Poorly made in China
Subtitle: an insider's account of the tactics behind China's production game
By: by Paul Midler.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780470405581
Subjects: Manufactures -- China; Work environment -- China; China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
Description: This true story follows Paul Midler from one project to the next, revealing business and cultural challenges and exposing the dangerous cat-and-mouse games that take place between Chinese companies and their foreign counterparts. It gives an up-close look at the rough-and-tumble environment in which so many of our consumer products are being made.--[book jacket].
Table of contents: title: Vanishing act; title: Trouble is my business; title: "All we need is your sample"; title: Vice president of disadvantaged neighborhoods; title: "I do now!"; title: Carnival of commerce; title: And that's a good thing; title: Grains of toil; title: The China game; title: The seven steps of problem-solving.