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Homework answers / question archive / If I were to transition a medical manufacturing company that focused on medical equipment for treatment of medical refractory epilepsy and treatment resistant depression such as Cyberonics to China what key economic indicators would either refute or support my argument for company expansion
If I were to transition a medical manufacturing company that focused on medical equipment for treatment of medical refractory epilepsy and treatment resistant depression such as Cyberonics to China what key economic indicators would either refute or support my argument for company expansion. I understand that we as a company would need to determine if there is a need for the products in the company and to date there is a need as "A recent epidemic survey done by the Ministry of Health shows that China has about nine million epileptics, 5-6 million of whom being active epilepsy sufferers. Every year, 400,000 new epilepsy cases emerge in China. The survey also shows that two-thirds of the epileptics in China's rural areas have not received sufficient medical treatment." http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2005/2006-06-26/24390.html So from what I have read on the country there is the need/desire for the product and market. But what key economic indicators should be researched? Possibly current sales of similar products that are selling in the country but am unsure if such products exist within this market and unsure what other indicators would be needed. Also do you see any economic, social, legal, political, technological or cultural factors that might have an impact on business operations as well as any product changes that might be required by cultural factors. What I see is that they have high values on family, respect and cultural values. This can either help or hurt the transition or expansion. As they value family members, their health system from what I have read however is inadequate, lacks modern equipment and is somewhat nonexistent in areas affected by extreme poverty. This can either increase the need for the product or hinder its ability to progress/prosper throughout the nation. Am looking for an overview on the Chinese market and what key economic indicators would either refute or support my argument for my company expansion.
Thus various factors including following will be studied in the matrix form as above:
(Wikipedia)
Economic Factor: One has monitor the economic trends like GDP trends, Interest rates, Money supply, Inflation rates, Unemployment levels, Disposable income.
? Technological Forces: Impact of following factors:
Ø Efficiency of infrastructure, including roads, ports airports, rolling stock, hospitals, education, healthcare, communication, etc.
Ø industrial productivity
? Political Legal regulations: One should also be aware of foreign trade regulations, attitude towards foreign companies as Pfizer wants to aspire to be a multinational company. It has to consider following factors:
* Political climate - amount of government activity
* Political stability and risk
* Government debt
* Budget deficit or surplus
* Corporate and personal tax laws
* Other economic laws
? Societal Trends:
Demographic factors such as:
o population size and distribution
o age distribution
o education levels
o income levels
o ethnic origins
o religious affiliations
* Attitudes towards:
o materialism, capitalism, free enterprise
o individualism, role of family, role of government, collectivism
o role of church and religion
o consumerism
(Wikipedia)
Overview of Business environment of China
China is becoming one of the most prestigious countries of the world. Industry is largely based on state and joint ownership, noticeable by growing technological advancements and productivity. Major industrial centers are located in Beijing-Tianjin- Tangshan area, Liaoning Province, Wuhan and Shanghai. Chinese currency is called Renminbi or Yuan. Agriculture dominates in this huge area, usually favored by a mild or sub-tropical climate. The culture is one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations. China has a history with over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical, and political advancement. Even though regions differ, they still provide a sense of diversity, but similarities in language and religion that is notable of common important contributions as Confucianism. Confucianism is known for shaping much of Chinese thought and was the official philosophy throughout most of China's history. The elements of the environment are as follows:
Political
? The People's Republic of China is a socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
? Major national organizations: the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Women's Federation, and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc.
Social, health, and environmental
Climates consist of equatorial, tropical, subtropical, desert, and grassland. Insights on cultural concerns that need to be considered:
Cultural
? Religion consist of Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist
? The culture of China is based on the art of opera singing, painting, calligraphy, and the famous acrobatic arts.
? The most widespread form of Chinese is Mandarin.
One has to be aware of the local Chinese culture. It encourages a more distant managing style than American. It is having high context cultures managers prefer slow negotiations and trust building meetings, which tend to frustrate low context Americans who prefer to get right down to business.
Culture affects teams through three interrelated but distinct mechanisms. They operate at different organizational levels but all contain both cognitive and motivational elements. The three mechanisms are, cultural norms or values, work group cultural composition, and relative cultural distance. In addition, the nature of the task in which the team is engaged and the structure of the work group interact with diversity to moderate its effect. The challenge for today's high-performance teams is how cultural diversity can be turned to advantage (Thomas, D., 1999)
Economic Factors:
China is having high GDP growth and it is increasing as you see below in the table in the recent years the growth is very high. In the 25 years since China initiated reforms (1990), it has grown at an average 9.4% a year, compared with average growth of 5.8% in the 25 years prior to reforms.
China : GDP Statistics
1990 2003
Nominal (US$ Bn) 388 1410
PPP Basis (US$ Bn) 1495 6345
Growth (10 yrs CAGR, %)
--Nominal 2.5 8.9
--PPP Basis 13.9 10.7
Share in World GDP (%)
--Nominal 1.7 3.9
--PPP 5.7 12.6
(Source Morgan Stanley Report)
Other Key trends:
? China among top 3 Asian investment destinations in "The 2005 World Investment Report" - UNCTAD
? China's exports of goods and services in the first 12 years post reforms (Since,1990) expanded at a CAGR of 16.3%
? Faster Economic Reforms
Some concerns
The People's Republic of China is a socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Thus the Chinese political system lacks democracy which leads to non transparency, corruption, partial judiciary system.
Thus Potentials for our Product in China are
? High GDP Growth Projection
? Growing Prosperity
? Demand
? Disposable Incomes
? Old Age growing which is good for our product
? Growing exports
? Liberalized economy
? Increasing consumerism
? Happening of Olympics
? Emerging of global life
Thus China will be very attractive business destination because of huge growth as it is in the transition phase.
Operating Adjustments:
? Adjusting to the local cultural factors: It has to market products according to the society's core and secondary values and addresses the needs of the different sub cultures within the society
? Adjustment to the political and legal environment: Chinese government entry requirements and bureaucracy.
Our marketing campaign should first be concentrated on the main cities of China and the promotion strategy should be based on the above cultural factors of the China. Moreover it should adhere to the political and legal laws of the China. Thus one has to be aware of these factors accordingly to develop the mutually rewarding relationship with them and effective marketing campaign for the product.
Reference
? Mindtools (2005).Decision Tree Analysis. Choosing Between Options by Projecting
? Organization behaviour by Archana Gupta
? Corporate Strategy by G Hamel
? My past papers
? Morgan Stanley report
? en.wikipedia.org
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