Impacts of the integration of Chinese managers in the Western economies the case of Brazil

Abstract

The Chinese rise to economic and political power at the global level has been at the centre of scholarly and political debates. The purpose of this article will be to analyse the integration of Chinese managers in the Western economy. The methodology will be a bibliography, descriptive, and explanatory, making a comparison between the Brazilian trade and China. The type of literature review is the integrative one, intending to conduct a meta-analysis of the literature and answer specific research questions. The conclusions explore some normative implications of the results of the economy in China and Brazil. On the one hand, China has become a dominant and undeniable shareholder in multiple industries, including the energy sector and R&D with high governmental investments. However, the West appears not to be appropriating its business practices, so the learning process is not fully operationalised.

Keywords:

• China economic ascension
• Chinese managers
• integrative literature review
• Western economies

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Notes

1 http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ram/v16n4/1518-6776-ram-16-04-0077.pdf

2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcwenderoth/2018/05/16/how-a-better-understanding-of-guanxi-can-improve-your-business-in-china/

3 https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/gini-coefficient-wb-data.html

4 https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/resident-income-distribution/gini-coefficient

5 https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/cope-divide-europe-2017-background-report.pdf

6 https://brazilian.report/money/2018/11/14/brazil-trade-china-commodities/

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Andreia de Bem Machado

Andreia de Bem Machado is a professor at Vale do Itajaí Mirim College (UNIASSELVI) in the Engineering Department and Palhoça Municipal College in the multidisciplinary department. Doctor of Engineering and Knowledge Management. Institutional evaluator of the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Currently conducts research in innovation, management, education and in multidisciplinary areas.

Maria José Sousa

Maria José Sousa (Ph.D. in Management) is a University Professor and a research fellow at ISCTE/IUL and of CIEO (Algarve University). Her research interests currently are public policies and political science, innovation and business management issues. She is a best seller author in ICT and People Management and has co-authored over 70 articles and book chapters and published in several scientific journals (e.g. Journal of Business Research, UAIS, Future Generations Computer Systems, Journal of Medical Systems, I. J. of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Knowledge Management, Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics, Information Systems Frontiers and others), she has organized and peer-reviewed international conferences. She is also External Expert of COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology.

Faisal Nawaz

Faisal Nawaz Nawaz is Assistant Professor at COMSATS Islamabad University in the Department of Management Sciences. He is a researcher in Finance, Investment, Applied Econometrics, Cognitive Development.

Jorge Miguel Martins

Jorge Miguel Martins holds a degree in Management and is a Master of Business Administration degree candidate (Executive MBA, cohort 2019). He is a Chartered Economist (EEA license 15541), a ViĐskiptafræĐingum in Iceland (Chartered Manager) and an AMBA member (2001111). His professional background focused in financial consulting in Portugal, banking in the United Kingdom, while in Iceland his roles were of research, auditor and operations consulting. Furthermore, his research interests are related to Management and Innovation.