A inovação é uma palavra que nós nos estamos ouvindo muito mais em China estes dias. O consenso é que como o manufacturing os custos em China continuam a se levantar e complexidade da corrente de fonte aumenta, assim que as companhias têm que innovate para conservar o dinheiro e para aumentar a eficiência.

Nesta história nós fazemos exame de um olhar mais profundo em o que alguns companhias e indivíduos em China, extrangeira e em chinês estejam fazendo para conduzir à maneira no serviço, gerência do fornecedor, ELE execução, assim como a eficiência custada e process. Estes companhias e indivíduos eram todos os vencedores das concessões no Summit de novembro 2007 CHaINA.

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Por Nannette Ripmeester

Embora os tempos modernos sejam ascendentes catching rapidamente dentro das cidades de China, compreender as raizes desta cultura antiga e complexa é essencial ao fazer o negócio lá. Na parte II do `que faz o negócio em tomadas de China' Nannette Ripmeester um olhar mais próximo em alguns dos nuances cultural seus expats na necessidade de China estar ciente de.

When Dutch Jenny van Baden visited China for a holiday from her expat location in Taiwan she was struck by the fascinating developments in the country. “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