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Hartmut Buettner @ November 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) have published the European Business in China Position Paper 2009/2010 in English and Chinese.
The position paper brings together 40 individual papers prepared by the European Chamber. According to the position paper, China has taken a number of positive steps to improve the market environment [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to Anoop Singh[1] Asia is emerging from the global downturn faster and stronger than any other region.
Growth in the region is expected to reach 2.8 percent this year, increasing to 5.8 percent in 2010, with emerging economies such as China and India turning around even more strongly.
A summary of his remarks about the [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Hundreds of videos on business in China. Interviews, Documentaries, Company Profiles, Seminars, How-To’s. Everything you need to know about China to make a successful market entry.
By Terence: Associate Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing for the past 8 years.
The playlist contains:
Seminars on how to do Business in China (119 Videos).
Documentaries on how [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Federal Statistical Office regularly publishes country profiles (7 pages as PDF-files) for the G-20 advanced industrial and emerging countries based on official international statistics. They give an overview of the main statistical indicators including economy and finance, demography, social conditions and the environment.
The latest editions are those of the Republic of Korea 2009 (South [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Second China Project of the University of Florida allows training cultural awareness through an integrated 2D/3D online environment.
The 2D traditional website is used to provide cultural information. The learning modules comprise: China Facts, Business, Government, Politics, Military, Language, Society, Travel Information and Awareness. Just to give an example the Business Module includes 21 topics, [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ February 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Interactive educational tools about International Business for use in the classroom or in executive training are available on the globalEDGEâ„¢ web site of the Michigan State University URL: http://globaledge.msu.edu/…
The modules include audio, a case study or anecdotes, a glossary of terms, quiz questions, and a list of references when applicable.
The modules are grouped into the [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ February 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
China is a growing market for suppliers of green technologies: increasing energy efficiency, reducing emissions and cleaning up the environment. Despite the financial crisis spreading the Chinese market, these sectors offer interesting chances, also because of the announced huge public investments in these sectors.
The aim of econet china is to facilitate access to reliable information, [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ February 7, 2009 # One Comment
Transparency International (TI) looks at the so-called supply side of corruption with its Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2008 (pdf-file, 24 pages, 244 KB). It ranks 22 of the world’s most economically influential countries in it according to the likelihood of their firms to bribe abroad.
Companies from Beglium and Canada are least likely to bribe when [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
globalEDGEâ„¢[1] is a knowledge web-portal for international business professionals from around the world. According to their information the site offers:
Global Resources: more than 5,000 online resources, e.g. Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS), Market Potential Index (MPI) and glossary
Countries: executive memos, statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions on 199 countries around the world
US States: [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ December 12, 2008 # One Comment
The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in Asia by Asian media.
The Asian countries are represented by one English daily newspaper each[1]:
Bangladesh: The Daily Star
Brunei: The Brunei Times
Cambodia: The Cambodia [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The World Investment Directory of the UNCTAD[1] provides detailed information about foreign direct investments (FDI) in many countries.
The following information about FDI can searched and downloaded by country/economy as pdf-files from URL: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/…
Country Fact Sheets for 188 economies
Each sheet contains the most recent data on FDI flows and stocks, mergers and acquisitions, largest TNCs and [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Chinese-European Arbitration Center (CEAC) offering institutional arbitration services tailor-made to the needs of trade with China and investment matters was founded in Hamburg on 18 September 2008.
The supporting body is an association founded by the Hanseatic Bar Association, the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and over 50 lawyers and law firms from 13 [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BusinessForum China (BFC) is a bi-monthly, full colour magazine published in English with a German supplement and an informative website (URL: http://www.bfchina.de/). It is a sound source for up-to-date and comprehensive business information from and about China. Each issue focuses on one industry sector, supported by interviews and articles contributed by the top [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU Commission-funded programme METP (Managers Exchange and Training Programme) has published a „Business in China Factbook“.
This 20-pages publication offers relevant facts about Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian and Wuhan and the surrounding regions. It presents key figures of trade and industry statistics on the relations between the EU and China. Other articles inform briefly about [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ September 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
According to a study by the German Foreign Chamber of Commerce in China among their member companies, 90 percent of them like to extend their activities in China during the coming years and more than 40 percent want to set up new subsidiaries during the next few years.
The German investment increased by almost [...]