Importing
Time To Brush Up On Your Tagalog
Monday, August 27th, 2007Officials in the Philippines are saying that quality problems in China are good for them. China’s loss may be their gain, apparently. This might be a good time to brush up on your Tagalog…
THE Philippine manufacturing and export industries, particularly the gifts toys and housewares (GTH), furniture and fashion accessories, are seen to benefit […]
The New Bugaboo: Low Prices
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Consider yourself in the following situation: You ask someone to run to the store to buy a candy bar, and you hand him more than enough cash. Keep the change, you tell him. The guy gets to the store and decides to shoplift the candy instead. Now, are you responsible for the person’s unethical actions?
In […]
Quality Fade and China’s Promise To Do Better
Sunday, July 29th, 2007The quality fade article was published by Knowledge@Wharton on July 25.
As it would turn out, Wen Jiabao commented on the quality situation in a big way two days later. He called upon Chinese manufacturers to improve quality levels and suggested that it was their patriotic duty to do so. Wen is the highest ranking official […]