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Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
- De: Pietra Rivoli
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 107
Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great, anecdote-rich layman's guide to trade
- De D. Littman en 12-13-10
- Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
- De: Pietra Rivoli
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
Admirable book, beautifully narrated
Revisado: 03-20-17
Campus protest against sweatshop labor sends intl business professor around the world, investigating textiles/t-shirts' path from cotton plants to yarn to fabric to finished goods to its second hand life. Rich context--looks at history, influence of laws and politics. You'll learn lots about cotton growing, textile industry, ways markets affected by non-market forces. SUPERB narration. Delightful voice, clear and easy to listen to, with just the right amount of inflection/acting. Pronounces Chinese words right, so unlike most "professional" narration.
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The Lowdown
- Business Etiquette - China
- De: Florian Loloum
- Narrado por: Trevor White, Lorelei King
- Duración: 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
We live and work in a global environment - and knowing how to behave with courtesy in other countries allows us to make a great impression and maximise our potential. This "quick fix" guide will give you the inside information on how to do business and cope with business socialising in China.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Lowdown - Business Etiquette China
- De Susan en 10-24-09
- The Lowdown
- Business Etiquette - China
- De: Florian Loloum
- Narrado por: Trevor White, Lorelei King
Some good tips but needs context & better Chinese!
Revisado: 01-18-12
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Useful basic tips if you've never been to China and don't have local advisors--don't finish everything on the plate, study business cards and handle them respectfully, expect to exchange a little gift on 1st meeting, relationships matter a lot, use titles and last names rather than defaulting to American informality, never wear a green hat, avoid 4's and favor 8's, better to stay upbeat and avoid
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Chinese names and words are often--maybe usually--mispronounced in recordings on Audible.com, regardless it seems of publisher. That's a problem. What makes it especially galling in this case is that this short recording claims to teach you a few Mandarin phrases! Meanwhile they pronounce
How could the performance have been better?
Be wary of non-Chinese speakers teaching Chinese! They'll almost always muddle the x, q and z in Pinyin (Romanized) Chinese, have no sense of tones and wreck the inflection in multisyllabic expressions.
Any additional comments?
Maybe the simplest advice for doing business in China is: 1) don't expect it to be like home 2) don't automatically trust what you are told (there is a lot of fraud in China!), 3) realize that China is changing rapidly (often but not always for the better) and varies a lot internally, and 4) realize history matters to the present--you should try to learn some, along with knowing to be careful with baijiu.
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