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Responses to Globalization from a Big Transition Economy: The Case of China

Lu, Ding - In: Global Economic Review 34 (2005) 4, pp. 435-452

Five years after its accession to the World Trade Organization, China has to carry out full commitments of market … opening in many fronts, in particular the local currency banking services. Meanwhile, as China gradually rises to the rank of … long-term challenges to China in the era of globalization. …

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A comparative study of top British and Chinese international contractors in the global market

Pheng, Low Sui; Jiang, Hongbin; Leong, Christopher - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 7, pp. 717-731

While British contractors have one of the longest history and experience in the international construction market, Chinese contractors are relative newcomers where the global market is concerned. This study compares the performance of top British and Chinese contractors based on the OLI+S model,...

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Are Chinese contractors competitive in international markets?

Zhao, Zhen Yu; Shen, Li Yin - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 3, pp. 225-236

Chinese contractors have become more active in recent years in the international arena. This development is largely due to the encouragement and support by the Chinese government, coupled with the pressure of intensive competition within the domestic market. The increasing presence of Chinese...

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Entry and business strategies used by international architectural, engineering and construction firms in China

Ling, Florence Yean Yng; Ibbs, C. William; Cuervo, Javier - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 5, pp. 509-520

effective market entry modes for penetrating China and the effective business strategies for managing projects in China. The … conducted to complement the survey. The results show that establishing a wholly owned subsidiary in China is the most effective … in China, foreign AEC firms need to set up a physical office there, to develop a good understanding of local by …

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Project competition intensity (PCI) in the construction market: a case study in China

Ye, Kunhui; Jiang, Weiyan; Shen, Liyin - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 5, pp. 463-470

intensity (PCI). Based on a road project in China, two forms of PCI, overt and covert, are identified in this study. To lower …

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Development of urban housing policies in China

Chen, Jean Jinghan; Wills, David - In: Construction Management and Economics 15 (1997) 3, pp. 283-290

Housing in China has proved problematic for many years. Since economic reform started in the 1980s, urbanization has …. The major housing problem in China is the scarcity of supply of housing provision. This paper analyses the initial housing …

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Constructing a framework for building relationships and trust in project organizations: two case studies of building projects in China

Jin, Xiao-Hua; Ling, Florence Yean Yng - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 7, pp. 685-696

organizations in China. The research method was based on in-depth study of two building projects in China and data were collected …

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Changing Diets in China's Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend?

Dong, Fengxia; Fuller, Frank H. - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute … - 2007

China's economic reforms, which began in 1978, resulted in remarkable income growth, and urban Chinese consumers have … China. Both parametric and nonparametric methods are used to test for structural change in aggregate household data from …

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Assessment by Midwestern Agricultural Firms of Doing Business in China and India

Agarwal, Sanjeev - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2002

China and India are two of the world's biggest countries and potentially large markets for U.S. agricultural products …, collected by mail questionnaire, suggests that China posed less of a problem than did India with respect to economic and market … than did China with respect to language, protection of property rights, and the legal system. Firms already doing business …

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Rapid Rise of China's Dairy Sector: Factors Behind the Growth in Demand and Supply, The

Fuller, Frank H.; Huang, Jikun; Ma, Hengyun; Rozelle, Scott - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2005

With the rapid growth in China's dairy industry, a number of recent papers have addressed either the supply or the … demand trends for dairy products in China. None, however, presents a systematic explanation for the recent growth in both the … supply and demand for dairy products. The goal of this paper is to sketch a more comprehensive picture of China's dairy …

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