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GOOGLE’s CHINESE CONUNDRUM
HOW GOOGLE DID THE RIGHT THING IN CHINA
Distance Assignment, Internationalization of the Firm
PG
19.9.2012
Distance Assignment
19.09.2012
1. Why GOOGLE Entered China
From a business management perspective, the case for a GOOGLE launch in China was clear cut and primarily two-fold; 1. with only 8% of the total Chinese population using the internet, its 105 Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-35523183345660022132011-03-22T02:44:00.000-07:002011-03-22T02:52:03.989-07:00Steve3Ever wonder about the confluence of Steve's / Stephen's and mobiles? Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-22190295305607582962011-03-22T02:36:00.001-07:002011-03-22T02:43:55.304-07:00Disney Buys Finnish Rocket PackWhy do all the Americans get the good Finnish companies? Wonder why NOKIA let's these gems get away http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2011/03/03/disney-purchases-game-tool-maker-rocket-pack-in-end-run-around-app-store-costs" Then again, NOKIA may be American-owned pretty soon.Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-91578716106916401382011-03-22T02:26:00.000-07:002011-03-22T02:32:36.809-07:00NOKIA Drops $5mill in SponsorPayBo Ilsoe and Team place a smart bet Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-43281488872355476632011-03-22T01:58:00.001-07:002011-03-22T02:03:15.833-07:00Payment Architects Wanted!If your skilled in the art of designing and architecting payment networks, PG invites you to join PAYMENTGUYS (& PAYMENTGIRLS). This is a group of payment specialists who like to do freelance payment gigs. Preferably you are a skilled developer and/or have some formal training in architecture and are for example TOGAF certified. But experience, interest and passion are what is most important.Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-39800474740592379962011-03-22T01:55:00.000-07:002011-03-22T01:58:12.082-07:00NFC Payments Coming Soon to A Phone Near You!NYTimes talks about some pending NFC payment initiatives Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-26618496378444578462010-12-09T03:45:00.000-08:002010-12-09T03:48:30.365-08:00Kiwi Ezi-Pay Partners with Yank InComm For Prepaid CardsGreat prepaid concept here; "New Zealand gift card company Ezi-Pay has teamed up with the largest United States gift card provider, inComm, to launch a card that allows anyone to give online gaming as a gift." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10691901Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-56079238508531356232010-12-09T02:08:00.000-08:002010-12-09T02:16:09.918-08:00Linden Lab's Last Hurrah ...Seems the Linden Management is going to offer virtual gambing with an Israeli company 888 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2010/12/08/linden-lab-has-plans-to-relent-on-gambling-ban-in-second-life-in-2011/. Well, about time they reversed this stupid decision from 2 years ago. This could actuallly save Linden's ass and the sooner they offer 3D poker and sports betting for punters - the better! Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-34067532827074405462010-12-09T01:53:00.001-08:002010-12-09T02:01:11.924-08:00Sulake Will Never Be Profitable ..... with only HABBO Hotel and Bobba. As Finnish Business mag Kauppalehti analyses, Sulake must erase over 20 million euros of accumulated losses for the HABBO portfolio to grow to cumulative profit http://www.kauppalehti.fi/5/i/yritykset/yritysuutiset/?oid=20100916945. Sulake needs to change its management and partner with a social network, or create its own kiddie social network with its Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-32472043760295869872010-12-09T01:43:00.001-08:002010-12-09T01:48:27.967-08:00New Kids on the BlockLooking for some High End Payment Devs? Then check out these ex-Lindens who have formed Singing Horse Studios http://singinghorsestudio.com/. Serious, experienced and good enough to make sure you don't look like a .... Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-21165232966764249512010-12-09T01:36:00.000-08:002010-12-09T01:50:05.530-08:00Ollie Polonen goes APE ShitPG agrees with Ollie that the main things this new startup has goig is "unlike its current competitors, its technology enables extremely small payments ranging from only few cents to some ten cents by managing to reduce the share of various payment fees substantially." And they have good browser integration for account management. Let's see if APE can turn into an 800 lb gorilla. Article here Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-18811464819970394772010-12-09T01:28:00.000-08:002010-12-09T01:49:36.506-08:00Finland "Won’t get another Nokia ...”... said Risto Siilasmaa, a Nokia board member who founded software company F-Secure Oyj as an engineering student. “But we should definitely get 10 or 100 F-Secures and a lot of Angry Birds and APE Payments.