Global Interaction & Understanding - A Personal Journey : No.49 Biz Trip 香港

現在、香港は中国の一部ですが、元はイギリスの植民地。カナダ、イギリスなどへの留学や移住も多く、英語も堪能。
日本人よりもはるかにグローバルビジネススキルは高く、グローバルビジネスの常識が通じるので、仕事は大変やりやすいところです。
しかし、このところは民主化運動への締め付けが厳しくなり、事業の継続性、優秀な人材の確保等にリスクを感じます。

1988年当時、香港はいすゞにとって大きなマーケットの一つでした。中国という巨大マーケットの玄関でもありました。

Hong Kong was one of the big markets for Isuzu Motors. They had a very high commercial vehicle market share there. Also, the distributor there had a division, which sold into China. Interestingly, vehicles on the road in Hong Kong were very different than those in China. Hong Kong was right-hand drive. China was left-hand drive. Hong Kong’s emission laws were very strict. China’s were not. Now, with Hong Kong being part of China, the two should be coming closer and closer all the time hopefully for the betterment of both.

香港の営業はスキルレベルが高く、車の機能以外に教える必要はなかったとのこと。
With the stress of living in such a small place, the salesmen in Hong Kong are very professional and aggressive. There was very little I could teach them about salesmanship. I could only teach them the features of the vehicles, which was my greatest success there. Other than that, they didn’t need me.





Heavy-duty truck training in Hong Kong, March 1988

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