An Interpretation of Code-mixing in Chinese Business Logos

Chinese-English code-mixing with distinct linguistic features has become prevailing in domestic trademarks in recent three or four decades. The reasons behind this prevalence were left untouched in previous studies. In this paper, Giddens' modernity theory is used as the theoretical framework to account for the major reason behind the prevalence of Chinese-English codemixing: English code in Chinese business logos plays a positive role as a reflection of China's modernization and her participation in economic globalization.

Chinese Business negotiation Styles

The economic growth of China has aitracted much attention from the rest of the world and is drawing many investors to China for busi-hess. In order to establish sound and last- ing business partnerships with Chinese cli- ents, investors need to conduct successful negotiations, which are the foundation for future cooperation. ＂Fnerefore, it is extrernely important for investors to understand Chi nese business negotiation styles.

Chinese Business Etiquette:Business Meeting

China is a country more than 5,000 years old. It is known as ＂a country with an ancient civilization and a land of courtesy and propriety.＂ Chinese culture is very much focused on etiquette, rich in detail and spanning millennia.

Chinese Business Etiquette:Reception Etiquette

Reception is an important part of Chinese business culture and thoughtless consideration may make the visiting side feel as if they are being treated impolitely.

Chinese Business Etiquette:Dinner Table Etiquette

China＇s food culture is known worldwide. Having dinner is not only for sustenance, but also an important part of socializing in China. Therefore, having dinner together has become a major part of everyday life. As for dinner table etiquette in China, what are the most important aspects？

Are M&As Suffocating Chinese Business?

A series of recent foreign capital mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of Chinese businesses has raised concern about China's economic security. Will these actions damage China's national interests and is it necessary for China to set a bottom line in this field? Yang Fan, a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, and He Maochun, Director of the Research Center of Economy and Diplomacy, Tsinghua University, were recently published in the Global Times, analyzing the impact of foreign M&A deals on China's economy from different perspectives. The following are excerpts from their commentaries:

Liquidating a Chinese Business

With the global economic crisis hitting some businesses in China very hard as export sales dry up, now is a timely occasion to remind executives of affected businesses of their responsibilities when having

The Status Quo of Chinese International Business Practitioners’Intercultural Business Communication and PedagogicImplications

We propose an intercultural business communication(IBC)model and design a questionnaire basing on the model to gain detailed knowledge on the status quo of 239 Chinese international business practitioners’IBC activities.The factual questions include the main working languages,the communication media applied,their high-frequency communication situations,communication scenarios important to organizations and employees’career life,the most challenging communication situations,and sensitive communication topics.Pedagogic implications are discussed basing on the survey findings.

Business Invitation for Chinese Tourism Achieving Good Results

The China (Shenzhen) Business Invitation Convention for Tourist Scenic Spots and Hotels ’94, a great gathering held for the first time by China’s tourist trade, achieved outstanding results with a total of US$2.048 billion introduced. This business invitation convention was hosted jointly by the National Tourist Bureau and the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, in which over 2,000 representatives of 274 tourist units in this country’s 29 provinces and

Chinese Companies and Business Leaders Have Been Very Active This Year

Engagement at the highest level generates commitment,creates alignment,and ensures trade-offs are managed strategically rather than tactically.The UK is one of the best examples of this.Earlier this year,the Cabinet created the Infrastructure&Projects Authority to consolidate

The Concurrent Predictive Validity of the Intercultural Business Communication Competence Scale

This article reports the concurrent predictive validity of a new Intercultural Business Communication Competence Scale(IBCCS)involving three dimensions:cognitive ability about intercultural business communication situation(CB),business English linguistic proficiency(LP),and intercultural business communication motivation(CM).Survey data were collected with 120 Chinese international business practitioners.It was found that the subjects’intercultural business communication competence(IBCC)appeared to predict the three dimensions of job performance(JP):task performance(TP),interpersonal facilitation(IF),and job dedication(JD).In the three facets of IBCC,CM emerged as significant predictor of the three dimensions of JP.The present study provides more validity evidence for the IBCCS and extends the existing research on the relationship between communication competence and JP to intercultural business context.

