...What Should US Tech’s Sourcing Strategy be? US Tech is considering discontinue the cooperation with its primary product supplier: TaiSource. The two main reasons that drive the company for doing so are (1) reducing cost and broaden the market by collaborating with a new Chinese supplier; (2) eliminating the threat of a future strong competitor who knows almost everything about US Tech’s products. After carefully examining the entire situation, we hold that US Tech should find an alternative Chinese supplier to cooperate while keeping the relationship with TaiSource. Several aspects that US Tech needs to take into consideration are as follows: First of all, the company should carefully deal with the trusting relationship that formed between US Tech and TaiSource. Although the trusting relationship with suppliers is important, as Bruce said, we think that the exclusive and trusting supply relationship with TaiSource is vulnerable. Bruce K. Riggs argues that Greg, the chief global sourcing officer at US Tech, needs to realize that an exclusive supply relationship with TaiSource is outdated and may no longer help US Tech competitively. With hiring a new CMO, TaiSource shows a clear signal that they are willing to launch their own product in the near future. Once it decides to do that, TaiSource would be one of USTech’s biggest rivals. As Barry C. Lynn mentioned, although the relationship with TaiSource looked great on the bottom line, the result was to empower a new...
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...indigenous technology instead of entering into joint venture with established players to the perceived risk of obtaining old or inferior technology and handing advantage to the joint venture partners . The joint venture mechanism was a common approach of most companies at the time desiring to quickly obtain new technologies and establish new production facilities. However, from his analysis this never gave an entrepreneur a chance to grow outside the wings of the partner and in most cases the joint venture partners preferred to bring in old inferior technology to avoid giving the start up a competitive advantage. The most important success factor for the company was the decision to develop complex endogenous technology. The company undertook the following steps to develop world class complex telecommunication technologies and come...
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...Japan, China, and the US, three of the most powerful nations in the world, have long had complicated political relations. By the time the United States was a burgeoning country with military and economic power, Japan and China already had a long account of political interactions. The two countries are geographically separated only by the East China Sea; Japan has been strongly influenced by ancient China with its language, culture, and religion. When Western countries forced Japan to open trading in the mid-19th century, Japan moved towards modernization and the Meiji Restoration. This led to changing views about China; Japan began viewing them as an outdated civilization, unable to defend itself against Western forces. This, of course, strongly influenced their political ties. However, as the United States began emerging as a world power and taking interest in East Asian countries, its relationship with both China and Japan changed, which in turn affected China and Japan’s relationships with each other. The New Era of US-Japanese relations began in the postwar...
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...-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ This essay discusses three strategic options to reorganize the relationship between China and the United States. S h a n g h a i U n i v e r s i t y o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u s i n e s s a n d E c o n o m i c s USA-China: Strategic reassessment: Relationship between China and the US is a mix of competition and cooperation. Most analysis qualifies these relations as complex and multi-faceted. The current situation between the two countries is that they are neither allies nor enemies, but still two superpowers with big economies dependent on each other. The American establishment does not consider China as an opponent, but as a strong competitor with important fields and as a partner in others. On one hand both countries multiply investment toward the other, find commercial agreement and military cooperation. On the other hand we recently saw a strong tension between the two countries such as in the Syrian military intervention case or with cyber spying...
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...Sciences_____________________________________ ISSN 2319–3565 Vol. 2(8), 48-54, August (2013) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. India and China: Prospects and Challenges Mehraj Uddin Gojree Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, U.P., INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in Received 16th July 2013, revised 27th July 2013, accepted 12th August 2013 Abstract This paper seeks to assess the future prospects and challenges of the relationship between the two rising giants of Asia namely China and India. As they both are rising as great powers, their mutual relationship will have a significant impact not only on Asia, but on the whole world. At present, the nature of their relationship is something mixed i.e., growing cooperation in the field of trade and commerce along with distrust and mutual suspicions in the strategic fields whether political or geographical. For these apparent factors, the future relationship between India and China can be characterised by the cooperation in those fields whether mutual, regional or international which may be beneficial for the peaceful rise of both these states and confrontation, competition, and even hostility in some other areas where the respective interests of both the giants clash with each other, for example, the border issue, relationship with other countries particularly US and Pakistan, their encirclement policies, competition for energy resources, nuclear arms race, etc. However, at the international level...
