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HBR CASE S TUDY AND C OMMENTARY Can Mike keep the Trouble in Paradise joint venture from unraveling? by Katherine Xin and Vladimir Pucik Four commentators offer • expert advice. Reprint R0308A The Zhong-Lian Knitting Company joint venture in China is one of the region’s shining success stories. So why is general manager Mike Graves thinking about pulling the plug on it? HBR CASE S TUDY Trouble in Paradise by Katherine Xin and Vladimir Pucik From Mike Graves’s tall windows, which were out patting yourself on the back.” . draped in red velvet, the view of Shanghai was Windler reminded Mike about the margins D E spectacular: the stately old Western-style build- he was looking for across all of Heartland Spin- V R E S ings, the riot of modern skyscrapers, the famil- dle’s businesses. “A 4% ROI is pathetic,” Windler E R S iar needle of the TV tower. But today Mike said. “We’ve been in there ten years, Mike. The T H G I barely noticed it. Clenching a copy of his Ch