Index

A

active learning, 143
AT Kearney, 92
Austrade, 98, 183
Australian Retirement Living Group, 18

B

banqueting, 160–4
‘bargaining in the shadow of the law’, 137, 147
beer consumption, 187
behaviour, 55–8
normal vs aggressive, 137–9
BHP Billiton, 15, 45–8
bicultural negotiators, 6, 45, 55, 59
Book of Rites, 162
bottle returns system, 185
brand names, 189–95
brewing industry, 70, 192
Budweiser, 181, 194, 197
business
China, 1–7
operating licence, 122–4

C

Carlsberg, 41, 73–4, 102, 181
Carlton & United Breweries, 184
‘cause and effect’ method, 54
centrally planned economy, 94–5
China Corp, 38–40, 98–102
China Iron and Steel Association, 47
Chinese consumers, 3–5
product marketing, 177–215
Chinese culture, 82
Chinese market, 179–82
Chinese negotiators, 141–2, 148–9
Chong Yang Festival, 164
chopsticks, 162–3
Chung Model, 35–41
critical point, 38–41
cross-cultural communication, 36
goals, 37–8
Chunqiu period, 157
collectivist/individualist paradigm, 51
communication, 4–5 See also cross-cultural communication
Chinese, 9–32
culture context and cross-cultural communication, 9–14
communication models, 10–11
cross-cultural communication model, 27, 28
Shannon–Weaver Mathematical Model, 10
Communist Party, 127, 133
competency, 107
competitive nature, 145
compromise, 60
concept of contract, 138
Confucianism, 130–1
five formal relationship, 135–7
consistency, 112–13
consumer perception, 209–10
context, 10
continuum of high and low context cultures, 130
contracts, 6
corporate communication, 213
Critical Point, 38–41
cross-cultural communication
culture context, 12–14
interpreters, 26–32
model, 27, 30
cross-cultural management, 105–24
‘approval, ’ 122–4
Chinese systems and styles, 113–17
consistency, 112–13
distinction between Chinese, 106–7
duties, 120–2
effect on performance, 107–8
Expatriates’ psychological barriers, 117–20
management personnel, 108–12
cultural behaviour, 213–15
cultural capability, 4, 11, 55
Cultural Capability Theory, 55–61
cultural difference, 3, 68, 78–9, 85–6, 91–7, 107, 131
cultural factor, 45
cultural intelligence quotient, 57
cultural obstacles
negotiations, 127–51
Cultural Revolution, 25, 133–4
culture, 91
culturally suited strategy, 98–100
evolution, 174–5
hierarchy and harmony, 146–8
impact on negotiation, 129–31
investment process, 96–8
marketing strategies, 178–80
mindset and impact, 91–102
obstacles to negotiations, 127–51
CVRD, 46

D

decision-making, 58–9, 66
degree of control, 73–4
direct-municipal cities, 80
Dove, 204
drinking, 163–4, 172–4
Duanwu Festival, 164–5
Dutch East Indies Company, 67

E

eating
and business prosperity, 155–75
environment and health connection, 157–60
rules and rites, 160–2
table manners, 162–3
understanding the role of eating and drinking, 156–7
Eazy, 192, 213
education revolution, 143–5
egalitarian power relationships, 51
English language, 146, 149
ethical practice, 166
European Pallets Association, 99
Expatriates, 117–20
‘eye-ball’ economy, 204

F

face factor, 46–8, 53, 130, 137–8
federalism, 134
fenli, 160
festivals, 164–5, 174
financial loss, 92–3
financial management, 123
five elements, 158
Five Star, 185
five-year plan, 94–5
‘flying squad’ approach, 184–6
food
environment and health connection, 157–60
rules and rites, 160–2
food allergy, 159
food offering, 160
foreign direct investment, 4, 65–86
assessing methods of entry, 71–3
Chinese role, 83–6
complex option, 66
degree of control, 73–4
Foster’s entry and growth strategy, 80–1
historical overview, 67–8
joint venture, 74–8
local knowledge, 81–3
modern challenge of China, 67–8
three waves of investment, 69–71
Foster’s Group, 3, 10, 37–8, 69, 73–4, 80–4, 93–4, 107–8, 166–71
’22 families’, 121–2
brands, 189–95
distribution, 197–9
entry and growth strategy, 80–1
joint ventures, 183–4
management personnel, 108–12
market research, 93–6
marketing strategies, 178–80
packaging and labelling, 195–7
Foster’s Guangdong, 80, 110
Foster’s Ice, 190, 197
Foster’s Lager, 181, 189, 190, 192, 196, 210
Foster’s Shanghai, 80, 84, 110, 118–20, 167–8
Foster’s Tianjin, 80, 82, 108, 112
fully owned subsidiary, 73–4, 85

