"Together or Separate Checks?" Why the East and West Conduct Business in Different Ways

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This cartoon-illustrated volume explains why there are so many great differences in the manner that the East and West conduct business. Unlike conventional works on this topic that usually focus on cultural differences, this book uncovers a deeper, more fundamental reason for the differences between East and West. Based on more than 40 original exclusively-created illustrative cartoons, author and illustrator Shaomin Li argues that the East’s reliance on private relations and the West’s reliance on public rules to conduct business are not merely due to cultural differences. Rather, such differences are related to their different stages of political and economic development… [From Amazon.com]

ISBN

9781511951333

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

Center for Modern China Foundation

City

Norfolk, Virginia

Keywords

Business etiquette, Corporate governance, Manners and customs, Asia, China, United States

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | International Business

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