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Haier an Union that might limit dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. Angela
trade, Zhang said. It set up
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San Nicolas
Haier gained a U.S. foot- Dr. Giel
“GE Appliances is a per- hold in the 1990s when its Tel. 584 5155
fect decision for them,” mini-refrigerators became EMERGENCIA 911
said Kithany. a hit with college students.
Zhang launched his over- In 2000, it became one of
haul of Haier in 2005, split- the earliest Chinese manu-
ting structures with thou- facturers with U.S. opera-
sands of employees into tions when it opened a POLICE 100
units sometimes as small as factory in Camden, South ORANJESTAD 527-3140
a few dozen people to fo- Carolina. NOORD 527-3200
cus on a single appliance “I noticed talk about such STA. CRUZ 527-2900
or service. things as Trump’s desire for SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
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Headquarters acts like Factory workers watch as a machine uses suction to lift a box a border tax. But for Haier, FIRE DEPT. 115
a venture capital inves- containing an air conditioner at a Haier factory in Jiaozhou near there is little impact,” said FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
tor: Employees propose Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong Province. Zhang. “We have factories HOSPITAL 527-4000
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
new businesses and, if in more than 20 countries, DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
Zhang and other execu- pressive than we see any- paying off. Last year’s prof- so we have become a lo- AMBULANCE 582-1234
tives like them, receive where,” said William A. it rose 12.8 percent from calized brand.” IMSAN 524-8833
Women in Difficulties
financial backing. They Fischer, a professor at the 2015 to 20.3 billion yuan Haier was an early pro- PHARMACY
have to hit financial targets IMD business school in ($2.9 billion) on revenue moter of the “Internet of
but are left to manage the Switzerland who has fol- that increased 6. 8 percent Things,” a strategy of link- Oranjestad:
venture. That network has lowed the company for to 201.6 billion yuan ($29.3 ing appliances and oth- Sta. Cruz Tel. 585 8028
San Nicolas
expanded to include ven- a decade. He co-wrote billion). Transaction volume er consumer electronics Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
tures launched with out- the 2013 book, “Reinvent- on its business-to-business that GE Appliances says it
side entrepreneurs who ing Giants: How Chinese and consumer-oriented wants to pursue.
get money and other sup- Global Competitor Haier internet platforms rose 73 During the 2008 Summer INFORMATION 118
port from Haier. Has Changed the Way Big percent to 272.7 billion Olympics, Haier displayed TAXI-TAS 587-5900
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“We don’t want just to Companies Transform.” yuan ($39.6 billion). a model house in a Beijing TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
produce products,” said “He trusts his employees to “Some of my contacts at park with lighting, appli- SERVICE AUA 583-3232
Zhang. “We want to pro- play more of a leadership Fisher & Paykel say they are ances, entertainment and A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
duce creators.” role,” said Fischer. better off now under Haier other features linked by 280-2828
In person, Zhang is amia- Fischer said a group of Eu- than they were on their internet.q CrUiSE SHip
ble and quiet. With bushy, ropean executives he took own,” said Kithany.
salt-and-pepper hair, he to Haier headquarters two Haier’s decentralization
seems more like a popu- years ago refused to be- could help at a time when
lar high school teacher lieve its decentralized style President Donald Trump is
than one of Asia’s most could work. promising to raise U.S. du-
April 4
acclaimed executives — “I was struck by how daring ties on Chinese goods and Serenade of the Seas
a striking contrast to some Haier was in their thinking. pressure for trade restric- FOR SALE BY OWNER Mein Schiff 4
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