QUESTION 1: Why do you that it is so important to cultivate guanxi and guanxiwang in China? ANSWER 1: Guanxi literally means relationships‚ although in business settings in can better be understood as “connections.” The concept of guanxi is deeply rooted in Chinese culture and Confucianism. The Chinese will often cultivate a guanxiwang‚ or “relationship network‚” for help. In China‚ there is a tacit acknowledgement that if you have the right guanxi‚ legal rules can be broken or bent. Mintz made
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Paper Keywords: Shanghai heritage protection legal system‚ management system Abstract: urban heritage protection work in Shanghai Urban Planning and Construction Management is an important content. In the last 20 years exploration and practice formed a relatively complete legal and management system. The paper made a comprehensive overview of the system ‚ and its operational characteristics and advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. Shanghai has long attached great importance to historic
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Summary New Yorker Dan Mintz moved to China as a freelance film director with no contacts‚ no advertising experience. DMG had emerged as one of China’s fastest growing advertising agencies. Mintz attributes his success in part to what the Chinese call guanxi: Guanxi means relationship and through business setting it can be better understood as connection. Guanxi has its roots in the Confucian philosophy of valuing social hierarchy and reciprocal obligations. Confucian ideology has a 2‚000-year-old
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HKU395 ZHIGANG TAO SHANGHAI GENERAL MOTORS: THE RISE OF A LATE-COMER In February 1998‚ the Asian Wall Street Journal‚ sceptical at General Motor’s (GM) investment in China‚ ran a front-page story with the headline‚ “GM bets big on a market littered with casualties.”1 Seven years later‚ in January 2005‚ GM featured once again in the same paper‚ only this time‚ the headline was more positive “GM vehicle sales in China rose 27% in 2004”.2 While Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) maintained its leadership
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The attraction of Shanghai – Food & Catering Background information: Shanghai cuisine is the youngest among the ten major cuisines in China though with a history of more than 400 years. Traditionally called Benbang cuisine‚ it originated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1840). Shanghai dishes usually look red and shiny‚ for they are often pickled in wine and their cooking methods include baking‚ stewing‚ teaming‚ deep-frying‚ etc. he raw materials of Shanghai dishes are well cut‚ and the colors
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Shanghai Tang is a famous Chinese fashion label now popular all over the world. Fifteen years back in the year 1994 this clothing brand was launched. The founder was David tang‚ a businessman of Hong Kong. David opened up this new brand to give a new statement to the Chinese fashion and in fact the Chinese fashion got a vast change with the launch of Shanghai Tang. Previously old traditional Hanfu had lots of influence on the dresses of Shanghai Tang. However‚ now it becomes more global. Though started
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Introduction of Shanghai Environment & Energy Exchange and Shanghai ETS Pilot Start of SEEE：2008 Reform of SEEE：SEEE has become Co. Ltd. after structural reform . Total capital 250 million RMB. The biggest carbon exchange in China. Structure of Shareholders：Introduced 10 state-owned enterprises and institutions as shareholders. They are also great stakeholders in ETS. Until the end of January 2012: SEEE has listed 465 projects Total amount 33.6 billion RMB Successfully trading
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Case study: DMG-Shanghai. 1. Why do you think that it is so important to cultivate guanxi and guanxiwang in China? I think that it is so important to cultivate guanxi and guanxiwang in China because both of guanxi and guanxiwang are essential to business in China. It is an important mechanism to do a long-term business and getting successful business in China. Guanxi refers to the business connections that are so important to companies doing business in China. Then‚ guanxiwang refers to the relationship
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A. Introduction The report will be focused on China’s cultural dimensions in tourism development. Religion‚ food‚ festivals‚ music and leisure activities are the 5 cultural elements that are going to be examined how to be used for itinerary planning and will be supported with real itineraries. It is then followed by evaluating how the itineraries meet the cultural expectations of different market segments. Last but not least‚ suggestions on how to communicate with the local people effectively will
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Shanghai Tower Shanghai Tower is a skyscraper that is still under construction by Shanghai Tower Construction & Development Co.‚ Ltd. The location is same as its name‚ Shanghai China. Shanghai tower proposed in 2008‚ started construction in 2009 and the tower will finish in the year of 2014 and start to use (The Skyscraper Center). After the construction‚ the tower will be used for luxury retail‚ bank‚ restaurant‚ conference‚ meeting‚ and banquet functions (Gensler). The tower has 128 floors
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