James McGregor is everybody's go-to guy on China, providing strategic advice to top political leaders and Fortune 500 CEOs, serving as an insightful and influential China commentator for television, radio and print media across the globe, and guiding China investments, mergers & acquisitions and all manner of business deals for clients of JL McGregor & Company.
James McGregor is the founder, chairman and CEO of JL McGregor & Company LLC, a China-focused research and advisory firm. A Mandarin speaker, he is a journalist-turned-businessman who has lived in China for 20 years and the author of the book One Billion Customers: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, a widely-acclaimed best-seller published by Simon & Schuster.
Previously, McGregor ran the private consulting firm BlackInc China, which was the launching ground for JL McGregor & Company. He has long served as Senior China Advisor for Ogilvy Worldwide, and has also been senior China advisor for Spencer Stuart and a Senior Director of Stonebridge International LLC, an international strategic advisory firm headed by former U.S. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger. Before researching and writing the book, McGregor was a partner and the China managing director for GIV Venture Partners, a $140 million venture capital fund specializing in technology investments in China and India. McGregor was also a pioneer of the Chinese Internet, serving as an advisor to many Chinese Internet startups and as an early investor and board member of Sohu.com during the company's July 2000 NASDAQ listing.
McGregor's interest in Asia began at age 18 when he served as an infantry soldier in Vietnam. His China career started in 1985 when he backpacked through China and decided he wanted to learn Mandarin and focus on being a journalist in China. At the time, McGregor was a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. From 1987 to 1993 McGregor served as The Wall Street Journal's Taiwan bureau chief and The Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief.
From 1993 to 2000, McGregor was chief executive of Dow Jones & Co. in China, and a vice-president in the Dow Jones International Group. At Dow Jones, McGregor built a portfolio of media businesses that employed some 150 Chinese professionals with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. In 1996, McGregor was Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He also served for a decade as a Governor of that organization. McGregor is currently a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations; a member of the International Council of the Asia Society; and he serves on a variety of China-related advisory boards.
It is well known that with 1.3 billion mouths to feed, China’s market is moving quickly toward surpassing North America and Europe combined. Companies from the U.S. and across the globe are flocking there to buy, sell, manufacture and create new products. But as former The Wall Street Journal China bureau chief turned successful corporate executive James McGregor explains, business in China is conducted with much subterfuge -- nothing is as it seems and nothing about business in China is easy.
Quickly becoming the bible for anybody doing business in China, One Billion Customers shows how to navigate the often treacherous waters of Chinese deal making. Brilliantly written by an author who has lived in China for nearly two decades, the book reveals indispensable, street-smart strategies, tactics, and lessons for succeeding in the world’s fastest growing consumer market. Foreign companies rightly fear that Chinese partners, customers or suppliers will steal their technology or trade secrets or simply pick their pockets. Testy relations between China’s Communist leaders and the U.S. and other democracies can trap foreign companies in a political crossfire. McGregor has seen or experienced it all, and now he shares his insights about how China really works.
One Billion Customers maximizes the expansive knowledge of a respected journalist, well-known businessman, and ultimate China insider, offering compelling narratives of personalities, business deals, and lessons learned—from Morgan Stanley’s creation of a joint-venture Chinese investment bank to the pleasure dome of a smuggler whose $6 billion operation demonstrates how corruption greases the wheels of Chinese commerce. With nearly one hundred strategies for conducting business in China, this unprecedented account combines practical lessons with the story of China’s remarkable rise to power.
其实知道有这么一本书有段时间了,在译言上也浏览了一下,没觉得特别吸引人,何况还挺长,又没有翻译完全。但是昨天同时从两个地方再次听到推荐,一是和菜头的博客,二是哥们在电话里兴奋的说在牛博上看到一篇精彩的文章,叫什么《十亿消费者》,我说我看到过,丫顿时颇为失落...
评分为了避免被咔嚓而导致这本书影响的人变少,我自觉地要进行自我审查。 总的说来,本书作为一本写给外国人,关于“如何在中国经商”的指南,是非常成功的。我很有冲动想将这本书发给我那还在中国晕头转向的美国老板看看,事实上他们遇到的问题以及愚不可及的处理方法,这本书里多...
评分对书中有意思的章节进行的摘录 开篇: 虽然说曹兵(外汇兑换)和杨百万(政府债券套利)建立的商业模式是那么的粗糙,但他们是中国商业实践的先驱,他们开创的做法在今天仍胜过任何形式更为复杂的其它商业活动:在改革尚未完成的体系中寻找金矿,并在国有和私有经济之间套利...
评分虽然作者是针对外商在中国投资的攻略,但是作为一个国人了解这纷繁复杂的商场,也不可不谓是一个红宝书。故将其内容摘抄在此。 第一章:庄严的谈判 商业红宝书 车轮战、美食、美酒是谈判工具。如果你的中国对手想在一场茅台拼酒宴后完成交易,那最好在合同上呕吐然后签字。 中...
评分一个原因是 里面的人物基本上会成为未来5年中国的主角 另一个原因是它揭示了光鲜外表下投资中国的艰难。在这个角度,除了口口相传的八卦外很难找到其它的资料可供参考 作为一个中国人,可能里面大多数事情你都不知道
值得一提的是这本书的翻译。译者“乱翻书”,真名无从考究。他独自一人做了这件浩大的工程,没有报酬,没有出版的可能性,他从这件事中得不到一点名利。看多了这几年的所谓专业翻译水平,再看他的业余作品,我只想对那些专业翻译们说一句话:“洗洗睡吧。”乱翻书的翻译,只能用杰出两个字来形容,或者用三个字来形容:信达雅。感谢乱翻书。
评分3.5星;中译;部分章节以及红宝书精彩;整体失之散乱、简单。
评分值得一提的是这本书的翻译。译者“乱翻书”,真名无从考究。他独自一人做了这件浩大的工程,没有报酬,没有出版的可能性,他从这件事中得不到一点名利。看多了这几年的所谓专业翻译水平,再看他的业余作品,我只想对那些专业翻译们说一句话:“洗洗睡吧。”乱翻书的翻译,只能用杰出两个字来形容,或者用三个字来形容:信达雅。感谢乱翻书。
评分真实、敏感、透彻,就这个意思
评分相当多内幕,纪实类,非常有趣
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