Publications

Author of the following articles and book chapters:

• “Managing the Message,” Eurobiz Magazine, October 2009.
• “MBAs Need Not Apply,” Eurobiz Magazine, September 2009.
• “The Discontented, Eurobiz Magazine, August 2009.
• “Out of Bangalore and Into China,” BusinessForum China, July/August 2009.
• “The Discontented China GM,” Eurobiz Magazine, July 2009.
• “Managing the Fire,” Eurobiz Magazine, June 2009.
• “Restructuring China Operations for Greater Profitability,” Practical China Tax and Finance Strategies, May 2009.
• “Learning Longer,” Eurobiz Magazine, May 2009.
• “When It’s Time to Retreat in China,“ Eurobiz Magazine, April 2009.
• “Successful Succession,” Eurobiz Magazine, March 2009.
• “Managing IT in China,” Eurobiz Magazine, February 2009.
• “Slowdown Survival,” Eurobiz Magazine, January 2009.
• ”China Manuracturing Trends in 2009,” China Business Guide 2009, a China Economic Review Publication.
• “The Half Life of Guanxi,” Eurobiz Magazine, December 2008.
• “Caring for the Sea Turtles,” Eurobiz Magazine, November 2008.
• “The Culture Barrier,” Eurobiz Magazine, October 2008.
• “The HQ IQ,” Eurobiz Magazine, September 2008.
• “Labour Pains,” Eurobiz Magazine, August 2008.
• “Meishan Free Trade Port,” Chaina Magazine, July/August 2008.
• “The First 100 Days,” Eurobiz Magazine, July 2008.
• “Keeping Up with the Zhangs,” Eurobiz Magazine, June 2008.
• “And Finally…Safety First,” Eurobiz Magazine, May 2008.
• “Internet Commerce with Chinese Characteristics,” BizChina Forum, May/June 2008.
• “China Has Some Parts Missing,” Eurobiz Magazine, April 2008.
• “Getting to Know the Many Faces of Suzhou,” China Economic Review, January 2008.
• “Manufacturing Trends in China’s First-tier Cities,” chapter in China Business Guide 2008, published January 2008 by China Economic Review Publications.
• “Chinese and Relationships, Time & Tides Shenzhen Magazine, Spring 2007.
• “Culture First,” Insight Magazine (American Chamber of Commerce-Shanghai Publication), November 2006.
• “Case Study: Getting to Yes with Chinese Companies”, Mworld Journal of Business (online), Feb 2005
• “The Crying Game: HR Recruitment in China,” International Trade Club of Chicago, August 2004.
• “Faceless in China,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Feb 2004.
• “The Cultural Navigator,” Training Media Review, November-December 2003.
• “Total Quality Management, Chinese Style,” Mechanical Engineering Today, November 2003, Amer. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers.
• “A New Kind of Chinese Government Official for a New China,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Oct 2003.
• “SARS Teaches Business a Few Lessons,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Sept 2003.
• “After the Bubble Burst: The New Shape of Global Leadership,” Mworld Journal of Business (print), Fall 2003
• “Saving Face: China, Face and the Impact of SARS on Foreign Direct Investment,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), June 2003
• One Small Step: Convincing Management to Invest in New Foreign Markets, Mworld Journal of Business (online), March 2003, American Management Association.
• “Tongue-tied,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Jan 2003.
• “Mind the GAAP: How International Accounting Standards Can Help Fill in the Blanks for Executives” Mworld Journal of Business (print), American Management Association, Winter 2002.
• “Walk the Walk in Foreign Markets,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Dec 2002.
• ” It’s About Time,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Nov 2002.
• “ Mixing Work and Pleasure Across Cultures,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Oct 2002.
• “Facilitating International Focus Groups,” The Practioner, September 2002, Organizational Development Network.
• “Time Zoned,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Sept 2002.
• “Catching the Third Wave: Are You Ready to Enter the China Market?”, Mworld Journal of Business (print), Summer 2002.
• “How to Be a Bad Sport in International Business,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), Aug 2002.
• “The Tower of Babble,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), July 2002.
• “Long Live English! English is Dead!,” Mworld Journal of Business (online), June 2002.
• “The Change Monster,” Training and Development Magazine (American Society for Training and Development), September 2001.
• “Chinatown Tribute”, Sampan Newsmagazine, November 2000.
• “Teaching ESL in Chinatown”, Sampan Newsmagazine, 3 November 2000.
• “Team Building and English as a Second Language”, Project Management Network (Project Management Institute), Aug 1999.
• “Virtually International: Managing Globalized Project Teams”, Project Management Network Magazine, April 1998.
• “Coordinating Aggregate Systems”, Databased Advisor, September 1996.
• “Inheriting a Legacy System,” Databased Advisor, March 1996.
• “How to Manage Personnel Changes in Teams”, Databased Advisor, March 1995.
• “Secrets of a High-Performing Team”, Databased Advisor, December 1994.