G

gender, 52
George Patterson, 188–9
Glass Wall Effect, 5, 21–6, 170
‘golden keys to negotiation’, 53–4
government allocated financial resources, 95
Great Wall, 192
gross industrial output, 94
grouping exercise, 68, 71
Guangdong White Horse Marketing Research, 188–9
Guangming, 123, 190, 199, 207
guanxi, 138

H

hanxu, 11
healthcare industry, 70
Heineken, 181, 191
hierarchical power relationships, 51
High Context/Low Context culture, 12–14
high power-distance theory, 117
‘high trust’ culture, 134
Hong Kong marketing firms, 205–6
Honglin, 39–40
Huaguang Brewery, 121, 166
Huangmei, 170, 192
Huangmei Fruit Beer, 192

I

India, 85, 86
individualism, 133
Industrial Revolution, 129, 143
information exchange, 84, 129
intelligence theory, 57
interpreters, 26–32
investment process, 96–8
investment risk, 74–8

J

jikou, 159
joint venture, 39–40, 69–71, 99, 181–4
advantages, 75–6
drawbacks, 76–7
risk levels, 74–8

K

knowledge, 57
KSB, 113

L

labelling, 195–7
Largo, 192, 211
legal approach, 54–5
licensing agreements, 181–2
Liji, 161
Likert Scale, 140
‘litigotiation’, 137, 147
Luk, S., 114–15, 123

M

management personnel, 108–12
Maoism, 132–5
market knowledge, 178, 183, 186–9
local market, 201–2
market research, 93–6, 179, 183
accuracy, 184
marketing, 205
strategies, 178–80
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 118
methods of entry, 71–3 See also joint venture
mindfulness, 57
Ministry of Light Industry, 38, 75, 84–6, 112, 166
miscommunication, 19–21
mono-cultural negotiators, 59–61
Moon Festival, 164–5, 174

N

nail-production market, 99–100
negotiations, 6–7
Australian-Chinese, 139–41
Chinese characteristics, 43–61
Chinese perspective, 48–50
complex task, 150–1
cross-cultural, approaches in, 52–5
Cultural Capability Theory, 55–61
cultural obstacles, 127–51
definition, 44–5
different approaches, 128–9
gender, 52
high vs low context cultures, 130–7
impact of culture, 129–31
order of arguments, 48
Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, 45–8
team spirit, 51
value of power, 51–2
non-directed consumer focus group, 189

O

open-door policy, 2, 49
Opium War, 67

P

packaging, 185–7, 195–7
peizhe, 14
personal selling, 210–12
pingguo, 160
Power’s, 192
power, 51–2
‘power distance, ’ 135–6
product marketing
accurate market research, 188–9
advertising, 207–9
brand names, 193–5
brands, 189–95
Chinese consumers, 177–215
Chinese market, 179–84
consumer perception, 209–10
cultural behaviour, 213–15
culturally suited strategies, 178–80
distribution, 197–9
‘flying squad’ approach, 184–6
Hong Kong marketing firms, 205–6
lack of knowledge, 186–7
local market on a global scale, 202–3
local marketing knowledge, 201–2
packaging and labelling, 195–7
personal selling and other sales techniques, 210–12
promotional communication, 203–5
suitability of joint ventures, 183–4
transport infrastructure, 199–200
product quality, 178
promotional communication, 203–5
psychological barriers, 117–20

Q

Qingdao, 83, 181, 185
Qixi Festival, 164–5
quantitative methods, 139–40
Qu Yuan, 165

R

rangchai, 162
rangjiu, 162, 173
Reeb, 209
Regal, 209
Rio Tinto, 45–7
rote learning, 143
3Rs: relax, repair and reciprocate, 170–1

S

sales techniques, 210–12
Shanghai Dragon, 190
Shanghai Dragon Girl, 190–1, 210
Shanghai Modern International Research, 188–9
shanglan, 157
Shannon–Weaver Mathematical Model, 10
simulation, 140
participants, 140–1
single-child policy, 145
Suntory, 181, 194
suppliers’ conference, 167–69

T

‘tap fee, ’ 198
‘The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese–Foreign Joint Ventures’, 69
Tianjin Brewery, 82
trade secrets, 75, 84
transport infrastructure, 199–200
‘two into one’ tax system, 70

U

‘unfore seen matters’, 124

V

Victoria Bitter, 189

W

Western management systems, 113
Wheelock, 82
wholly owned foreign subsidiary, 100
win-win outcome, 55
Witz, 192
workable relationship, 72

Y

Yanjing, 83, 185
Yili, 161
yin and yang, 158

Z

Zhou dynasty, 161
Zhou Li, 157, 161
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