Speakers Corner
December 2, 2008
Chinese firms use financial crisis to go global
Chinese companies are preparing to buy assets abroad to make use of the global financial crisis, writes Shaun Rein in Business Week. Qingdao-based Haier was the first to move, but many others are following, his research suggests many are following.
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Rein, Shaun
Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR)
Travels from: Shanghai
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An impressive list of media references, Business Week, Forbes, the International Herald Tribune, underlines Mr. Rein's unchallenged position as opinion leader on the Chinese consumer market research. He talks and writes about the mistakes foreign companies make, the Chinese middle class, the Chinese youth culture. Mr. Rein knows how to make his case both when he faces a small group of executives or when he has to address a hall of two thousand.
Shaun Rein is the Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR).
Before founding CMR, he was the Chief of Research for venture capital firm Inter-Asia Venture Management. He also was the Managing Director, Country Head China for e-learning software company WebCT where he also ran the company's Taiwan and South Korean operations. He also served as the Assistant Director of the Centre for East Asian Research at McGill University.
He is a columnist for Business Week's Asia Insight column. He has published commentaries in, been written about and quoted in publications worldwide including Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Newsweek International, Dow Jones' MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, International Herald Tribune, US News & World Report, and Barron's. He is regularly interviewed for National Public Radio's Marketplace.
Consulting Magazine named Shaun one of the "Top 30 Consultants Worldwide Under the Age of 30". He also won an award from Harvard University for "Excellence in Teaching" and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities worldwide, including Stanford's Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania, Fashion Institute of Technology, London Business School and INSEAD. He speaks at major business conferences around the world such a JP Morgan's China Conference, Asia Society's Corporate Conference, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the China Institute's Executive Summit.
Over his decade in China, he has assisted hundreds of Fortune 500, SMEs, private equity firms and hedge funds determine how best to take advantage of the growing opportunities in China.
Shaun currently serves on JP Morgan's "Hands-on China" expert group. He sits on the Board of Advisors for ad: Tech China and Alexandria Learning Technologies. He is Senior Advisor to VC firm China Metropolitan Ventures and is on the Board of Advisors of Pacem Production's Building China Modern series of PBS documentaries. He previously served as the Secretary General of the Asia Society's China Board, Form Director for St. Paul's School, and sat on the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility to the Harvard Corporation.
He earned his graduate degree from Harvard University focused on China's economy and received a BA Honours from McGill University.
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Explaining why Olympic sponsorships do not work
Commentaries by Shaun Rein:
Business Week video: Analysis: Why Olympic Sponsors Won't Get the Gold in China
CNN: China Olympic sponsors
Business Week: China's Private Equity Boom
Business Week: The Key to Successful Branding in China
Business Week: Chinese Cozy Up to E-Commerce
Forbes: Chinese Seek Quality from Multinationals
Forbes: Beijing Olympics Sponsorships a Waste
Shaun Rein in the Press:
Reuters: Apple in no rush to bring iPhone to Russia, China
Forbes: Chinese Economy Cooling From White-Hot To Red-Hot
Wall Street Journal: Beijing Hotels Face a Glut of Rooms
New York Times:
These Games Brought to You By
Newsweek: Apple Sets IPhone Customers Free
US News and World Report: China's Great Leap Elevates the Risk
Forbes: The spending power of Chinese youngsters
Shaun Rein explains to Bloomberg why Olympic sponsoring is not working in Beijing
Shaun Rein's topics:
Chinese youth
Digital marketing
Venture Capital
Middle class/economic growth
HR issues
Book Review Jim Rogers
Travels from: Shanghai
Get in touch with us to check the availability of this speaker
An impressive list of media references, Business Week, Forbes, the International Herald Tribune, underlines Mr. Rein's unchallenged position as opinion leader on the Chinese consumer market research. He talks and writes about the mistakes foreign companies make, the Chinese middle class, the Chinese youth culture. Mr. Rein knows how to make his case both when he faces a small group of executives or when he has to address a hall of two thousand.
Shaun Rein is the Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR).
Before founding CMR, he was the Chief of Research for venture capital firm Inter-Asia Venture Management. He also was the Managing Director, Country Head China for e-learning software company WebCT where he also ran the company's Taiwan and South Korean operations. He also served as the Assistant Director of the Centre for East Asian Research at McGill University.
He is a columnist for Business Week's Asia Insight column. He has published commentaries in, been written about and quoted in publications worldwide including Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Newsweek International, Dow Jones' MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, International Herald Tribune, US News & World Report, and Barron's. He is regularly interviewed for National Public Radio's Marketplace.
Consulting Magazine named Shaun one of the "Top 30 Consultants Worldwide Under the Age of 30". He also won an award from Harvard University for "Excellence in Teaching" and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities worldwide, including Stanford's Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania, Fashion Institute of Technology, London Business School and INSEAD. He speaks at major business conferences around the world such a JP Morgan's China Conference, Asia Society's Corporate Conference, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the China Institute's Executive Summit.
Over his decade in China, he has assisted hundreds of Fortune 500, SMEs, private equity firms and hedge funds determine how best to take advantage of the growing opportunities in China.
Shaun currently serves on JP Morgan's "Hands-on China" expert group. He sits on the Board of Advisors for ad: Tech China and Alexandria Learning Technologies. He is Senior Advisor to VC firm China Metropolitan Ventures and is on the Board of Advisors of Pacem Production's Building China Modern series of PBS documentaries. He previously served as the Secretary General of the Asia Society's China Board, Form Director for St. Paul's School, and sat on the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility to the Harvard Corporation.
He earned his graduate degree from Harvard University focused on China's economy and received a BA Honours from McGill University.
In our speakers' corner and weblog:
Explaining why Olympic sponsorships do not work
Commentaries by Shaun Rein:
Business Week video: Analysis: Why Olympic Sponsors Won't Get the Gold in China
CNN: China Olympic sponsors
Business Week: China's Private Equity Boom
Business Week: The Key to Successful Branding in China
Business Week: Chinese Cozy Up to E-Commerce
Forbes: Chinese Seek Quality from Multinationals
Forbes: Beijing Olympics Sponsorships a Waste
Shaun Rein in the Press:
Reuters: Apple in no rush to bring iPhone to Russia, China
Forbes: Chinese Economy Cooling From White-Hot To Red-Hot
Wall Street Journal: Beijing Hotels Face a Glut of Rooms
New York Times:
These Games Brought to You By
Newsweek: Apple Sets IPhone Customers Free
US News and World Report: China's Great Leap Elevates the Risk
Forbes: The spending power of Chinese youngsters
Shaun Rein explains to Bloomberg why Olympic sponsoring is not working in Beijing
Shaun Rein's topics:
Chinese youth
Digital marketing
Venture Capital
Middle class/economic growth
HR issues
Book Review Jim Rogers