Speaking Engagements

• 14 July 2009, Shanghai, Henly-on-Thames (UK) EMBA Program. “This is China! The Trends, People and Places Defining Our Century.”
• 18 May 2009, Shanghai, George Fox University Business Administration PhD program. “China Society, Economy and Business.”
• 31 March 2009, “Ningbo Investment and Regulatory Environment,” FDI Investment Environments of Ningbo and Dalian, sposored by the Benelux and Swiss Chambers of Commerce.
• 13 January 2009, “FDI Challenges and Sector Opportunities in China 2009,” China Economic Trends 2009 Symposium, hosted by the China Economic Review.
• 29 November 2008, “The Chinese Economy: Sheltered from the Perfect Storm,” Multiwing Executive Retreat.
• 8 December 2008, “Expanding in China, Gauging Local Government Effectiveness for Investments in China’s Frontiers,” Legal and Financial Issues in Doing Business in China, Atlas-SFI,
• 25 September 2008, “Nanjing: China’s Global Platform for Business Process Outsourcing, Nanjing Services Outsourcing Symposium, sponsored by Nanjing Jiangning Economic Development Zone, Nanjing City Government and Ascendas Corporation.
• 17 September 2008, Keynote Speaker, “Infrastructure Development Trends in the Yangtze River Delta”, hosted by Sinomedia, publishers of The China Economic Review. Shanghai, Symposium on Industrial Investment in Haiyan, Zhejiang.
  22 May 2008, Shanghai, China Supply Chains Go West. Topic: The Challenges of Investing in China’s Interior – Case Studies.
• 12 May 2008, Hangzhou Pioneering Spirit and the Development of China’s Services Outsourcing Industry, Hangzhou IT Industry Symposium, sponsored by the Hangzhou Economic Trade and Development Zone and Ascendas Corporation.
• 22 May 2008, “The Challenges of Investing in China’s Interior: Case Studies,” China Supply Chain Conference.
• 17 June 2008, “Infrastructure Trends In China’s x-Tier Cities,” European Union Chamber of Commerce Seminar.
• 19 May 2008, Shanghai, George Fox University Business Administration program. “China Society, Economy and Business.”
• 8 May 2008, China IT- and Business Process Outsourcing Trends Symposium, sponsored by the Hangzhou City Government and Ascendas (Singapore). Hangzhou, China, “Hangzhou Pioneering Spirit and the Development of China’s BPO Industry.”
• 9 April 2008, Keynote Speaker, Setting Up/Expanding Manufacturing Operations in Tier 2 Cities, hosted by Sinomedia, publishers of The China Economic Review. Shanghai, “Investment Trends in China’s Second- through Fourth-tier Cities.”
• 31 March 2008, Keynote Speaker, China International Study Program, MBA Program of Baruch College, New York, New York. Shanghai, “China’s Economic and Social Development: Past, Present and Future”.
• 12-13 December 2007, New York, New York: Conference Co-Chair; Legal and Financial Issues in Doing Business in China, Atlas-SFI, “Investment Trends in China’s 2nd- and 3rd Tier Cities”
• 26 October 2007, Shanghai, China: Manufacturing Trends in China’s 1st-Tier Cities, China Economic Review, “Manufacturing Trends in China’s 1st-tier Cities”
• 9 October 2007, Shanghai, China: Real Estate Trends in China, U.S. Commercial Department
• 12-13 June 2007, Shanghai, China: Co-Chair, China Business Development Conference, GIC, “Managing Guanxi”
• 8 June 2007, Shanghai, China: Investment Trends in China’s 2nd- and 3rd-Tier Cities
• 8 December 2006, Chicago, USA: The Annual Conference on “The Secrets of Doing Business in China,” sponsored by the National Leadership Forum and the American Management Association, “China Investment Risks and Mitigation Strategies”
• 6-7 November 2006, New York, New York USA: Conference Co-Chair; Legal and Financial Issues in Doing Business in China, Atlas-SFI, “China Corporate and Government Communications Approaches”
• 21 October 2006, Chicago, USA: University of Chicago MBA Program Panel, “Working in China”
• 9 October 2006, Suzhou, China: Lecturer, University of Notre Dame International Executive MBA Program, “Doing Business in China”
• 9 September 2006, Xuancheng, Anhui China: Keynote Speech, China’s Evolving Investment Opportunities
• 3 July 2006, Suzhou, China: Lecturer, University of Notre Dame MBA Program, “Doing Business in China”
• March 2006, Suzhou, China: Lecturer, University of Notre Dame MBA Program, “Doing Business in China”
• 30 October 2005, Chicago USA, Global Entrepreneurs Conference, Kellog School of Business, Northwestern University, “The Entrepreneur as Ambassador”
• 14 October 2005, Chicago, USA, The Annual Conference on The Secrets of Doing Business in China, “China Investment Risks and Mitigation Strategies”
• 4 October 2005, Detroit, USA Conference on Doing Business in China, Global AutoIndustry, “China Site Selection”
• 6-7 December 2004, San Francisco USA: Conference Co-Chair; Legal and Financial Issues in Doing Business in China, Atlas-SFI, “Due Diligence for Chinese Characteristics”
• 3 December 2004, Las Vegas, USA: Conference on The Secrets of Doing Business in China, “Culture Before Business: Engaging Chinese Business and Government”
• 14-15 June 2004, Philadelphia USA: Strategies for Trade & Investment in China, Atlas-SFI, “Due Diligence for Chinese Characteristics”
• 4-5 October 2004, New York, New York, Due Diligence for Cross-border M&A Transactions, “Due Diligence for Chinese Characteristics”
• Fall 2003 Due Diligence for Cross-border M&A Transactions, “Due Diligence for Chinese Characteristics”
• 17 October 2003, Washington D.C., The Annual Conferences on The Secrets of Doing Business in China, “Culture Before Business: Engaging Chinese Business and Government”
• April 2000, June 2000, September 2000, Project Management Institute, “Problem-solving Approaches in Cross-cultural Project Teams”
• April 1997, Software Development Conference, San Francisco, USA, “From Design to Implementation: Facilitating Project Success”

