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Full-Text Articles in Business
Food Services Styles In Chinese Hotels: Traditions And Tourism Pressures Merge, Liping A. Cai, Jack D. Ninemeier
Food Services Styles In Chinese Hotels: Traditions And Tourism Pressures Merge, Liping A. Cai, Jack D. Ninemeier
Hospitality Review
Tourist often want to experience their hosts' culture including cuisines. Their reactions can be negatively influenced by vastly different customs which confront them. What can be done, for example, when traditional food serving styles violate the tourist's sanitation standards? The authors discuss a Chinese case study-- and tell what hoteliers in China gace done to make good serving more desirable, with minimal compromise to culinary traditions.
The State Of Information Technology In China, David A. Rosenthal, Cecilia Wagner
The State Of Information Technology In China, David A. Rosenthal, Cecilia Wagner
Journal of International Information Management
In order to increase the modernization of its society, the Chinese government has marked Information Technology as an enabler of this goal. The implementation of this goal has been in progress for over 15 years. Many landmarks have been reached in hardware manufacturing and software development. However there still remains significant impediments that inhibit rapid growth of this technology into Chinese organizations. This paper will discuss what these obstades are and how the Chinese government is attempting to remedy them.
The Economy In Overdrive: Will It Crash?, Penelope B. Prime
The Economy In Overdrive: Will It Crash?, Penelope B. Prime
International Business Faculty Publications
The Chinese government still determines the economy's course, but market mechanisms have expanded from consumer goods to include producer goods, raw materials and even stocks and bonds. The Chinese economy, its rapid growth and how this might influence the future economy are discussed.
Cultural Transposition: Exploring Meanings Of And Strategies For Cross-Cultural Transfer Of Organizational Practices, Yongming Tang
Cultural Transposition: Exploring Meanings Of And Strategies For Cross-Cultural Transfer Of Organizational Practices, Yongming Tang
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The research objective is to study the phenomenon of transferring organizational practices which are conceptualized in one culture to another different culture. The purpose of the study is (1) to understand how cultural values and beliefs are manifested in behavior; (2) to explore how the Western organizational practices are interpreted and assimilated into an organization in an Eastern culture; and (3) to explore strategies for the fit between local cultural orientations and imported organizational practices. A qualitative, interpretive, and reflexive research methodology was developed to conduct this study.
The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase was designed …