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Jul 29
2010
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Business is not the same in ChinaPosted by My China B2B in xinyong , guanxi , ganqing , entrepreneurship , Business in China |
Why has China succeeded so spectacularly in the span of just three decades since the launch of Deng Xiaoping's economic reform? The reasons that are usually cited are China's compelling demographic, geographic and broad cultural factors. What is less understood is that China's success has also depended on its entrepreneurs - and their deeply rooted patterns of activity. There are two key aspects of Chinese entrepreneurship. Traditionally, successful Chinese businessmen emphasized trust and reliability in fulfilling commitments (xinyong), the gradual development of sentiments (ganqing) with customers and suppliers, and the ability to build on networks of relationships (guanxi) that are often based on common origin or kinship. They also stressed the need to be bold, frugal and highly driven to succeed, as well as the ability to adapt to changing market conditions. Some of these characteristics are more culturally specific than Joseph Schumpeter's description of entrepreneurship as a process of "creative destruction" might imply. But boldness and adaptability do accord with Schumpeter's emphasis on forming new combinations and doing things in new ways. For example, traditional businesses, from fabric wholesaling to banking and salt mining, evolved elaborate profit-sharing schemes among owners, partners and employees as their businesses expanded over time or into chain outlets across the country.






















































Da New York Lidia Bastianich (nella foto, al centro con lo chef Paolo Monti, a sinistra, e il direttore di Italia a Tavola Alberto Lupini), la signora del "Felidia", dal 1981, (vera regina della ristorazione italiana con oltre una decina di locali in città) che da sempre promuove i nostri prodotti, la qualità, le ricette italiane, fa sapere che l’attenzione è da spostare sulle materie prime: «A Manhattan - spiega - cucinare italiano è diventata una mania. Il problema è far circolare ovunque le materie prime autentiche, le conoscenze e le ricette. Ciò detto, non fissiamoci sui cuochi italiani. Anche uno straniero, ben guidato, può fare meraviglie. Il marchio di garanzia? Ben venga, ma senza rigidità».



