Briefings & Analysis
Welcome to the World Trade Council of Wichita’s Market Insights & Research Hub
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At the WTCouncil, we provide: in-depth reports, data-driven insights, timely coverage of key developments shaping global markets and internationally-acclaimed research. From policy shifts and economic trends to emerging trade opportunities and risks, our market insights and research equip businesses, policymakers, academics and industry leaders with the knowledge and expertise they need to navigate and to forecast the complexities of international trade and investment.
Market Research
“An Introduction to Doing Business in India, 2025” (cobranded World Trade Council of Wichita and Dezan Shira & Associates). Special Focus: Navigating India’s Expanding Manufacturing System.
Commentary
“Chinese Investment in Shale Gas Technology is a Threat to U. S. Innovation” (by Usha Haley), The Hill, April 1, 2024.
Articles
“Corporate Exit Strategies in Repressive Regimes: Theoretical Reflections on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” (by Stephen Brammer, Usha Haley, Arno Kourula, Jukka Makinen, Natalya Turkina & Sofia Villo), Journal of Management Studies, JMS Management Insights, November 20, 2023.
“How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World” (by Usha Haley and George Haley), Harvard Business Review, April 25, 2013
Grants
“Professor Usha Haley – Chinese Investments in U.S. Shale Gas Hinder U.S. Innovation and Environmental Protection”, video outlining research funded by the National Science Foundation (Usha Haley, PI), December 17, 2024.
“A Word of Caution: State Capitalist Investment in U. S. Shale Gas” (by Usha Haley), National Science Foundation Grant Sole PI), 2024. Summary report available at SSRN.
Books
Subsidies to Chinese Industry: State Capitalism, Business Strategy & Trade Policy (by Usha Haley & George Haley), Oxford University Press, 2014. Headlined twice in the Economist, reviewed in Strategy+Business as “important” and “influential”, and China findings described by JP Morgan as “with no equal in terms of scope, breadth and impact”; findings incorporated into federal regulation in the USA, EU and Germany among other countries.
New Asian Emperors: The Business Strategies of the Overseas Chinese (by George Haley, Usha Haley and Tan Chin Tiong), John Wiley & Sons. The top-selling book on Overseas Chinese business strategy worldwide. Reviewed by The Economist as “an important study”.
“The Chinese Tao of Business: The Logic of Successful Business Strategy” (by George Haley, Usha Haley and Tan Chin Tiong), John Wiley & Sons, 2004. On Straits Times (Singapore) top-ten non-fiction bestselling list for Asia for 11 consecutive weeks. Reviewed in Wall Street Journal as “intriguing”, “exhaustive”, “a veritable textbook” and as a recommended business book.
Cases
“Supply Chains: When the Chips are Down” (by Usha Haley), Financial Times, February 11, 2024.