China makes a lot of cars and two-wheelers. Cherry is a big company. Making cars (assembly) is not the big thing, it is sourcing components. I suspect China produces a lot of components and hence retained value should be high.
Anthony On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Michael Perelman <[email protected] > wrote: > One of the most frequent questions I asked during my visit to China was > about moving up the > value chain -- developing global corporations, such as South Korea has -- > brand name > products that would have an appeal world-wide. Almost everybody had > trouble understanding > what I was asking. I'm sure language was a problem. I speak no Chinese > and most of them > spoke English. I also suspect > that part of the problem was that the question might not be posed very much > within China. > > I did not see that many Chinese made cars -- or American cars for that > matter -- although > the press has been saying that US automakers have been successful in China. > But then, I am > very unskilled in spotting cars. > > My observations seemed to fit in with what Marty has been saying. > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshaven 24, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Email:[email protected] Ph: +45 3815 2572 Fax: +45 3815 2500 PhD in INDIAN STUDIES WEBSITE http://frontpage.cbs.dk/jobs/stil.pl?func=details&id=1147 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc www.cbs.dk/india xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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