The globalisation of Chinese brands

... in China, by virtue of the simple fact of its size and dynamism. Several of the companies discussed are the largest of their kind in the world. Despite the limitations noted, the actual and potential ... regardless of the special characteristics of the Chinese situation. The other view rejects the need to learn Western ideas, arguing that new ideas from the West find their origin in ancient Chinese ... encouragement of the discipline of market research.Case histories of routes to internationalisationThe main basis for selection of the six case histories that follow was the market-leader status of the...

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... construction of modern “mainstream”syntactic theories.Most of these “modern syntactic theories” are in one form or another theo-ries falling under the formal paradigm of generative grammar. Of these ... the construction of general linguistic theory. The construction of the GB theory as we know it today, for example, was itself in part informed by someanalyses of Chinese syntax. The volume of ... by others, we propose a theory of lexico-semantic decomposition of verbs that minimizes the amount of stipulated mechanisms and components andthereby maximizes the explanatory power of the theory....

... indicatedthe needs for western pharmacists to study Chinesemedicine [24].A total of 26.2% of the respondents reported consum-ing Chinese OTC medication in the previous year. Themajority of them (19%) ... 5:41http://www.cmjournal.org/content/5/1/41Page 8 of 9Author details1School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of HongKong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.2School of Pharmacy, The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong, ... 79.2%). The interviews wereconducted in Cantonese. The sample represents a popu-lation of 6,750,652 persons of the general population.Survey questionnaire on the use of OTCmedicationsThe questionnaire...

... list of the 100 best and most valuable brands in the world provides a good overview of changing fortunes in the struggle between competing global superbrands.Since 1996, fi ve of the top 10 brands ... catastrophic as vegetation withers and the burning sun sucks the last of the moisture out of the soil.Debate rages in Australia about whether this drought is so severe be-cause of climate change or ... just part of the country’s natural cycle of climate extremes.There is irony aplenty, too, that confounds even the most rational thinkers.In February of this year, most of the state of Queensland...

... 2005.06 Pollution haven hypothesis and Environmental impacts of foreign direct investment: The Case of Industrial Emission of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) in Chinese provinces Jie HE ...

... public officials. It is too soon to assess the impact of this approach on the effectiveness of these reform programmes. In the case of Cameroon, note the personal implication of the ... From the experience of the most recent century came many of the institutions, regional andglobal, that are in the front line of the conflict for peace today. Unlike those of the 19l ... from the Institute itself and also byProfessors that are not part of the staff. Some of these people are here at the seminar. All regions of the world were represented in the ...

... English in the aspect of the width and depth of verbs? (By the width of verbs, I mean the size of vocabulary in verbs. By the depth of verbs, I mean the range of senses of verbs and the many ... to the University of Birmingham for the degree of DOCTOR of PHILOSOPHY Supervisor: Professor Susan Hunston The Department of English The School of Humanities The University of ... stages, i.e. the collection of errors, the identification of errors, the description of errors and the explanation of errors. The following is his illustration of the four stages: The first step...