Speakers Corner
January 26, 2010
Real estate: China's catch-22
Real estate are the main source for local governments to get money, and the lingering crisis because of excessive spending might be hard to solve, says Victor Shih in NPR. China is having a property crisis of its own, much different from that in the United States, but no less severe.
blog link
Fischer, Bill
Professor at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Travels from: Lausanne, Switzerland
Bill Fischer is a Professor at IMD [the International Institute for Management Development] in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he specializes in issues relating to corporate strategy, particularly in technology-related organizations, and in the management of operations and technology, as well.
He first began working in China in 1980, in Dalian, and in 1998 and 1999 was the President of the China Europe International Business School, a 50/50 joint venture between the European Union and China, located in Shanghai.
He is an engineer by training, an American by citizenship, and lives in Lausanne. In 1999, Bill received the Silver Magnolia Award, Shanghai's highest award for foreigners.
Travels from: Lausanne, Switzerland
Bill Fischer is a Professor at IMD [the International Institute for Management Development] in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he specializes in issues relating to corporate strategy, particularly in technology-related organizations, and in the management of operations and technology, as well.
He first began working in China in 1980, in Dalian, and in 1998 and 1999 was the President of the China Europe International Business School, a 50/50 joint venture between the European Union and China, located in Shanghai.
He is an engineer by training, an American by citizenship, and lives in Lausanne. In 1999, Bill received the Silver Magnolia Award, Shanghai's highest award for foreigners.
