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To: TobagoJack who wrote (62241)	3/27/2010 11:26:37 PM
From: energyplay	1 Recommendation Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 219437

Different US companies have had very different experiences in China, leading some to make massive investments where there largest share of the firm's assets are in China, while some have left after only a few years. It is reasonable to expect considerable variation, especially in a large nation. It seems that maybe the later entrants to China have not done as well as the earlier ones. Dell is positioned as the minimum acceptable low cost producer, which means they may not have been a generous employer. What is your opinion of what makes a success in China ?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (62241)	3/28/2010 7:12:12 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 219437

HP, Dell and China. It remains a cheap place to manufacture goods, and its rapidly growing domestic market includes 400 million Internet users and 700 million mobile-phone subscribers, numbers unmatched anywhere else in the world. But a country already known for obstacles is becoming less welcoming to foreign businesses. As the 'Absorb' stage passes and it is late in the 'Digest' phase, China put the "already known for obstacles is becoming less welcoming to foreign businesses." Lamps and solar panels cases show already 'innovate' stage as you have shown us. "China is focused not on the world but on itself," said Ed Black, CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry Association. "We don't know how it will be in the long run. But right now it's a difficult situation." Doing business in China getting tougher for U.S. companies mercurynews.com Slowly a Brazilian strategy will balance a Chinese strategy as large enterprises from Germany, France, Spain are doing. All that is good as we have different ways to make money. Such are the travails of the multipolar world.