How do you put a value on guanxi , the connections that grease the wheels of business in china ?
你认为“关系”价值几何?它可是推动在华企业运转的润滑剂。
For many western executives , nurturing good guanxi -- or relationships -- continues to be the best way to get advance warning of new developments that could affect their businesses .
对于很多西方管理者来说,要想提前得知可能影响其公司业务的最新消息,最好的办法依旧是搞好“关系”。
' Either they ( middle class kids ) are performing better , or due to family connections ( guanxi ) or monetary influence they have access to schools and opportunities that less affluent children do not , ' said liam russell , strategic marketing manager of mintel asia pacific .