| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : when the world's largest company encounters the world's biggest country / Anita Chan -- Walmart's long march to China : how a mid-American retailer came to stake its future on the Chinese economy / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Outsourcing in China : Walmart and Chinese manufacturers / Xue Hong -- Walmartization, corporate social responsibility, and the labor standards of toy factories in South China / Yu Xiaomin and Pun Ngai -- Made in China : work and wages in Walmart supplier factories / Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu -- Corporate cadres : management and corporate culture at Walmart China / David J. Davies -- A store manager's success story / David J. Davies and Taylor Seeman -- Practicing cheer : the diary of a low-level supervisor at a Walmart China store / Scott E. Myers and Anita Chan ; translation by Scott E. Myers -- Working in Walmart, Kunming : technology, outsourcing, and retail globalization / Eileen M. Otis -- Unionizing Chinese Walmart stores / Anita Chan -- Did unionization make a difference? : work conditions and trade union activities at Chinese Walmart stores / Jonathan Unger, Diana Beaumont, and Anita Chan -- Workers and communities versus Walmart : a comparison of organized resistance in the United States and China / Katie Quan. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wal-Mart (Firm)
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Wal-Mart (Firm) |
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Wal-Mart (Firm) |
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Discount houses (Retail trade) -- China.
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Discount houses (Retail trade) |
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China. |
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Discount houses (Retail trade) -- United States.
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United States. |
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Business enterprises, Foreign -- China.
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Business enterprises, Foreign. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Chan, Anita.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chan, Anita. Walmart in China. Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2011 9780801477317 9780801450204 (DLC) 2011021221 (OCoLC)727357102 |
| ISBN |
0801462673 (electronic book) |
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9780801462672 (electronic book) |
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9780801477317 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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080147731X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801450204 (alkaline paper) |
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0801450209 (alkaline paper) |
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