Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II Case Review Background: Gobi Partners, founded in 2001 by three former WIH employees, is considering opening a second fund. The GPs, known across the industry for their due diligence, presents the idea to the advisory committee for guidance. Although the committee does not approve or deny Fund II, they seem to support a second fund under certain conditions. The GPs are faced with difficult circumstances and personal to global financial conditions; all of which could lead to fund failure. Gobi targets Chinese based, digital media, early stage investments.
Many of them were illiterate with wives back in China. The Chinese weren’t settlers, but Sojourners. They planned to make enough money in the United States and return back to their homeland to start a business or buy land to farm. Japan was closed off from the West until the end of the 19th century because Shogun controlled the lesser feudal lords via hostage system, while the only outsiders that were permitted into Japan were Koreans and Chinese merchants. Before the Tokugawa Era, Portuguese missionaries were able to recruit up to 300,000 converts by the end of the 16th century.
October 9 , 2009 The Effects the of One-Child Policy in China What are the results of the one-child policy in China? 30 years ago, the Chinese government launched the policy of one child per family. At that time, China, which has seven percent of the world's arable land, is home to one quarter of the world's population. The Chinese government decided that it was necessary to impose a one-child policy in hopes of economic reform. Delayed marriage, delayed childbearing age, and the spacing of births, which in exceptional cases, are forms of restrictions imposed for the planning of family size.
Kraft Foods Finds a Chinese Face for Oreo --Oreo localization in China 学院：外国语学院 班级：24150102班 学号：2012041501065 姓名：徐佳媛 Until the mid-1990s, Oreo largely focused on the US market - as reflected in one of its popular advertising slogans from the 1980s, "America's Best Loved Cookie". But the dominant position in the US limited growth opportunities and encouraged Kraft to turn to international markets. Oreo launched in China in 1996 as a clone of the American version.The China launch was based on the implicit assumption that what made it successful in its home market would be a winning formula in any other market. However,doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results did not happen in China, after almost a decade, Oreo cookies were not a hit as anticipated because of insufficient understanding of local preferences. By 2005, it controlled a mere 3% of the Chinese cookie market and the team even considered pulling Oreo out of the Chinese market altogether for the long-term losses.
Beijing Jeep At a Cross-Roads: Facing The Challenge of China’s Entry Into the WTO Case Summary Beijing Jeep Corporation, Ltd. (BJC) founded in China in 1984. BJC was the automotive industry first appeared in China and was the company that conducted in joint venture with American Motors Corporation (AMC). The joint venture was the biggest in the history of automotive China where AMC had a 31.35% share with $8 million in cash and $8 million in technology. BJC's party agreed to have a 68.65% share, and embed a number of cash of $35 million. After the joint venture started in January 1984 the two parties do not agree on their cars that will be produced.
The Beginnings of The Problem Opium had first arrived in London as a new medicinal trade product. It was new, compact, easily transported, and non-perishable. Trade with China proved very profitable and flourished for more than twenty years uninterrupted, until in 1835 China passed its first laws prohibiting the importation of opium (1). In the years following this prohibition, England responded simply by shifting the drop off points to other ports in China. China resisted these efforts, by England, to continue trade and began attacking their ships.
What long-term strategy should Wal-Mart adopt in China? What Should Wal-Mart Do? Although the continued market expansion into China may seem desirable, Wal-Mart should slow expansion in China until infrastructure expands to support its unique distribution system. China’s under-developed highway network severely hampers Wal-Mart’s effort for efficient distribution. Instead of ending operations, it is important for Wal-Mart to remain a viable competitor in the Chinese market and not completely abandon its foothold gained thus far.
Also, the aging society has become a big problem in China, which is only a developing country. Therefore, the old policies of family planning needed to be amended, and Beijing decided that if either parent is an only child, then he/she is eligible to have two children of their own. Family planning is always a headline in China, and the significant change has pushed the heat of discussion into a new level. The reasons that people in China care about it variously. Here is my explanation.
Had China done otherwise, it would not have achieved its rapid economic development and profound improvement in the living standards of the Chinese people. China should continue to make development its top priority and stand firmly for peace and development, not only in China, but in the world at large. Second, Deng insisted that China should never seek hegemony. This policy of seeking no hegemony is still guiding China today. Even though China has become the second-largest economy in the world, and is expected to surpass the United States as the largest economy, possibly this decade, it does not seek hegemony or expansion.
In order to grow its operations China, Caterpillar decided to take a route that has proven successful for many MNCs operating in the PRC and use M&A rather than build things from scratch. After looking around, in 2011 Caterpillar proposed the acquisition of ERA Mining Machinery and its subsidiary Siwei for $886 million. ERA Mining Machines (ERA) was a mining machinery firm in China that was listed in Hong Kong and was the result of a reverse merger. While Siwei, ERA’s wholly own subsidiary, had always been a manufacturer of mining machines, ERA was a neophyte in the industry. ERA had previously “acquired” Siwei through a reverse merger.