China’s Green Energy Revolution
China is widely criticized as the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Less noticed, however, has been the fact that the country is also building the...
Mexico: The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse?
As China’s cost advantages continue to erode with its increasing wages and fuel costs, the trend of nearshoring surges in popularity. North American manufacturers have started to include Mexico in...
Luxury Brands Losing Ground in China, Looking Elsewhere
It was not very long ago, when the European luxury products market sprung back to life on the back of the booming Asian markets. Right after the global recession, most...
A Dragon Unfurls its Wings – How China’s Economic Slowdown Is Rippling Through Emerging Markets
Almost 10 years ago, Goldman Sachs published a report, in which it predicted Chinese GDP to overtake the USA’s GDP by 2020. Today, this prognosis looks like a far-fetched dream...
Vietnam’s Macroeconomic Environment: FDI Paving the Way for Growth
2013 was the sixth consecutive year since Vietnam first witnessed macroeconomic instability. With high inflation levels, a collapse of the banking system, and relatively lower growth levels compared with its...
Mongolia – Mining in China’s Backyard
Mongolia, uninteresting and perhaps almost forgotten to the rest of the world until just recently, has turned out to become of the world’s largest untapped mining centers. The country houses...
E-commerce in China – Intensive Competition In Spite of Low Penetration
In the concluding article of our E-commerce Challenges in the BRIC series, we highlight the challenges faced by online retail companies in China. While China is one of the rapidly...
Strike On Syria – Potential Impact On Emerging And Frontier Markets
Though there is still uncertainty of the US military action on Syria, global markets seem to have already given an indication of what could be in store if it actually...