...The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. "When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John) "I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do." "Truth begins in lies." "Mistakes are as serious as the results they cause!" People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you. How strong you stand is what makes you. In exams, we look up for inspiration, down for desperation, left and right for information. Friends, the only reason for going to school. Life is full of secrets and lies, so when you get screwed over, don't act surprised. Not all single are available and not all taken are in love. You pretend to text on your phone if you don't wanna talk to someone passing by. Lowell Thomas: Hard Work Quotes Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. Marcus Aurelius: Hard Work Quotes Do every act of your life as if it were your last. You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. The hard way is the right way. Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction. Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best. Full effort is full victory. Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it. Always give a hundred...
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...The case gives us an insight into global business strategies and operations of Acer Group, one of the largest PC and computer components manufacturers. The case study discusses the pros and cons of expanding the business in China and reasons whether the Acer group is ready to start their business in China. As part of their global manufacturing strategy, Acer had adopted the ‘fast food’ business model on inventory management. This model involved shifting assembly sites of computers to local sites i.e. areas where the computers would be distributed. This model provided up-to-date products to the customers, reduced inventory, expedited transportation and developed a highly flexible logistic system. In spite of implementing the mentioned business model, Acer incurred losses worth $75 million. Few possible reasons include - * Internal Communication and Co-ordination - Setting up new assembly sites locally made co-ordination between manufacturing sites difficult and cumbersome. * Forecast mismatch – Since the computer industry was rapidly changing it was difficult to predict sales accurately. A slight mismatch in the forecast meant higher accumulation of inventory in each of its assembly sites. * High operating cost – Increased number of sites meant more number of components in the existing supply chain and more supervisors which in turn raised the operating cost. * Inventory pile up - Unclear understanding of customer demands and market needs resulted in bloated inventories...
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...Introduction The essay is intended to deliver an analysis about Chinese foreign policy in the upcoming years, its development and clarification of the position of the People’s Republic of China in the international relations with a focus on China’s peaceful rise. The essay covers China’s relations to the selected countries, for example the most important neighbouring countries, but nevertheless the U.S., European Union and Middle East also. It focuses also on environmental sustainability, possible economic influence in the foreign countries, controversial issues over disputed areas and possible democratization of the political system. Analytically it discusses the factors involved in shaping as the China’s foreign policy, as well as domestic policy. It deals with human rights violation and discrimination. In focus to the security issues it gives an overview of China’s military capacities and abilities, which may be considered as a threat to its peaceful rise. As a conclusion it gives an analysis of factors that contribute in China’s effort to become a regional power, in means of emerging power that is able to compete with the traditional western type powers. Theoretical basis The impressive economic growth of People’s Republic of China over the past few decades raises a profound question about China’s peaceful rise in the international relations. It is a beautiful example of a country which is to become a regional and eventually global power in our lifetime. China is...
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...study as well. The best part I think about YouTube is that I can access to videos which are from all over the world to experience the cultural difference and to see those beautiful scenes without actually traveling there. I also like to read the comments about the videos to see the different opinions. I think YouTube is doing great with using Facebook and Twitter. Since the key point about YouTube sharing, to post the link to Facebook and Twitter will be a great idea which YouTube has already done so. It combines well with the social media and it builds brand loyalty by providing a platform to deliver information and happiness to users. Wretch is a website in Taiwan which allows users to write blogs and post pictures to their page and they also can get access to their friends’ pages. Before Facebook gets popular in Taiwan for the recent years, Wretch was the most popular website among people. I had my own page since 2004 and I am still using it now. However, Facebook has become a great threat to Wretch. The benefits and the service they offer are quite similar. Because Facebook is more global and broad, it...
