An Analysis of the Business Cultural Issues Raised by the Article; Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Replication, and Learning in Non-equity Alliances: Operating Contractual Joint Ventures in China (Wang, Y. Nicholas, S. 2005)
Introduction
The objective of this report is to discuss the business culture that exists in China and Hong Kong, through the examination of the influence of the historical and philosophical developments of the two countries and hence evaluate the reasons for the successful development of business in these areas.
In order to fulfil this objective, firstly the business cultures of the areas will be described using the findings of research by Trompenaars, F. and Hampden-Turner, C. (1997) Riding the Waves of Culture. The histories of the nations will then be examined, with links being made between historical factors and the contribution to national cultural characteristics that they have made. This process will then be repeated for the philosophical factors of the countries before the findings are presented to examine the issues raised in the article Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Replication, and Learning in Non-equity Alliances: Operating Contractual Joint Ventures in China (Wang, Y. Nicholas, S. 2005) through comparing and contrasting the business cultures of Hong-Kong and China along with other countries with opposing cultures.
Trompenaars and Hamden-Turner's Seven Dimensions
Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner's research was undertaken in order to identify and model how the national cultural characteristics of a country affected the corporate culture of that nation. They identified seven dimensions where the cultures of different countries would differentiate each other, each of which is described below:
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