Tag Archives: Business

Teijin Chemicals Develops Radioactive Detecting Plastic

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Ben

In the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi plant disaster, Teijin Chemicals has developed a polyester resin that will glow blue in the presence of radioactivity. This product, Scintirex, will help push forward cheaper radioactivity detection equipment: “Scintirex ‘will help to … Continue reading →

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Wokai Sends Money to Rural Chinese Entrepreneurs

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Ben

I ran across this a while ago but haven’t had time to look into it further until now. I was searching for a microlending organization that not only was either a write-off or “investment” of sorts, but focused on China. … Continue reading →

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Stanford: Advanced Leadership Program for Emerging Asian American Executives

Posted on May 18, 2010 by John

At 8Asians, we’ve blogged about Where Are the Asian CEOs? , how Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White, as well as the “bamboo ceiling.” I recently read that now Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB)  has an Advanced … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Chiang: Business School Asians Behaving Badly

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Guest Writer

By Elaine We Asians finally have our own version of Aleksey Vayner, the Yale graduate who applied for a job on Wall Street a few years ago with an eleven page resume (complete with video) that claimed he could bench … Continue reading →

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Can Being Asian Prevent Promotions?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Ben

So I got this email, and saw the tweet: Being Asian can prevent you from ascending the corporate ladder. Our seminar, presented with EMC Asian Circle, can tell you what to do about it. You’ve done all the right things, … Continue reading →

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