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...instead of going with the approach of spreading universal values and norms, many companies went in with different values in China. For Google, to enter the Chinese market certain amount of data had to be censored. So Google came up with Google.cn for its Chinese users. Google.cn censored some data on the request of the Chinese Government. But in 2006, search engine companies Yahoo! and Google found themselves in the public spotlight for censoring data that their Chinese users could see. Yahoo! also handed over information to authorities which led to imprisonment of its users. Like in the case of an online writer who was jailed for 8 years for his article on corruption. Political topics such as police brutality, Tibetan independence movement, Taiwan independence were censored. This censoring of data was similar to the case of Star TV’s dropping of BBC from its Chinese networks. Retailers focus is on social and environmental standards for imports to Europe and North America. That is they are more concerned with providing adequate working conditions, proper wages etc. In China, consumers are more concerned with safety and quality issues than with labor or the environment. As labour was easily available and at a cheap rate, it was never a concern. Nike, the world’s largest athletic footwear company, was fined 4.87 million Yuan ($779,416) for selling sneakers in China at a higher price and of a lower standard. Nike set the price for one of its basketball sneakers, which it advertised...
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...BEHAVIORS, EFFICIENCY, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE PERCEPTIONS IN TAIWANESE BANKS HsiuJu Rebecca Yen Department of Business Administration College of Management Yuan Ze University 135 Far East Rd. Chung Li, Taiwan Email: hjyen@saturn.yzu.edu.tw & Brian P. Niehoff Department of Management 101 Calvin Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: (785) 532-4359 FAX: (785) 532-7024 e-mail: niehoff@ksu.edu Running Head: OCB and Effectiveness MIDWEST ACADEMY of MGMT OB/OT Track RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS, EFFICIENCY, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE PERCEPTIONS IN TAIWANESE BANKS ABSTRACT Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) describe actions in which employees are willing to go above and beyond their prescribed role requirements. Prior theory suggests and some research supports the belief that these behaviors are correlated with indicators of organizational effectiveness. Studies have yet to explore whether relationships between OCB and organizational effectiveness are generalizable to non-U.S. samples. The present study examined relationships between OCB and two indicators of organizational effectiveness -- the efficient use of human resources and perceived service quality – for bank branches in Taiwan. The results supported a relationship between the OCB dimension of altruism and the efficient use of human resources. Implications of these results are discussed. Key Words: citizenship behaviors, organizational...
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...bicycle industry A-Team battles Chinese competition with innovation and cooperation Jonathan Brookfield, Ren-Jye Liu and John Paul MacDuffie Jonathan Brookfield is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (jon.brookfield@ tufts.edu). Ren-Jye Liu is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information at Tunghai University in Taiwan (liurj@ie.thu.edu.tw). John Paul MacDuffie is co-director of the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) at MIT and an Associate Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (macduffie@wharton. upenn.edu). The People’s Republic of China (China) has become a workshop to the world, and manufacturing there is increasingly moving beyond labor intensive, low value-added products. As a result, China poses a severe competitive challenge to companies in many industries around the world. For such companies, the recent successes of the bicycle industry in the Republic of China (Taiwan) may provide at least some reason for hope. Broadly speaking, Taiwan’s previous economic success has been built on the competitiveness of its small and medium sized enterprises, and competition among such companies has tended to be high. Such firms have shown a remarkable ability to recombine and form new networks in line with market changes. We call such networks ‘‘modular, symbiotic supplier networks’’ and, during the 1980s and early...
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...How Political Factors Affect Business Activities in Asian Countries . Contents . 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..……..3 2. Political Factors That Affect Business………………………………………...4 1) The Case of Toyota Motor Corporation………………….….……..5 2) The Case of Taiwan………………………………..…………….…….…….8 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………..…………………..…9 4. References……………………………………………………………………………..….10 Introduction For every business, internal factors, such as the company’s culture, vision, and its own products are extremely important for their success. However, the external factors are also so important that every business should pay special attention to them. A model has been invented to describe those external factors that influence business activities. This model is called the “PESTLE Analysis”, which is formally known as “PEST”, and was first invented by Francis Joseph Aguilar, in his book “Scanning the Business Environment”. PESTLE Analysis is a model to analyze external factors that may have impact on business activities. P stands for Political, E,S,T,L,E, stand for Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Ecological.(Francis, 1967) In this model, the first factor, the political factor, can impact most aspects of our society, whether for individuals or organizations, in developing countries or developed countries. The reality is that any strict policies, tense political situations, or even a little transformation may cause the business to suffer...
