Kulttuurinen osaaminen Etelä- ja Itä-Kiinassa toimittaessa : illustraationa eräs tulkinta suomalaisjohtajien Kiina-kokemuksista

2008

Cultural competence when operating in Southern and Eastern China. An interpretation of some Finnish business managers’ experiences in China as an illustration. This study focuses on the cultural competence that the Finnish companies need in order to operate in the market-area of China.The research problems are: 1. How does the cultural competence help the Finnish companies when operating in the Chinese market-area? 2. For what purpose do the Finnish companies need knowledge about the Chinese culture? 3. What kind of cultural competence do they need? and 4. How can they use it and how would it be useful to use in practice? This study makes use of qualitative research methods and applies a he…