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• Implications of African China Business Links (Part 2) - Editor, 14 January 2008

Implications of African China Business Links (Part 1)

How China Business Stacks Up in Social Development

China business has an unfair share of the global image of the country. Shanghai, and Hong Kong after its return to its rightful home country, leads a string of urban centers that have become icons of rapid development and material progress. The truth is that social development and effective governance have also kept pace with China business. The country and all those who deal with it, experience the benefits of sustained and all-round progress, at unprecedented rates. Individual rights do not hold center stage, but the majority enjoys fruits of progress. The system is remarkably successful in management terms.

• China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 1) - Editor, 12 January 2008

China business has important distinguishing features. It is not the same as running a company in the western world, or in countries that are content to use US and European templates for their commerce and industries. Human resources of enterprises and organizations have subtle but pervasive influences on functioning and outcomes. That is why culture, social norms, and language, have such large roles in transnational operations. Formal business management is a largely Anglo-Saxon phenomenon. It has taken substantial shape only in the second half of the 20th century.

• China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 2) - Editor, 12 January 2008

China Business Contributions to the Business Management Profession (Part 1)

China Business Stamps

What are the defining characteristics of China business There are three dimensions to this issue that foreigners may like to bear in mind for their joint venture proposals related to China business: these relate to governance, accountability, and language. Each of these three axes is directly opposed to the norms of western capitalism. Anyone who has ideological problems in accepting them should prefer outright sale and purchase arrangements with China business rather than joint ventures.

• Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 1) - Editor, 7 January 2008

It cannot be that people care more about toys than the medicines they take to safeguard health. Yet, the media coverage for lead in toys manufactured on outsourcing bases through China business entities is way more than vital slips in US drug manufacture! Consider the vaccine line of Merck: the company found contamination in its Pennsylvania plant and had to recall an entire batch. China business had nothing to do with this, though the country had an inventory of over 100 thousand doses before the recall procedure was put in motion. US regulators, who lose no opportunity to harangue China business for quality lapses, have not publicized this serious issue in their own backyard!

• Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 2) - Editor, 7 January 2008

Is China Business Alone in Quality Complaints? (Part 1)

How to Meet China Business Quality Expectations

The country’s domestic consumers expect international quality and service standards, regardless of whether manufacturers and providers are from abroad or China business entities. Take the case of Canon, a world leader in its field of business, with decades of accumulated global experience. Canon discovered recently that some of its older models of photocopiers had fire hazards. The company promptly announced product recalls of some six models, and had fire retardants installed in all of the

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