues to slow, it is turning to infrastructure spending once again to boost growth. Port development is part of this effort since active ports are expected to[…]