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Capitolo tre della Cina: Prime impressioni

6 dicembre 2007 dalle storia di successo di affari della Cina

Capitolo tre della Cina: Prime impressioniCosì il gweilo ha ottenuto su un volo della Cina dell'aria.
Sembra che ero l'unica persona di non-Cinese sull'aereo.
La scossa della coltura ha cominciato là. L'aria Cina di volo non è come il volo Air Canada. Prendiamo le nostre comodità occidentali per assegnato e realmente non apprezziamo che cosa abbiamo fino a che non abbia tolto. Ciò era una buona, prima introduzione graduale di fase per me. Prenda tutti che siamo usati a qui e battilo giù tre tacche. Spazio, servizio, qualità se toilette, disposizione dei posti a sedere, o alimento. Non ho sofferto, ma mi sono reso conto che ero come un tipo della città che va visitare i cugini del paese sul podere. Stavo andando da una società sviluppata ad una società di sviluppo. Stavano provando a aggiornare con noi e stavano facendo un lavoro grande, ma…

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Capitolo tre della Cina: Prime impressioni

6 dicembre 2007 dalle storia di successo di affari della Cina

Da Ernie Tadla

Prime impressioniCosì il gweilo ha ottenuto su un volo della Cina dell'aria. Sembra che ero l'unica persona di non-Cinese sull'aereo. La scossa della coltura ha cominciato là. L'aria Cina di volo non è come il volo Air Canada. Prendiamo le nostre comodità occidentali per assegnato e realmente non apprezziamo che cosa abbiamo fino a che non abbia tolto. Ciò era una buona, prima introduzione graduale di fase per me. Prenda tutti che siamo usati a qui e battilo giù tre tacche. Spazio, servizio, qualità se toilette, disposizione dei posti a sedere, o alimento. 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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Develop your social capital

December 3rd, 2007 by China Business Success Stories

Chinese Market ResearchThe 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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Develop your social capital

December 3rd, 2007 by China Business Success Stories

Getting started with market research in China

By Benny Huang

Chinese Market ResearchThe 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

China Chapter Two: Apprehension and Trepidation

November 29th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories

China Chapter Two: Apprehension and Trepidation 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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