Archive for December, 2014

Cultural Comparison of China and the United States

Comparison of China and the United States can always show vast differences. This tool I introduce today is no different and very insightful.  I want to note the  Geert-Hofstede country comparison tool. They are interesting to take a look at. I want to note power distance and individualism in respect to the US and China. Power […]

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Walmart China Discoveries Are Not an Anomaly or Required to Accept

Walmart China has a problem and so do over 70% of the Western Businesses in China. Western Companies continues to think they can hire in China by their own western wisdom and succeed.  OK, some of the 70% are succeeding but not nearly as well as they could have.  Further, they always face the risk […]

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China Executive Search With Chinese GDP #1

Companies are not thinking through China Executive Search in the right way. China’s economy is number 1 using purchasing power parity (PPP). So let’s get this right. Let me give an example to show what I mean. China Executive Search Placement Gone Wrong Last year, we had a placement of ours fired by the GM […]

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Deep Weaknesses in Relying on Interviewing in China

Interviewing in China is important and takes time. However, relying on expert interviewing is certainly not a plan in China. China Law Blog has a post up on suing in China. I paste my point of interest below. China’s arbitral bodies allow little to no discovery and they oftentimes do not even allow live testimony. […]

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