Dammit! Aren’t we all tired of the word, “guanxi”? Yeah, we’re all supposed to be building guanxi – or relationships - in China, but WHAT does that really mean? For all of its emphasis, guanxi is a rather amorphous term that could better be... ...full story at Biz Cult
from Biz Cult on Tue, Jul 15 2008
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