6. Dezember 2007 durch China Geschäft Erfolg-Geschichten
So erhielt das gweilo auf einem Luft-China Flug.
Es scheint, daß ich die einzige nicht-Chinesische Person auf der Fläche war.
Der Kulturschlag fing dort an. Fliegen-Luft China ist nicht wie Fliegen Air Canada. Wir nehmen unseren westlichen Komfort für bewilligt und nicht wirklich schätzen, was wir haben, bis es weggenommen hat. Dieses war eine gute, stufenweise erste Phase Einleitung für mich. Nehmen Sie alle, die wir an hier gewöhnt sind und klopfen Sie es hinunter drei Kerben. Raum, Service, Qualität ob Waschräume, Sitzplätze oder Nahrung. Ich erlitt nicht, aber stellte fest, daß ich wie ein Stadtkerl war, der geht, Landvetter auf dem Bauernhof zu besuchen. Ich ging von einer entwickelten Gesellschaft zu einer sich entwickelnden Gesellschaft. Sie versuchten, mit uns aufholen und erledigten eine große Arbeit, aber…
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6. Dezember 2007 durch China Geschäft Erfolg-Geschichten
Durch Ernie Tadla
So erhielt das gweilo auf einem Luft-China Flug. Es scheint, daß ich die einzige nicht-Chinesische Person auf der Fläche war. Der Kulturschlag fing dort an. Fliegen-Luft China ist nicht wie Fliegen Air Canada. Wir nehmen unseren westlichen Komfort für bewilligt und nicht wirklich schätzen, was wir haben, bis es weggenommen hat. Dieses war eine gute, stufenweise erste Phase Einleitung für mich. Nehmen Sie alle, die wir an hier gewöhnt sind und klopfen Sie es hinunter drei Kerben. Raum, Service, Qualität ob Waschräume, Sitzplätze oder Nahrung.
I did not suffer, but realized that I was like a city guy going to visit country cousins on the farm. I was going from a developed society to a developing society. They were trying to catch up with us, and doing a great job, but were not there yet.
Alone with my thoughts, I wondered and worried. What was I getting myself into? The pangs of being alone were deep. It would be four months before Lovy would join me. Without her at my side, I was at the mercy of others and my own mental meanderings. Would Dan and his partners, Wu Bing and Peter, accept me? Would the Chinese staff accept me? How would I order things since I didn’t know the language? Would I succeed? How would I begin? What would I do?
Then the “what ifs” started. What if they don’t accept me? What if I don’t succeed? What if? What if?
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December 3rd, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
The idea of commissioning market research in China is daunting to most Western companies. It’s a country of over 1.3 billion people with 200 dialects and 57 ethnic groups. To compound the problem, China is not homogeneous. The larger cities contain educated, Internet-savvy people who earn incomes comparable to U.S. citizens. On the other end of the spectrum, there are people living in villages who survive on $400 a year. If you ask a survey question to both groups, you are likely to get vastly different answers.
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December 3rd, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
Getting started with market research in China
By Benny Huang
The idea of commissioning market research in China is daunting to most Western companies. It’s a country of over 1.3 billion people with 200 dialects and 57 ethnic groups. To compound the problem, China is not homogeneous. The larger cities contain educated, Internet-savvy people who earn incomes comparable to U.S. citizens. On the other end of the spectrum, there are people living in villages who survive on $400 a year. If you ask a survey question to both groups, you are likely to get vastly different answers.
The first task is to pick your market segment. If you only want information about consumers in tier-one cities such as Shanghai or Beijing, then your task becomes easier. All forms of data collection are available when researching in top-tier cities, whether it’s online surveys or face-to-face interviews. The task becomes more difficult if you want to learn about the rural population. Read the rest of “Develop your social capital” or post a comment
November 29th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
After twenty-five years of management experience with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Bristol Myers-Squibb and Quadra Logic Technologies, (QLT), I became a “corporate refugee,” a middle-aged, middle manager who was downsized in the recession of the ’80s. There were thousands of us walking around in a daze. After years of education and successful corporate performance, we were out on the streets.
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