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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Majestica hotel in shanghai? 5th team Majestica was founded in Western Europe and focused exclusively on Europe and the United States initially‚ the expansion into China had been on management’s agenda since 1999‚ the opportunity emerged in late 2003‚ Majestica’s proposal to operate the luxury hotel satisfied CPS’s ambition to build a pre-eminent hotel in Shanghai‚ but there are 5 issues between Majestica and CPS. First‚ the length of contract term‚ Majestica asked
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MAJESTICA HOTEL IN SHANGHAI Majestica‚ a luxury hotel management service business began in 1970 in Western Europe. Majestica gradually expand to United Kingdom‚ United States‚ North America‚ Asia and so on. After a gradual expansion in Asia‚ Majestica become the world’s largest operators of luxury hotel and resort. Majestica earn by hotel ownership operation and hotel management but last five years they are concerning to managing hotel. All over the world‚ owner and developer of luxury hotels are
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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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The Lady From Shanghai is one of the great classical film noir‚ which was directed by Orson Welles in 1948 and he adapted it from the novel called If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King in 1938. The theme of this movie is about conspiracy and murder‚ it tells a story of the intrigues between several characters and finally to the terrible collective madness and death. Even though this film only takes 87 minutes‚ every scene composition and camera movement‚ including the movie lines is unforgettable
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Shanghai Tang – Case Study With regard to the problem of the lack of a creative director‚ we suggest a variety of solutions. Firstly‚ considering that the coordination of six designers have a vital importance in order to give compactness and homogeneity to the collections‚ the presence of a creative director is essential. Given the increasingly influential economic crisis ‚ we realize that hiring a new creative director can be a huge responsibility‚ so we think it could be useful to make each
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High housing prices in Shanghai The topic of my presentation is making analysis into three parts—current situation‚ cause and solution. The first part—current situation. Now‚ many experts still believe that housing prices continue to rise; just because of limited land. The range of rise in housing price exceeds the range of rise in resident income. It makes lots of low and middle-income people worried about their own houses. Housing revenue rate is increasing‚ so real estate plays an important
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