- OG. 464 -466 Staff members would know [what service standards are expected of them] and also [know that the success of the business relies on their adhering to those standards].
- But availability of [uncultivated land] reduced the incentive to employ the productivity enhancing technologies.
- a marked effect = big improvement
- Researchers have identified consumer perception of the credibility of the source of an advertised message- ie. the manufactures- as another factor affecting perceived performance risk: one study found that the greater the source credibility, the lower the consumer’s perception of the risk of purchasing and advertised new product.
- In recent years, Western business managers have been heeding the exhortations [注意一个劝告] of business journalists and academics to move their companies toward long-term, collaborative “strategic partnerships” with their external business partners (e.g., suppliers).
- The experts’ advice 【comes as a natural reaction】 to numerous studies conducted during the past decade that compared Japanese production and supply practices with those of the rest of the world.
- example has led to a belief within Western management circles 围绕着 in the value of strategic partnership.
- 486-489 However, this explanation, while insightful, suffers from two limitations.
- a perceptible gap arises between a culture’s expectations and the reality of the culture.文化的期待 和文化的事实中间的差异被感知到。（His audience had already formed a consciences that made it receptive)
- to find a foothold in the US ( 找到立足点）
- in the intervening decades (在中介的几年间）
- Today, A’s trade policy seems paralyzed by the relentless conflict between propoents of “free trade” and “fair trade”. Both are currect, but outdated premises.
- with Principle [at odds 不一致].
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