Compassion in Buddhism and Guanxi： Can There Be a Synergy for Westem Companies in China

Compassion is one of the core fundamental elements of Buddhism. The compassionate virtues are the precious qualities essential in the practice of Buddhism. On the other hand, guanxi plays a dominant role in any successful business venture in Chinese market. This paper develops the understanding of the two ancient bodies of knowledge of Buddhism and Confucianism. The attempt will be made in this paper to understand the deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism in terms of compassionate virtues such as generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, humility, and wisdom. In guanxi, it will delve into different aspects of guanxi in terms of its background, meaning, significance, different types, intermediary, comparison with networking and ethics and success factors. This paper is based on the literature review on compassion--guanxi. The compassion literature focuses on books on Buddhism and commentaries by great Tibetan Buddhist sages. The guanxi literatures are predominately based on business research papers related to guanxi and business culture in China. The paper provides deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism. The application of compassion to manage guanxi in China is the topic of this paper. This research is about optimizing the art of guanxi through the application of compassion which will help many non-Chinese business managers to effectively manage it. This paper is considered the first of its kind to study compassion in Buddhism and guanxi practice in China and seeks to provide the necessary framework to conduct the further research on applying compassion to build and manage better guanxi in China.

The Co-Evolution between Remittance Business for Overseas Chinese and Institutions： The Case of Chaoshan Region During 1860-1949

This study proposes a framework to analyze the co-evolution between the remittance business for overseas Chinese and their institutions during 1860-1949. In particular, this paper focuses on the co-evolutions between their organizational fields and institutions. It shows that participants communicate, compete and cooperate through their organizational fields, and finally promote the remittance business. Since the three pillars of institutions---regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive--correlate and interact with each other, it is found that institutions can promote the business of overseas remittance if the combination of these three pillars of institutions works well; otherwise, it ends the business with confusion.

The Development of Social Welfare Programs in the Yudahua Business Group, 1921-1957

By tracing the development of social welfare systems in the six cotton mills of the Yudahua Business Group from the 1920s to the 1950s, this paper argues that some private firms experienced unprecedented wartime expansion of workers＇ welfare programs. The social welfare system that was thus taking form continued during the early 1950s, but progress slowed as compared to the wartime advances. The slowness in development was largely due to the enforcement of a state policy that prioritized production requirements and class conciliation programs, thus discouraging the rapid improvements of earlier decades. State efforts to prioritize heavy industries over light industries and to standardize wages and welfare throughout the same industry within a local economy also forced some industrial workers to make sacrifices in salary and benefits.

Family Business Succession in Hong Kong： The Case of Yung Kee

This case study examines the succession of Chinese family business in Hong Kong, drawing upon theories of the firm. More specifically, it utilizes capabilities theories, property rights economics and Neo-Confucianism to understand management disputes and infighting among the members in a Chinese family business in Hong Kong. This paper will argue that the founder of a Chinese business firm in Hong Kong is able to lead his or her offspring to create a dynamic enterprise via charismatic leadership and family rules embedded in traditional Chinese values. However, these two strategic assets disappear following the passing away of the founder as well as the emergence of new social values. When the founder passes on the enterprise to his or her offspring using more or less the equal inheritance system, the traditional Chinese value is unable to enforce the leader＇s will to consolidate the strengths of the second generation family members to maintain the founder＇s business. Furthermore, when the business is owned by all family members, property rights of the firm become unclear. Without effective enforcement of traditional Chinese values and with collective ownership rights, some family members will have the incentive to capture the economic rent that is shared by all members. In other words, some family members behave opportunistically or even cheat in order to capture economic gains in the public domain. High monitoring and enforcement costs in the form of court battle and endless disputes will occur. Rent dissipation occurs in the form of deterioration of the quality of the family business. This casestudy is based on Yung Kee, an intemationally well-known roast goose restaurant in Hong Kong as an illustration.