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...What were the causes of the Sino-Soviet Split? P118-123 1. What was the relationship like between Stalin and Mao? * Feb 1950 Treaty of Friendship that seemed to confirm US perceptions that China was ready to do Stalin’s bidding in struggle against forces of capitalism and imperialism * Reality was to show much more complex relationship between 2 com powers * Treaty heavily favorable to USSR, reflection of relationship between 2 countries at time * USSR treated China as a junior partner in com alliance * 1 way China could improve standing in relationship was by proving loyalty to cause of world com. In this context it was to take active role in attempting to advance world com * Not easy relationship between S/M * S always cautious in providing help to CCP during civil war. To him Guomindang seemed to offer better bulwark against Jap expansion in China that occurred during 30s and WW2. As a result gave them aid * Only after CCP had taken over in Oct 49 that Stalin was prepared to place relations with M on firmer footing * Alliance with USSR was to be cornerstone of M fp. believed it was only though assistance of USSR that com CH could receive protection it needed against attack from USA and anti-com forces in CH. Also wanted help of Sov experts to ensure socialist society was developed within CH. * USSR agreed to help and Liu Shaoqi (2nd in command) visited Moscow summer 49 to start negotiations * Report to S, sov com party...
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...after WWII, applied liberalism approaches leverage diplomacy and build relationships that provide Obama a successful roadmap, despite his realist aspirations. Although the President did take a decidedly realist approach to relations with China and the “pivot to Asia”, U.S. interests are better served through liberalists method. What follows is a detailed analysis of President Obama as a realist, the shortfalls of his approach, where other approaches may be more appropriate, and lessons from a past President. The first tenet of Realism supports that history is a sequence of cause and effects. At the 2014 speech at West Point (USMA), President Obama illustrated this tenet with the...
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...an essential element for an enterprise to survive. When a certain industry is under tough competition, that is if there are multiple players competing for the same prize there shall be an increasing successful marketing industry providing these services. The profits and growth of the marketing industry - be it online, viral or one to one, reflects on the mood of the economy. Today, China has an online market place that has also catered to international business called 'Alibaba.com'. The USA has various sites like Alibaba (B2B & B2C site) named Ryze that is similar to alibaba but also includes networking in it's gamut. India has various sites, the most popular (popular not successful) is indiamart.com. Comparing the worthiness of these sites - Alibaba.com takes first position among all. US sites come second and the rest follow. Why do you think Alibaba.com, a site born in China that caters to the world needs is so massively successful while their counterparts remain to be content with a smaller share? The reasons lie in the economic development of the respective nations. China, a post communist regime turned democrat is the home to alibaba. The world largest population offers a brilliant market for businesses that have been given the opportunity to rise with time and cater to the needs of their nation. This has prompted the business houses to compete which in turn resulted in the growth ofAlibaba.com as the world's largest online B2B marketplace. USA on...
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...comparative advantage in the textile complex – part 1 An aggregate perspective Peter Kilduff and Ting Chi Department of Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to present a preliminary investigation into long-term patterns of trade specialization among leading textile- and apparel-exporting nations, assessing patterns of comparative advantage across the textile machinery, man-made fiber, textile and apparel sectors of the textile complex to determine whether these conform with both trade specialization and industry evolution theories. A model of evolutionary change in intra-complex specialization is defined and evaluated. Design/methodology/approach – A revealed comparative advantage index is employed to evaluate international competitiveness for 30 nations over a 42-year period. With repeated measures, ANOVA is used, to determine the significance of the observed patterns across five income-defined groups of nations. Findings – Long-term patterns of specialization broadly reflect expectations of factor proportions theory and industry evolution models. Product and income group characteristics combine to influence comparative advantage. Higher income nations generally remain stronger in more capital-intensive sectors, while lower income countries have emerged to dominate labor-intensive sectors. However, inclusion of a more complex array of variables is necessary to...
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...The military industrial complex is a theme thoroughly explored by the makers of Why We Fight. This complex is key to answering how our military has expanded. The military industrial complex can be described from one angle as, “Any set of relationships between military policy and industrial production” (Ball, “What is the Military-Industrial Complex?”). Major wars in the 20th century produced the need for a large American military force and arms industry, thus a complicated relationship between our military and purchase of weapons began. In Why We Fight, Senator John McCain helps us understand the same concern President Eisenhower expressed over the military industrial complex as when, “…priorities are set based on what benefits corporations...
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...Pakistan and china relations Submitted to: Miss. Ayesha hanif Submitted by: Myrah Anwaar 43 Sidra Awan 38 Sara Amjad 40 Ridha Masood 32 Aimen Siddique 36 Javaria Jamil 02 Table of Contents Executive summary: i China: 1 Pakistan 1 Introduction: 2 Background : 3 Sino-Indian war: 4 Timeline of Important events: 5 Diplomatic relations: 6 China support on Kashmir issues: 6 Sino Pakistan boundary agreement 6 China –us relation with the help of Pakistan 7 China support after 9/11 8 Trade relations: 10 Free Trade Agreement: 10 Exports: 12 Imports: 13 Kashgar Special Economic Zone (KSEZ): 14 Thar Coal Project: 15 Influence of china-india trade relation on pakistan : 15 Pakistan-china military relation 17 China and Pakistan defense ties 17 The Indian influence in military relations: 19 GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF PAKISTAN 20 Location of Gwadar port: 20 CONSTRUCTION OF GWADAR PORT: 20 GEO-STRATEGIC...
