Selected news about China *

Multinational firms R&D strategy
According to a recent poll, 46% of multinational firms are inclined to establish their own R&D centers in China (Dow Jones Newswires, 26.03.05).

Skills shortage
Internet technicians, car engineers and experts in international commerce

 

are becoming a scarce resource in China
(Chinese Ministry of Work, 02.05.05).

Technological dependance
Regarding the danger of giving China access to our technology, never forget that, unlike Europe, China is one of the very few nations to have sent a man into space (Philippe Camus, former EADS chairman, l'Express 09.05.05).

  

Chinese managers replace expatriates
More and more Chinese managers are hired by western firms, with rocketing wages, sometimes even higher than those of western expatriates (Les Echos, 11.02.05)

Scientific excellence
According to international publication rates, Chinese scientists are pretty good at mathematics, chemistry, engineering and materials science, but poor at agronomy and life sciences (Chinese Academy of Sciences, April 2005).
(*) Newsprovider: www.VTAconseil.com

 
 
 
 

Off the Shelf
Alain Minc: ce monde qui vient (Editions Grasset)
(...) Looking at the dangers facing our world in the future, Alain Minc thinks offshore trading is not one of them. (...)
   [ Full article on page 2 ]

Success and failure stories
A new benchmark in terms of multinational firms corporate R&D management in Asia
                [ Read more ]

  

Client feedback
Employment turnover in China has dropped to less than 5% in China (...)
                [ Read more ]

Who are we?
This newsletter is issued by Innovation Service, a management consulting firm, and a European and Asian network for hightech clients.
Innovation Service: your multicultural taskforce for hightech management optimization.

 

Next meeting rounds
You can meet us any time in all our locations. In addition, next month, you may meet several of us in the same place:

in Paris, between June 27 and July 1.
For SMEs, please contact Dan ZHAO at smes@innovationservice.fr,
phone +33 (0)1 6046 0591.
For multinational firms, Jean-Pierre NIGOGHOSSIAN at firms@innovationservice.fr,
phone +33 (0)4 9189 9310.
in Beijing 9th-24th June. Please contact Jianguo WEI at beijing@innovationservice.fr,
phone +86 22 2361 3500
 
>> Page 2 >>
Eurasiatech - June 2005
  
Page 1/2
  
© 2005 www.innovationservice.fr