recently signed short term production contracts with a long term strategy of production in China. Unlike Nike’s previous global endeavors‚ the political and cultural atmosphere in China has made the collaboration more demanding. Opportunities As the South Korean standard of living continued to improve‚ expected wages grew forcing Nike to look elsewhere for low cost shoe production. Market research identified China and India as the best long term possibilities for the new production facilities based
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Water trade in China Overall context Acqua International (AQ) is a Europe-based multinational company that has interests in water and other environment-related businesses. In China‚ the company has joint ventures with medium-size and large municipalities to produce potable water. To increase its investments in China‚ the AQ Group arranged‚ through its local subsidiary Pacific Acqua International (PAQ)‚ to enter into a strategic alliance with Tak Foy and Co.‚ a Chinese conglomerate with strong roots
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the cause of the first Opium War in China 1839-1842? The Opium Wars in China are said to have been caused by a number of factors‚ none more so than China’s opinion of Britain. Connections between the two countries began through trading and naturally an awareness of the British people came about . However it was shown that China’s imperial government did not see Britain as a power of any significance- which seems to be related to their sense of imperialism; China believed that they ‘did not need to
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The Growing Importance of E-Commerce in China Apr 28‚ 2013 The "booming" of e-commerce in China contributes to internal consumptions‚ helping to sustain the economy. Broadly‚ e-commerce means doing business over the Internet‚ selling goods and services delivered off-line as well as products which can be ’digitized’ and delivered on-line. This form of commerce experienced a rapid growth in the last two years and it is expected to expand further in future. The growing importance of e-commerce and
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multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Greater Chinese Economic Area (GCEA) for entering Vietnam. The statistical results indicate that equity-based entry modes are significant when FDI firms entering Vietnam originate from the GCEA‚ which includes Mainland China‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan‚ and Singapore. However‚ the interaction results show that industry does not have a moderating effect on the relationship between location and entry mode‚ whereas it is not found that industrial cluster is specific to any one location
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16‚ pp1-17 Culture Implications for the Operations StrategyWalmart Experience in China Ming-Ling Chuang1 James J. Donegan2 Michele W. Ganon3 Abstract Many multinational corporations are aware of the topology of the Chinese market‚ what they lack is an in-depth understanding and the skills needed for effective operations. The paper describes the challenges faced by walmart as it attempts to replicate in China their lean retailing successes elsewhere in the world. Walmart has so far failed to
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Papers may be downloaded for personal use only. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University DRAFT June 20‚ 2005 The Internal Morality of Chinese Legalism Kenneth Winston Abstract It is widely held that there are no indigenous roots in China for the rule of law; it is an import from the West. The Chinese legal tradition‚ rather‚ is rule by law‚ as elaborated in ancient Legalist texts such as the Han Feizi. According to the conventional reading of these texts‚ law is amoral and an instrument
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China puts its best face forward Shanghai’s premier shopping street‚ West Nanjing Road‚ may these days style itself as the Fifth Avenue of Asia‚ but on the busy sidewalks it still throbs with all the color and din of a medieval temple fair. Until‚ that is‚ one steps into the hushed confines of the first Lancome concept store to open anywhere in the world - at which point you might just feel as if you have stepped onto the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ assuming your idea of a space station
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a. Strengths of the analysis include the idea that talking about ethical issues is important‚and that the analysis suggests avenues for improving ethics education. The weaknesses primarily cited by students included the “idealistic” nature of the discussion. Onecommon theme emerged‚ which is that frauds and unethical behavior occurred long before formal business school education. Students often cited this fact as anunaddressed weakness in Professor Waddock’s analysis. b. The average level of moral
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Smartphones in China Taking a bite out of Apple Xiaomi‚ often described as China’s answer to Apple‚ is actually quite different Sep 14th 2013 | BEIJING | From the print edition IT FEELS more like a rock concert than a press conference as the casually dressed chief executive takes to a darkened stage to unveil his firm’s sleek new smartphone to an adoring crowd. Yet this was not the launch of the new iPhone by Apple on September 10th‚ but of the Mi-3 handset by Xiaomi‚ a Chinese firm
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