<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--RSS generated by Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator on 5/17/2012 2:11:15 AM--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/emba/_layouts/RssXslt.aspx?List=d2eeeb15-40bc-4f4f-9c3e-66c957cb689c" version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IMD EMBA Blog</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba</link><description>RSS feed for the Posts list.</description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:11:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SharePoint CKS:EBE</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>IMD EMBA Blog</title><url>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/_layouts/images/homepage.gif</url><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba</link></image><item><title>Currently in Palo Alto prepping for the September 2012 EMBA Discovery Expedition.  As always, exciting to be here.  There is almost too much happening.  It’s hard to take it all in and make sense of it.</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/archive/2012/05/07/currently-in-palo-alto-prepping-for-the-september-2012-emba-discovery-expedition-as-always-exciting-to-be-here-there-is-almost-too-much-happening-it’s-hard-to-take-it-all-in-and-make-sense-of-it-.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/emba/archive/2012/05/07/currently-in-palo-alto-prepping-for-the-september-2012-emba-discovery-expedition-as-always-exciting-to-be-here-there-is-almost-too-much-happening-it’s-hard-to-take-it-all-in-and-make-sense-of-it-.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Pulcrano, Jim</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:57:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Day 7 – Saturday, April 28, 2012</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/archive/2012/04/29/day-7-–-saturday-april-28-2012.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/emba/archive/2012/04/29/day-7-–-saturday-april-28-2012.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[We’ve come to the end of our week here in Shanghai. Yesterday, Friday, was our last full day. We visited one more company in the morning, Haier, the leader in white goods and home appliances.    The company got its start in low end appliances, taking advantage of China’s cost position, but the reali... (More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Egli, Catherine</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:13:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Day 5 - Thursday, April 26, 2012</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/archive/2012/04/26/day-5-thursday-april-26-2012.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/emba/archive/2012/04/26/day-5-thursday-april-26-2012.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Hi from the Four Seasons at Shanghai, where we’ve returned after our visit to Jiang Yin.   After a debrief at the Sheraton, we visited Juizhou Fruits, which produces strawberries and grapes. Most remarkable is the head of the company, Mrs. Fen, who founded the company in 2004 at the age of 66, and r... 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(More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Egli, Catherine</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:58:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Day 3, April 24, 2012</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/archive/2012/04/24/day-3-april-24-2012.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/emba/archive/2012/04/24/day-3-april-24-2012.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[     Our day began early, with a very informative presentation from Dr. Fan Gang, Director of the National Economic Research Institute of the China Reform Foundation.  Dr. Fan discussed the growth of the Chinese economy and the rapid growth coupled with the urbanization, plus high savings rate and h... 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(More)]]></description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Egli, Catherine</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:59:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China, Day 1 - Sunday, April 22, 2012</title><link>http://blogs.imd.ch/emba/archive/2012/04/23/china-day-1-sunday-april-22-2012.aspx</link><guid isPermaLink="False">/emba/archive/2012/04/23/china-day-1-sunday-april-22-2012.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Greetings from Shanghai! We’ve gathered today, to begin our IMD EMBA Discovery Expedition to China. If you’ve followed us on our last journey, in Mumbai, then welcome back. Over this next week I’ll provide a daily account of what we’re up to. Our Expedition will last seven days, and take us not only... 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