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| "New Life For Tired Brands" | "IPTV: Development Awaiting Convergence of Telecommunication and Media Industry" |
| The Dec 6th, 2008 edition of Directors & Boards published the article "New Life for Tired Brands" by Dr. Edward Tse, Managing Director of Greater China. | The Dec 1st, 2008 edition of Communication Weekly published the article "IPTV: Development Awaiting Convergence of Telecommunication and Media" by Dr. Edward Tse, Managing Director of Greater China, Mr. Ting Zhao, Principal, and Mr. David Artero, Senior Associate. It stated that although IPTV has potentially limiting factors including regulations, intellectual property, customer affinity and business model, IPTV market prospects remain bright in the next five years with the continuation of the convergence of telecommunications and media industry. |
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| Rural Banking 2.0 | Process Utilities |
| Several global trends are heightening the importance of providing effective financing to rural economies: high prices for grain and rice prices, increased demand for food production, growing demand for biofuels. But these demands are coming at a time when investment in agricultural productivity has declined. Banks that can effectively finance a new agricultural revolution will discover significant competitive advantage. |
Consolidation in the financial-services sector has given many banks the chance to achieve extraordinary economies of scale in back-office processes. Such improvements can cut costs dramatically, reduce risk, increase processing speed, and minimize errors, as well as enhance customer service. Econometric studies from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Bank of Canada, and the European Investment Bank all underscore the potential to increase scale in the industry—but not all banks have realized this potential. |
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