Cultural dilemmas Monday Ahmad is a Malaysian employee in a large Australian mining company. He works in a department of eight people; three other Malaysian employees and four Australians. The CEO of the company is also Australian and his son plays in the same soccer team as Ahmad’s son. After meeting at a soccer game the CEO has invited Ahmad for a barbeque at his house. Ahmad is not sure what to do because he does not want to offend the CEO but he also does not want his Malaysian co-workers to
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Number Three The world now a day seems to be split into mainly to worlds - The Western - and the eastern world. It appears to be the idea, in the western part, that people in for example China only are put into the world for ‘our’ delight. That all they should ever do is just work in factories or the tertiary sector and never granting them a single thought. It is this prevailing idea, and the biggest population on the earth, that gives the Chinese leaders a lust for power and a unique
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between the parent and the collaborated company. There are different modes through which a company can enter China; the main ones have been briefed below: Representative Office: The simplest way for a company to establish in China is through opening a representative office in China. The representative office acts as a bridge between the foreign company and its business partners in China. It gives the company a platform to conduct market research, make business contacts, manage product promotion
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in Africa To talk about Chinese immigration in Africa we have to present first the ties that link China with the continent. Modern political and economic relations began in the era of Mao Zedong, the first leader of the Chinese Communist Party, following the Chinese Civil War. His Chinese international policy paved the way to both modern Chinese-African relations and immigration trends. In 1956 China signed the first official bilateral agreement with African countries (Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan
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universities - is also a priority, these investments are likely to help China’s pivot from a manufacturing to a service economy. TARGETS 'Going green' is a delayed attempt to address the consequences of growth-at-all-costs. In contrast to Australia, China is making colossal investments in 'cleantech' like renewable energy. Its cleantech outlay currently stands at about US$65 billion a year. Spending on renewable energy alone has been growing at a rate of 77 per cent a year since 2008. TARGETS OTHER
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Apple and Disney Case Studies April 2015 Introduction Different consumers all across the world have different preferences with regard to new and existing products. In this regard, this paper seeks to analyze different cultural perspectives portrayed by consumers. It will address the manner in which the Japanese market reacted to the introduction of Apple’s IPhone which was considered as genius products in some parts of the world. On the same note, the paper will focus on how Hong Kong consumers
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history, in the history of flight, the first lighter-than-air balloon and the first powered aircraft are very recent when compared with the age of kites. The exact date and origin of the kite is not known but it is believed that they were flown in China more than two thousand years ago. One legend suggests that when a Chinese farmer tied a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away in a strong wind, the first kite was born. The earliest written account of kite flying was about 200 B.C. when the
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Sui Dynasty (589 – 618 CE) was a short lived Imperial Chinese dynasty, preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It unified China for the first time after nearly four centuries of north-south division. It was followed by the Tang Dynasty. Founded by Emperor Wen of Sui, the capital was Chang’an. His reign saw the reunification of Southern and Northern China and the construction of the Grand Canal, connecting the Yellow and Yangtze River for easy trading. The canal was used to carry rice
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Case One: Japan to Apple’s iPhone: “No Thanks!” The new version of Apple’s iPhone has generally been a strong seller worldwide, except in Japan. While some analysts had estimated that Apple would sell a million units of its latest iPhone in Japan, revised estimates put the number at more like 500,000 phones. So what’s the problem? The phone uses the faster 3G network and offers a touch screen. And Apple iPods and computers are popular in Japan. Well, it turns out that Apple iPhone’s use of the
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Case One: Japan to Apple’s iPhone: “No Thanks!” The new version of Apple’s iPhone has generally been a strong seller worldwide, except in Japan. While some analysts had estimated that Apple would sell a million units of its latest iPhone in Japan, revised estimates put the number at more like 500,000 phones. So what’s the problem? The phone uses the faster 3G network and offers a touch screen. And Apple iPods and computers are popular in Japan. Well, it turns out that Apple iPhone’s use of the
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