The rise of new technology giants from
Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (‘GAFA’) may still be the world’s largest technology companies, but a new generation of technology...
Changing China
The first response from my academic colleagues in The Netherlands when I announced I would study innovation in China in...
Shortlisted for the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar Award
August 2017 Thinkers of the Month – A Dutch academic based in Hangzhou, China with a ringside seat on fast evolving...
2017 G20: China to deepen role in
After successfully hosting the G20 in 2016, China’s participation in the G20 in Hamburg this year may prove an important...
Biking 2.0: Innovations in bike sharing in
You would think that the Netherlands as a biking nation is leading in smart biking technology. In many ways that...
New wave of digital entrepreneurs rises in
The time when tech unicorns, digital disruptors and celebrity entrepreneurs came exclusively from Silicon Valley is long gone. A new...
Talent development is key for innovation
The presentation of the Government Work Report during the two sessions in Beijing last week is always reason for discussion...
China’s inevitable role in pushing the frontier
The reality is that the world has always been more complex and interdependent than we would like to admit. The...
Respect local market, priority for Chinese entrepreneurs
In the context of the One Belt One Road initiative, also known as the Belt Road Initiative, I discuss the...
Five reasons why foreign entrepreneurs start a
I think it is very good. Firstly, the support of the Chinese government is rather extensive, from incubators to subsidies,...