CHINESE BUSINESS ETIQUETTE AND BUSINESS WORLD (06.06.22)

choose ALL correct statements

• Carry a boatload of business cards

• Bring your own interpreter

• Speak in short sentences

• No matter what you know (do), it is important – whom you know

In Chinese society, a green envelope is a monetary gift which is given during holidays or special occasions

• TRUE

• FALSE

IN CHINA IF YOU DON’T HAVE “GUANXI”, YOU DON’T HAVE (a)  

color of betrayal in China

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choose “GOOD guanxi” cases

• KFC fast-food restaurant 1987

• TESLA 2014

• the Asian branch of Microsoft (Microsoft Research Asia) 2004

We consider GUANXI on three levels – personal, corporate and national

• TRUE

• FALSE

Сomparative studies of “guanxi” closely connect them with economic sociology (“new economic sociology”), but with more emphasis on (a)  

Chinese researchers identify three levels of “guanxi”. What are they?

• relatives

• colleagues

• strangers

• close friends

There are factors, that simply do not leave room or time for “guanxi”. What are they?

• the speed of life in large Chinese cities

• the speed of transactions

• the speed of transactions

• greater access to information

• decrease in personalization in e-commerce.

Strong “renqing” 人情 means strong accumulation of personal favors exchanged in the past. In China, they call it social currency.

• TRUE

• FALSE