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The Power of Batteries: The Story of BYD

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Who Gets Funds from China’s Capital Market?

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This chapter discusses the case of BYD, a leading new-energy powered carmaker in China. Its vision capitalizes on the trend of emerging new energy industries, and the case will examine its ability to integrate business lines to generate synergies and its unique business development model that has attracted global investors including Warren Buffet.

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Notes

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    All data for BYD are from Prospectus of BYD, 2011 unless indicated otherwise.

  2. 2.

    Worldwide Market Update on NiMH, Li Ion and Polymer Batteries for Portable and the Future Applications, Institute of Information Technology (IIT), 2010.

  3. 3.

    Analyst Report on BYD, Guotai Junan Securities, 2011.

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    http://www.caam.org.cn/newslist/a35-1.html

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    http://www.casted.org.cn/en/web.php?NewsID=5327

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    http://auto.sohu.com/20120712/n348008224.shtml

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    Pike Research: http://finance.21cn.com/newsdoc/zx/a/2013/0204/08/20343293_all.shtml

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    EPIA: http://www.epia.org/home/

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    Siemens process referred to a popular process based on the thermal decomposition of trichlorosilane at 1100 °C on a heated silicon rod placed inside a deposition chamber. This process was developed in the late 50s with reference to the company that carried out its early development and was abandoned recently due to its high energy consumption and pollution.

  10. 10.

    Rupert Hoogewerf, born in Luxembourg, is the publisher of the Hurun Report, a monthly magazine best known for its “China Rich List”, a ranking of the wealthiest individuals in China. As a qualified chartered accountant, Hoogewerf worked for 7 years at Arthur Andersen, before launching Hurun Report.

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    The China New Energy Vehicles Program: Challenges and Opportunities, World Bank, 2012.

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  1. School of Business, City University of New York College of Staten Island, New York, NY, USA

    Jiazhuo G. Wang

  2. HSBC Business School, Peking University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Juan Yang

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Wang, J.G., Yang, J. (2013). The Power of Batteries: The Story of BYD. In: Who Gets Funds from China’s Capital Market?. SpringerBriefs in Business. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-44913-0_2

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