An American's Guide To Doing Business In China
eBook - ePub

An American's Guide To Doing Business In China

Negotiating Contracts And Agreements; Understanding Culture and Customs; Marketing Products and Services

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An American's Guide To Doing Business In China

Negotiating Contracts And Agreements; Understanding Culture and Customs; Marketing Products and Services

About this book

An insider’s guide to doing business in the fastest growing market in the world—China!

Did you know?

—Americans have bought $185 billion worth of Chinese goods.
—China’s economy is growing at an astounding rate of 9 percent a year.
—The trade gap between the U.S. and China has been growing by more than 25 percent per year.

Whether you work for a company doing business in China, or are an entrepreneur looking to export your goods and services, An American’s Guide to Doing Business in China teaches you the practicalities and the pitfalls of dealing with this complex market. While there are undeniable opportunities in the Chinese market, there is also a great deal of hype—and very real political and cultural differences that make doing business in China extremely challenging.

Written by an industry expert with more than two decades of experience, An American’s Guide to Doing Business in China is an authoritative and accessible guide covering all aspects of doing business in China, including:

• Finding manufacturing partners
• Negotiating contracts and agreements
• Choosing a location and hiring employees

This practical work also teaches you how to navigate Chinese culture and customs, market and advertise to Chinese consumers, and find the hottest opportunities. An American’s Guide to Doing Business in China is what you need to succeed in the world’s biggest market.

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Information

Publisher
Adams Media
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781593377304
eBook ISBN
9781605508498

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. An Introduction to China
  7. Basic Facts and Background
  8. Perspective on China
  9. Issues and Problems
  10. Language and Translation
  11. Culture: Ancient and New
  12. Customs: Food, Behavior, and Beliefs
  13. Money, Banking, and Legal Issues
  14. Traveling in China
  15. Import/Export and Shipping Issues
  16. Business Action skills and requirements
  17. Finding Products and Partners
  18. Establishing an Operating Company
  19. Marketing in China
  20. Investing in China
  21. Negotiating and Afterward
  22. Business opportunities in China by Industry
  23. Export Opportunity Industries
  24. Fast-Growing Opportunities in China
  25. China: Opportunities Await
  26. APPENDIXES