An Exploratory Study of Guanxi Practice and Business Ethics in Mainland China: Foreign Firms

The main purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the English-Chinese translated financial terms of Mainland China and Hong Kong in light of the necessary criteria for special communication terminology, and explore the feasibility of standardisation. Some distinctive linguistic properties and translation methods of the two regions’ Chinese financial terminology will be illustrated based on data from an industry glossary and major bank annual reports. The present situation is that Mainland China and Hong Kong display both similarities and differences in their Chinese translation of financial terms. With the increasing contact since the 1997 handover, the two regions appear to have been influencing each other, especially in that Mainland China has been adopting Hong Kong’s Chinese translations. In view of the fact that some translation scholars and practitioners advocate the standardisation of Chinese financial terminology in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for the sake of better economic development, this paper outlines the main properties of the two regions’ terminologies and evaluates how such standardisation might possibly proceed. Limited research has been done with regard to the translation of Chinese financial terminology and this exploratory study will fill that gap and attract similar studies in the translation and terminology fields.

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Performance Evaluation of Commercial Web Sites: An Exploratory Study of Hotels in Mainland China

2008 4th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing ◽

10.1109/wicom.2008.2216 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaoyi Wu

Keyword(s):

Performance Evaluation ◽

Web Sites ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Mainland China

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Manufacturing Small And Medium Size Enterprises Offshore Outsourcing And Competitive Advantage: An Exploratory Study On Canadian Offshoring Manufacturing SMEs

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v29i4.7920 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 1111 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Muhammad Mohiuddin ◽

Zhan Su

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

Core Competency ◽

Foreign Firms ◽

Offshore Outsourcing ◽

Medium Size ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Production Network ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Job Opportunities ◽

The World

This paper explores whether and how theoffshore outsourcing of the manufacturing SMEs creates competitive advantagesfor these firms. The offshore outsourcing strategy is widely criticized in thedeveloped countries for allegedly reducing job opportunities, missing scaleeconomy, diminishing innovation potentialities and creating various socialproblems. The present article with empirical data from thirteen Canadianoffshoring manufacturing SMEs attempted to address that the world-widedistributed co-production network could instead increase profit and marketshare, boost investment in R&D, raise focus on core competency and enhancecompetitivity of offshoring SMEs. This strategy enables companies to enhancetheir competitiveness by allowing them to have access to the competitiveproduction factors and new markets for their products. This paper contributesto the existing body of knowledge by showing that not only the largemultinationals but also the SMEs can achieve competitive advantages fromoffshoring part of their activities to foreign firms where those tasks can beperformed more competitively.

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Moral Judgment and Market Negotiations: A Comparison of Chinese and American Managers

Journal of International Marketing ◽

10.1177/1069031x9700500205 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 57-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

John B. Ford ◽

Michael S. LaTour ◽

Scott J. Vitell ◽

Warren A. French

Keyword(s):

International Business ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Mainland China ◽

The United States ◽

Negotiation Process ◽

Cognitive Moral Development ◽

Republic Of China ◽

Business People ◽

Negotiation Style ◽

Insight Into

Given the potential of the trading relationship between the People's Republic of China and the United States, insight into the Sino-American market negotiation process has never been more important. This exploratory study compares the Cognitive Moral Development (CMD) and negotiation style of international business people from mainland China with their direct American counterparts. In so doing, insight is gained concerning the cultural underpinnings of the market negotiation process with this very important, yet very foreign, Asian trading partner.

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