https://www.scmp.com/rss/331157/feed Dr Chen Long currently serves as director of the Luohan Academy, the open think tank of Alibaba. Before this, he was the chief strategy officer of Ant Financial Group since 2014. Chen received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Toronto, and was a tenured professor at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ten years ago, Shaji was just another impoverished town in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Today, it is the country’s largest producer of furniture sold over the internet. Shaji’s journey to the top of the e-commerce charts started by embracing technology. Entrepreneurs there found their online Taobao stores were far more lucrative than any selling they could do locally. The town is living proof of how going digital presents an opportunity to pull the poor out of poverty and make an economy... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2189182/how-digital-technology-can-drive-inclusive-growth-starting-furniture-producers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2189182/how-digital-technology-can-drive-inclusive-growth-starting-furniture-producers?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:00:00 +0000