Archive for China SmartBlogs
CHEMTREC, or the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center, “provides immediate, 24/7 critical response information for incidents involving hazardous materials” to 24,000 companies as a division of the American Chemistry Council. On Monday, CHEMTREC announced that a memorandum of understanding of mutual assistance with China’s National Registration Center for Chemicals had taken force. I asked CHEMTREC’s G. R. “Randy” Speight about what this agreement means for chemical safety, the industry and beyond.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring Anil Gupta, a global strategist.
India and China have almost unfathomably large labor markets, but unemployment is not in itself a major issue. Rather, it’s a lack of of “experienced managerial talent, and in certain specialties, certain professions like accounting in China, IT professionals in India, because essentially this kind of talent cannot be scaled up very readily,” says Anil Gupta, a business-school chair of global strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland.[…] Continue Reading »
How the U.S.’s debt downgrade affected Chinese stocks; how much more public-company CFOs make than those at private companies; and why micromanaging could hurt your career.
It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief for CFOs:
- Panic selling sends Wall Street to sharpest decline since 2008
- Survey compares salaries for private and public CFOs
- Investors can expect volatility to dominate markets
- How to spot opportunities for professional development
- 2 signs you might be a micromanager
Image credit: narvikk, via iStockphoto[…] Continue Reading »
Why small businesses aren’t hiring; how much the average corporate accountant made in 2010; and how China showed off its bridge-making abilities.
It’s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief for CFOs:
- 5 ways to increase trust to encourage collaboration
- Recession never ended for U.S. small businesses
- $22 billion in riches found in Indian temple
- Corporate accountants posted pay increase in 2010
- China unveils 2 record-breaking bridges on the same day
Image credit: narvikk, via iStockphoto[…] Continue Reading »
Despite the allure of the Chinese market for many U.S. businesses, deciding whether to enter China needs to be considered from many angles before taking the leap forward — at least that was the general consensus from a group of China experts participating in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants International Business Conference, held at The Roosevelt Hotel in New York.[…] Continue Reading »
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