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In contemporary China, the need for foreign enterprises to engage with the Chinese business environment resurfaces. Whereas compradors epitomized the vital link for the first foreigners doing business in China, it is nowadays the Chinese employees in FIEs which function as intermediaries between the FIE and the Chinese business environment. Within FIEs, all Chinese employees who do nonmanual work most likely fulfill tasks that involve establishing this connection.
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Wang, C. (2016). Intermediaries in China’s Foreign Enterprises. In: The Subtle Logics of Knowledge Conflicts in China’s Foreign Enterprises. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14184-4_5
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