Emerging Champions in the Digital Economy

This book presents a list of emerging and established companies which have a strong belief in the digital economy and elaborate their unique digital innovations. The companies selected for this book are from a variety of industries, including both Chinese and international leading technology companies such as iflytek, JD.com, IBM and Amazon. A wide range of commercial fields are covered ensuring a comprehensive research on the topic of digital economy, for example Shanghai Center (Construction Management), PPDai(Finance), 3Dmed(Precision Medicine), Children’s Hospital of Shanghai(Medical Service), First Respond (First Aid Service) etc. All cases are presented based on field studies as well as in-depth interviews and are followed by thought-provoking case analysis, which can help readers to better understand the cases from different perspectives. Readers can use this book as a good reference to address challenges and capture opportunities in the context of ever growing digital economy. 

Dr. Zhu Xiaoming is Professor of Management at CEIBS, where he served as President from June 2006 to March 2015. Dr. Zhu graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a doctoral degree in engineering, he is also adjunct professor and PhD supervisor in the College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, adjunct professor and PhD supervisor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, PhD supervisor for the China UnionPay postdoctoral programme, and Director of Shanghai Research Institute of Digitalization and Internet Finance. Dr. Zhu assumed the positions of Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Chairman of the Shanghai Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and Shanghai Foreign Investment Committee, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai People’s Congress, and Vice Chairman of the Shanghai People’s Political Consultative Conference. 
The major honours awarded to Dr. Zhu include the 2nd Prize and the 3rd Prize for "Science and Technology Advancement in Shanghai", the 1st Prize and the 2nd Prize for "Shanghai Policy-making Consultation" and Distinguished Award of the International Academy of Management. He also assumed the positions of Vice Chairman of the China Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and Director of the Shanghai Evaluation Committee of International Business Professionals. 
Dr. Zhu has published substantial amounts of books and research reports, including the series of Shanghai Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Mathematical Model Study of Economic and Management Cases (one of the coauthors), the Report on China’s Outsourcing Development 2007-2013 (editor-in-chief) , the 2010 Report on Development of China’s Outward Investment and Economic Cooperation (editor-in-chief), Platform as a Service, and Report on China’ Third Party E-payment Sector, E-payment Revolution, as well as the Chinese version of Mastering the Hype Cycle.