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...closed or open. A closed system is a linear system, which has some boundaries and the cause and effect could be predicted. Whereas for an open system, it's very dynamic and complex that inputs come from many different directions (Peterson, 2004). Systems theory is a series of knowledge or concepts, which contains 4 main parts including philosophy, management, analysis and the idea of systematic. The initial aim of general systems theory was to solve a specific problem with a wide perspective and it also provided a unique language and a set of rules for many studies. The key principle of general theory in terms of philosophy could be summarized like that the whole and the parts are interrelated with each other. In another way, the whole cannot be hold if it's separated from the parts and the parts also cannot be explained if they are isolated from the whole. Besides, the relationship between the whole and the parts makes them indissoluble (Hamilton, 1997). General systems theory developed a structure to describe the general relationship of the complex world. A lot of models are developed in many areas of study such as social psychology, biochemistry, economic sociology and astrophysics. The goal of general systems theory is to construct a framework on combining all the parties together in a valuable relationship. The systems approach focus more on the interactions...
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...prohibition of corruption in China, Korea * Invitation and Submission of Bids Law of the People’s Republic of China 178 * Interim Provisions on the Prohibition Against Commercial Bribery Acts 179 * China Enforcement Agencies 179 * Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party 179 * Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the People’s Republic of China 179 * Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China 180 * State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China * Case * Background China’s substantial corruption challenges are deeply rooted in cultural traditions as well as the country’s complex transitory conditions. Further, corruption is increasingly growing in significance as a political issue in China, and in an international context, China’s corruption problems have attracted extensive attention. Like any emerging market, China suffers from corruption and an often unethical business environment. What makes China different from many other national economies is the scale of the bureaucracy and the pace of economic development from a low base, both of which have created conditions ideally suited to the growth of corruption and opportunities for massive financial gain by underpaid local government of officials and by entrepreneurs eager to amass personal fortunes as quickly as possible. The sources of corruption in China In overall terms, corruption in China derives from three main sources;...
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...the food, drink the booze and settle the deal! A study of intercultural differences in China from a Swedish B2B perspective Authors: Nathalie Svedberg Tim Svensson Subject: Bachelor thesis Business administration Supervisor: Examiner: Level: Richard Owusu Soniya Billore Bachelor degree 27th May, 2014 1 Course code: 2FE50E Date: Svedberg & Svensson (2014); Eat the food, drink the booze and settle the deal! Abstract Background: China is today regarded as Sweden’s most important business partner in Asia. Even if there are cultural differences between Sweden and China the intercultural distance has successively decreased. One of the reasons is the globalisation. Another reason is the consecutive development of Swedish-Chinese relations. The interpretation from common understanding has increased the level of trade between the nations. There is an on-going development of business co-operation between Sweden and China. The Purpose: This Bachelor Thesis will examine the differences between the SwedishChinese business culture and how the cultural differences affect the Swedish B2B in China. The purpose is formulated by the basis of our main research questions; “How do Swedish B2B companies perceive the cultural differences between the Swedish and Chinese way of doing business?“ and “how do Swedish companies operating in China deal with business cultural diversity in China?” Theoretical Framework: The basis of our Bachelor Thesis examines the theories within...
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...Project One Activity 1 The four countries I have selected from the given groups include China, United Kingdom, United States and Nigeria. Group 1~ China Demographics China has the largest population in the world. “One Child Policy” has been implemented in China since 1979 which have helped to prevent an extra 400 million births to the country. According to the fifth Census, China’s population was 1.3 billion. China has 1 majority which is called “Han” and 55 minorities. Economic system In the first 30 years after the founding of the PRC in 1949, China’s economic system was planned economy. In 1978, the household contract responsibility system was introduced in the rural area. In 1984, the economic restructuring shifted from the rural areas to the cities. In 1992, China established the socialist market economic system. Culture and Social Structure China’s history is more than 5000 years with diverse customs and traditions. Every ethnic group has its own culture, even some have their own languages and words. There are many dialects in China, and the main language is Mandarin. People’s tastes are varied as well. People from the South prefer sweet, people from the North prefer salty, while Eastern people like spicy and Western people like sour. Legislative System China's legislation includes the legislation of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, regulation making by the State Council and its relevant departments, as well as the legislation...
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