ManymanagersdreamofbecomingaChiefExecutiveOfficerinChina.MaybetheythinkthatCEOstandsforCashEnhancementOpportunity-butofcourse,failurecouldturntheassignmentintoaCareerEndingOption.SohowcanyouensurethatyourassignmentinChinaissuccessful? ManagementProfessorFernandezandbusinessjournalistUnderwoodtackledthisquestionbyinterviewing20topexecutivesworkinginChina,pluseightexperiencedconsultants.TheydiscussedtopicslikemanaginginChina,settinguplocaloperations,adaptingregional/globalbusinessestoChina,tacklingthelocalmarketandlivinginChina. Buthowdoyoureporttheresultsof28interviews?Theeasiestsolutionwouldbetopresenteachinterviewasaseparatechapter.However,FernandezandUnderwoodwantedtounderstandthechallengesfacinginternationalexecutivesinChinatoday.Sotheytooktheharder-butmoreuseful-approachofanalysingtheinterviewsandthenwritingaboutthemainunderlyingthemes,quotingfromtheintervieweestoillustrateparticularpoints. ThatapproachmeansthattopicslikeworkingwithChinesebusinesspartnersordealingwithIPpiracyarepulledtogetherintoawell
如今，世界上*影响力的组织不是政府，而是金融机构。金融业在整个社会中拥有至高无上的地位，金融精英们也因此获得了不可思议的影响力。他们拥有着相似的社会、教育、专业背景，掌控着数亿甚至千亿资产，通过极具排他性的人脉网络，交换常人无法企及的资源，指数级地扩大其财富与权力。作为世界顶层金融圈的亲历者与*犀利的观察者，华尔街*投资顾问桑德拉·纳薇蒂给出了成为金融圈顶层精英的条件：??△?好胜、自我挑战的阿尔法人格（摩根大通CEO杰米·戴蒙）；??△拥有非凡沟通力和销售力（黑石集团创始人施瓦茨曼）；??△低调、敏感、执着于使命与原则（对冲基金教父达利欧）；??△赚钱只是进入圈子的基本条件，把钱分发出去才是积累高级社会资本的有效方法（*）。
Ming-Jer Chen takes readers Inside Chinese Business to reveal the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Drawing from his intimate knowledge of Chinese culture and history and from his extensive managerial work and international experience, Chen provides an unrivaled insider's perspective on how to work, compete, and cooperate successfully with Chinese companies around the globe. Ming-Jer Chen is the Bigelow Research Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. He is also Senior Fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Visiting Professor of Management at the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, England. Dr. Chen was formerly Founder/Director of the Wharton School's Global Chinese Business Initiative.
China is steadily emerging as the economic miracle of the 21st century. Its transition from a state-controlled to a capitalist economy has occurred at a remarkable pace. It is only twenty-five years ago that Deng Xiaoping initiated revolutionary economic reforms to open up China. The country’s unprecedented growth is nurturing a new wave of world-class companies that are beginning to make an impact on the world’s markets. But is China’s growth sustainable? And what are its implications for the world’s companies? 作者简介： Jonathan Woetzel is a director in McKinsey & Company's Greater China office (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei), and leader of its corporate finance practice in China. A co-founder of McKinsey's Shanghai office, where he has been based since 1994, Dr. Woetzel has also worked in McKinsey's Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, and Zurich offices. Dr. Jonathan R. Woetzel, a Director in McKinsey & Co.’s Shanghai office, provides a fact-based perspective of China’s
