Behind the Open Door

by Rosen, Daniel H.

• ISBN13: 9780881322637
• ISBN10: 0881322636
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Peterson Inst for Intl Economics

Author Biography

Daniel H. Rosen, Research Fellow, has written on Chinese economic and environmental developments and American policy and bilateral commercial relations between the two countries. In addition to China, he has worked on US use of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool, liberalization of global telecommunication markets, and the costs and benefits of removing trade barriers in East Asian economies. He is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(4)
Acknowledgments	xv
1 Gauging the New Chinese Marketplace	1	(16)
Introduction	1	(2)
Why Study the Expatriates?	3	(1)
A Methodology for Drawing upon Expatriates'Insights	4	(4)
Questions Needing Answers	8	(7)
Results	15	(2)
2 Foreign Enterprise Establishment in China	17	(68)
Introduction	17	(4)
The Investment Regime	21	(9)
Challenges for Foreign Investors	30	(45)
Analysis	75	(10)
3 Foreign Enterprises and Human Resources	85	(36)
Introduction	85	(4)
Human Resources and Establishment: Pressures Shaping the Labor Contract	89	(9)
Human Resources after Establishment	98	(17)
Analysis	115	(6)
4 Running a Productive Plant	121	(38)
Introduction	121	(1)
Productivity	122	(4)
The Foreign Experience	126	(26)
Analysis	152	(7)
5 Ex-Factory China: Distribution, Marketing, and Services	159	(38)
Distribution Rules: A Domestic Trade Policy	159	(8)
Foreign Investors and Distribution	167	(26)
Analysis	193	(4)
6 Of Laws and Privileges	197	(34)
Introduction	197	(2)
China's Legal Environment	199	(4)
The Expatriate Experience	203	(20)
Analysis	223	(8)
7 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations	231	(28)
Conclusions	233	(19)
Implications	252	(7)
Appendices	259	(34)
Appendix A. "Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries"	259	(20)
Appendix B. Methodology	279	(14)
References	293	(10)
Index	303