# Professor Anindya Ghose discusses Vivo, a China-based smartphone company

1 Faculty News June 15, 2017 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](https://qz.com/1004036/chinese-smartphone-brands-are-winning-over-india-by-recycling-tried-and-tested-strategies-from-home/) -- "'They have been able to utilise the manufacturing infrastructure in Shenzhen and thus build high-quality smartphones with flagship-standard specs at low cost,' NYU’s [Ghose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose) said, adding that they also enjoy tax breaks and more lenient labour and environmental standards. Now, with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s 'Make in India' push, Chinese phone-makers like Huawei are bringing their production to India, driving down costs further by bypassing import charges."

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