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-28/-angry-birds-spread-wings-as-finland-searches-for-nokia-2-0.html Sure Risto, Angry Birds is the big thing at the moment. But APE Payments? PG Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-91358445893116494952010-12-09T00:55:00.000-08:002010-12-09T00:58:11.076-08:00StarGirl of StarDoll RevealedWhat a revealing and heart warming story by Helsingen Sanomat on Liisa Wrang - the rags-to-riches story behind Stardoll . You Go Girl! http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Liisa+Wrang+-+the+rags-to-riches+story+behind+Stardoll/1135262186716Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-82855119186327380702010-09-25T21:22:00.000-07:002010-09-25T21:24:13.965-07:00Google buys virtual currencies startup JamboolGoogle buys virtual currencies startup Jamboolvia Beyond Money by Thomas H. Greco on 8/18/10SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – – Virtual currency manager Jambool announced Monday that it has been purchased by Google for an undisclosed sum.“When the opportunity arose to join forces with Google… we couldn’t pass it up,” Vikas Gupta and Reza Hussein, co-founders of the startup, said in a blog post.Jambool is thePaymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-52412767417982124732010-09-22T22:23:00.000-07:002010-09-22T22:26:21.802-07:00FaceBook Credits Will Be HugeFacebook, which more than any other company aspires to usurp Google’s dominant place on the Internet, hopes to avoid that problem. Already on the path to becoming an advertising powerhouse, the social networking company is laying the groundwork for its second act: a virtual currency system that some day could turn into a multibillion-dollar business. Facebook began testing its virtual currency, Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-82218663427291476462010-06-02T04:38:00.000-07:002010-06-02T04:47:35.179-07:00David Fleck Flocks to IMVUWonder if his tricks from Linden Lab and that Korean virtual cat world (forget the name ... (ok just came to me GOPETS ...) still work? Good Luck http://www.imvu.com/about/management.phpPS PG: Is it Im-View or I-M-V-U?PG PPS: Wish these guys would reunite - ASAP!Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-89097036968740994792010-06-02T04:37:00.001-07:002010-06-02T04:46:44.555-07:00TOGAF Certified Payment Architect ...... at your service! GMAIL ................... PAYMENTGUY@GMAIL.COMPaymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-18724081448013111102010-06-02T04:26:00.001-07:002010-06-02T04:52:51.663-07:00PAYMENTGUY is TOGAF CertifiedPG is TOGAF Certified (got 95% on the tests ;). So if you want the best payment architecture possible GMAIL PAYMENTGUY@GMAIL.COM.What the hell is TOGAF???? Check www.opengroup.org/togaf (sounds like an Eastern European meat dish ... I know ...Is certification in this crap worthwhile??? (yes - actually) http://www.trainingpressreleases.com/newsstory.asp?NewsID=5432Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-31678444094327523502010-06-02T04:22:00.000-07:002010-06-02T04:25:24.143-07:00Up to 10,000 virtual objects stolen from Habbo HotelFrom http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Up+to+10000+virtual+objects+stolen+from+Habbo+Hotel/1135257271195 "Thieves believed to be between 16 and 19 years oldThe Habbo Hotel, a virtual online world favoured by many Finnish schoolchildren and young people, may have had up to 10,000 virtual objects stolen from it. Police suspect that several people in a number of communities have been involved with Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-47567882201414394422010-05-12T22:52:00.000-07:002010-05-12T22:55:19.747-07:00Peguin Founders Lose $350,000,000 BonusHaha http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/business/media/13penguin.html?hpwPaymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-70978476291071047962010-05-12T22:48:00.000-07:002010-05-12T22:52:44.888-07:00Kiddie Virtual World Kings Slowing DownYup, the big kiddie virtual worlds, Sulake, Penguin, Webkinz, Neopets are being hit hard. Some of the reasons; 1. The economic downturn has figured prominently;2. The fickle nature of children’s entertainment;3. An oversaturation of virtual worlds aimed at youths;4. Competition from new smartphone games;5. Competition from social networking sites.Webkinz.com, where children care for stuffed Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-80713542840217245312010-03-04T23:47:00.000-08:002010-03-04T23:52:35.946-08:00Linden Lab's Original VP Marketing .....David Fleck, the little recognized and successful driver of Second Life's early growth has a new gig as VP Marketing & Business Development at Wildpockets.com. Looks interesting. Good luck man ... Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-24822620661594879832010-03-04T23:38:00.000-08:002010-03-04T23:46:41.032-08:00Bynamite!Ginsu Yoon is back ... Linden Lab's Former Mr. Everything (General Counsel, CFO, VP Business Development, VP New Market Development, etc... etc...) has a brand new Gig in stealth mode called Bynamite. Will Bynamite be Dynamite? Or crash and burn? Stay tuned... in the meantime email for a prelaunch invite to the venture here http://www.bynamite.com/Paymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2162947490265832295.post-85522981979626354992010-03-04T23:29:00.000-08:002010-03-05T02:33:37.025-08:00All Virtual World Consultants Are Created Equal ...NOT!Paul Thind and his Team at Triggerspot actually has an extensive track record in this space and really add value http://triggerspot.com. So look him up and drop him a line: TRIGGERSPOT, INC.Paul Thind, LeaderSan Francisco, CA 94123Tel: +1 (510) 589 6944E-mail: paul@triggerspot.comhttp://www.triggerspot.comPaymentguy@gmail.com http://www.blogger.com/profile/06293819833746978388noreply@blogger.com0