Interviews

Interviewed and quoted in the following media channels:

• September 2009, China Economic Review, “Retreat!”.
• July 2009, China Economic Review, “Putting the ‘I’ in IMBA.”
• May 2009, Singapore Straits Times, “Suzhou Industrial Park 15th Anniversary.”
• March 2009, China International Business Magazine, “Source for Success.”
• March 2009, China Economic Quarterly, “Yangtze River Delta: Stalled Dynamo.”
• March 2009, National Public Radio, “China Wind Power Industry.”
• September/October 2008, Chaina Magazine, Managing through the Lean Times.”
• August 2008, That’s Suzhou Magazine, “Suzhou after the Olympics.”
• July 7, Economist Intelligence Unit Briefing, “[China] Rebuilding.”
• May 2008, Insight Magazine (American Chamber of Commerce-Shanghai Publication), “The Rise of Retail”
• May 2008, Suzhou Talk, “Suzhou Foreign Investment Climate.”
• May 2008, China Economic Review “The X Factor: Jiaxing Talks Up Its Commercial Edge”
• March 2008, Shanghai Business Review, Suzhou’s Starbucks Factor”
• November 2007, National Public Radio, “Doing Business in China”
• September 2007, Economist Intelligence Unit, “China Corporate Governance Issues”
• August 2007, China International Business Magazine, “Business Process Outsourcing in China”
• July 2007, Insight Magazine (American Chamber of Commerce-Shanghai Publication), “Dalian Investment Environment”
• June, September 2007, China Economic Review, “Suzhou Investment Environment”
• June 2007, The China Perspective Magazine, Exclusive Interview, “Strategic Site Selection”
• November 2006, Newsweek Magazine, “China HR Management”
• October 2006, Chicago School of Business News , “China HR Management”
• September 2006, Insight Magazine (American Chamber of Commerce-Shanghai Publication), “China HR”
• November 2005, China Economic Review “China Corporate Communications”
• December 2004, China International Business, “Chinese Sensitivities in Sales and Marketing”
• October 2005, Electronic Business Magazine, “Electronics Industry Centers in China”
• October 2004, Inbound Logistics Magazine, “China Logistics Issues”
• March 2003, Boss Magazine (Australia), “Asian Employee Absenteeism”