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...beliefs. I came from Taiwan, a small country in Eastern Asia with come a culture deeply connected with China. The people in my country are mostly Han Chinese who came from mainland China before 1949 or have ancestors that were. They are divided into three group based on the Chinese dialect they speak: Taiwanese, Hakka, or Mandarin. The traditional values that we have are based on Confucian ethics which are now challenging to industrialization. However, some traditional values remain strong, including piety toward parents, ancestor worship, a strong emphasis on education and work, and the importance of saving face. And these are also my values, beliefs and practices. I was born and raised in Taiwan which is Home Island. I consider myself Taiwanese no matter where I live because I am descendant from a long line of Taiwanese who came from a small village in Kaohsiung city. I know that China prefers to view Taiwan as an inherent part of China going back to “ancient time” and China wants to claim sovereignty over Taiwan. I do not consider myself to have a shared Chinese identity because I am one hundred percent Taiwanese. The communication styles of Taiwanese are in front of words, gestures and facial expression. Mandarin, the official national language of Taiwan is my main language. It has allowed me to share my way of life with others and allows me to connect with my culture, roots to my ancestors and to my cultural histories. People in Taiwan are very indirect in...
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...Karen and Ted’s Communication Breakdown Karen Leary and Ted Chung’s breakdown escalated from a series of miscommunications rooted in cultural, communication, motivation, management, and leadership differences. CULTURE Karen's concerns escalate when Ted's stock purchases deviate from the conservative financial plan that Karen had previously approved. Karen is low-context, universalistic, and forward-looking; she is comfortable with the financial plan because it is essentially a written contract that explicitly states Ted's plans for the future of the account (a conservative purchase plan). Although Ted is careful to document his unsolicited trades, in an attempt to abide by Merrill's universalistic compliance issues, his high-context, particularistic, and past and present-oriented relationship with the client later lead him to invest in riskier stocks. Ted's relationship with the client is rooted in trust, which is a dynamic, unspoken contract that can be changed with the situation. This trust has its foundation in a shared historical past (both Ted and the client come from the same village) and grows stronger by the day, requiring Ted to adjust the financial plan to the changing relationship. Additionally, since Ted has succeeded in entrepreneurial contexts he has a lower uncertainty avoidance than Karen, who climbed the corporate ladder. Thus, Ted and the client may be more comfortable with the ambiguous profitability of risky stocks. Ted's adherence to standard...
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...Case 1-3 Acer Inc. Acer Inc. is a leading marketer of notebook and desktop PCs. The company, which posted sales of $11.3 billion in 2006, also produces other products such as flat-screen monitors and personal digital assistants. As Taiwan gained a reputation as the “tech workshop of the world,” Acer was able to become Taiwan’s number one exporter by manufacturing and marketing computers sold under its own brand name. Acer also produced equipment on an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) basis for well-known global companies such as IBM, Dell, and Hitachi. As company founder, chairman, and CEO, Stan Shih built Acer Inc. into one of Taiwan’s most successful companies. Despite Acer’s success, the company had trouble breaking into the American market. Between 1995 and 1997, Acer’s U.S. market share dropped from 15 to 5 percent. In the late 1990s, Shih noted, “In the United States and Europe, we are relatively weak. The local players there are very strong. The problem is that we don’t have good experience in marketing in those regions. It’s a people issue, not a product issue.” Shih has discovered that building brands in the business-to-business market is easier than building brands in the business-to-consumer market. “Business-to-consumer brands have more value but also face more challenges. People involved in business-to-business are usually rational, but consumers in business-to-consumer are usually emotional in choosing their brands,” he says. In 2000...
