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Starbucks’s ambitious plan in China: reflecting and expanding a business class reading

26

Sep

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Starbucks’s ambitious plan in China: reflecting and expanding a business class reading

By Iris An Sitting in the 21st Avenue coffee shop with my pumpkin spice latte, I opened my next week’s reading assignment for BUSA 3710 and found myself staring at six articles about Starbucks—in a Starbucks (the irony of this weekend study mode was not lost to me). As its…

Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

23

Sep

By Iris An

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Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

By Iris An 01 What is Bilibili and What Happened to it Bilibili (BILI), nicknamed B Site, is a Chinese video sharing website famous for the quote “powered by love” 用爱发电 and the danmu (弹幕) system, a form of video comments where scrolling user/viewer messages are posted on top of…

India’s Warren Buffett: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away at 62

18

Sep

By Iris An

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India’s Warren Buffett: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away at 62

By Iris An At dawn on August 14, just as daylight swept over Mumbai, Jhunjhunwala, the veteran trader-cum-investor, known as the Big Bull of Dalal Street, passed away following a cardiac arrest. At the funeral ceremony, Gautam Adani, who had just overtaken Bill Gates and become the world's third richest…

How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Affecting Food Prices

28

Jun

By Ron Ye

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How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Affecting Food Prices

By: Ron Ye Around the world, food is getting increasingly expensive. The war in Ukraine and COVID-19 are the main factors behind it. COVID-19 has led to supply issues, growing inflation, and labor shortages. This has caused a surge in food prices in 2021 as countries reopened and demand increased.…

China’s Forced Technology Transfer Policy: Takeaways for the Developing World

27

Mar

By Sebastian Marrero

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China’s Forced Technology Transfer Policy: Takeaways for the Developing World

By: Sebastian Marrero Workers in an automobile factory in Beijing, China. China’s economy has historically been an ambitious one. Traditionally focused on low-value-added, low-wage textiles and clothing manufacturing, China has in recent decades asserted itself as a burgeoning superpower in the global economy. Industries such as semiconductors, information technology, and…

Sanctions Trigger Market Volatility Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

27

Mar

By Lexi Blakes

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Sanctions Trigger Market Volatility Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

By: Lexi Blakes Thursday, Feb. 24, U.S. President Joe Biden announced additional sanctions on Russian banks in light of the recent escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The crisis has been mounting since tensions developed in 2014, when protesters in Ukraine overthrew President Viktor Yanukovych, who was partisan to Russia’s interests.…

Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

24

Mar

By Edward Ding

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Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

By: Edward Ding December 18, 2020 was a particularly bad day for SMIC, China’s largest semiconductor manufacturer. The U.S. government blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies, including SMIC, and effectively restricted their purchase of advanced U.S. technology. SMIC, already behind foreign competitors in terms of chip technology, found its plans for…

07

Mar

By Trevor Jones

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Pacific Island Economies

By: Trevor Jones An often overlooked facet of global economics is the functionality of island economies. I began exploring this in the wake of the Tonga volcano eruption in January 2022, when a massive eruption caused rampant flooding in the Pacific island nation. The publicity of this disaster led me…

Russo-Ukrainian Crisis: The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia

07

Mar

By Ron Ye

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Russo-Ukrainian Crisis: The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions on Russia

By: Ron Ye When I began working on the first version of this article, it was about a week before the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There were many uncertainties. Would Russia even invade Ukraine? It seemed like a risky move for Putin to make. How willingly would European…