Walmart in China /edited by Anita Chan.

Walmart in China /edited by Anita Chan. - Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (vii, 294 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : when the world's largest company encounters the world's biggest country / Walmart's long march to China : how a mid-American retailer came to stake its future on the Chinese economy / Outsourcing in China : Walmart and Chinese manufacturers / Walmartization, corporate social responsibility, and the labor standards of toy factories in South China / Made in China : work and wages in Walmart supplier factories / Corporate cadres : management and corporate culture at Walmart China / A store manager's success story / Practicing cheer : the diary of a low-level supervisor at a Walmart China store / Working in Walmart, Kunming : technology, outsourcing, and retail globalization / Unionizing Chinese Walmart stores / Did unionization make a difference? : work conditions and trade union activities at Chinese Walmart stores / Workers and communities versus Walmart : a comparison of organized resistance in the United States and China / Anita Chan -- Nelson Lichtenstein -- Xue Hong -- Yu Xiaomin and Pun Ngai -- Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu -- David J. Davies -- David J. Davies and Taylor Seeman -- Scott E. Myers and Anita Chan ; translation by Scott E. Myers -- Eileen M. Otis -- Anita Chan -- Jonathan Unger, Diana Beaumont, and Anita Chan -- Katie Quan.



9780801462672

2011021221

015884758 Uk


Wal-Mart (Firm)


Discount houses (Retail trade)--China.
Discount houses (Retail trade)--United States.
Business enterprises, Foreign--China.


Electronic Books.

HF5429 / .W356 2011