 China as an opportunity and a challenge for Western service providersLa Chine, une opportunité et un défi pour les prestataires de services occidentauxSen Bao and
Marja Toivonen
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This article analyzes the issues of cultural differences in the production and delivery of services in the globalized world. A focus is set on the differences between Western and Chinese cultures. As a framework for the comparison and country-specific analysis, the basic dimensions of cultural differences are presented based on the literature. In the numerous studies carried out during the last decades, the following dimensions have been found to be typical in the Eastern cultures: collectivism, indirect communication style, high power distance, and long-term orientation. In China, these Eastern characteristics are mixed with deep traditions of the Confucian culture, with the socio-political system of the country, and with the rapid, but regionally uneven development in recent years. Keywords: cultural differences; global business; internationalization of services; Chinese society; “guanxi”; différences culturelles; commerce mondial; internationalisation des services; société chinoise; « guanxi » (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in European Review of Service Economics and Management, 2022, Revue Européenne d’Économie et Management des Services 2022 – 1, n° 13, 2022 – 1 (n° 13), pp.189-202 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03670744 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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