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Articles by Bob Macdonald

Bob Macdonald is the founder of the Sterling companies. Sterling, originally incorporated in Arizona, has been in the human resource business since 1982. Sterling headquartered in Phoenix was the first foreign executive search firm to open in China. Sterling now operates branch offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Leeds, and London.
from the The Fordyce Letter archives

Why China?

by Bob Macdonald September 1st, 2004

Sterling, a U.S. based human resource company, was first enticed into China in 1990 as the principal executive recruiter for a multi-national client that had undertaken extensive due diligence regarding the China marketplace. The client was willing to gamble that certain political changes and economic reforms would take place in the 1990’s that would [...]

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