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...Recently China has made extraordinary efforts in modernizing legal and economical system aimed to stabilize the growth of the country; however China remains a strictly controlled country, where civil liberties, such as freedom of communication, religion practice and demonstration are severely limited. Major internal problems in China include growing corruption, increasing rural poverty and environmental degradation. China enjoys a strong relationship with the US and other western countries and is likely to increase its influence in the region due to its expanding economy. China has difficult relations with a number of neighbouring countries, such as Japan, Vietnam, North Korea and Tibet; in particular the strained relationship with Taiwan could ultimately result is a war if the Taiwanese government formally declares independence. -Economical China economy is characterized by its extraordinary size and growth. The GDP has grown steadily since 2003 peaking at 11% year-on-year growth in 2007 (China Business Forecast Report 2008, [1]) and inducing concerns about the country over-capacity in the long term. The US government is trying to exercise its influence to accelerate the appreciation of the Yuan, in an effort to limit or at least control its export deficit. Although the People’s Bank of China has raised the interest rates for five consecutive times in 2007, inflation is still very high with peaks of 6.2% in 2007. Economic growth is still mainly driven by fixed...
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...mainland Chinese is unlikely. Reaching an argument can be tough because there are only ninety days of receipt for a 5years agreement. Also, the People's China Republic (PCR) like to take their time when making a decision. If they get this agreement, Canadians would do lot of concessions because the Chinese have the better position. 2) Are the Canadians making a strategically wise decision in letting the Chinese from the PRC handle all the manufacturing, or should they insist on getting more actively involved in the production process? Defend your answer. The Canadians should insist on getting more responsibilities in the production process to make sure that the quality and the management of the stock and the production line is the same in Taiwan. Furthermore, it is not a wise decision to let to the Chinese free hand in manufacturing their goods because if they screw up in production, the Canadian’s don’t have insurance to pay for it. During the five years, they will have no more responsibilities over their production. The Canadians may lose more money because of that than if they stay with the Taiwanese company, even if the labor cost is more expensive. 3) What specific cultural suggestions would you make to the Canadians regarding how to do business with the mainland Chinese? Knowing the differences between their culture and the Chinese culture is imperative in this kind of business. For example, the Canadians have to adopt a certain conservative approach from the Chinese, especially...
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...A Study on BEING AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN WHAT WOULD BE YOU CONSIDERATION TO EXPORT Leather TO Taiwan By Ms. Zenat Sultana Reg ID: A Field Work Report Submitted to Mr. Quamrul Ahsan Course Instructor: - International Business Faculty of Business Brac University BRAC University, Dhaka December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 Quamrul Ahsan Course Instructor- International Business BRAC University, Dhaka Dear Instructor: Enclosed report is concentrated on the consideration factors as an international businessman to export Leather to China, India and the European belt which stands a viable business case and feasible return on investment. This report is aimed to be found justified & satisfactory. Sincerely, Ms. Zenat Sultana Student ID: Executive Summery International business grew over the last half of the twentieth century partly because of liberalization of both trade and investment, and partly because doing business internationally had become easier. In terms of liberalization, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiation rounds resulted in trade liberalization, and this was continued with the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. At the same time, worldwide capital movements were liberalized by most governments. Today, business is acknowledged to be international and there is a general expectation that this will continue for the foreseeable future. International business may be defined...
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...Bubble Tea MARKET PLAN ----Quickly bubble tea store (In Grand, NY) Introduction Quickly bubble tea store originated in Taiwan in 1996. It was established by Nancy Yang. From 1996 to now, there are almost 2,000 chain stores thorough Africa, Asia, Europe and northern America. 50 chain stores located in northern America and there are 7 chain stores in NY. Quickly bubble tea store is known as the largest of pearl milk tea and bubble tea chain store. They are mainly to sell drinks including various different kinds of slush, juice, milk tea, snow, espresso coffee, rose tea, flavored tea, hot drinks, flavored milk, pudding, jelly juice. They have slush like rose slush, hazelnut milk tea slush, wax gourd slush and so on. All in all, they have more than 300 drinks. In addition, they still have a dozen delicious desserts like nutella toast and sesame Tong Yuen, and a dozen Japanese Gelatos like durian gelato, tofu gelato, tiramisu gelato etc. Not only that, they still have lots of snack, such as fried shrimp trigon, and special Hong Kong’s street snack, egg puffs that are made from a slightly sweet batter based on eggs and flour using a special iron griddle with small round indentations. They are just like small egg-shaped waffles. Lots of people like to eat them. For attracting more customers, they still provide lunch for customers, such as noodle soup, burgers and ramen. When you go there, you can buy something what you need. Most...
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