26 de junio de 2007 por historias del éxito del negocio de China
Por Dalida Turkovic
Cuadro Beijing en los años 90 tempranos: una presencia visual fuerte del comunismo en la cubierta típica del patio-estilo (12 familias contenidas en un bloque construido alrededor de una yarda central), los juegos grises de Mao por todas partes, casi ningún neón que anuncia muestras y solamente los coches y las mini-furgonetas ocasionales en las calles. En esos días había dos modernidades: Yuan y FEC (modernidad de la moneda extranjera) disponibles solamente para los extranjeros, con un cambio más bajo que Yuan (1$=8.9yuan, 1$=7.4FEC). El control de gobierno fuerte, exacerbado por los sucesos recientes en el cuadrado de Tiananmen, significó que era familiarización con la gente china casi imposible - no fueron permitidos entrar en hoteles y así que no tenían ninguna exposición a las mercancías extranjeras y a la forma de vida, que estaban solamente disponibles en hoteles. Lea el resto del “negocio en China - relajando el apretón de la burocracia” o fije un comentario
6 de junio de 2007 por historias del éxito del negocio de China
Por BeijingMan
ACOMETIDAS DEL ORO A CHINA. Some 200 companies from small Finland have already established business in China. Similarly, over 300 companies from Sweden and more than 500 from Germany.
Nobody knows how many French companies are there, but restaurants and cafees in Beijing are filled with French speaking students, officers and businessmen.
To boost their businesses, Spain took Cervantes Institute to Beijing and Italy reserved the whole year 2006 as their culture year in China. Year 2006 is also Year of Friendship with India and The Year of Russia. Read the rest of “How could SMEs get business in China? Winning big brands by product fit” or post a comment
May 24th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
Running athletic hurdles without a clear finish line
By Martijn Hovinga, CEO BilltoBill – Payment Solutions in China
Could anything be easier than achieving success in the world’s fastest growing and potentially biggest market? Isn’t it just about riding the economic tide and sharing in the continuous growth of about 10% in Gross Domestic Product per year?
Foreign companies in China tend to fail more often than that they succeed. In my experience the main obstacles to success are arrogance and ignorance. Virtually every foreigner, including the author of this article and extremely successful companies such as eBay and Google, are guilty of both when starting a venture in China.
As CEO of BilltoBill, a payment services company helping airlines and other merchants selling online in China, I wish to relate some of my personal experiences in building a business in China from scratch. Read the rest of “Building a business in China” or post a comment
