Innovation ist ein Wort, das wir viel mehr von in China diese Tage hören. Die übereinstimmung ist, daß als Herstellung Kosten in China fortfahren, zu steigen und Versorgungsmaterial-Kette Kompliziertheit sich erhöht, also müssen Firmen erneuern, um Geld zu sparen und Leistungsfähigkeit zu erhöhen.

In dieser Geschichte nehmen wir einen tieferen Blick in was einige Firmen und Einzelpersonen auf China, fremd und Chinesen tun, um die Weise im Service, Lieferant Management, ES zu führen Implementierung, sowie gekostete und Prozeß-Leistungsfähigkeit. Diese Firmen und Einzelpersonen waren alle Sieger der Preise am November 2007 CHaINA Gipfel.

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Durch Nannette Ripmeester

Obgleich moderne Zeiten schnell innerhalb der Städte von China anziehendes hohes sind, die Wurzeln dieser alten und komplizierten Kultur ist zu verstehen wesentlich, wenn man dort Geschäft tut. Im Teil II `Geschäft China' Nannette Ripmeester in genau betrachten tuend einige der kulturellen Nuancen Ihre expats in der China Notwendigkeit, bewußt zu sein.

Als Dutch Jenny van Baden besichtigtes China für einen Feiertag von ihrer expat Position in Taiwan sie durch die faszinierenden Entwicklungen im Land angeschlagen wurde. “When you are out of Shanghai for one week, a new building or highway might have popped up in front of your window when you return,” she says.

Although modern times are catching up quickly within the cities of China, “understanding their history is essential to comprehend the Chinese and the way they respond to things.” says van Baden, who works for ASML in Shanghai. Read the rest of “Successful business in China (part II)” or post a comment

The continued pervasiveness of counterfeiting in China is not only a problem of law, but also one of enforcement. While China’s laws and regulations conform to the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) and other widely accepted international principles, certain parts of China’s protection mechanism have proven ineffective. Common examples are the high standards for criminal liability of counterfeiters, the high burden of evidence to prove bad faith registrations, and the difficulty to prove damages in civil proceedings…

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Tax and regulatory issues

By Nick Debnam & George Svinos, KPMG

The process of importing, distributing and selling luxury goods in China raises further challenges for companies, including a number of difficult questions regarding tax treatment, customs duty, logistics and the transfer of intellectual property.

Customs duty, import VAT and consumption tax can all be charged on luxury goods imported into China. The ability of brands to mark up their goods at dramatic premiums can also prove difficult to explain to tax authorities when the time comes to file income tax returns. Companies producing or trading luxury items need to understand how to avoid unnecessary or overlapping burden of tax and other duties. For example, VAT and business tax should in theory be mutually exclusive, since both are turnover taxes. Read the rest of “Luxury Brands in China: Part V” or post a comment

Having a meaningful footprint in China has become a strategic imperative for multinational companies from around the world. The attraction is China’s seemingly insatiable demand for products, services, capital and technology. George D. Martin, partner and chair of the Faegre & Benson China Practice, sees the current acquisition boom in China as the logical culmination of foreign investment trends that he first observed when practicing in Shanghai in the mid-1990s. Martin expects this M&A trend to continue. But in the years to come, he advises, it won’t be just foreign companies on the buy-side of cross-border M&A deals involving China.

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 opened new sectors to foreign investment and eliminated many restrictions on structuring those investments. As a result, joint ventures that were in vogue among early China investors waned. Read the rest of “Dealmaking in China: Getting In on the Action” or post a comment