January 06, 2015
Chinese Mall Giant Wanda Raises $161M To Go After Alibaba

Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group has pulled in 1 billion yuan ($161 million) for what it hopes will be the biggest omnichannel retail operation in the world, according...

December 31, 2014
The Year Of Interesting (And Disruptive) Payments Plays

While our mother’s told us that it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, (only how you play the game), as adults we realize that our mothers only told us that because we...

December 30, 2014
China’s Biggest Developer Buys Payments Processor 99Bill

China’s number-four online payments processor, 99Bill, is now under the control of the country’s largest real estate developer, Dalian Wanda Group, the International Business Times reported on Friday (Dec. 26)....

December 29, 2014
The Year of the Breaches And How The Industry Responded

While it’s not quite faster to list all the retailers and other institutions that haven’t been breached, the list of those who’ve been targets is long and scary. As we look back a year...

December 23, 2014
“Ubernomics” And The New Start Up Math

By all accounts, 2014 was the year of the “on-demand” economy. Ride-sharing service Uber recently closed out a $1.2 billion funding round, placing the start-up’s total valuation at $41 billion. That...

December 23, 2014
Alibaba And SoftBank Join Forces For Indian E-commerce

Alibaba and SoftBank are holding joint discussions with bankers in India as they try to secure a slice of India’s consumer e-commerce market, according to India’s Economic Times. The preliminary...

December 19, 2014
Where And Why African E-Commerce Is Growing

Africa, at least across its developing regions, is warming up to e-Commerce as an emerging trend. Internet penetration is up, therefore online shopper rates are up, too. In fact, business consulting...

December 16, 2014
Regulating Professional Sports Leagues

Posted by Social Science Research Network Regulating Professional Sports Leagues – Nathaniel Grow (University of Georgia – Department of Insurance, Legal Studies, Real Estate) ABSTRACT: Four monopoly sports leagues currently...

December 04, 2014
“From Collusion to Competition” – 18th Issue

Nov 05, 2014 CPI Cartel Column edited by Rosa Abrantes-Metz (Global Economics Group/NYU Stern School of Business) Welcome to the December issue of “From Collusion to Competiton,” dedicated to the...